| Mexican chip dip |
SALSA |
| Moisten, as a roast turkey |
BASTE |
| More hazardous, as wintry roads |
ICIER |
| Most Saudis |
ARABS |
| Of admirals and warships |
NAVAL |
| Partner in battle |
ALLY |
| Phone app pictorial symbol |
ICON |
| Pigpen |
STY |
| Poet Dickinson or etiquette expert Post |
EMILY |
| Possesses |
HAS |
| Precipitation in pellets |
HAIL |
| Prepares, as one's plans |
READIES |
| Prohibited thing |
NONO |
| Red slice on a burger |
TOMATO |
| Rich cake |
TORTE |
| Rock guitarist Clapton |
ERIC |
| Rowboat implement |
OAR |
| Salary |
PAY |
| Sci-fi creatures: Abbr |
ETS |
| See 20 Across |
LIBRARIAN |
| Sheriff's pursuit group |
POSSE |
| Slender woodwinds |
OBOES |
| Small nibble |
NIP |
| Snapshot-taking occasion, for short |
PHOTOOP |
| Snapshots, informally |
PICS |
| Staircase banister |
RAIL |
| Sudden police action |
RAID |
| Take a look at |
SEE |
| Tennis court divider |
NET |
| Throws hard |
HURLS |
| Wear away gradually |
ERODE |
| Well-mannered woman |
LADY |
| When planes are due in: Abbr |
ETAS |
| Where to check out your books |
CIRCULATIONDESK |
| With 52 Across, helpful person where books are borrowed |
REFERENCE |
| Word-of-mouth |
ORAL |
| __ dish (fries or onion rings) |
SIDE |
| __ for the course (customary) |
PAR |
| __ yet (so far) |
ASOF |