| Hgt |
ELEV |
| Impassive |
DRYEYED |
| Introvert |
LONER |
| Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy |
BASIE |
| Like deli orders |
TOGO |
| Lucrative venture |
GOLDMINE |
| Max. opposite |
MIN |
| Microsoft search engine |
BING |
| Minor issue? |
AGELIMIT |
| Minor quibble |
NIT |
| Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues |
LOVENOTE |
| Nocturnal sound |
SNORE |
| Norton in "The Shawshank Redemption," for one |
WARDEN |
| Outfit again |
RERIG |
| Painter Degas |
EDGAR |
| Performed light surgery on? |
LASED |
| Persia, today |
IRAN |
| Philadelphia school whose teams are the Explorers |
LASALLE |
| Pitching stat |
ERA |
| Portuguese feminine pronoun |
ELA |
| Posed (for) |
SAT |
| Pungent cleanser |
AMMONIA |
| Put into words |
UTTER |
| Santa __ winds |
ANA |
| Skewed view |
BIAS |
| Spring |
LEAP |
| Stops |
ARRESTS |
| Swingline insert |
STAPLE |
| Swiss mountain |
ALP |
| Thrill to pieces |
ELATE |
| Typing stat |
WPM |
| Walk leisurely |
AMBLE |
| Whitlock Jr. of "The Wire" and "Veep" |
ISIAH |
| Without much thought |
IDLY |
| Worn-down pencils |
NUBS |
| Young bird of prey |
EAGLET |
| __ kwon do |
TAE |
| __ name |
MAIDEN |
