| 'Relax, recruits' |
ATEASE |
| 'Shucks!' |
AWGEE |
| 'Step on it!' |
HURRY |
| *See 61-Across |
VANILLA |
| *See 61-Across |
BORING |
| *See 61-Across |
HUMDRUM |
| *See 61-Across |
DRAB |
| *See 61-Across |
FLAT |
| *See 61-Across |
UNINSPIRED |
| *See 61-Across |
DREARY |
| *See 61-Across |
MUNDANE |
| Adds cubes, e.g |
ICES |
| Adequate |
DUE |
| Applied sci. professionals |
ENGRS |
| Baton Rouge-to-Jackson dir |
NNE |
| Bearded antelope |
GNU |
| Church in a 1945 Bing Crosby film |
STMARYS |
| Convention center event |
EXPO |
| Cork's country |
EIRE |
| Creation of some 32-Across: Abbr |
BLDG |
| Cry weakly |
MEWL |
| Cut to a reporter, say |
GOLIVE |
| Dragoon's weapons |
SABERS |
| Dundee denial |
NAE |
| Earth-friendly prefix |
ECO |
| Eggs on |
GOADS |
| Elephant king of stories |
BABAR |
| Gridiron marking |
ENDLINE |
| Hightailed it |
RAN |
| Honest-to-goodness |
REAL |
| In a manner of speaking |
ASITWERE |
| Instead |
ELSE |
| Island group southeast of Fiji |
TONGA |
| It's only a number, they say |
AGE |
| Java expert, say |
CODER |
| Keep busy |
TIEUP |
| Lacking excitement, and, with 40-Down, what the starred answers create |
PEDESTRIAN |
| Lemon |
DUD |
| Less chicken |
BRAVER |
