| It 'should not mean / But be,' per Archibald MacLeish |
POEM |
| Its alphabet goes from Alfa to Zulu |
NATO |
| Job ad abbr |
EOE |
| Kvetch |
MOAN |
| Latina miss: Abbr |
SRTA |
| Law |
ACT |
| Lays flat |
KOS |
| Leavers of pheromone trails |
ANTS |
| Like a seat with a coat over it, maybe |
TAKEN |
| Managed |
RAN |
| Modern Persian |
IRANI |
| Mysteries in the '16 film 'Arrival' |
ETS |
| Narc's grp |
DEA |
| Noirish |
DARK |
| Noisy bites |
CHOMPS |
| Nonverbal communication, for short |
ASL |
| One of two in many churches |
AISLE |
| One, on a bill |
UNUM |
| One-third of an ellipsis |
DOT |
| Opposing voice |
ANTI |
| Prefix with comic |
SERIO |
| Result of a lashing |
WELT |
| Sallie ___ (student loan offerer) |
MAE |
| Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across |
DROPTHETHE |
| Sharp footwear |
ICESKATES |
| Sites for development |
UTERI |
| Source of many English words |
LATELATIN |
| Source of pain for a lion, per Aesop |
THORN |
| Squalid |
RATTY |
| Start of an elimination |
EENIE |
| Taro, in Hawaiian cuisine |
STAPLE |
| Tennis champ Mandlikova |
HANA |
| Waterfall feature, often |
MIST |
| What a slalom path has |
SSHAPE |
| When some news is aired |
ATTEN |
| Yarn unit |
SKEIN |
| ___ qua non |
SINE |
