| Like top colleges |
ELITE |
| Mixture poured into an iron at a breakfast buffet |
WAFFLEBATTER |
| Mom-and-pop business |
STORE |
| Music outro effect |
FADE |
| National dish of Vietnam |
PHO |
| Nickname hidden in "blood relative" |
DRE |
| No-win situation? |
TIEGAME |
| Not as much |
LESS |
| Not prone to crushes, for short |
ARO |
| Noted fable writer |
AESOP |
| Nuptial agreement |
IDO |
| One may work at a Genius Bar |
TECHIE |
| Palindromic farm female |
EWE |
| Pottery vessel for pouring liquid |
CERAMICPITCHER |
| Prepare to stow, as a sleeping bag |
ROLLUP |
| Q5 automaker |
AUDI |
| Radiate |
EMIT |
| Rapper whose name sounds like a beverage |
ICET |
| Relocate |
MOVE |
| Rice-A-___ |
RONI |
| Rooibos or oolong |
TEA |
| Rough estimate, and a clue to the ends of 20-, 33- and 43-Across |
BALLPARKFIGURE |
| Run away |
FLEE |
| Sets sail, say |
EMBARKS |
| Short video on Instagram |
REEL |
| Slithery reef dweller |
EEL |
| Slope for a wheelchair |
RAMP |
| Some reproductive cells |
OVA |
| Sport with clay pigeons |
SKEET |
| Stretched like guitar strings |
TAUT |
| Swedish supergroup |
ABBA |
| Take a ___ (protest) |
KNEE |
| Texans : NFL :: ___ : MLB |
ASTROS |
| Therapy subject |
TRAUMA |
| Tuesday's dinner, maybe |
TACO |
| Utah ski resort, or Spanish for "high" |
ALTA |
| Woven creation of the Ojibwe people |
DREAMCATCHER |
| Yes, in Quebec |
OUI |
| ___ out (eliminate as an option) |
RULE |
