| "Creed" actress Thompson |
TESSA |
| "Dark side" sci-fi group |
SITH |
| "Don't play," in music |
TACET |
| "Telephone Line" rock gp |
ELO |
| "The Mammoth Hunters" author |
AUEL |
| "The one way possible of speaking truth": Browning |
ART |
| "Touché" |
POINTTAKEN |
| Actor Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire" |
ANIL |
| Agree to take the long way there? |
ORDERALIMO |
| Angsty lament |
IMAFAILURE |
| Austen classic |
EMMA |
| Austin festival, briefly |
SXSW |
| Barclays Center NBAer |
NET |
| Barely bested, with "out" |
NOSED |
| Big birds |
EMUS |
| Caddies and cozies |
TEAWARE |
| Caustic chemical |
LYE |
| Condominio, por ejemplo |
CASA |
| Coward with a knighthood |
NOEL |
| Dancer's driver |
SANTACLAUS |
| Dietary info abbr |
PCT |
| Doesn't stop to think about |
RUSHESINTO |
| Each |
PER |
| Either Bush, in school |
ELI |
| Entr'__ |
ACTE |
| Expert on ports? |
OENOLOGIST |
| Factor in bonus size, perhaps |
BASESALARY |
| First word in a classic poem about 17-Across |
TWAS |
| Fix |
RIG |
| Forward, say |
RESEND |
| Galileo, notably |
ASTRONOMER |
| Great bargains |
SWEETDEALS |
| Hall of Famer who was an MVP and Manager of the Year |
TORRE |
| Honshu city |
OSAKAJAPAN |
| Hot, hot, hot |
ALLTHERAGE |
| I-9 ID |
SSN |