| It flows to the Caspian |
URAL |
| Jaunty greeting |
HIHO |
| Kind of arch |
OGEE |
| Kind of tiara and cross |
PAPAL |
| Leg bone |
SHIN |
| Like a stereotypical mobster's voice |
RASPY |
| Like Fr. words after 'la' |
FEM |
| Lip |
SASS |
| Man's name that's the code for Australia's busiest airport |
SYD |
| Many a Theravada Buddhist |
THAI |
| Minister (to) |
TEND |
| Monocle part |
RIM |
| Movie dog |
ASTA |
| N.F.L. ball carriers: Abbr |
RBS |
| Non-PC office purchase |
IMAC |
| Not going anywhere |
IDLING |
| Not too swift |
SLOWISH |
| Okey-___ |
DOKE |
| Old crime boss Frank |
NITTI |
| Old German governments |
REICHS |
| Onetime Nair alternative |
NEET |
| Org. with rules on eligibility |
NCAA |
| Part of CBS: Abbr |
SYST |
| Pay (up) |
PONY |
| Pepper spray targets |
ASSAILANTS |
| Pharma fraud police |
FDA |
| Piedmont city |
ASTI |
| Plains Indian |
OTO |
| Plane folk? |
GROUNDCREW |
| Prince of Darkness |
EVILONE |
| Prosciutto, e.g |
HAM |
| Red-wrapped imports |
EDAMS |
| Response to 'Who, me?' |
YEAHYOU |
| Restriction on Army enlistees |
AGELIMIT |
| River through Yorkshire |
AIRE |
| Ruler in Richard Strauss's 'Salome' |
HEROD |
| See 18-Down |
KEYSTONESOUTHDAKOTA |
| Seed cover |
ARIL |
| Senate vote |
NAY |
| Senate vote |
AYE |
| Shunned ones |
PARIAHS |
| Singer Carly ___ Jepsen |
RAE |
| Smooth fabric |
SATEEN |
| Stoked, with 'up' |
AMPED |
| Straw mats |
TATAMIS |
| Stud money |
ANTE |
| Subject of semiotics |
SIGNS |
| Table d'___ |
HOTE |
| Tea made by Peter Rabbit's mother |
CAMOMILE |
| The person you want to be |
EGOIDEAL |
| Those: Sp |
ESOS |
| Thumb, for one |
DIGIT |
| To a degree |
SOMEWHAT |
| Toaster's need |
GLASS |
| Trial that bombs, informally |
NTEST |
| Truculent manner |
ATTITUDE |
| Turndowns |
NOS |
| U.S. 66, e.g.: Abbr |
HWY |
| Union Pacific headquarters |
OMAHA |
| Unlike most mail nowadays |
POSTAL |
| Westernmost island of the Aleutians |
ATTU |
| What 15-Down is ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues in left-to-right order |
HOMEOFMOUNTRUSHMORE |
| What the buyer ends up paying |
NETCOST |
| Where Northwestern University is |
EVANSTON |
| Works at the ballpark, maybe |
UMPS |
| Worthy of pondering |
DEEP |
| ___ of time |
SANDS |
