| Iranian ruler exiled in 1979 |
SHAH |
| It needs refinement |
ORE |
| It's an irritatingly long string of verbs, nouns, adjectives and so forth that takes seemingly forever to make its point before finally ending |
RUNONSENTENCE |
| Japanese cartoon style |
ANIME |
| Judo, e.g., at the Summer Olympics |
EVENT |
| Largest fencing swords |
EPEES |
| Line on jeans |
SEAM |
| Love game? |
TENNIS |
| Lubricated |
OILED |
| Many dad jokes |
PUNS |
| Mend, as a sock |
DARN |
| Most peculiar |
ODDEST |
| Movie star's "glow" |
AURA |
| Name that doesn't rhyme with "Dean," curiously |
SEAN |
| Pantheon's city |
ROME |
| Pig's digs |
PEN |
| Reindeer in "Frozen" |
SVEN |
| Sandler of "Big Daddy" |
ADAM |
| Significant other |
PARTNER |
| Silky-haired toy dog, briefly |
PEKE |
| Similar to this clue |
SELFREFERENTIAL |
| Smooths, as a board |
SANDS |
| Supplies supper, say |
CATERS |
| Text just like this |
FOURLETTERWORDS |
| The "p" in rpm |
PER |
| The, in Toulouse |
LES |
| Think the world of |
ADORE |
| Times for holiday parties |
EVES |
| Two-vowel vow |
IDO |
| Violins and violas |
STRINGS |
| What a keeper may keep |
INN |
| Wipes from a hard drive |
DELETES |
| Wish granter |
GENIE |
| Word after "hearing" or "audiovisual" |
AID |
| Word paired with "spay" |
NEUTER |
| ___ Morgue (Poe setting) |
RUE |
| ___ thin (become tiresome) |
WEAR |
