| Make imperfect |
MAR |
| Midterm or final |
TEST |
| Moby Dick's pursuer |
AHAB |
| More pale |
ASHIER |
| Muscle quality |
TONE |
| Nat Geo, e.g |
MAG |
| Nevada home of the Triple-A Aces |
RENO |
| Not many |
AFEW |
| Operating commercially |
INBUSINESS |
| Overlook for an Oscar nod |
SNUB |
| Palindrome in pasta dish names |
ALLA |
| Parisian pancake |
CREPE |
| Part of a pre-K curriculum |
ABCS |
| Part of BCE |
ERA |
| Petrifying woman of Greek myth |
MEDUSA |
| Pogo stick sound |
BOING |
| Poker stake |
ANTE |
| Prayer ending |
AMEN |
| Pre-apocalyptic period in some sci-fi stories ... or a phonetic hint to what's found in each starred clue's answer? |
BEFORETIMES |
| Red root vegetable |
BEET |
| Renown |
FAME |
| Retiring, in a way |
GOINGTOBED |
| Savior |
HERO |
| Scattered in a field |
SOWED |
| Shake off |
EVADE |
| Small pencil |
NUB |
| Small size |
MINI |
| Special delivery? |
BIRTH |
| Street foods that may be halal |
KEBABS |
| Summer hrs. at Fenway Park |
EDT |
| Tire pattern |
TREAD |
| Tuna in a poke bowl |
AHI |
| Up to the task |
ABLE |
| Valkyrie portrayer Thompson |
TESSA |
| Wire fence projection |
BARB |
| Word after "exchange" or "interest" |
RATE |
| Words after a fall, hopefully |
IMOK |
| ___ musubi (Hawaiian snack) |
SPAM |
| ___ salts |
EPSOM |
