| Intense, as competition |
FIERCE |
| It can last a lifetime |
BAN |
| Japanese religion |
SHINTO |
| Kind of, casually |
SORTA |
| Like flour with restored nutrients |
ENRICHED |
| Match, as a 44-Down |
SEE |
| Mike's partner in candy |
IKE |
| Monk's condition, for short |
OCD |
| Montana's capital |
HELENA |
| More pretentious |
ARTIER |
| New York is a proper one |
NOUN |
| Nobel invention, for short |
TNT |
| One wearing a bow tie in a ring |
REF |
| Opening words |
INTRO |
| Originally named |
NEE |
| Outfit for one who's en pointe |
TUTU |
| Pie nut |
PECAN |
| Poem hidden in "good effort" |
ODE |
| Poke fun at |
RAZZ |
| Radio knob |
TUNER |
| Raise a paddle at an auction |
BID |
| Relative of a banana split |
SUNDAE |
| Season in House Stark's motto |
WINTER |
| Short rest |
NAP |
| Singer Warwick |
DIONNE |
| Sketch comedy show, briefly |
SNL |
| Skilled |
ADEPT |
| Small plateau |
MESA |
| Sneeze sound |
ACHOO |
| Suggest something subtly, or what the answers to the starred clues do vertically |
DROPAHINT |
| Surprised greeting |
OHHI |
| Texter's "Incidentally ..." |
BTW |
| They're used to being fleeced |
SHEEP |
| Tilts |
LEANS |
| Use as a bed |
LIEON |
| Wait on the phone |
HOLD |
| Washbowl |
BASIN |
| Wee fellow |
LAD |
| Word after "black" or "pack" |
ICE |
