| Intro, in journalism jargon |
LEDE |
| IQ test? |
GAUGEOFREASON |
| Laments |
BEMOANS |
| Language suffix |
ESE |
| Large feather |
PLUME |
| Lena Dunham TV series |
GIRLS |
| Lena of "Chocolat" |
OLIN |
| Less covered |
BARER |
| Lid |
HAT |
| Like adjustable hats and most scarves |
ONESIZE |
| Like pastrami |
CURED |
| Like students and sidewalks |
GRADED |
| Lived, to a Brit |
DWELT |
| Los Angeles mayor Bass |
KAREN |
| Luau performance |
HULA |
| Maker of ColorStay cosmetics |
REVLON |
| Male offspring |
SON |
| Mara of "Women Talking" |
ROONEY |
| Master moguls |
SKI |
| Million-dollar smile? |
GLAMCHOPS |
| Mira of "Shining Vale" |
SORVINO |
| Muscat's country |
OMAN |
| Navigation tech |
GPS |
| None |
ZERO |
| Nonetheless |
YET |
| Parrots |
APES |
| Part of a putter |
GRIP |
| Partake of |
DINEON |
| Pipe-clearing brand |
DRANO |
| Poem of medieval France |
LAI |
| Poet laureate Limón |
ADA |
| Prefix with gram or second |
NANO |
| Prof's deg., often |
PHD |
| Proscribe |
FORBID |
| Pumpkin pigment |
CAROTENE |
| Really wound up |
HYPER |
| Rep on the street |
CRED |
| Rock musical set in New York's East Village |
RENT |
| Rowing machine, familiarly |
ERG |
| Rx overseer |
FDA |
| Salon creation |
HAIRDO |
| Santa __: Silicon Valley city |
CLARA |
| Schlemiels on wheels? |
GOOBERDRIVERS |
| Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" |
ASTIN |
| Series starter |
OPENER |
| Set where Geico commercials are shot? |
GECKOLOCATION |
| Sets loose |
FREES |
| Shark's appendage |
FIN |
| Shrek, for one |
OGRE |
| Snakes with hoods |
COBRAS |
| Source of some aerial photography |
DRONE |
| Spilling salt, perhaps |
ILLOMEN |
| Spoken |
ORAL |
| Stationery brand |
EATON |
| Summoning, in a way |
PAGING |
| Swift, to Swifties |
IDOL |
| The "D" of FDR |
DELANO |
| Tiny tot |
MOPPET |
| Took on divine roles? |
PLAYEDTHEGODS |
| Towering |
TALL |
| Tuna roll seaweed |
NORI |
| Unstated |
TACIT |
| Up-to-the-minute |
LATEST |
| Winter coat |
RIME |
| Worked in a salon |
STYLED |
| __ avis |
RARA |
| __ du jour: bistro special |
PLAT |
| __ Empire: Genghis Khan's realm |
MONGOL |
| __ to go: fixin' for a fight |
RARIN |
| __ Valley: Reagan Library site |
SIMI |
| __-Tibetan languages |
SINO |
