| Interest-piquing thing |
AROUSER |
| Intersected |
MET |
| Invented, as a new word |
COINED |
| Italian fast-food chain |
SBARRO |
| Lab gel |
AGAR |
| Leg bone |
SHIN |
| Less risky |
SAFER |
| Made a king |
CROWNED |
| McKellen or McShane |
IAN |
| Media mogul Turner |
TED |
| Militia |
ARMY |
| Morticia Addams' cousin |
ITT |
| Movie critic Roger |
EBERT |
| Mr., in Madras |
SRI |
| Natural moisture |
DEW |
| Neighbor of Kenya |
UGANDA |
| Newspaper section |
SPORTS |
| Occasion |
EVENT |
| Of the aorta, e.g. |
ARTERIAL |
| Old Greek market |
AGORA |
| Pale-looking |
WAN |
| Parade ruiner |
RAIN |
| Part of CIO |
INDUSTRIAL |
| Picturesque scene |
TABLEAU |
| Pinnacle |
TOP |
| Pool rack component |
ONEBALL |
| Praline nut |
ALMOND |
| Pub servings |
ALES |
| Ralph -- Emerson |
WALDO |
| Real meanie |
OGRE |
| Refrain bit |
TRA |
| Republican gp. |
GOP |
| Required stakes |
ANTES |
| Rough- -- (not sanded, as wood) |
SAWN |
| Rustic hotel |
INN |
| Sch. of the Bruins |
UCLA |
| See 55-Across |
NIGH |
| Sheer fabric |
TOILE |
| Singer Lyle |
LOVETT |
| Situated toward the front |
ANTERIOR |
| Skill |
ART |
| Slack-jawed business execs? |
AGAPESUITS |
| Slivers |
SPLINTERS |
| Small bird |
WREN |
| So-do linkup |
LATI |
| Some are herbal |
TEAS |
| Sparkling spouse? |
AGLITTERMATE |
| Striped stone sculpted to look like bacon and eggs? |
AGATEBREAKFAST |
| T.Sgt., e.g. |
NCO |
| Tablecloths, sheets, etc. |
LINENS |
| Tailor's edge |
HEM |
| Talking TV horse |
MRED |
| Tax gp. |
IRS |
| Tenant's obligation |
RENT |
| Tennille or Morrison |
TONI |
| The, in Caen |
LES |
| They're rung in on January 1 |
NEWYEARS |
| Time span |
ERA |
| Top-rate |
AONE |
| Tournament draws |
BYES |
| Tree trunk growth |
MOSS |
| Triton's planet |
NEPTUNE |
| Unedited |
RAW |
| Vacuum's lack |
AIR |
| Villain's assistant |
HENCHMAN |
| Weave together contrasting scenes, in filmmaking |
INTERCUT |
| Will written by Nixon's veep? |
AGNEWTESTAMENT |
| Winds and strings playing in tune with each other? |
AGREEDINSTRUMENTS |
| With 2-Down, got close |
DREW |
| Wrinkly tangelo |
UGLI |
| WWII subs |
UBOATS |
| Young dog |
WHELP |
