| Meet a challenge, say |
STEPUP |
| Message spelled out with coconuts, maybe |
SOS |
| Messy sandwich filler ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
PULLEDPORK |
| Mexican money |
PESO |
| Millionaire's vessel |
YACHT |
| Modern alternative to a taxi |
UBER |
| N'awlins sandwich |
POBOY |
| North Dakota city with a nearby Air Force base |
MINOT |
| Off-white shade |
ECRU |
| Ogre |
MEANY |
| Ones steeped in tradition in England? |
TEAS |
| Open-ended threat |
ORELSE |
| Opportunity |
SHOT |
| Org. for 'King James' |
NBA |
| Oversaw |
RAN |
| Part of Hollywood? |
ROLE |
| Prime draft classification |
ONEA |
| Prominent part of a Groucho disguise |
NOSE |
| Reindeer herder |
LAPP |
| River to the Ubangi |
UELE |
| Roast pig side dish |
POI |
| San Diego setting, informally |
SOCAL |
| Scold a person |
PINONESEARSBACK |
| Sends to the canvas, for short |
KOS |
| So yesterday |
OLDHAT |
| Some inveterate users of steroids |
HULKS |
| Stranded during the winter, say |
ICEDIN |
| Sudden contractions |
SPASMS |
| Sweatshop regulator, for short |
OSHA |
| Tide competitor |
ALL |
| Unrefined |
CRASS |
| Vote in France |
NON |
| What 'N' is for, in a Sue Grafton title |
NOOSE |
| Where the tibia is |
SHIN |
| Word cried before 'on it' or 'lost' |
GET |
| Writer's credit |
BYLINE |
| [Oh, I can't go on!] |
SOB |
| ___-Ball |
SKEE |
| ___-Lo Green, former coach on 'The Voice' |
CEE |
