| It's 1 on the Mohs scale |
TALC |
| Its legislature is the Oireachtas |
EIRE |
| Jack in the deck |
KNAVE |
| James of jazz |
ETTA |
| John Wayne types |
MACHOS |
| Kept out of sight |
HID |
| Kite trailer |
TAIL |
| Korean carmaker |
KIA |
| Language that gave us "galore" |
GAELIC |
| Left hanging |
INLIMBO |
| Letter-shaped bolt holder |
TNUT |
| Like acid in some disinfectants |
IODIC |
| London trash cans |
DUSTBINS |
| Lyft offer |
RIDE |
| Minnesota's state bird |
LOON |
| Numerical prefix |
OCTO |
| Org. created in a 1949 sports merger |
NBA |
| Part of TBS: Abbr |
SYS |
| Pessimist's words |
NOHOPE |
| Philly cagers |
SIXERS |
| Pioneering fast food name |
MCDONALD |
| Pitt of "The Big Short" |
BRAD |
| Pocket for falafel |
PITA |
| Polite addresses |
MAAMS |
| Pot growth from overwatering |
ALGAE |
| Praline nut |
PECAN |
| Printer output |
PAGE |
| Prospector's target |
ORE |
| Protect from hackers, hopefully |
ENCODE |
| Purify, as whiskey |
DISTILL |
| Push-up top |
BRA |
| Putin's former org |
KGB |
| Reuters rival |
UPI |
| Rival of Tesla |
EDISON |
| Roulette bet |
NOIR |
| Sanction, as a college |
ACCREDIT |
| Settles, as a debt |
REPAYS |
| Shelter chorus |
ARFS |
| Signs off on |
OKS |
| Slowing, to an orch |
RIT |
| Snuck |
CREPT |
| Some old notebooks |
IBMS |
| Sonata finale, perhaps |
RONDO |
| Sound near a "Beware of Dog" sign |
GRR |
| Stay fresh |
KEEP |
| Stinging rebuke |
BARB |
| Stonehenge worshiper |
DRUID |
| Stout quantities |
PINTS |
| Subject for Keats |
URN |
| Succeed in |
WINAT |
| Tablecloth material |
LINEN |
| Take the stage |
ACT |
| Tapped image |
ICON |
| Tea party attendee |
ALICE |
| Tech gadget review site |
CNET |
| Totally absorbed |
RAPT |
| Trade org |
ASSN |
| Unnerves |
DAUNTS |
| USNA part: Abbr |
ACAD |
| Venue for free discussion |
OPENFORUM |
| Vineyard grape |
PINOT |
| Von Trapp girl who sings "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" with Rolf |
LIESL |
| Way to step |
ASIDE |
| Whirlpool brand |
MAYTAG |
| Willie Mays won 12 in 12 consecutive years |
GOLDGLOVEAWARDS |
| Wish Tree artist |
ONO |
| Wyo. neighbor |
IDA |
| Yielding to gravity |
SAGGY |
| __ Mae: Whoopi's "Ghost" role |
ODA |
| __ on the side of caution |
ERR |
| __ Trophy: annual PGA honor for lowest scoring average |
VARDON |