| ''Chili today, hot ---'' |
TAMALE |
| ''Iron Mike'' |
TYSON |
| --- contendere |
NOLO |
| Aberdeen miss |
LASS |
| Anti or semi, e.g. |
PREFIX |
| Antitheses of midnights |
NOONS |
| Arabic coin |
DINAR |
| As a preferred alternative |
INSTEAD |
| Banjoist Scruggs |
EARL |
| Best way to get things |
DOWNPAT |
| Bill or Hillary vis--vis Yale |
ALUM |
| Blind element |
SLAT |
| Brunch fish |
LOX |
| Carmine and scarlet |
REDS |
| Catcher Rodriguez |
IVAN |
| Crop of a bird |
CRAW |
| Daminozide, commercially |
ALAR |
| Desires |
YENS |
| Draws a blank |
FORGETS |
| Drop hints |
VOLUNTEERADVICE |
| Drop hints |
MAKESUGGESTIONS |
| Drop hints (with 43-Across) |
GIVEAFEW |
| Fanatically committed one |
ZEALOT |
| Far partner |
WIDE |
| Farm creature |
SOW |
| Field-goal kicker's bane |
LACES |
| Flat rate? |
RENT |
| Foramen |
GAP |
| Fund-raising letter, e.g. |
PLEA |
| Gone from the plate |
EATEN |
| Got by with limited resources |
MADEDO |
| Growls |
GNARS |
| Had a hole in one |
ACED |
| Have as a subsidiary |
OWN |
| Hee-haw |
BRAY |
| In the past |
AGO |
| Inched along |
CREPT |
| J.K. Rowling's kid |
HARRY |
| Joule fraction |
ERG |
