| Letter-shaped fastener |
TNUT |
| Like a gloater |
SMUG |
| Like Dolly Parton |
BUXOM |
| Mayberry gas station attendant |
PYLE |
| National Institutes of Health city |
BETHESDA |
| Night table item |
LAMP |
| Of __: helpful for |
USETO |
| Olympian's sword |
EPEE |
| Place for a key: Abbr. |
IGN |
| Prefix with fire |
BON |
| Quaker possessive |
THY |
| Quarterback on the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team, and a hint to puzzle theme in last words of 17-, 27- and 48-Across |
JOEMONTANA |
| Que. neighbor |
ONT |
| Response to "Look!" |
ISEEIT |
| Roman Catholic tribunal |
ROTA |
| Scene-ending effect |
FADE |
| Sentence part |
NOUN |
| Seven-time N.L. home run champ |
KINER |
| Spain's Ibiza, por ejemplo |
ISLA |
| Squarish |
BOXY |
| Start to freeze? |
ANTI |
| Stops hedging |
OPTS |
| Succeeds in spades |
MAKESITBIG |
| Tag call |
NOTIT |
| Tech school on the Hudson Riv. |
RPI |
| Test done on long rolls of graph paper, briefly |
EKG |
| The four seasons |
YEAR |
| The Temptations' first #1 hit |
MYGIRL |
| Tropical drink |
MAITAI |
| Turns abruptly |
ZAGS |
| Twice-monthly tide |
NEAP |
| U.S. Army E-6's |
SSGTS |
| Utter conclusion? |
ANCE |
| Vacation spot |
RESORT |
| Volkswagen hatchback |
GTI |
| Voltaire's "with" |
AVEC |
| Witty remark |
JEST |
| Works in the Prado |
ARTE |
| __-majesty |
LESE |