| Iditarod racer |
DOGSLED |
| Iris layer |
UVEA |
| It comes before one |
NOON |
| It may be crude |
OIL |
| Juice provider |
OUTLET |
| King who turned his daughter into gold |
MIDAS |
| Knock on |
RAPAT |
| Like a lamb |
OVINE |
| Look after |
MIND |
| Made faces |
MUGGED |
| Melancholic |
DOUR |
| On the defensive |
ATBAY |
| One step __ time |
ATA |
| Pavement warning |
SLO |
| Persevere |
SOLDIERON |
| Proposal conditions ... and what the first parts of the answers to starred clues all can have |
STRINGSATTACHED |
| Rubbish holder |
ASHBIN |
| Scat legend, familiarly |
ELLA |
| Set in stone, say |
ETCH |
| Show with "Weekend Update" skits, initially |
SNL |
| Some flowery works |
ODES |
| Spanish bear |
OSO |
| Specially formed |
ADHOC |
| Steinbeck's "East of __" |
EDEN |
| Sun blockers |
CLOUDS |
| Support during exercise |
SPOT |
| Syst. with a Buffalo campus |
SUNY |
| Teahouse mat |
TATAMI |
| Tip of a wingtip |
TOE |
| Top card |
ACE |
| Try to hit, as a mosquito |
SLAPAT |
| Twins legend who was the first DH to hit a home run |
TONYOLIVA |
| Veinlike deposits |
LODES |
| Vision-correcting surgery |
LASIK |
| Waits in traffic |
IDLES |
| Western wine region |
NAPA |
| Wild speech |
RANT |
| Wolfish stares |
LEERS |