| Joke |
GAG |
| Kate Brown is its gov |
ORE |
| Latin initialism on a cross |
IHS |
| Like sailors on leave |
ASHORE |
| Limitation-of-freedom metaphor |
BALLANDCHAIN |
| Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
DETECTIVESTORY |
| Mailed, as invites |
SENTOUT |
| Montreal-to-Boston dir |
SSE |
| Nov. honoree |
VET |
| Nursery item |
CRIB |
| One happy to have no class? |
GRADUATE |
| Orchestra section |
BRASS |
| Org. that's not lax at LAX |
TSA |
| Painter Mondrian |
PIET |
| Paving stuff |
TAR |
| Pizza party leftovers |
CRUSTS |
| Positioned for ambush, as in many Westerns |
ONARIDGE |
| President of Princeton, then the U.S |
WILSON |
| Queens tennis venue honoree |
ASHE |
| RBI or ERA |
STAT |
| Relating to body structure |
ANATOMIC |
| Set ablaze |
LIT |
| Some munchies |
CHIPS |
| Space |
GAP |
| Spread out |
SPARSE |
| Stop |
END |
| Stop from leaking |
SEAL |
| Stride affectedly |
SASHAY |
| Sweetie, in recent slang |
BAE |
| Tiny soup base |
PEA |
| Two-year-olds, say |
TODDLERS |
| Venerable ref |
OED |
| What might take a while? |
ERST |
| Where to get off |
STOP |
| WWII riveter |
ROSIE |
| Zilch |
NADA |
