| Made the first bet |
OPENED |
| Melodrama predicament |
TRAP |
| More fashionable |
TONIER |
| Muss, as hair |
TOUSLE |
| Noisy piglet |
GRUNTER |
| Numero __ (first-rate) |
UNO |
| Old saying |
MAXIM |
| On one's toes |
ALERT |
| Online bidding center |
EBAY |
| Oscar actress Berry |
HALLE |
| Part of Miss Muffet's meal |
CURDS |
| Penalty caller |
REF |
| Placed a levy on |
TAXED |
| Placed in a schedule |
SLOTTED |
| Prepared to be knighted |
KNELT |
| Quiche-like |
EGGY |
| Rang loudly |
PEALED |
| Remove the peel from |
PARE |
| Rip to shreds |
TATTER |
| Rock guitarists' plug-ins |
AMPS |
| Sandbox scooper |
SHOVEL |
| Sausage ingredient |
PORK |
| See 26 Down |
TIM |
| See 58 Down |
PAUL |
| See after |
TEND |
| Small singing group |
DUO |
| Stage signal |
CUE |
| Starch in sushi |
RICE |
| Steinway & __ (piano company) |
SONS |
| Step inside |
ENTER |
| Texter's ''I've heard enough!'' |
TMI |
| The Louvre's locale |
PARIS |
| Top-ranked |
BEST |
| Trash hauler |
SCOW |
| Weightlifter's exercise |
BICEPSCURL |
| With 31 Down, Dickens lad |
TINY |
| With 52 Across, electric-guitar pioneer |
LES |
| Zodiac feline |
LEO |
| __ manner of speaking |
INA |