| 'A pity' |
ALAS |
| 'Harlem Nocturne' instrument |
SAX |
| 'Poor Richard's Almanack' bit |
ADAGE |
| 'Step right up!' |
NEXT |
| 1940s-'50s White House inits. |
HST |
| 2006 Emmy winner for 'The West Wing' |
ALDA |
| 50+ org. |
AARP |
| A teaspoonful, maybe |
DOSE |
| After 2004, the only way to buy a 14-Across |
USED |
| Akihito's wife, e.g. |
EMPRESS |
| An Olympic swimmer needs a big one |
LUNGCAPACITY |
| Art form that commonly depicts a swan |
ORIGAMI |
| Astronomical discovery of 1781 |
URANUS |
| Author Kipling |
RUDYARD |
| Baseball's Felipe or Jesus |
ALOU |
| Biblical strongman |
SAMSON |
| Big bang |
KABOOM |
| Capital of Switzerland |
BERN |
| Club familiars |
GANG |
| Common companion of a dry throat |
THIRST |
| Congressional Black Caucus, e.g. |
BLOC |
| Diamond group |
UMPS |
| Echo location |
CANYON |
| Element that can precede the starts of 20-, 31-, 47- and 54-Across |
IRON |
| End of a warning |
ELSE |
| Et ___ |
CETERA |
| Fateful event for the Titanic |
MAIDENVOYAGE |
| Give a ring |
CALL |
| Grief relief |
SOLACE |
| Group with the 1968 hit 'Hush' |
DEEPPURPLE |
| Gun produced by Israel Military Industries |
UZI |
| He ran to succeed 13-Down: Abbr. |
AES |
| Hot pair |
ITEM |
| Indian's home |
ASIA |
| It may be over a window |
CURTAINROD |
| It turns a hundred into a thousand |
ZERO |
| Jacob's twin |
ESAU |
| La Mediterranee, e.g. |
MER |