| 'How sweet ___!' |
ITIS |
| 'Law & Order: SVU' actor |
ICET |
| 'Pray continue ...' |
DOTELL |
| 1977 Steely Dan album |
AJA |
| 1979 breakout role for Mel Gibson |
MADMAX |
| A wee hour |
ONEAM |
| Accept, as a lesser charge |
PLEADTO |
| Actress Hepburn |
AUDREY |
| Actress Mazar of 'Entourage' |
DEBI |
| Annual Austin festival |
SOUTHBYSOUTHWEST |
| Answer to the riddle 'What force or strength cannot get through / I, with gentle touch, can do' |
AKEY |
| Applesauce |
HOKUM |
| Arrival and departure locales hinted at by 17-, 21- and 50-Across |
AIRPORTTERMINALS |
| Attire that may leave the chest bare |
SARONG |
| Author LeShan |
EDA |
| Barely lit |
DIM |
| Bush - or an anagram of BUSH plus one letter |
SHRUB |
| Cause of tree damage and downed telephone wires |
HIGHWINDS |
| CBS show with a 'New Orleans' spinoff |
NCIS |
| Classic Camaro |
IROC |
| Comics villain ___ Luthor |
LEX |
| Component |
PART |
| Conceptualize |
IDEATE |
| Concluding musical section |
CODA |
| Conversed |
TALKED |
| County divs |
TWPS |
| Crank (up) |
AMP |
| Cross to bear |
ONUS |
| Demands |
INSISTSUPON |
| Diamonds are weighed in them |
CARATS |
| Die |
PERISH |
| Does awesomely |
KICKSBUTT |
| Dominant faith of Iran |
SHIISM |
| Dreadful, as circumstances |
DIRE |
| Dwellers east of the Urals |
ASIANS |
| Foul-smelling |
PUTRID |
| French filmdom |
CINE |
| Gerontologist's subject |
AGING |