| Horror filmmaker Roth |
ELI |
| Housman work |
POEM |
| Hudson River's __ Island |
ELLIS |
| Ireland, poetically |
ERIN |
| Italian port |
GENOA |
| James Brown's genre |
SOUL |
| Kissers |
YAPS |
| Like some negligees |
LACY |
| Mozart's "__ kleine Nachtmusik" |
EINE |
| One that creates a current in the current |
ELECTRICEEL |
| Puccini works |
OPERAS |
| Roman commoner |
PLEB |
| Rubber duck-loving Muppet |
ERNIE |
| See 25-Down |
ASNAP |
| Shakespearean feet |
IAMBS |
| Short flight |
HOP |
| Shot |
TRY |
| Silver encouragement? |
HIYO |
| Sine or cosine |
RATIO |
| Sneak off to the altar |
ELOPE |
| Starting line advantage |
POLE |
| Stick together |
COHERE |
| Take a load off |
SIT |
| Talks deliriously |
RAVES |
| They may not be speaking |
EXES |
| They must be met |
NEEDS |
| They're barely passing |
DEES |
| Tints |
DYES |
| Tit for __ |
TAT |
| Unpopular legislative decisions |
TAXHIKES |
| Warm things up, and what 17-, 28- and 50-Across literally do |
BREAKTHEICE |
| Wear down |
ERODE |
| Where Christ stopped, in a Levi title |
EBOLI |
| Who blows thar? |
SHE |
| Wilson's predecessor |
TAFT |
| Witch's specialty |
HEX |
| With 23-Down, "Duck soup!" |
ITS |
| WWII enders |
ABOMBS |
| __ alcohol: fusel oil component |
AMYL |
