| Legendary queen whom Degas painted 'building Babylon' |
SEMIRAMIS |
| Like many Fr. nouns |
MASC |
| Little dessert sandwiches |
OREOS |
| Mass with gravity |
REQUIEM |
| Motif in una sinfonia |
TEMA |
| Move crisply back and forth, as one's legs |
SCISSOR |
| Negligent |
REMISS |
| Offshoot |
ARM |
| Onetime federal dietary std |
USRDA |
| Only star brighter than Sirius |
SOL |
| Opera heroine who is an opera singer |
TOSCA |
| Org. funded by FICA |
SSA |
| Penny-pinching |
MEAN |
| Pitching ace Arrieta |
JAKE |
| Popular pome |
PEAR |
| Prefix like pre- |
ANTE |
| Printer-paper size: Abbr |
LTR |
| Pseudonymous essayist who said 'The red-letter days, now become ... dead-letter days' |
ELIA |
| Ref. to an earlier ref |
OPCIT |
| Rigid social strata |
CASTES |
| Rouse |
BESTIR |
| Sanctioned |
OKED |
| Scary follower, perhaps |
ZEALOT |
| Seat where Junior makes a mess of his spaghetti, perhaps |
HIGHCHAIR |
| Setting for 2012's 'Argo' |
IRAN |
| Share the same opinion |
AGREE |
| Show lack of interest, in a way |
YAWN |
| Sitting in a cave, perhaps |
AGING |
| Sound off |
RANT |
| Swampland flora |
SEDGE |
| Takes the earliest shift, say |
OPENS |
| The Taj Mahal or the Great Pyramid of Giza, e.g |
TOMB |
| Uncle of Antigone |
CREON |
| Univ. applicants, often |
SRS |
| Vegan alternative to gelatin |
AGAR |
| Vladivostok veto |
NYET |
| Weapon for Oddjob in 'Goldfinger' |
HAT |
| What autocorrect often does, in effect |
ERRS |
| White-sheet link |
ASA |
