| Like much ore |
MINED |
| Many a reggae artist |
RASTA |
| Many a typist, nowadays |
USER |
| Margarine |
OLEO |
| Mazatlán-to-Chihuahua dirección |
NORTE |
| Metaphorical hiding place |
HAT |
| Monthly pmts. reducer |
REFI |
| Nevada was the first st. to allow it |
OTB |
| Office staple |
DESK |
| One of three in "To be or not to be" |
IAMB |
| OPEC member since 1962 |
LIBYA |
| Painful spots |
SORES |
| Parker's rank in "McHale's Navy": Abbr |
ENS |
| Part of CBS: Abbr |
SYS |
| Pincered insect |
EARWIG |
| Poetic word of order |
ERE |
| Priestly garments |
ALBS |
| Rehab process |
DETOX |
| Religion founded in Persia |
BAHAI |
| Residence |
HOME |
| Secured, in a way |
TIED |
| Shade provider |
OAK |
| Six-pack set |
ABS |
| Slipshod building addition? |
RAGGEDYANNEX |
| Speak or creak |
VERB |
| Stage genre |
DRAMA |
| Still in play |
ALIVE |
| Strands at the lodge, maybe |
ICESIN |
| Surplus |
GLUT |
| They may deal with freezes |
TECHS |
| They sometimes intrude at weddings, and also in this puzzle's theme |
EXES |
| Thought |
IDEA |
| Tiny bit |
IOTA |
| Too |
ALSO |
| Too much shooting at the table? |
EXCESSPOOL |
| Uber competitors |
CABS |
| Unwavering |
STAID |
| Vetoes |
NIXES |
| Zodiac animal |
RAM |
