| Much-anticipated sporting events ... or, when spoken, what 20-, 28-, 35- and 43-Across have? |
SEASONOPENERS |
| Old flame? |
EMBER |
| Op-ed writer Douthat |
ROSS |
| Orange container |
CRATE |
| Part of a fire safety system |
SPRINKLERHEAD |
| Pennsylvania university that's home to the Fighting Scots |
EDINBORO |
| Perched (on) |
SAT |
| Peter the Great, for one |
TSAR |
| Pie ___ mode |
ALA |
| Pitch-perfect? |
NOHIT |
| Places for genies |
LAMPS |
| Precious supply on a spaceship |
AIR |
| Prime draft category |
ONEA |
| Prized taste in ramen |
UMAMI |
| Put a cork in |
CLOSE |
| Queens stadium that was 14-Across in 2008-09 |
SHEA |
| Recess in a room |
NOOK |
| Reed with a guitar |
LOU |
| Reverse |
UNDO |
| Rocks whose names often end in '-ite' |
ORES |
| Rowers may have a row of them |
OARS |
| Some Miller beers |
LITES |
| Southern Missouri's ___ Mountains |
OZARK |
| Spartans of the Big Ten Conf |
MSU |
| Sport conducted in a dohyo |
SUMO |
| Standard |
NORM |
| Symbol of wisdom |
OWL |
| Traditional Japanese gate |
TORII |
| Tristan's love, in legend |
ISOLDE |
| Tulsa sch |
ORU |
| Unit of corporal punishment |
LASH |
| Wait awhile |
BIDE |
| What 46-Down runs on |
IOS |
| Work of Horace |
ODE |
| ___ Ep (college frat) |
SIG |
| ___ of mind |
PRESENCE |
| ___-Foy, Que |
STE |
