| Lunar plain |
MARE |
| Make definite, informally |
ICE |
| Mendelssohn work in E flat major, and others |
OCTETS |
| Mojito ingredient |
MINT |
| Narrow inlet |
RIA |
| One may be tough to follow |
ACT |
| One of a pair at the dinner table ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
SALTSHAKER |
| Open ___ |
ARMS |
| Papal collection overseen by a bibliothecarius |
VATICANLIBRARY |
| Park place? |
LOT |
| Peak |
ACME |
| Performance artist portraying male characters |
DRAGKING |
| Place to hang a mezuzah |
JAMB |
| Plead |
BEG |
| Presidential nickname |
ABE |
| Puckish |
ELFIN |
| Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer |
EGAN |
| Refer to |
CITE |
| Rejections |
NOES |
| Representative Bowman, the first male member of "The Squad" |
JAMAAL |
| Scepter topper |
ORB |
| Shoe with decorative perforations |
BROGUE |
| Singer Tori |
AMOS |
| Something that's impossible to run by yourself |
RELAYRACE |
| Still up, say |
AWAKE |
| Success |
WIN |
| Symbol of Russia |
BEAR |
| Tarsal adornment |
ANKLET |
| Tech executive, for short |
CIO |
| Thwack |
SWAT |
| Ticks off |
ANGERS |
| Too, for one |
ADVERB |
| Use a 56-Across |
ROW |
| Violin family name |
AMATI |
| Vouch (for), in a way |
COSIGN |
| West Coast air hub, for short |
SFO |
| Word before oil or water |
MINERAL |
| Word often confused with "fewer" |
LESS |
