| Inclinations |
BENTS |
| Initials before Tolkien |
JRR |
| It may begin with a semicolon |
EMO |
| It's on the syllabus |
EXAM |
| Jane who taught Adèle |
EYRE |
| Kansai University locale |
OSAKA |
| Lao Tzu's 'way,' or a cereal grass backward |
TAO |
| Large container of water designed for observing swells on the water's surface |
WAVETANK |
| Liable |
APT |
| Like a 65 Down |
HINDU |
| Like many Berg or Schoenberg pieces |
ATONAL |
| Like some organs |
INTERNAL |
| Like stale jokes |
OVERDONE |
| Like the Hijri calendar |
ISLAMIC |
| Line blocking passage |
CORDON |
| Lock's place |
SCALP |
| Lock's place |
DOOR |
| Lode-bearing places |
MINES |
| Long line, of a sort |
DYNASTY |
| Lynx gripper |
CLAW |
| Magic star until 1996, familiarly |
SHAQ |
| Make Money, say |
PRINT |
| Making the most of |
MAXI |
| Miriam of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' |
SHOR |
| Most secure, as seals |
TIGHTEST |
| Nasty types |
MEANIES |
| Nestlé chocolate bar |
AERO |
| Nudge |
PROD |
| Old weapon loader |
RAMROD |
| One in a 'pocket rockets' pair |
ACE |
| One making big bucks playing big Bucks, say |
NBACOACH |
| One of seven vowels |
ETA |
| Originates (from) |
ARISES |
| Pen fare |
SLOP |
| Pertaining to the Kabbalah |
JUDAIC |
| Phenomenal |
STELLAR |
| Place not far from Tennessee Avenue |
STJAMES |
| Plutocracy supporters |
ELITISTS |
| Potato skin shape, often |
OVAL |
| Princess of Monaco |
CHARLENE |
| Private support grp.? |
USO |
| Program listing |
CAST |
| Promotes to the majors |
CALLSUP |
| Retail calculation |
NETSALES |
| Ring-shaped structure formed over millions of years |
CORA |
| Royal widow |
QUEEN |
| Safe spaces? |
BANKS |
| Scale unit raised eight times in this puzzle |
NOTE |
| Shmi Skywalker's son, familiarly |
ANI |
| Sketch comedy group's intro? |
MONTY |
| SNL alum Horatio |
SANZ |
| Sonnet sections |
SESTETS |
| Squelch |
STIFLE |
| Stead |
LIEU |
| Storage units |
SHEDS |
| Tegan's twin sister and band partner |
SARA |
| Term for oil in a 1960s sitcom's theme song |
TEXASTEA |
| They've got the goods |
MARKETS |
| Tollbooth feature |
GATE |
| Tricksy one |
IMP |
| Tuned in, daddy-o |
HEP |
| Unimaginative film revivals, in slang |
RETREADS |
| Village ___ |
ELDER |
| Voided service |
LET |
| Went line by line? |
TRACED |
| What often goes up in a big city |
RENT |
| What you would expect |
NORM |
| What you wouldn't expect |
ANOMALY |
| Wheel of Fortune's deck |
TAROT |
| Whiskey sour garnish |
SLICE |
| Words of thanks |
ODE |
| ___ crackers |
SODA |
| ___ out a win |
EKES |
| ___ point |
HIGH |