| Lomita, to L.A. |
BURB |
| Low-altitude sky formation |
STRATOCUMULUSCLOUD |
| Melted together |
FUSED |
| MetLife rival, briefly |
PRU |
| Mild reproof |
TUT |
| Military offs. |
SGTS |
| Mini-plateau |
MESA |
| Minn.-to-Miss. dir. |
SSE |
| Natl. population-counting agcy. |
USCENSUSBUREAU |
| Nerve cell appendage |
AXON |
| Netherlands city, with 'The' |
HAGUE |
| New Mexico's largest newspaper |
ALBUQUERQUEJOURNAL |
| Not Dem. |
REP |
| Number of times the letter 'U' appears in each of this puzzle's eight longest answers |
FOUR |
| Ocean east of N. Car. |
ATL |
| Ominous March day |
IDES |
| Option list |
MENU |
| Other, in Orizaba |
OTRA |
| Outlaw-hunting band |
POSSE |
| Painter Reni |
GUIDO |
| Pakistani language |
URDU |
| Part of 80-Down Abbr.: |
AMER |
| Party game |
UNO |
| Pelt |
FUR |
| Phrase on U.S. money |
EPLURIBUSUNUM |
| Pick -- tab |
UPTHE |
| Pinkish red |
ROSE |
| Point of view |
ANGLE |
| Prefix with byte |
MEGA |
| Prefix with natal or noir |
NEO |
| President after Grant |
HAYES |
| Price to run a promo |
ADRATE |
| Pronoun for two genders |
HESHE |
| Push down, informally |
SMUSH |
| R&B group -- Hill |
DRU |
| Regular |
USUAL |
| River of Russia |
URAL |
| Rodeo gear |
ROPES |
| Ron of 'Tarzan' |
ELY |
| Sackable NFLers |
QBS |
| Sadat's predecessor |
NASSER |
| Salt, in Arles |
SEL |
| Shrub |
BUSH |
| Slalom path |
ESS |
| Slo- -- fuse |
BLO |
| Small chore |
ERRAND |
| Some kind of -- |
ANUT |
| Some old Germans |
PRUSSIANS |
| Sports site |
ARENA |
| Spread out ungracefully |
SPRAWL |
| Sprinkled-on powders |
TALCS |
| Stately tree |
ELM |
| Stephen King novel |
CUJO |
| Strike lightly |
TAP |
| Suffix with Manhattan |
ITE |
| Teed off |
MAD |
| Test centers |
LABS |
| Throw for -- |
ALOOP |
| Tie up |
BIND |
| Toon frame |
CEL |
| Trig function |
SECANT |
| TV's '-- Sharkey' |
CPO |
| Type widths |
EMS |
| Umberto Eco novel |
FOUCAULTSPENDULUM |
| Untold eras |
AEON |
| Urban trains |
ELS |
| Vanquish |
SUBDUE |
| Water under the drawbridge |
MOAT |
| Way yonder |
AFAR |
| Winfrey of TV talk |
OPRAH |
| Wise guide |
GURU |
| Wish to undo |
RUE |
| Won ton -- |
SOUP |
| Yule song |
NOEL |
