| Not masc. |
FEM |
| Occupied, as a desk |
SATAT |
| Old Mideast org. |
UAR |
| One slain by Cain |
ABEL |
| Open-handed blow |
SLAP |
| Orbital high point |
APOGEE |
| Pool shots |
CAROMS |
| Pop your pop might have liked |
NEHI |
| Pop-up path |
ARC |
| Raced |
TORE |
| Require |
NEED |
| Response to "You all right?" |
IMOK |
| Rhett's last word |
DAMN |
| Ricelike pasta |
ORZO |
| Seaman's call for assistance |
SOS |
| Second afterthought, in a ltr. |
PPS |
| See 38-Across |
THEGAME |
| Sheep sound |
BAA |
| Sicilian volcano |
ETNA |
| Song refrain |
TRALALA |
| Storied loch |
NESS |
| Suspended animation |
DEEPFREEZE |
| Tears to shreds |
RIPSUP |
| Teen group sleepover |
PAJAMAPARTY |
| Things to make notes on |
PADS |
| To __: precisely |
ATEE |
| Took off the board |
ERASED |
| Traditional stories |
LORE |
| Videotape format |
VHS |
| Wager that isn't risky |
SAFEBET |
| Westminster gallery |
TATE |
| Where romantic couples park |
LOVERSLANE |
| Where the toys are |
CHEST |
| Wild West brothers |
EARPS |
| Wine glass part |
STEM |
| With 40-Across, in an advantageous position (and what both words in 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across can be) |
AHEADOF |
| Woeful word |
ALAS |
| Writer's deg. |
MFA |
| __ Pérignon |
DOM |
