| Maritime hazard |
SHOAL |
| Meat in a classic Monty Python skit |
SPAM |
| More skilled in |
BETTERAT |
| Not stressed |
UNACCENTED |
| One atop the standings |
LEADER |
| One violating omertà |
RAT |
| Output from futuristic weaponry |
IONBEAMS |
| Partner of vim |
VIGOR |
| Post-triathlon woes |
ACHES |
| President who was imprisoned for 27 years |
MANDELA |
| Prison guard, slangily |
SCREW |
| Providence art inst |
RISD |
| Publisher of People |
TIMEINC |
| Rapper with a line of Fila sneakers |
NAS |
| Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas or Sonia Sotomayor, schoolwise |
ELI |
| San Fernando Valley community |
ENCINO |
| San ___ (Bay Area city) |
MATEO |
| Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson |
UVA |
| Sees regularly |
DATES |
| Shepard in space |
ALAN |
| Sibling nickname |
SIS |
| Slow-witted sort |
DODO |
| Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
RACKET |
| Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
BIRDIE |
| Start of el año |
ENERO |
| Starts the game depicted in this puzzle |
SERVES |
| Suffix for sugars |
OSE |
| Supporters of broken arms |
SLINGS |
| Supreme Court aides |
CLERKS |
| Suzuki with his first name on his jersey |
ICHIRO |
| Took too much, briefly |
ODED |
| Toy on a string |
KITE |
| Tram load |
ORE |
| Tsunami cause |
SEISM |
| Uganda's Amin |
IDI |
| Under the weather |
ILL |
| Unless, in law |
NISI |
| Wacko |
LOON |
| Went off, as an alarm |
SOUNDED |
| Xenophobes' fear |
ALIENS |