| Meiji and Reiwa, in Japanese history |
ERAS |
| Nail-biting |
TENSE |
| Not quite ready for full release |
STILLINBETA |
| Omega's alphabetical opposite |
ALPHA |
| Page layout |
FORMAT |
| Painter Sherald |
AMY |
| Paper Mate rival |
BIC |
| Parking lot spots |
SPACES |
| Place for an ear cuff |
LOBE |
| Place where halite is extracted |
SALTMINE |
| Pulls up a stool, say |
SITS |
| Rank in aikido |
DAN |
| Really good |
HARDTOBEAT |
| Regarding |
ASTO |
| Remove frozen crystals from |
DEICE |
| Rolled item in a humidor |
CIGAR |
| Rolled-up lawn grass |
SOD |
| Root veggie with thick skin |
RUTABAGA |
| Salad green |
ARUGULA |
| Sand mound |
DUNE |
| See 14-Across |
PURI |
| Separate conversation |
SIDEBAR |
| Silent assents |
NODS |
| Singer Gray |
LOREN |
| Slalom racers |
SKIERS |
| Sleep stage acronym |
REM |
| Some musical releases |
EPS |
| Some univ. proctors |
TAS |
| Stats on some moisturizers |
SPFS |
| Sticky note |
POSTIT |
| Strike zone-watching refs |
UMPS |
| Sudden outpourings |
SPATES |
| Take unrightfully |
USURP |
| Throw with force |
HEAVE |
| Traditional Japanese wedding garment |
KIMONO |
| Turn from ice to water, say |
MELT |
| With 16-Across, Indian potatoes-and-bread serving |
ALOO |
| Word before 'test' or 'paper' in chemistry |
LITMUS |
| ___-med |
PRE |