| Metallica's first Top 40 hit |
ONE |
| Minecraft explosive |
TNT |
| Monty Python member Michael |
PALIN |
| Mop's mate |
PAIL |
| Official at Ohio State, say |
DEAN |
| On the horizon |
AHEAD |
| Paraffin-coated cheese |
EDAM |
| Part of NPR |
RADIO |
| Pesky insect |
GNAT |
| Proclamation |
EDICT |
| Remain unsettled |
PEND |
| Rice-growing area |
PADDY |
| Senator's stretch |
TERM |
| Slim to ___ (long odds) |
NONE |
| Some Tetris pieces |
ELLS |
| Spanish province or its capital |
AVILA |
| Still in play |
ALIVE |
| Supermarket section |
DELI |
| Thriller novelist Daniel |
SILVA |
| Tick off |
RILE |
| Ticker that's hung |
WALLCLOCK |
| To no ___ (in vain) |
AVAIL |
| Tragic monarch |
LEAR |
| Trouble that you'll find doubled in each of the longest entries |
ILL |
| TV host who touts his show as a 'No-Spin Zone' |
BILLOREILLY |
| Twitter titter |
LOL |
| Two eights, e.g |
PAIR |
| Up to, in brief |
TIL |
| Wade's legal opponent |
ROE |
| Word with first or financial |
AID |
| Wriggle |
SQUIRM |
| Wrist-to-elbow bones |
ULNAS |
| Writer Blyton or Bagnold |
ENID |
| Written in the stars |
FATED |
| Young buck |
FAWN |
| Zealous |
AVID |
| ___ Dug ('80s arcade game) |
DIG |
| ___ Fruits (original name of Starburst candy) |
OPAL |
| ___ pressure |
AIR |