| Kind of chicken |
CAPON |
| Legislative center |
SEAT |
| Like __ (very quickly) |
ASHOT |
| List shortener |
ETC |
| Literary contract provision |
OPTION |
| Longstanding developmental debate |
NATUREVERSUSNURTURE |
| Magnet, vis-à-vis iron |
ATTRACTOR |
| Mexican money |
PESOS |
| Modeling material |
BALSA |
| Most igneous rocks |
BASALT |
| Much too familiar |
TRITE |
| Muscle fatigue |
ACHE |
| Musical appreciation |
EAR |
| New England school, for short |
UCONN |
| New __ Wales |
SOUTH |
| Newest American Leaguers |
ASTROS |
| Nonexistent |
NIL |
| Nonprescription, for short |
OTC |
| Ore layer |
VEIN |
| Overact to extremes |
HAMUP |
| Pal of Harry Potter |
RON |
| Paranormal glows |
AURAS |
| Piece of lettuce |
LEAF |
| Prefix for center |
EPI |
| Put away, as a saber |
SHEATHE |
| Quarterfinals complement |
OCTET |
| Recliner part |
ARM |
| Recycling container |
BIN |
| Reliable expert |
PRO |
| Repel, with ''off'' |
FEND |
| Required to justify one's actions |
ACCOUNTABLE |
| Restraining order |
DROPIT |
| Salt amt |
TSP |
| School near Windsor |
ETON |
| Scottish body of water |
LOCH |
| Seinfeld character |
ELAINE |
| Sgts., for instance |
NCOS |
| Since Jan. 1 |
YTD |
| Singer/pianist Jones |
NORAH |
| Slalom site |
SKIRUN |
| Slow walk |
STROLL |
| Small bucks and does |
RABBITS |
| Son of Seth |
ENOS |
| Sort of slight swallow |
SIP |
| Spouse of 50 Across |
ONO |
| Start of some memos |
FYI |
| Structure at some Winter Carnivals |
ICECASTLE |
| Summer weather stat |
THI |
| Swimming |
NATANT |
| T-shirt size |
SMALL |
| Tax table no |
PCT |
| The Situation Room airer |
CNN |
| Thin porridges |
GRUELS |
| Third largest planet |
URANUS |
| Tierra rodeada de agua |
ISLA |
| Timely benefit |
BOON |
| Tough on the nose |
ACRID |
| Tungsten alias |
WOLFRAM |
| Two pills, perhaps |
DOSE |
| Ultimate purpose |
AIM |
| Umberto Eco novel |
FOUCAULTSPENDULUM |
| Use a pulley to lift |
HOIST |
| Vacuous |
EMPTY |
| Very unconventional |
OUTRE |
| What's common to the five longest answers |
UUUU |
| Whom Liverpool's airport is named for |
LENNON |
| Willy Wonka creator |
DAHL |
| Wishes undone |
RUES |
| Word often following ''further'' |
ADO |
| X-Files agent |
DANA |
| __ culpa |
MEA |
| __ de Cologne |
EAU |
| __-fi |
SCI |