| Made bearable |
EASED |
| Makes a cat's-paw of |
USES |
| More than desire |
NEED |
| Old Connecticut whaling town |
MSTIC |
| One who's 'toast' |
GONER |
| One with yellow ribbons, maybe |
ARMMOM |
| Oral vaccine developer |
SABIN |
| Part of una casa |
SALA |
| Place for une île |
MER |
| Popular social networking site, and this puzzle's theme |
MSPACE |
| Pre-A.D. |
BCE |
| Pulitzer-winning author Robert ___ Butler |
OLEN |
| Sandwich man? |
EARL |
| Science for farmers |
AGRONOM |
| See 1-Across |
KAYE |
| See 50-Down |
MOE |
| Shark on some menus |
MAKO |
| Sizzling sound |
SSS |
| Sleek, in car talk |
AERO |
| Snowy peak of song |
OLDSMOKEY |
| Some cameras, for short |
SLRS |
| Start of a rumor report |
IHEAR |
| Subtitle of 1978's 'Damien' |
OMENII |
| Suit to ___ |
ATEE |
| Sushi-rolling accessories |
MATS |
| Take for ___ (hoodwink) |
ARIDE |
| That you should feed a cold and starve a fever, and others |
MTHS |
| Thing to do on Yom Kippur |
ATONE |
| Thomas Hardy's '___ Little Ironies' |
LIFES |
| Tool for a duel |
EPEE |
| Use weasel words |
HEDGE |
| Views that reality is a unitary whole |
MONISMS |
| Was indisposed |
AILED |
| Wintour of fashion |
ANNA |
| With 6-Down, 1994 Olympic gold medalist in downhill skiing |
TOMM |
| With 69-Across, 1930s-'50s bandleader |
SAMM |
| Word with family or fruit |
TREE |
| ___ Martin (cognac brand) |
REM |