| Jab with a knife |
STAB |
| Like some pond growths |
ALGAL |
| London subway, with 'the' |
TUBE |
| Material in a fire starter set |
MATCHWOOD |
| Middays |
NOONS |
| Mountain ridge |
ARETE |
| Newspaper piece with a viewpoint |
OPED |
| Not quite circular |
OVAL |
| Not working |
IDLE |
| One of the a's in Nascar: Abbr |
ASSN |
| Opposite of paleo- |
NEO |
| Pageant sparkler |
TIARA |
| Pizazz ... or what 18-, 23-, 46- and 56-Across each has? |
WOWFACTOR |
| Prod |
GOAD |
| Rainbow's shape |
ARC |
| Recoil slightly, as from an oncoming punch |
FLINCH |
| Relative of ltd |
INC |
| Response to a punch in the gut |
OOF |
| Rock's Perry or Tyler |
STEVE |
| Sealing ___ |
WAX |
| Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the ___' |
SHREW |
| Shoe ties |
LACES |
| Shore recess |
COVE |
| Sitar piece |
RAGA |
| Some special f/x |
CGI |
| Stockholm native |
SWEDE |
| Stocking shade |
TAUPE |
| Stretches in history |
ERAS |
| Swear |
AVOW |
| Take while no one's looking, say |
WALTZOFFWITH |
| Termini |
ENDS |
| Tree with papery bark |
BIRCH |
| Twisty road curve |
ESS |
| What dogs' tails do |
WAG |
| What Jack and Jill went up |
HILL |
| What's seen in 'Saw' |
GORE |
| Wolf (down) |
SNARF |
| ___ Buddhist |
ZEN |
