| Howe'er |
THO |
| It's inhaled |
AIR |
| Make into law |
ENACT |
| Midwestern tribe |
OSAGE |
| Mountain range |
CHAIN |
| Nintendo console |
WII |
| No challenge at all |
TOOEASY |
| Objectives |
AIMS |
| Oblivious |
CLUELESS |
| Out of this world |
STELLAR |
| Personal info |
BIODATA |
| Pigs ___ blanket |
INA |
| Pipe or plant part |
STEM |
| Points in time |
MOMENTS |
| Pointy heel |
STILETTO |
| Producer Gotti |
IRV |
| Quarterback Newton |
CAM |
| Quick swim |
DIP |
| Rage |
IRE |
| Red vegetable |
BEET |
| Reebok competitor |
AVIA |
| Russia : Russo- :: China : ___ |
SINO |
| Sea nymphs |
NEREIDS |
| See 21-Across |
SCI |
| See 25-Across |
DIVIDES |
| Shiba ___ |
INU |
| Sitting at a red light, say |
INIDLE |
| Slender swimmer |
EEL |
| Some say it's fragile |
MALEEGO |
| Strive toward |
VIEFOR |
| Summa cum ___ |
LAUDE |
| Sunflower snacks |
SEEDS |
| Superman's Kryptonian name |
KALEL |
| Taxi |
CAB |
| Texter's "If you ask me ..." |
IMHO |
| With 45-Across, geographical features that hint at the starred rows' black squares |
CONTINENTAL |
| With 7-Across, gov. major |
POLI |
| ___ con carne |
CHILI |