| Machinating |
SLY |
| Make do |
COPE |
| Maker of J'adore perfume |
DIOR |
| Maria von ___ |
TRAPP |
| Midlife-crisis movie of 1991 |
CITYSLICKERS |
| Military slang synonymous with 'leatherneck' or 'jarhead' |
GYRENE |
| Monterrey jack? |
PESOS |
| More obtuse |
THICKER |
| Nab, in a rodeo |
LASSO |
| Needles |
TEASES |
| Nickname for the young Darth Vader |
ANI |
| Often-humorous impersonations |
APERY |
| One of New York's Finger Lakes |
SENECA |
| Pal of Harry and Hermione |
RON |
| Pelé's homeland |
BRAZIL |
| Permissible |
LICIT |
| Picked |
CHOSE |
| Poet banished by the emperor Augustus |
OVID |
| Praline nugget |
PECAN |
| Prefix with -path |
OSTEO |
| Raw |
GREEN |
| Recurring melodic phrase |
OSTINATO |
| Rolodex abbr |
TEL |
| Shop owner with a supply of hatboxes |
MILLINER |
| Some Benny Goodman improvisations |
HOTLICKS |
| Stage name of Wu-Tang Clan's de facto frontman |
RZA |
| Subject of 21 Down's first novel |
PICKWICKPAPERS |
| Sweeping |
EPIC |
| Torpedo |
RUIN |
| Turn on |
ACTIVATE |
| Twisting |
SNAKY |
| Verdi opera in which Huns are extras |
ATTILA |
| Walk wearily |
PLOD |
| Whence ambergris is collected |
SEA |
| Where hands are kept busy |
SHIP |
| [Bo-o-ring!] |
YAWN |
| ___ port |
USB |
| ___-A-Fella Records (label co-founded by Jay-Z) |
ROC |