| Like roads with lots of 27-Across and 30-Down |
NASTY |
| Like the ocean |
DEEP |
| Major college official |
DEAN |
| Master cook |
CHEF |
| Miserable and pathetic |
WRETCHED |
| Mountain goat |
IBEX |
| Native of California's largest city |
ANGELENO |
| Newspaper section |
OPED |
| Nile wading bird with a curved bill |
IBIS |
| One way to make eggs |
BOIL |
| Padlock partner |
KEY |
| Pay-___-view |
PER |
| Peeve |
IRK |
| Powerful beast |
APE |
| Ruler's creation |
LINE |
| Sailor's yes |
AYE |
| Science class |
LAB |
| Sharpen, as a knife edge |
HONE |
| Small aquatic amphibian |
NEWT |
| Sound like a wolf |
HOWL |
| Surface coating that is 28-Down |
ICE |
| Swiss mountain |
ALP |
| The one getting the biggest trophy |
WINNER |
| Thing in a kitchen |
POT |
| Thing some do on 27-Across |
SKI |
| Tiny measurement of PC memory |
BYTE |
| Valedictorian's delivery |
SPEECH |
| Very tiny amount |
IOTA |
| Wall ___ (furniture piece) |
UNIT |
| Wearing nice clothes |
CLAD |
| Weave on it |
LOOM |
| Where Londoners throw darts |
PUB |
| Winter delight |
SNOW |
| Woman in a convent |
NUN |