| Kind of colony |
ANT |
| Kind of tape |
MASKING |
| Land of King George Tupou V |
TONGA |
| Leonine movie star of old |
LAHR |
| Less fortunate |
POORPEOPLE |
| Lifted |
STOLE |
| Like some chickens |
FREERUN |
| Materialize |
APPEAR |
| Mea ___ |
CULPA |
| Memorable mission |
ALAMO |
| Mil. educators |
ROTC |
| Mirror image |
SELF |
| Mosquito protection |
MESH |
| My, in Bretagne |
MES |
| Not consent |
SAYNO |
| O.T.B. conveniences |
TVS |
| October haul |
TREATS |
| Offered a shoulder to cry on, say |
SOLACED |
| Often-parched gully |
WADI |
| Outstanding |
DUE |
| Over again |
TWICE |
| Pale yellow-shelled sea creature? |
MAIZELOBSTER |
| Person with a headset, maybe |
HAM |
| Picks up |
HEARS |
| Pittsburgh-based food giant |
HEINZ |
| Polyphemus, to Odysseus |
CAPTOR |
| Possible lagoon entrance |
INLET |
| Post-solstice celebration |
YULE |
| Promise of a sort |
IOU |
| Quiz bowl lover, say |
NERD |
| Register, to a Brit |
ENROL |
| Result of being badly beaned? |
GREATDAZE |
| Return address info |
SENDER |
| Reviewers' comments on book jackets, typically |
RAVES |
| Scavenging Southern food fish |
MUDCAT |
| Scraping kitchen gadget with nothing in it? |
EMPTYZESTER |
| Serious |
GRAVE |
| Sheltered |
ALEE |
| Show shock, in a way |
REEL |
| Slender fish |
EELS |
| Soprano Fleming |
RENEE |
| St. Paul's architect |
WREN |
| Stanch |
STEM |
| Star-struck entourage |
GROUPIES |
| Stockpile |
AMASS |
| Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book 'Ghost Wars' |
CIA |
| Swamp |
MIRE |
| Take a whack at |
ATTEMPT |
| Taser for children? |
KIDZAPPER |
| That babies come from a 53-Across, e.g |
MYTH |
| The ___ Owl, 'L.A. Confidential' coffee shop |
NITE |
| They can be prying or crying |
EYES |
| Things to think about |
IDEAS |
| Timeline segments |
ERAS |
| Tiny-scissors holder |
ETUI |
| Tipping point? |
JAR |
| Trickle |
SEEP |
| Turkish V.I.P |
AGA |
| Unemployed persons with full-time jobs |
HOMEMAKERS |
| Vast, old-style |
ENORM |
| Very, informally |
MEGA |
| View the effects of a big lunch in court? |
SEEJUSTICEDOZE |
| Visually transfixed |
AGAZE |
| Vlasic pickles mascot |
STORK |
| When repeated, name in old Hollywood |
ZSA |
| Where the Baha'i faith originated |
IRAN |
| Year the Paris Métro opened |
MCM |
| ___ in ink |
IAS |
| ___ Meir Tower, Israel's first skyscraper |
SHALOM |
