| Knew unfavorable things about |
HADTHEGOODSON |
| Knuckler's lack |
SPIN |
| Learning method |
ROTE |
| Like Chichén Itzá pyramids |
MAYAN |
| List-ending abbr |
ETAL |
| Meander |
ROVE |
| Medical suffix |
ITIS |
| Mil. award |
DSM |
| Mind reader? |
EEG |
| Mo.'s largest airport |
STL |
| Moody rock genre |
EMO |
| Mournful melody |
DIRGE |
| Name dropped by TASS in 2014 |
ITAR |
| Narcissistic trait exhibited perfectly by this puzzle's eight other longest answers |
EGOCENTRISM |
| Narrow valleys |
GLENS |
| Needlefish |
GAR |
| Neighbor of Cameroon |
GABON |
| Neighbor of Montenegro |
HERZEGOVINA |
| Normand of silents |
MABEL |
| Not for free |
ATAPRICE |
| Not free-range |
CAGED |
| Obama : Bo :: FDR : __ |
FALA |
| One looking ahead |
SEERESS |
| One of 11 for Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
EMMY |
| Opposed |
AVERSE |
| Papal representative |
LEGATE |
| Paperless periodical |
EZINE |
| Part of ETA: Abbr |
ARR |
| Part of Q.E.D |
ERAT |
| Piano brand |
YAMAHA |
| Plant also called a New Zealand yam |
OCA |
| Play about Capote |
TRU |
| Plot measure |
ACRE |
| Pops |
DAD |
| Port near Sapporo |
OTARU |
| Post-larval |
PUPAL |
| PowerPoint unit |
SLIDE |
| Pre-riot state |
UNREST |
| PreCheck org |
TSA |
| Put the blame on |
SCAPEGOATED |
| Put up |
ERECT |
| Reduction of legal constraints, briefly |
DEREG |
| Resident of America's highest capital |
SANTAFEAN |
| RN workplaces |
ERS |
| Roast host |
EMCEE |
| Robert of 'Vega$' |
URICH |
| Sailor's saint |
ELMO |
| Scandinavian language |
SAMI |
| Snapchat co-founder Spiegel |
EVAN |
| Solving a problem boldly |
CUTTINGTHEGORDIANKNOT |
| Subpar car |
LEMON |
| Summer brew |
ICETEA |
| Supporting structure |
TRUSS |
| Surpass |
OUTDO |
| Swindle, in slang |
RIP |
| T or F, maybe |
ANS |
| Texas senator Cruz |
TED |
| Tony Gwynn, notably |
SANDIEGOPADRE |
| Toon canine |
REN |
| Triangular building feature |
GABLE |
| Tropical fruits |
MANGOS |
| U.N. worker protection gp |
ILO |
| Uncle __ |
BENS |
| Useless, battery-wise |
DEAD |
| Wax maker |
BEE |
| What manslaughter lacks |
INTENT |
| What optimists don't give up |
HOPE |
| When tripled, 'and so on' |
YADA |
| With a touch of sweetness |
SEMIDRY |
| Words of denial |
IDONT |
| Wuyi Mountains tea |
OOLONG |
