| It often precedes technicalities |
MERE |
| It's elegant when turned |
PHRASE |
| It's over for Hans |
UBER |
| Italian wine city |
ASTI |
| Jun. grads |
SRS |
| Let down, as hair |
UNPIN |
| Like a hard-to-fill order |
TALL |
| Limit of a kind |
QUOTA |
| List of rounds |
BARTAB |
| Lott of Mississippi |
TRENT |
| Lou Grant's ex |
EDIE |
| Madagascan lemurs |
AYEAYES |
| Mama of pop |
CASS |
| Mer filler |
EAU |
| Military overstock seller |
ARMYSURPLUSSTORE |
| More of the same, briefly |
ETC |
| More put out |
SORER |
| Moth tail? |
EATEN |
| NASCAR stat |
MPH |
| New Balance competitor |
AVIA |
| Nickname at the Derby |
BLUEGRASSSTATE |
| Nile home of an historic stone |
ROSETTA |
| Notice |
ESPY |
| Novelist Nin |
ANAIS |
| Often critical innings |
NINTHS |
| Old Venetian elder |
DOGE |
| Opposite of NNW |
SSE |
| Part of a chorus line? |
TRA |
| Pepper, e.g.: Abbr. |
SGT |
| Pitch-related |
TONAL |
| Places under siege |
BESETS |
| Play the siren |
SEDUCE |
| Pod fillers |
PEAS |
| Postgame recap? |
ILOST |
| Pro foe |
ANTI |
| Purim's month |
ADAR |
| R&B singer __ Marie |
TEENA |
| Radar signal |
BLIP |
| Raring to go |
UPFORIT |
| Ray Stevens's "Ahab the __" |
ARAB |
| Reason for a court replay |
LET |
| Reminder of an old flame? |
ASH |
| Restaurateur Toots |
SHOR |
| Risky rendezvous |
TRYST |
| River to the Rhône |
AIN |
| Road topper |
TAR |
| Sail, with "off" |
SHOVE |
| Sales chart metaphors |
PIES |
| Sales rep's gadget |
PAGER |
| San Bernardino suburb |
LOMALINDA |
| Satisfaction of a sort |
ATONEMENT |
| Sean of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy |
ASTIN |
| Shop item |
TOOL |
| Skin soother |
ALOE |
| Skins |
PELTS |
| Slow Churned ice cream brand |
EDYS |
| Spanish bread |
EURO |
| Spot for a strike |
LANE |
| Start of an Andy Capp toast |
ERES |
| Stock holder? |
BARN |
| Stonewall Jackson et al. |
REBS |
| Tens neighbor |
ONES |
| The Beavers of the Pac-10 |
OSU |
| The same as always |
UNALTERED |
| Time for carols |
YULE |
| Turner on the screen |
LANA |
| Unschooled signers |
XERS |
| Uses an icepack on |
NUMBS |
| Ventura County town who name means "the river" |
ELRIO |
| Yoo-__: beverage |
HOO |
| You might have a hand in it |
MITT |
| ___ railway |
COG |
