| Leatherneck |
MARINE |
| Lena of 'Havana' |
OLIN |
| Let the host know |
RSVP |
| Letters on a speedometer |
MPH |
| Mitigate |
LESSEN |
| Modern-day Persia |
IRAN |
| Mournful poem |
ELEGY |
| Naval petty officer: Abbr |
YEO |
| Not stereo |
MONO |
| One at risk of excommunication |
HERETIC |
| Openly mourned |
WEPT |
| Playground game with teams |
FREEZETAG |
| Pollutant concentration meas |
PPM |
| Price of freedom |
RANSOM |
| Project's windup |
FINALPHASE |
| Protective garments worn for dental X-rays |
LEADAPRONS |
| Rabbit's foot |
PAW |
| Religious symbol resembling a plus sign ... or a hint to the three groups of circled squares in this puzzle |
GREEKCROSS |
| Rugged four-wheelers, for short |
ATVS |
| See 12-Across |
OHIO |
| See 31-Down |
CAVA |
| Set in direct opposition to |
PITAGAINST |
| Shelter grp |
SPCA |
| Snorters' quarters |
STY |
| Spanish liqueur |
ANIS |
| Taj Mahal city |
AGRA |
| Temporary tattoo dye |
HENNA |
| They might be connected by children ... or detectives |
DOTS |
| Thor, to Odin |
SON |
| Title role for Michael Caine or Jude Law |
ALFIE |
| Trials and tribulations |
TESTS |
| Vietnamese holiday |
TET |
| What a shofar is typically made from |
RAMSHORN |
| What jars with fireflies need |
AIRHOLES |
| With 50-Down, home of Goodyear |
AKRON |
| With 52-Down, passage to the heart |
VENA |