| Jazz instrument |
BASSSAXOPHONE |
| Key prop in the Cinderella story |
GLASSSLIPPER |
| Levelheaded |
SANE |
| Lone Star State sch. |
UTEP |
| Lose luster |
FADE |
| Md. neighbor |
DEL |
| Messy one |
SLOB |
| Military outerwear |
TUNICS |
| Musical set in Vietnam |
MISSSAIGON |
| Night watchman's device |
MAGLITE |
| Nike competitor |
ADIDAS |
| Object of adoration |
IDOL |
| Old hat |
OUT |
| One looking for a witness |
PROCESSSERVER |
| One way to stand |
PAT |
| Overly formal, as writing |
STILTED |
| Paint layers |
COATS |
| Paper damage |
TEAR |
| Phone-desk item |
NOTEPAD |
| Pie filling |
MUD |
| Place to stay |
LODGING |
| Pleased |
GLAD |
| Poet in the ring |
ALI |
| Pop singer Mann |
AIMEE |
| Possess, poetically |
HAST |
| Prefix for while |
ERST |
| Prepare eggs, perhaps |
DEVIL |
| Pulls the switch? |
SWAPS |
| Purring pet |
CAT |
| Put something over on |
FOOL |
| Quick to learn |
APT |
| Really crammed in |
DENSE |
| Representative sample |
CROSSSECTION |
| Rife with life |
LUSH |
| RR stops |
STAS |
| Rub off |
ERASE |
| Sandwich selections |
RYES |
| Schooner contents |
ALE |
| Scottish inlets |
FIRTHS |
| See 2 Down |
SEA |
| Set right |
ORIENT |
| Skyline obscurer |
SMOG |
| Sly |
CAGEY |
| Small footwear |
BOOTEE |
| Snitch |
RAT |
| Sounds dissatisfied |
MOANS |
| Takeout order |
DELE |
| Tender |
SORE |
| The bottom line |
COST |
| They have their ups and downs |
SEESAWS |
| They're hot for a while |
FADS |
| Things up for discussion |
AGENDA |
| Three-note chord |
TRIAD |
| Tide type |
NEAP |
| TV series since '75 |
SNL |
| Two trios |
SEXTET |
| Understand |
GET |
| Unproductive period |
DOWNTIME |
| USNA grad |
ENS |
| Valhalla VIP |
ODIN |
| Verse ''to'' something |
ODE |
| Vim |
PEP |
| Watering hole |
OASIS |
| Wears |
HASON |
| What legwork builds |
CALVES |
| Where to find 116 Across |
INNS |
| Windows predecessor |
MSDOS |
| Winter bug |
FLU |
| With 27 Across, water that's shrinking |
ARAL |
| Worker with a beat |
COP |
| Workshop tool |
COMPASSSAW |
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EDU |