| Layer between the crust and the core |
MANTLE |
| Lefty |
LIB |
| Lets it all out, say |
VENTS |
| Lie out on a scorching day |
BAKEINTHESUN |
| Like an allegro tempo |
RAPID |
| Like many phone cards |
PREPAID |
| Like words this clue the in? |
OUTOFORDER |
| Literary character who cries 'I am madness maddened!' |
AHAB |
| Little mischief-makers |
IMPS |
| MADD ad, e.g |
PSA |
| Made a fast stop? |
ATE |
| Mall security guard, pejoratively |
RENTACOP |
| Many a Monopoly property |
AVENUE |
| Many teens' rooms, to parents |
STIES |
| Marx's co-author for 'The Communist Manifesto' |
ENGELS |
| Minority in New Zealand's parliament |
MEN |
| Movie character who replied 'I know' to 43-Across |
HANSOLO |
| Movie character who said 'I love you' to 110-Across |
LEIA |
| Need for a tough crossword, perhaps |
ERASER |
| Network supported by 'Viewers Like You' |
PBS |
| Often-mispunctuated word |
ITS |
| On the wagon |
SOBER |
| One vs. 52? |
SOLITAIRE |
| Online handicrafts marketplace |
ETSY |
| Otherworldly |
ETHEREAL |
| Packaging string |
TWINE |
| Paris bar tender? |
EUROS |
| Part of many a weight-loss ad |
BEFOREPICTURE |
| Pop option |
COLA |
| Pot grower? |
ANTE |
| Powerful weapon, for short |
NUKE |
| Private |
INNER |
| Pulitzer-winning columnist Stephens |
BRET |
| Quintessential ingredient to borrow from a neighbor |
SUGAR |
| Reddit Q&A |
AMA |
| Robin Hood's love |
MARIAN |
| Share the ___ (sign) |
ROAD |
| Sign of neglect |
DUST |
| Skinflints |
MISERS |
| Something checked at a T.S.A. checkpoint |
IDCARD |
| Soup-serving dish |
TUREEN |
| Spongy mushroom |
MOREL |
| Star close to Venus? |
SERENA |
| Subjects of VH1's 'I Love the ...' series |
DECADES |
| Suit fabric |
SERGE |
| Sushi bar drink |
SAKE |
| Take responsibility |
STEPUP |
| They can be passed but not failed |
LAWS |
| They can make a huge impact |
ASTEROIDS |
| They may be long and shocking |
EELS |
| They often don't mature until they turn 30 |
MORTGAGES |
| They take bows |
ARCHERS |
| Things usually made in the morning |
BEDS |
| Tiny bit of work |
ERG |
| Tom Hanks movie featuring a giant piano |
BIG |
| Train that stops in New Haven and New York |
ACELA |
| Tribe native to the Great Basin |
UTE |
| Turned red, say |
DYED |
| Under siege |
BESET |
| Vegetarian options ... or what the shaded letters in this puzzle are, phonetically |
MEATSUBSTITUTES |
| Veggie that's often pickled |
CUKE |
| Virgil described its 'cloud of pitch-black whirling smoke' |
ETNA |
| Wax-coated cheese |
EDAM |
| What goes 'up to 11,' in 'This Is Spinal Tap' |
AMP |
| What's in |
TREND |
| Where you might go down in the ranks? |
COT |
| Whitman of 'Parenthood' |
MAE |
| Wild donkey |
ASS |
| Yucatán native |
MAYAN |
| ___ Bankman-Fried, fallen crypto mogul |
SAM |
