| Hall of Famer Mel |
OTT |
| Hardly tasteful |
CRASS |
| He’s played Roy Cohn, Phil Spector and Joe Paterno |
ALPACINO |
| Holed up |
HID |
| How juicy gossip might be shared |
SOTTOVOCE |
| Important element in the formation of a star? |
LEADROLE |
| Inbox clogger |
SPAM |
| Interdictions |
BANS |
| Is a contender |
VIES |
| It generates interest |
LOAN |
| It may be tacked onto a bill |
PORK |
| It’s shared virally |
FLU |
| Jardin des Champs-Élysées, par exemple |
PARC |
| Jazz legend Fitzgerald |
ELLA |
| Laptop brand created by Sony |
VAIO |
| Like a fashion magazine |
GLOSSY |
| Like a gunslinger’s gun, perhaps |
NOTCHED |
| Like many dorm rooms |
MESSY |
| Like Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 2 |
INB |
| Like somebody under an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers |
DRY |
| Like somebody without an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers |
WET |
| Long ago, long ago |
ELD |
| Make ready for new use |
REFIT |
| Manta |
SEADEVIL |
| Many a Putin crony |
OLIGARCH |
| Many an Ernst & Young employee |
CPA |
| Mao ___-tung |
TSE |
| Mom and Dad, slangily |
RENTS |
| Moviegoer’s reprimand |
SHH |
| Musician who conceived Iceland’s Imagine Peace Tower |
ONO |
| Needed a visit by EMTs, maybe |
ODED |
| NFL scores |
TDS |
| Ninth grade math, often |
ALGEBRAI |
| Not minor |
ADULT |
| Not pos |
NEG |
| NYC enters it by falling back |
EST |
| Org. that patrols the Tenderloin |
SFPD |
| Original source of “gumbo” and “goober” |
BANTU |
| Payment for tat? |
TIT |
| Physical attractiveness |
LOOKS |
| Piggy, in a children’s rhyme |
TOE |
| Place to get a Lumberjack Slam |
DENNYS |
| Platelet aggregation |
CLOT |
| Pontiac in a 1964 song |
GTO |
| POTUS 32 |
FDR |
| Pours out one’s troubles on |
CRIESTO |
| Professor Frink on “The Simpsons,” e.g |
NERD |
| React to stunning news, say |
REEL |
| Reuben base |
RYE |
| Revels in |
EATSUP |
| Rhyming nickname for Obama |
NODRAMA |
| Said “Not for me, thanks” |
TOOKAPASS |
| Salami variety |
GENOA |
| Seven-time AL batting champion |
RODCAREW |
| Shoe designer Blahnik |
MANOLO |
| Sindarin speakers, in Tolkien’s works |
ELVES |
| Singer Winans with 12 Grammys |
CECE |
| Ski resort close to Salt Lake City |
ALTA |
| Sole supporter? |
CLEAT |
| Some air rifles |
DAISYS |
| Some Canons, for short |
SLRS |
| Some small trucks |
TONKAS |
| Soundly defeat, slangily |
OWN |
| Speak silently |
SIGN |
| Spheres |
ORBS |
| Stellar cat |
LEO |
| Transvaal colonist |
BOER |
| USN rank below capt |
CDR |
| Virgil hero |
AENEAS |
| Walk through deep mud, say |
TRUDGE |
