Related Clues:

• Verb whose middle letters aptly sound like "tea"
• Likely to take a bite out of one's wallet
• Sheer, precipitous
• Like the sides of a 49-Across
• A lot to pay
• Excessive energy used in part of flight
• Like a double black diamond trail
• Dear Sir, this editorial's extraordinarily pretentious, first of all
• Unreasonable move involving Ecstasy
• Allow to soak, as tea
• Very dear soak
• Like some bills and hills
• Soak, as in a teacup
• Excessive, dear
• Excessive energy used in action