| Leader of the world's smallest nation ('An Essay on Man') |
POPE |
| Loaded ('Diving Into the Wreck') |
RICH |
| Major crop in Nigeria |
YAMS |
| Many a craft brew, informally |
IPA |
| Meal starter, maybe |
SOUP |
| Mekong Valley language |
LAO |
| Nest egg letters |
IRA |
| New Orleans N.B.A. team, informally |
PELS |
| Not competitive |
ONESIDED |
| Not cramped |
ROOMY |
| Not leave unattended |
KEEPCLOSE |
| Occur in conversation |
COMEUP |
| One with a deed |
OWNER |
| Open about one's sexuality, say |
OUT |
| Opposite of mainstream |
INDIE |
| Pig of children's TV |
PEPPA |
| Place to retire in a hurry? |
PIT |
| Potentially insulting, for short |
UNPC |
| Prefix with meter, to a versifier |
TETRA |
| Press releases? |
INKS |
| Procedure fee |
COPAY |
| Proceeded effortlessly |
CRUISED |
| Prod with a stick, say |
POKEAT |
| Prokaryotic model organism |
ECOLI |
| Restless |
ANTSY |
| Secretly loops in, in a way |
BCCS |
| Sets up tents |
ENCAMPS |
| Situation of intense conflict |
DRAMA |
| Summer hrs. in Sonoma |
PDT |
| Sushi topper |
ROE |
| This puzzle has 78 of them |
CLUES |
| Use a hammer on ('In a Station of the Metro') |
POUND |
| Vegan cookout option |
SOYDOG |
| Vintage |
YEAR |
| Volatile state of affairs |
POWDERKEG |
| Westminster Abbey section hinted at by this puzzle's architecture |
POETSCORNER |
| ___ breve (2/2 time) |
ALLA |
| ___ Estby, Norwegian-born U.S. suffragist |
HELGA |
| ___ Field (Shea Stadium successor) |
CITI |