| Honest-to-God |
REAL |
| Horned deity |
FAUN |
| Idaho, informally |
SPUD |
| It established banks in Switzerland |
AARE |
| It may cause a strike |
CURVEBALL |
| It's pitched |
TENT |
| Jokester |
IMP |
| Jon Stewart, for one |
EMCEE |
| Lawn decoration |
GNOME |
| Legis. meeting |
SESS |
| Letters that can't be found at the post office |
EMAIL |
| Life lines? |
OBIT |
| Like the lungs |
LOBAR |
| Longtime Connecticut senator |
DODD |
| Losing ground |
ERODING |
| Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz |
INES |
| Mice catchers |
OWLS |
| Mid-first-century date |
LII |
| Not cede the point |
ARGUE |
| One of the continents: Abbr. |
AFR |
| One whose business is picking up |
MAID |
| Parking spot |
CURB |
| Part of a conjugation lesson |
AMAT |
| Part of a Japanese war cry |
TORA |
| Patches |
MENDS |
| Peggy Lee's '___ Tramp' |
HESA |
| People of Ghana |
ASANTE |
| Person with a safe job? |
YEGG |
| Place known anciently as Lacus Asphaltites |
DEADSEA |
| Places |
LOCI |
| Poet's favorite recipe? |
EZRASPOUNDCAKE |
| Politician's favorite recipe? |
JERRYSBROWNBETTY |
| Predecessor of Tiberius |
AUGUSTUS |
| Puma rival |
ADIDAS |
| Question |
DOUBT |
| Ready for occupation |
VACANT |
| Rebels |
UPRISES |
| Record inits. |
EMI |
| Samoan port |
APIA |
| Security need |
IDTAG |
| See 116-Down |
ASPEN |
| Sharp |
KEEN |
| Singer of the #1 country hit 'Tall Dark Stranger' |
OWENS |
| Singer of the 2001 hit 'Thankyou' |
DIDO |
| Some batters, for short |
DHS |
| Some Dodges |
NEONS |
| Son of Mary, Queen of Scots |
JAMESI |
| Southern side? |
PONE |
| Stupefy |
BESOT |
| Suffix with menth- |
ENE |
| Sugar suffixes |
OSES |
| Sugar ___ |
MAPLE |
| Swindle |
COZEN |
| Symphony member |
OBOE |
| The Joker player on 'Batman' |
ROMERO |
| The young Mozart, e.g. |
BOYWONDER |
| They may be rolled |
OATS |
| They may run down the neck |
REINS |
| Transcript stats |
GPAS |
| TV sword wielder |
XENA |
| Unbroken |
WILD |
| Used |
PREOWNED |
| Vacation in 40-Down, e.g. |
SKI |
| WB sitcom |
REBA |
| What a reader may read |
METER |
| Windup |
FINALE |
| Writer's favorite recipe? |
ANNESRICEPUDDING |
| Yank or Blue Jay |
ALER |
| Yemeni city |
ADEN |
| ___-dokey |
OKEY |