| HBO drama rating, often |
TVMA |
| Historical period |
ERA |
| Hunk of bacon |
SLAB |
| Long ___ |
AGO |
| Minimalist's axiom |
LESSISMORE |
| National Coming Out Day mo |
OCT |
| Not in class |
ABSENT |
| Otto ___ Bismarck |
VON |
| Panache |
ELAN |
| Piedmont wine region |
ASTI |
| Pinnacle |
ACME |
| Print maker? |
FOOT |
| Rapper ___ Def |
MOS |
| Rapper's flashy accessories |
BLING |
| RBI, for one |
STAT |
| Reckon, casually |
SPOSE |
| Rise to stardom |
ASCENT |
| Rope source |
HEMP |
| Run without moving |
IDLE |
| Salma of "Frida" |
HAYEK |
| Santa ___ (city near Sonoma) |
ROSA |
| Seize |
WREST |
| Sliced burger topper |
ONION |
| Sneak preview, informally |
PROMO |
| Snitch |
FINK |
| Sockeye relative |
COHO |
| Some contain iron |
ORES |
| Spheres |
ORBS |
| Spot for a lazy day |
COUCH |
| Stoops (to) |
DEIGNS |
| Tearful |
WEEPY |
| Took, as a ski lift |
RODE |
| Tribute groups, or a hint to what bookends the starred answers |
COVERBANDS |
| Tunnel effect |
ECHO |
| Use a StairMaster |
STEP |
| Water under the bridge? |
MOAT |
| ___ school (Exeter, e.g.) |
PREP |
| ___ the line (conformed) |
TOED |
