| Like raked leaves, often |
PILED |
| Liv Tyler's "Lord of the Rings" role |
ARWEN |
| Loops in, maybe |
CCS |
| Man-to-man? |
SAMESEX |
| Match |
SYNC |
| Merriam-Webster's 2019 "Word of the Year" |
SINGULARTHEY |
| Middle-earth inhabitant |
ENT |
| Minimalist composer Steve ___ |
REICH |
| N.Y.C.'s Stonewall Inn and Cubbyhole, for two |
GAYBARS |
| Netflix's "The Two ___" |
POPES |
| No-nonsense route |
BEELINE |
| Not mainstream, informally |
ALT |
| Plot in Genesis |
EDEN |
| Pulling off the ultimate diamond theft? |
STEALINGHOME |
| Put down turf |
SOD |
| Relax |
LETUP |
| Roasting locale |
OVEN |
| Sch. whose Silent Sam Confederate monument was toppled in 2018 |
UNC |
| See 32-Down |
PIN |
| Setting |
MILIEU |
| Slight |
SNUB |
| Slight coloration |
TINT |
| Snow ___ |
PEA |
| Spent |
DEPLETED |
| Stat for a pitch |
MPH |
| Teller of a tale "full of sound and fury," per Macbeth |
IDIOT |
| The Scarlot ___, nickname for the sex-work activist Carol Leigh |
HARLOT |
| Their stylist envisioned them as "the male equivalent to the Spice Girls" |
ONEDIRECTION |
| Tierney of "ER" |
MAURA |
| Unthinking state |
AUTOPILOT |
| Vegas hotel that hosts the World Series of Poker |
THERIO |
| Vicious in the punk scene |
SID |
| Viral-content site that popularized the two-clause headline |
UPWORTHY |
| With 52-Down, spare part? |
TEN |
| ___ cleanse |
JUICE |