| Its anthem is "Hatikvah" |
ISRAEL |
| Latvian capital |
RIGA |
| Lb. or oz. |
WGT |
| Lea low |
MOO |
| Liven (up) |
PEP |
| Low-paying position |
MCJOB |
| Make a run for it |
FLEE |
| Medal recipient |
HERO |
| Most ironic |
WRYEST |
| Most loyal |
TRUEST |
| Mother with a Nobel Prize |
TERESA |
| Music to a cat lover's ears |
PURR |
| Nancy who's slated to replace Mary Hart on "Entertainment Tonight" |
ODELL |
| Old boys? |
MEN |
| Orbital extreme |
APOGEE |
| Pest control name |
ORKIN |
| Pool legend Minnesota __ |
FATS |
| Quayle's successor |
GORE |
| Rep. with a cut |
AGT |
| Rocket interceptors, briefly |
ABMS |
| Sci-fi author __ K. Le Guin |
URSULA |
| Soft baseball hit |
BLOOP |
| Some sculpted abs ... and what the starts of 17-, 21-, 26-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across are altogether? |
SIXPACKS |
| Spelling contest |
BEE |
| Stage direction |
EXIT |
| Stone for many Libras |
OPAL |
| Stupefy with drink |
BESOT |
| Suffix with hotel |
IER |
| Tolkien tree creature |
ENT |
| Tom, Dick or Harry |
NAME |
| Took an intersecting road |
TURNED |
| Tour golfer |
PRO |
| Turns over, as an engine |
STARTS |
| Wagnalls's partner |
FUNK |
| Wearisome routine |
RATRACE |
| Wrath, in a classic hymn |
IRAE |
| __ B'rith |
BNAI |
| __ corpus |
HABEAS |
| __ of Good Feelings |
ERA |
