| Maid's cloth |
RAG |
| Makes yawn |
BORES |
| March Madness org. |
NCAA |
| Old, deteriorated ship |
RUSTBUCKET |
| On the ___ (close to defeat) |
ROPES |
| Orange container |
CRATE |
| Person likely to say 'hubba hubba!' |
OGLER |
| Piano piece |
ETUDE |
| Pre-repair job figure |
ESTIMATE |
| Pulled tight |
TAUT |
| Questions |
ASKS |
| Red roots in the garden |
BEETS |
| Relative of an English horn |
OBOE |
| Rib or ulna |
BONE |
| Rowboat blade |
OAR |
| Royal Arabian |
EMIR |
| Royal Russian |
TSAR |
| Sandwich shop |
DELI |
| See 15-Across |
RACKS |
| Shake, as an Etch A Sketch |
ERASE |
| Shoe part that's wiped on 23-Down |
SOLE |
| Shoes are wiped on them |
MATS |
| Shoestrings |
LACES |
| Smooth |
EVEN |
| Something passed in music class? |
NOTE |
| Southeastern Conference mascot |
AUBURNTIGER |
| Store with taco shells |
BODEGA |
| The 'E' in B.P.O.E. |
ELKS |
| Third-place prize |
BRONZEMEDAL |
| Tommy Franks, for one: Abbr. |
GEN |
| Towel stitching |
HIS |
| Venomous viper |
COPPERHEAD |
| Watch face |
DIAL |
| Wed. preceder |
TUE |
| Where the Mets play |
SHEA |
| With 34-Across, places to set pies to bake |
OVEN |
| Workaday world |
RATRACE |
| ___ many words |
INSO |
| ___ nova (60's dance) |
BOSSA |
