| Make it competitive again |
COMEBACK |
| McCartney wrote one for Liverpool |
ORATORIO |
| Metro map adverb |
ICI |
| Most Turks and Egyptians |
SUNNI |
| Norris' birth name |
CARLOS |
| Not innovative |
COPIED |
| Of alchemy, astrology, etc |
OCCULT |
| OK's |
CLEARS |
| Old-style opposite of ''welcomed'' |
ILLMET |
| Page One leaker of 1973 |
ELLSBERG |
| Port founded by Catherine the Great |
ODESSA |
| Promoter of boxers |
KENNELCLUB |
| Rams and bulls |
SIRES |
| Rio Grande Plaza locale |
LAREDO |
| Salutation that sounds edible |
CIAO |
| Save (as a show), since 2000 |
TIVO |
| Series often set in casinos |
CSI |
| Short time |
BIT |
| Skeptic's query |
ISTHATSO |
| Snap to do |
SLAMDUNK |
| Some MonasteryGarments.com customers |
NUNS |
| Subdued |
STILL |
| Subtle shading |
NUANCE |
| Temporal threshold |
EVE |
| Time for Hanoi fireworks |
TET |
| Title character of the BBC drama ''Bondmaker'' |
IAN |
| Top ''SportsCentury'' track star |
OWENS |
| Tops in service |
OLDEST |
| Torte or tortoni ingredient |
EGG |
| Unconfident preface |
IFIMNOTMISTAKEN |
| Underpinning |
BASIS |
| Unhelpful advice re adversity |
DEALWITHIT |
| What Dr. Oz got with his M.D |
MBA |
| Wrestler personas |
HEMEN |
| Xbox's motion controller |
KINECT |
| __ rat |
LAB |