| It's a start |
INTRO |
| King-like, in a way |
MACABRE |
| Leading by a basket |
UPTWO |
| Lush |
SOT |
| Luxembourg is a grand one |
DUCHY |
| M.L.B.'s '10th men' |
DHS |
| Make corrections to |
EMEND |
| Many a sight on the Suez Canal |
OILER |
| Messing of 'Will & Grace' |
DEBRA |
| Most common mineral in the human body |
CALCIUM |
| Newswoman Navarro |
ANA |
| On a need-to-know basis |
TOPSECRET |
| On and on and on |
NONSTOP |
| Once-plentiful endangered fish nicknamed 'Albany beef' |
STURGEONS |
| One of the sisters on TV's 'Braxton Family Values' |
TRACI |
| Pale as a ghost |
ASHEN |
| Philosopher who favored simple explanations |
OCCAM |
| Prefix with -plasmic |
ECTO |
| Put forth, as a hypothesis |
POSIT |
| Ring thing |
STONE |
| Severe |
HARSH |
| Starting point for a piano student, or a phonetic hint to 17-, 18-, 22-, 33-, 41-, 49- and 55-Across |
MIDDLEC |
| State whose northern residents are known as Yoopers: Abbr |
MICH |
| Straight up |
NEAT |
| Streisand role in 'Funny Girl' |
BRICE |
| Surname of the Incredibles |
PARR |
| They may lead to longer sentences |
ANDS |
| Thou, now |
YOU |
| Topping for a vegan burger |
SPROUTS |
| Turn into a cliché |
OVERUSE |
| Verdi's '___ tu' |
ERI |
| Warm-up time for pro athletes |
PRESEASON |
| Word with free or double |
AGENT |
| Words supporting a motion |
ISECOND |
| Wrongly |
INERROR |
| ___ a tie |
ENDIN |
| ___ Jima |
IWO |
