| Nav. rank |
ENS |
| Needle hole |
EYE |
| Notion |
IDEA |
| One-liner |
GAG |
| Out yonder |
THERE |
| Persist with |
KEEPAT |
| Prefix for precious |
SEMI |
| Prepare to propose |
KNEEL |
| Religious group |
CULT |
| Robert Frost works |
POEMS |
| Rockies or Andes: Abbr. |
MTS |
| RR stop |
STA |
| Sahara rarity |
RAIN |
| Scrabble accessory |
SCOREPAD |
| See 43 Across |
HECHE |
| Settles one's debts |
PAYS |
| Shade tree |
ELM |
| Shout of delight |
YAHOO |
| Sky color |
BLUE |
| Slay |
DOIN |
| Solemn promise |
OATH |
| Succeed in business |
GOFAR |
| Talk like Daffy Duck |
LISP |
| Teheran native |
IRANI |
| Tells falsehoods |
LIES |
| Thanksgiving parade star |
SANTA |
| Too thin |
GAUNT |
| Transgressions |
SINS |
| Utters |
SAYS |
| West Point sch. |
USMA |
| When baseball season starts |
APRIL |
| When Hancock signed the Declaration |
THEFOURTHOFJULY |
| With 25 Down, ''Volcano'' actress |
ANNE |
| Working without __ (taking chances) |
ANET |
| Writer Ferber |
EDNA |
| Yearly celebration of 16 Across |
INDEPENDENCEDAY |
| __ and aahs |
OOHS |
| __ boom (SST sound) |
SONIC |
| __ Scotia |
NOVA |