| Legal term meaning 'guilty mind' |
MENSREA |
| Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors |
LAID |
| Like merlot wine |
RED |
| Like some nosy questions |
PROBING |
| Made an angry face |
SCOWLED |
| Mo. shared by Leo and Virgo |
AUG |
| Model airplane material |
BALSA |
| N.Y.C.'s Fifth, e.g |
AVE |
| Nickname that might drop -vin or -eb |
CAL |
| Nincompoop |
TWIT |
| Offered quiet sympathy, in a way |
LENTANEAR |
| On the wrong side (of) |
AFOUL |
| Philosopher Lao-___: Var |
TZE |
| Phony |
FAKE |
| Picasso's '___ Demoiselles d'Avignon' |
LES |
| Pirate's domain |
SEA |
| Place for experiments |
LAB |
| Reach, as a goal |
ACHIEVE |
| Reddit Q&A |
AMA |
| Rock's Starr |
RINGO |
| See 4-Down |
BIRDS |
| Soak up the sun |
BASK |
| Some pickles |
DILLS |
| Speed-detecting device |
RADAR |
| St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir |
ENE |
| Stupefied |
INADAZE |
| Tart light-green drink |
LIMEADE |
| The 'turf' of a 'surf and turf' |
STEAK |
| Thorny savanna tree |
ACACIA |
| Throngs |
HORDES |
| Title role in the Best Picture of 1962 |
LAWRENCE |
| Trade restriction |
EMBARGO |
| What rinks have and neat drinks don't |
ICE |
| Wispy clouds |
CIRRI |
| With 50-Down, things centered in Across answers in this puzzle |
EIGHT |
| Woolly mama |
EWE |
| Word-for-word |
LITERAL |
| ___ Perry, award-winning author of 'South to America' |
IMANI |