| His reign began at age nine |
TUT |
| Hwy. |
RTE |
| Hypnotism pioneer Franz |
MESMER |
| Infomercial phrase, maybe |
NOMESS |
| Inits. in the British music biz |
EMI |
| It helps you get a leg up |
LADDER |
| Italian coffee brand |
ILLY |
| Leafs' home, for short |
TOR |
| Like the upcoming elections, and a hint to the four longest Across answers |
MIDTERM |
| Long locks |
TRESSES |
| Loverboy |
ROMEO |
| Mafia's murder victim, often |
STOOLIE |
| Majority among Muslims |
SUNNI |
| Name in gas stations and toy trucks |
HESS |
| Ominous request from a teacher |
SEEME |
| One in a 2-Down |
RACER |
| One might be purchased with a chair |
OTTOMAN |
| Place for a pie |
SILL |
| Purviews |
AREAS |
| Related to rumbling |
SEISMIC |
| Risky tool for sudoku solving |
PEN |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's home |
OHIO |
| Screwdriver choice |
SKYY |
| Senator Hatch |
ORRIN |
| Some pigeons' makeup |
CLAY |
| Someone who doesn't find it easy being green |
LITTERBUG |
| The Big Bad Wolf's name, in Disney cartoons |
ZEKE |
| Track meet unit |
HEAT |
| Two-player logic game with colored pegs |
MASTERMIND |
| Union's bane |
SCAB |
| Weight |
HEFT |
| What a stubborn person may throw |
TANTRUM |
| When lunchtime ends, often |
ONEPM |
| Whiny, as it were |
EMO |
| Women of the night |
HARLOTS |
| Work that often deals with alienation and industrialization |
MODERNART |