| Game console letters |
NES |
| Geisha circler |
OBI |
| Greenish color |
OLIVE |
| Himalayan region |
TIBET |
| Humble |
ABASE |
| Kin of gov |
EDU |
| Less credible, excuse-wise |
LAMER |
| Little fight |
SETTO |
| Made a point of? |
SHARPENED |
| Mail in, as payment |
REMIT |
| Make one |
UNITE |
| Masterful |
ADEPT |
| Nerd |
GEEK |
| Nevertheless |
BUT |
| Pair on a rowing club wall |
OARS |
| Patriarchy rulers |
MEN |
| Paw parts |
PADS |
| Play about Capote |
TRU |
| Portfolio element, for short |
IRA |
| Pre-op test |
EKG |
| Press __ |
CORPS |
| Promote aggressively |
HYPE |
| Put-down |
SLUR |
| Saloon order |
ALE |
| Santa __ |
CLAUS |
| Sashimi tuna |
AHI |
| Says lovingly |
COOS |
| Since, in a seasonal song |
SYNE |
| Stingray secretion |
VENOM |
| Story |
YARN |
| T. __ |
REX |
| Tennis great Sampras |
PETE |
| Thing on a ring |
KEY |
| Torah teacher |
RABBI |
| Wayne's World catchphrase, and a hint to the end of the answers to starred clues |
PARTYTIME |
| What a weather balloon may be mistaken for, briefly |
UFO |
| When repeated, a Kenyan rebel |
MAU |
| Will beneficiary |
HEIR |
| Works in a museum |
ART |
