| $25/hour and the like |
RATES |
| 'And ... there you have it!' |
TADA |
| 'Fiddlesticks!' |
DRAT |
| 'Get outta here!' |
SCAT |
| 'I smell ___!' |
ARAT |
| 'I trust him about ___ ...' (start of a leery person's statement) |
ASFAR |
| 'No Exit' playwright |
SARTRE |
| 'Time is money,' e.g. |
ADAGE |
| Airport guesses, for short |
ETAS |
| Animal on XING signs |
DEER |
| Arg. neighbor |
BRAZ |
| Astronomers ... or daydreamers |
STARGAZERS |
| Boxers' moves |
WEAVES |
| Cellos, violas, etc.: Abbr. |
STRS |
| Check for ID, as at a bar |
CARD |
| Country's McEntire |
REBA |
| Coup d'___ |
ETAT |
| Cube-hopping character in a 1980s arcade game |
QBERT |
| Dinner-and-a-show venue |
CABARET |
| Do an usher's job |
SEAT |
| Duty imposer |
TAXER |
| El-overseeing org. |
CTA |
| Epic tale |
SAGA |
| Filled beyond full |
SATED |
| For the taking |
FREE |
| Garment with underwires |
BRA |
| Gemologist's weight |
CARAT |
| Got ready, with 'up' |
GEARED |
| Got ___ deal (was rooked) |
ARAW |
| Herb used in sausages |
SAGE |
| Hourly pay |
WAGE |
| I.R.S. part: Abbr. |
SERV |
| In favor of, in dialect |
FER |
| It was parted in Exodus |
REDSEA |
| Just one little bite |
ATASTE |
| Kathryn of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' |
ERBE |
| Keister |
REAR |
| Kid-lit elephant |
BABAR |
| Lang. in which 43-Across is a word |
GER |
