| It might be a dive |
EATERY |
| Its motto is ''Prepared. Responsive. Committed.'' |
FEMA |
| Jammed |
DENSE |
| Lack of seasoning |
NAIVETE |
| Line on a diner menu list |
SIDE |
| Make arrangements for one's fast break |
ORDERAMEAL |
| Metal in Montana's motto |
ORO |
| Metaphor for discombobulation |
HAZE |
| Military command |
PARADEREST |
| NBA slam-dunking great |
ERVING |
| Not before |
ASOF |
| Not exactly upper-crust 55 Across? |
TARTS |
| Occasion for Asian fireworks |
TET |
| One will get you about 110 JPY |
USD |
| Opposite of ''mutual'' |
UNILATERAL |
| Parallel parks, perhaps |
EDGESIN |
| Pastimes, for short |
REC |
| Place to keep a zither |
LAP |
| Project completion datum |
ETA |
| Pulp-and-water mix used to make paper |
SLURRY |
| Razor Vacs, for example |
DIRTDEVILS |
| Reasons |
DEDUCES |
| Resourced |
AIDED |
| SCOTUS topics |
RTS |
| Showed all who's czar |
REIGNED |
| Smallest figure in a Parthenon frieze |
EROS |
| Solemn starter |
SERIO |
| Solicit |
ENTREAT |
| Soothe |
QUIET |
| Spot for vaccination, say: Abbr |
PSA |
| Starter on a table |
ANTE |
| Supporting Actor Oscar winner two years before Gooding |
LANDAU |
| They're attached to dorsal vertebrae |
LATS |
| Tops on the floor |
OUTBIDS |
| Word on a Cable Car Museum area map |
NOB |