| Main course |
ENTREE |
| Major DC lobby |
NRA |
| Make sure of |
SEETO |
| Makes a comparison |
RELATES |
| Maltreated |
ABUSED |
| Many ''Deck the Halls'' syllables |
LAS |
| Mascara mishap |
SMEAR |
| Med. scan |
MRI |
| Media statistician Silver |
NATE |
| Metaphor for drastic cutting |
MEATAX |
| Mike Myers film role |
AUSTINPOWERS |
| Miles away |
AFAR |
| Most comical |
ZANIEST |
| Muckraking journalist |
LINCOLNSTEFFENS |
| Munich Mrs |
FRAU |
| Name in the news since 1958 |
UPI |
| NL East team |
ATL |
| Noisy bug |
CICADA |
| Oil drilling equipment |
RIG |
| Once around a track |
LAP |
| One with a Nome home |
ALASKAN |
| Over the moon |
ECSTATIC |
| Painter known as ''The Dripper'' |
JACKSONPOLLOCK |
| Paper Mate rival |
BIC |
| Peeved |
INAPET |
| Piece of work |
TASK |
| Piggy's frog friend |
KERMIT |
| Pinnacle |
ACME |
| Plus |
AND |
| Polite denial |
NOTI |
| Pop-culture phenomenon |
FAD |
| Rental ad abbr |
RMS |
| Retired Czech tennis pro |
HELENASUKOVA |
| Retired TV talk host |
LENO |
| Santa __, CA |
CLARA |
| Secondhand transactions |
RESALES |
| See 66 Across |
CARDIN |
| Setting for Singapore |
ASIA |
| Shade of purple |
MAUVE |
| Show for sure |
PROVE |
| Singer LaBelle |
PATTI |
| Sluggish |
SLOW |
| Small brown bird |
WREN |
| Small sweet sandwich |
OREO |
| Something extra |
MORE |
| Sound of surprise |
OHO |
| Speechless |
ATALOSS |
| Spiny houseplant |
ALOE |
| Spring suddenly |
POUNCE |
| Start to catch up |
GAIN |
| Stinging remarks |
BARBS |
| Stir-fry skillet |
WOK |
| Study of verses |
PROSODY |
| Summer setting in Va |
EDT |
| Swiped |
TOOK |
| Switch label |
ONOFF |
| Symbols of sleep |
ZEES |
| Syndicated game-show host |
SAJAK |
| Texting alternative |
EMAIL |
| Time-traveling canine toon |
PEABODY |
| Tiny fly |
GNAT |
| Ultimatum ender |
ELSE |
| Underused auto parts |
BLINKERS |
| Unkempt place |
STY |
| Unnamed wine-list selections |
HOUSEREDS |
| Unvarying voice |
MONOTONE |
| Went astray |
ERRED |
| What to call a clipper |
SHE |
| When shadows are shortest |
NOON |
| Whopping |
HEFTY |
| With 68 Across, French designer |
PIERRE |
| __ voce (orally) |
VIVA |
