| Greek counterpart to Mars |
ARES |
| Greek H's |
ETAS |
| Hard-to-hit pitches |
HIGHCS |
| Highest possible grade |
APLUS |
| How some ground balls are fielded |
ONAHOP |
| In the thick of |
AMID |
| Inventor Whitney |
ELI |
| Lacking sense |
INANE |
| Lasso loop |
NOOSE |
| Leave standing at the altar |
JILT |
| Letter after 'ar' |
ESS |
| Letter after 22-Across |
TEE |
| Like a sorry-looking dog |
MANGY |
| Longtime news inits |
UPI |
| Never left the bench, say |
SAT |
| Norway's capital |
OSLO |
| Oil cartel |
OPEC |
| One-cent coin since 1909 |
LINCOLNPENNY |
| Part of 'business,' phonetically |
SILENTI |
| Paternity identifier |
DNA |
| Prepare, as tea |
BREW |
| Pursue, as in tag |
CHASE |
| Rice dish |
PILAF |
| Shed old feathers |
MOLT |
| Sign between Cancer and Virgo |
LEO |
| Some whistle blowers |
REFS |
| Soothing succulents |
ALOES |
| Stackable cookies |
OREOS |
| The 'one' in a one-two |
JAB |
| Tiny |
WEE |
| Tragic clown in 'Pagliacci' |
CANIO |
| Trucker on a radio |
CBER |
| U2's lead singer |
BONO |
| Useful item for finding a lost pet |
IDCHIP |
| Very thin, as clouds |
WISPY |
| Vow from a bride or groom |
IDO |
| Walks in water up to one's ankles, say |
WADES |
| Wash oneself |
BATHE |
| Without purpose |
IDLY |