| Look without blinking |
STARE |
| Miles away |
AFAR |
| Milky gemstone |
OPAL |
| Morally pure |
CHASTE |
| Ointment |
BALM |
| On one's toes |
ALERT |
| Paltry |
MERE |
| Polish for the paper |
EDIT |
| Prefix for dynamic |
AERO |
| Pt. opposite NNE |
SSW |
| Put into words |
SAY |
| Qualifying race |
HEAT |
| River through Paris |
SEINE |
| Saw |
NOTICED |
| See 20 Across |
WORSTOFTIMES |
| See 20 Across |
OFTIMESITWASTHE |
| Small bill |
ONE |
| Sour-cream tidbit |
CHIVE |
| Special talent |
GIFT |
| Spill the beans |
TELL |
| Spiral shapes |
COILS |
| Spooky |
EERIE |
| Stars and Stripes land: Abbr |
USA |
| Stick to chew |
GUM |
| Sticks to do magic with |
WANDS |
| Stingless bees |
DRONES |
| Stopped from squeaking |
OILED |
| Sudden wealth |
WINDFALL |
| Taking a cruise |
ATSEA |
| To be neatened, as beds |
UNMADE |
| Tots' parents |
MAMAS |
| Twangy, as a voice |
NASAL |
| Went in knee-deep |
WADED |
| White dessert 57 Down |
SAUTERNE |
| Wiggle room |
LEEWAY |
| With 36 and 57 Across, ''A Tale of Two Cities'' beginning |
ITWASTHEBEST |
| Wood-eating bug |
TERMITE |
| Word-of-mouth |
ORAL |
| [As written] |
SIC |