| Gray color |
ASH |
| Gripper |
CLAW |
| Hearst mag |
COSMO |
| Honshu's ___ River |
EDO |
| In the back |
AFT |
| Inhuman |
BESTIAL |
| Land |
REALTY |
| Legendary #3 on the diamond |
RUTH |
| Like the alphabet that includes the answers to the starred clues ... and an anagram of the eight circled letters |
PHONETIC |
| Mandela player in a 2013 biopic |
ELBA |
| Montana's Hungry Horse ___ |
DAM |
| Newsman Chuck |
TODD |
| On vacation |
AWAY |
| One from Germany |
EINE |
| Ones laying down 20-Down |
PAVERS |
| Onetime royal |
SHAH |
| Part of the cerebrum |
CORTEX |
| Pet form of José |
PEPE |
| Poet who said 'Most editors are failed writers - but so are most writers' |
TSELIOT |
| Put next to |
APPOSE |
| Relative of a finch known for building intricate nests |
WEAVER |
| Ring encouragement |
OLE |
| Run out of clothes? |
STREAK |
| Scale opening |
CDEF |
| See 49-Across |
YEARS |
| Some bills |
TENS |
| Spring breaks? |
OASES |
| Stay-at-home ___ |
DAD |
| Supply for 9-Down |
ASPHALT |
| Surface |
APPEAR |
| Three-month period |
SEASON |
| To be for you? |
ARE |
| What may come as a relief? |
ALOE |
| Where the heart lies |
TORSO |
| Whiff |
SMELL |
| With 19-Across, U.S. representative's term |
TWO |
| You've heard it many times before |
CLICHE |
| ___ laude |
CUM |
| ___ Piano, designer of The New York Times Building |
RENZO |