| Feline line |
MEOW |
| Final showdowns |
ENDGAMES |
| Fire |
DISMISSFROMAJOB |
| Furor |
IRE |
| God worshiped by Jezebel |
BAAL |
| Hair-removal brand name |
NAIR |
| Harvard rival |
YALE |
| Lamb's lament |
BAA |
| Like some senses of humor |
WRY |
| Masked mammal, commonly |
COON |
| Mob enforcer |
HITMAN |
| Most lathery |
SUDSIEST |
| Muscle/bone connection |
TENDON |
| Obsolete "for fear that" |
LEST |
| Party throwing a party |
HOST |
| Pitiful |
PATHETIC |
| Quite some ways away |
AFAR |
| Raul Castro's predecessor |
FIDEL |
| Ready |
POISEDFORACTION |
| Ring-shaped reef |
ATOLL |
| Russian gold medalist Kulik |
ILIA |
| Same as before, in footnotes |
IDEM |
| Santa subordinate |
ELF |
| See 46-Across |
MARRY |
| Ship's framework |
HULL |
| Shot with extreme spin |
MASSE |
| Singer with Crosby and Stills |
NASH |
| Southwest plain |
LLANO |
| Spades or clubs |
SUIT |
| Stitched up |
SEWN |
| Tie the knot |
WED |
| Town terrorized in "Jaws" |
AMITY |
| Undergrad degs |
BAS |
| Use a surgical beam |
LASE |
| Wheel shaft |
AXLE |
| Where Aeneas fought |
TROY |
| Whip mark |
WELT |
| Winged god of love |
EROS |
| Word after "your" or "my" |
SELF |
