| Intimidates |
COWS |
| It doesn't mean a thing |
ZERO |
| It's 99.9% "empty space" |
ATOM |
| Kind of visa for just passing through an airport |
TRANSIT |
| Late-night host O'Brien |
CONAN |
| Lead-in to "the hill" or "the top" |
OVER |
| Longtime CBS police drama |
CSI |
| M.L.B. record-holder for most career home runs |
BARRYBONDS |
| Make reparations |
ATONE |
| Measurement for passes and rushes: Abbr |
YDS |
| N.B.A. commissioner starting in 2014 |
ADAMSILVER |
| Nicholas I or II |
CZAR |
| Old but back in fashion |
RETRO |
| Part of an act |
SCENE |
| Philosopher Descartes |
RENE |
| Picked a card |
DREW |
| Place to cook a turkey |
OVEN |
| Profs' helpers |
TAS |
| Qty |
AMT |
| Rapper fronting the heavy metal band Body Count |
ICET |
| Reason for a school day off |
SNOW |
| Reviled Roman emperor |
NERO |
| Sad |
BLUE |
| Silly |
INANE |
| Singer profiled in the biopic "Walk the Line" |
JOHNNYCASH |
| Slightly open |
AJAR |
| Smart ___ |
ALEC |
| Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29-Down |
PERSONALFINANCE |
| Tandoor bread |
NAAN |
| Tennis's Steffi |
GRAF |
| They have ears, it's said |
WALLS |
| Thick slice |
SLAB |
| Tightly packed |
DENSE |
| Toughs ... or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter |
THUGS |
| Trailing all others |
LASTINLINE |
| Understood |
TACIT |
| Where chess is believed to have originated |
INDIA |
