| Mates |
PALS |
| N.B.A. team whose fans include the Brooklyn Brigade |
NETS |
| N.Y.C.'s Lex or Fifth |
AVE |
| Noted time period |
ERA |
| Occupied, as a table |
SATAT |
| Org. established by Nixon |
EPA |
| Orthodontic device for separating teeth |
SPACER |
| Pale lager, informally |
PILS |
| Parking places |
SPOTS |
| PC alternatives |
MACS |
| Place for a yacht |
SLIP |
| Places to be pampered |
SPAS |
| Plea for money from a foreign prince, perhaps |
SCAM |
| Post-mortem meetings, in business-speak |
RETROS |
| Postlarval |
PUPAL |
| Register, to Brits |
ENROL |
| Roman emperor famed for his debauchery |
NERO |
| Seized vehicle, for short |
REPO |
| Shameless publicity move |
STUNT |
| Some convention-goers: Abbr |
DELS |
| Somewhat |
ATAD |
| South American animal with a distinctive snout |
TAPIR |
| Sparkling Italian wine |
ASTI |
| Suffix for an extravaganza |
ORAMA |
| Summarizes |
RECAPS |
| Theme park shuttles |
TRAMS |
| Therefore |
ERGO |
| Tic ___ (mints) |
TACS |
| Tomato sauce brand named for a famed restaurant in East Harlem |
RAOS |
| Treadmill setting |
SPEED |
| Trippy drug |
LSD |
| Try to tear |
RIPAT |
| U. of Maryland athlete |
TERP |
| What a bassoon has that a bass doesn't |
REED |
| What A.I. is trained on |
DATA |
| Winter conveyance |
SLED |
| Woodworking fasteners |
TNUTS |
| ___ à manger (ready to eat, in France) |
PRET |
| ___ Ishii, Lucy Liu's character in 'Kill Bill' |
OREN |
| ___ Michaels of 'S.N.L.' |
LORNE |
| ___ thai (stir-fried noodle dish) |
PAD |