| 'Fire' preceder |
AIM |
| 'Sustineo ___' (early USAF motto) |
ALAS |
| 'Waiting for Lefty' playwright |
ODETS |
| 1940s Bikini blasts, briefly |
NTESTS |
| A case of pins and needles? |
ETUI |
| Absorbed the cost of, informally |
ATE |
| Actor known for wearing prosthetic ears |
NIMOY |
| Air |
SONG |
| Baking soda has many of them, per Heloise |
USES |
| Betray shame |
REDDEN |
| Blabbermouth's opposite |
CLAM |
| Bough |
LIMB |
| Branching-out point |
NODE |
| Brandish |
WIELD |
| Brilliance |
ECLAT |
| Bring to the table |
SERVE |
| Butterflies, by another name |
AGITA |
| Carthage neighbor |
TUNIS |
| Combined effort |
SYNERGY |
| Cricket transgression |
NOBALL |
| Crux |
MEAT |
| Cry of support |
RAH |
| Cuban Missile Crisis negotiator |
UTHANT |
| Doesn't chug, say |
SIPS |
| Dour |
SULLEN |
| Duck |
ELUDE |
| Email status |
SENT |
| Extra |
SPARE |
| Farewell at a 19 Across |
ALOHA |
| Fashion editor Wintour |
ANNA |
| Flatbread with vindaloo |
NAAN |
| Flightless bird of the pampas |
RHEA |
| Gift for promoting growth |
GREENTHUMB |
| Give off, as exhaust |
EMIT |
| Gp. that officially recognized the State of Israel in 1988 |
PLO |
| Grope clumsily |
PAWAT |
| Guarantee the failure of |
DOOM |
| Have coming |
EARN |
| How chatterboxes may chat |
IDLY |