| Leak |
ESCAPE |
| Leaves in a cup |
TEA |
| Lookout Mtn. state |
TENN |
| Loud speaker |
STENTOR |
| Malt dryer |
OAST |
| Match |
MESH |
| Mismanage |
MESSUP |
| Miss in Mex. |
SRTA |
| Moccasins, e.g. |
SLIPONS |
| Nebraska City's county |
OTOE |
| Old-time actress Dunne |
IRENE |
| One in a dark suit |
SPADE |
| One of three in "Macbeth" |
SCENEV |
| Online banking transactions, briefly |
EFTS |
| Out of balance |
ALOP |
| Out of concern that |
LEST |
| Pad and pen |
HOMES |
| Paella ingredient |
RICE |
| Painter Fra Filippo __ |
LIPPI |
| Portrait of a former spouse? |
EXLIKENESS |
| Prefix with chemical |
AGRI |
| Resign |
STEPASIDE |
| Rosalind of "Star Trek" spin-offs |
CHAO |
| Schmo |
ASS |
| Seaman's superior, briefly |
BOSN |
| See 39-Across |
OUT |
| Set in motion |
CAUSED |
| Shortly |
ANON |
| Sleeper __ |
CELL |
| Softly lit |
AGLOW |
| Square dance unit |
OCTET |
| St. __: common hospital name |
LUKES |
| Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty |
ODOUL |
| U.S. Navy officer |
LIEUT |
| What the musical group is asking? |
CHOIRPRICE |
| With 40-Across, role-play (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
ACT |
| Wordless warnings |
GROWLS |
| XXV x XXX |
DCCL |
