| Mound stat |
ERA |
| November birthstone |
TOPAZ |
| One with an axe to grind? |
HEWER |
| Owns |
HAS |
| Pallbearers' burden |
CASKET |
| Performance |
ACT |
| Piercing tool |
AWL |
| Pith helmet |
TOPI |
| Plaintive poem |
ELEGY |
| Poisonous plant |
SUMAC |
| Prepared to drive |
TEED |
| Presentation |
SHOW |
| Quickly |
APACE |
| Rd. |
AVE |
| Recipe meas. |
TSP |
| Region |
ZONE |
| Sacrifice site |
ALTAR |
| Scot's refusal |
NAE |
| See 16-Across |
GOODNIGHT |
| Snatched |
TOOK |
| Solidify |
GEL |
| Starbucks order |
LATTE |
| Started |
BEGUN |
| Take to the ice |
SKATE |
| Too complex to solve |
KNOTTY |
| Trail behind |
LAG |
| Underneath |
BELOW |
| Uniform color |
KHAKI |
| Wields needles |
KNITS |
| With 48-Across, Yuletide tag line |
ANDTOALLA |
| Wrigley product |
GUM |
| Writer Buscaglia |
LEO |
| Writer Morrison |
TONI |
