| Musk of SpaceX |
ELON |
| Nabisco's flagship brand |
OREO |
| Original NATO member |
USA |
| Passage for exhaust gases |
FLUE |
| Past the 'sell-by' date, perhaps |
BAD |
| Pinkett Smith of 'Ali' |
JADA |
| Place, as a point on a graph |
PLOT |
| Plugging away |
ATIT |
| Postponement, as of a decision |
DEFERRAL |
| Pre-Christmas mailing |
CARD |
| Quote on hotels.com |
RATE |
| Revealing skirt feature |
SLIT |
| Room painter's estimate |
AREA |
| Scorch on a grill |
SEAR |
| See 41-Down |
ALDA |
| Sharpshooter's aid |
SCOPE |
| Shoe brand named for a cat |
PUMA |
| Simba's mate |
NALA |
| Small house with a porch, typically |
BUNGALOW |
| Smile (and a word that can follow the first parts of 21- and 49-Across and 3- and 29-Down) |
BEAM |
| Snobbish sorts |
SNOOTS |
| Some pottery class projects |
URNS |
| Stake that can be upped |
ANTE |
| Surface quickly, like a cork |
BOBUP |
| Take to the cleaners, so to speak |
BILK |
| Takes the plunge |
WEDS |
| They're laid in shipyards |
KEELS |
| Tomato used in sauces |
ROMA |
| Troubled incessantly |
ATEAT |
| TTYL part |
YOU |
| Twenty percent |
ONEFIFTH |
| Typeface subsection |
FONT |
| Val Kilmer's role in 'The Doors' |
JIMMORRISON |
| Viva voce |
ORAL |
| When nine-to-fivers work |
DAYS |
| Where Stanley sought Livingstone |
AFRICA |
| With 36-Across, 'Bridge of Spies' actor |
ALAN |
| Word after labor or life |
FORCE |
| Word on a fire alarm |
PULL |
