| Nantes native |
BRETON |
| Nautical speed unit |
KNOT |
| News letters |
UPI |
| One who strikes while the iron is hot |
OPPORTUNIST |
| Pakistan's national language |
URDU |
| Polynesian nation |
SAMOA |
| Present perfect, for one |
TENSE |
| Prompt on stage |
CUE |
| Really excited |
AGOG |
| Red hot chili pepper |
CAYENNE |
| Risqué |
RACY |
| Roadie's load |
AMP |
| Rodeo ropes |
LASSOES |
| San Antonio Spurs coach Popovich |
GREGG |
| Saving one's bacon? |
CURING |
| Scary-sounding lake |
ERIE |
| See 34-Across |
CUTTER |
| Show contempt |
SNEER |
| Skippy rival |
JIF |
| Sleep acronym |
REM |
| Soft French wheel |
BRIE |
| Somerhalder of 'The Vampire Diaries' |
IAN |
| Soup du __ |
JOUR |
| Still on the plate |
UNEATEN |
| Stocking attachments |
GARTERS |
| Stun gun brand |
TASER |
| Suffix for Gator |
ADE |
| Texter's 'If you ask me' |
IMO |
| This one or that one |
EITHER |
| Threatening |
OMINOUS |
| Top pitcher |
ACE |
| Trike rider |
TOT |
| Two in a row? |
OARS |
| Vigor's partner |
VIM |
| Vintage hue on a photo app |
SEPIA |
| Winnebago relative |
OTOE |
| With 36-Across, mass-produced ... and what each of four black squares in this puzzle is? |
COOKIE |
| Woman with a habit? |
NUN |
| Worth having |
OFUSE |