| Its business is picking up |
TAXI |
| Its ruins are across the Tigris from Mosul |
NINEVEH |
| Jerk the wheel |
VEER |
| Lack of vitality |
ANEMIA |
| Landlord |
LESSOR |
| Last name of a cartoon stinker |
LEPEW |
| Like a monk's life |
ASCETIC |
| Make unreadable, in a way |
SHRED |
| Make ___ for (justify) |
ACASE |
| Maker of the Super Skywagon |
CESSNA |
| Manhattan, for one |
DRINK |
| March Madness inits. |
NCAA |
| Menu choice |
ENTREE |
| Muckraker Tarbell |
IDA |
| Necessitate |
ENTAIL |
| NYSE debut |
IPO |
| Offering more lather |
SUDSIER |
| Oleandrin, anthrax, botulin, snake venom and a dozen others? |
SIXTEENTOXINS |
| One whose job is a grind |
MILLER |
| One-kind link |
OFA |
| Organic chemistry suffix |
ENE |
| Parcel |
METE |
| Parseghian in the College Football Hall of Fame |
ARA |
| Perpetuating gender stereotypes, say |
SEXIST |
| Physics concern |
MATTER |
| Pitcher Reynolds |
ALLIE |
| Plaza de Toros cheer |
OLE |
| Preparatory stage |
LEADUP |
| Present day? |
XMAS |
| Put a strain on |
TAXED |
| Radical |
EXTREME |
| Rafting challenge |
RAPIDS |
| Records set in the delivery room? |
BABYMAXIMA |
| Result of feeding the wrong-side down? |
WHITEFAXING |
| Rice-___ |
ARONI |
| Rust problem at the antiquities museum? |
OXIDEONAGRECIANURN |
| Sailing |
ASEA |
| Sault ___ Marie |
STE |
| Scraps |
TOSSES |
| See 112-Down |
TEM |
| Shock's partner |
AWE |
| Sightseeing aid |
MAP |
| Signal |
DENOTE |
| Slender swimmer |
EEL |
| Smetana composition |
POLKA |
| Sorcerer |
MAGE |
| South America's smallest country |
SURINAM |
| Southwest sights |
MESAS |
| Sporting competitions |
MEETS |
| Spot |
ESPY |
| Sprite waving the Stars and Stripes? |
AMERICANPIXIE |
| Starbucks order |
LATTE |
| Submit a form, perhaps |
APPLY |
| Surrey strap |
REIN |
| Take care of some pressing business? |
IRON |
| Take down ___ (humble) |
APEG |
| That lady |
SHE |
| They make the grade |
EXAMS |
| Throws in |
ADDS |
| Tie up |
EVEN |
| Treat for tired dogs |
FOOTRUB |
| Vetoes |
NIXES |
| Vision-correcting procedure |
LASIK |
| Wasn't impartial |
SIDED |
| Win by ___ |
ANOSE |
| With 69-Across, for the time being |
PRO |
| Without ___ in the world |
ACARE |
| Wolfgang Puck's flagship restaurant |
SPAGO |
| Writer Weldon |
FAY |
