| Little green vegetable |
PEA |
| Locke who was the first Black Rhodes Scholar |
ALAIN |
| Maior cidade de Portugal |
LISBOA |
| Most sparse |
BAREST |
| Muscat local |
OMANI |
| Name hidden in "line segment" |
INES |
| Necessity for making angel food cake |
TUBEPAN |
| NFL great Manning |
ELI |
| Nile dam site |
ASWAN |
| Nouveau riche |
UPSTART |
| Of our planet |
EARTHS |
| Org. for the Sun and Sky |
WNBA |
| Outkast songs |
RAPS |
| Person whose stock is climbing ... or what each asterisked clue's answer receives from the row below it? |
RISINGSTAR |
| Pink French wine |
VINROSE |
| Pompous people |
ASSES |
| Prefix meaning "really, really" |
ULTRA |
| Provider of much inspiration? |
LUNG |
| Ready to pounce, like a tiger |
LURKING |
| Repeats some jazzy bars |
VAMPS |
| Resorts with mineral springs |
SPAS |
| Samsung : Android :: Apple : ___ |
IOS |
| Singer Celine |
DION |
| Small steak |
TBONE |
| Soda containers |
CANS |
| Some are special |
OPS |
| Some spring babies |
GEMINIS |
| Spooky-sounding lake |
ERIE |
| Steal from |
ROB |
| Talk hoarsely |
RASP |
| Texan hats |
STETSONS |
| Texter's qualifier |
IMO |
| Trials before trials? |
LSATS |
| W-9 fig |
SSN |
| Word before "drop" or "stand" |
MIC |
| ___Co (company that bottles Starbucks beverages) |
PEPSI |
| ___Kosh B'gosh |
OSH |
