| Like many roller coaster drops |
STEEP |
| Like some signers |
DEAF |
| Like tires needing replacement |
BALD |
| Little bit of land in the sea |
ISLE |
| Material for a pool table surface |
FELT |
| Milky gemstone |
OPAL |
| Not taped |
LIVE |
| Notable rhyming London street |
PALLMALL |
| One using a crib sheet? |
TOT |
| Partially rotted, as wood |
DOTY |
| Pinot ___ (red wine) |
NOIR |
| Place where hair may accumulate |
DRAIN |
| Post-U.S.S.R. bloc |
CIS |
| Powerful equines |
STEEDS |
| Properly sticking to one's training |
WELLDISCIPLINED |
| Reduce in value |
DEBASE |
| Reside |
DWELL |
| Scales of "astronomical" proportions? |
LIBRA |
| Sci-fi figure |
ALIEN |
| Season of gift-giving |
YULE |
| Shock and amaze |
STUN |
| Sit down |
PLOP |
| Start of a depressing Monopoly phrase |
GOTO |
| Sulks |
POUTS |
| Surgery reminder |
SCAR |
| Telltale sign for a hound |
SCENT |
| Turns, as on an axis |
SLUES |
| Type of exam or hygiene |
ORAL |
| Type of sword |
EPEE |
| Vaguely suggest |
HINT |
| Volcano in Sicily |
ETNA |
| Walk inside |
ENTER |
| Wear away through erosion |
ABLATE |
| What having contacts can improve |
EYESIGHT |
| Wrinkly faced pooches |
PUGS |
| Young French ladies |
FILLES |
| Your current clue direction |
DOWN |
| ___ Aviv, Israel |
TEL |
