| Mesa kin |
BUTTE |
| Midafternoon |
THREE |
| Middle of the sixth century |
DLI |
| Mississippi River explorer |
DESOTO |
| Mongol invader |
TATAR |
| Moves like lava |
OOZES |
| MSNBC host |
RACHELMADDOW |
| Muse of astronomy |
URANIA |
| NBAer who became a senator |
BILLBRADLEY |
| Nev.'s pre-statehood status |
TERR |
| No walk in the park |
HARD |
| Nodder's phrase |
ISEE |
| One-in-a-million |
FREAK |
| Onetime Olympic Airways owner |
ONASSIS |
| Order for lunch |
HAVE |
| Oscar role of 1939 |
OHARA |
| Pantry pest |
ANT |
| Paragraph portion |
SENTENCE |
| Parts of ears |
LOBES |
| PD alert |
APB |
| Peaceful protest |
SITIN |
| Pendulum paths |
ARCS |
| Perfumery compound |
ESTER |
| Petunia portion |
PETAL |
| Photo __ (press events) |
OPS |
| Place for a lace |
SHOE |
| Place to rent umbrellas |
BEACH |
| Poor grades |
DEES |
| Privy to |
INON |
| Pupil's locale |
IRIS |
| Put a shine on |
BURNISH |
| Quagmire |
MORASS |
| Quaint contraction |
SHANT |
| Quaker State, for short |
PENNA |
| Raised, as cattle |
BRED |
| Ramble |
ROAM |
| Rang out |
PEALED |
| Reason why |
CAUSE |
| Remaining trace |
RELIC |
| Remotely |
FAR |
| Right-angle shape |
ELL |
| Salt Lake City collegians |
UTES |
| Second-quality: Abbr |
IRR |
| Shared item on the résumé of this puzzle's celebrities |
RHODESSCHOLARSHIP |
| Shi'ite leader |
AGAKHAN |
| Significant |
MAJOR |
| Slightly ahead |
ONEUP |
| Small music players |
IPODS |
| Something to play |
ROLE |
| Sonnet ending |
SESTET |
| Sooner State city |
TULSA |
| Splatter catcher |
APRON |
| Square-mile fraction |
ACRE |
| Start of a Tony Bennett title |
ILEFT |
| Streisand's ''A Star Is Born'' costar |
KRISKRISTOFFERSON |
| Substitute players |
BTEAM |
| Suffix like -esque |
IAN |
| Tear apart |
REND |
| Thorny plant |
BRIER |
| Thurber's daydreamer |
MITTY |
| Tokyo's island |
HONSHU |
| Top bond rating |
AAA |
| Trough locale |
STY |
| UN Special Envoy to Haiti |
BILLCLINTON |
| Wedding figure |
USHER |
| Well-thought-out |
SANE |
| Where Mt. Shasta is |
CALIF |
| Wilson of ''Marley & Me'' |
OWEN |
| Wish granter |
GENIE |
| Wyo. neighbor |
IDA |
| Yarn spinner |
LIAR |
| Zoo beasts |
APES |
| __ INSIDE (convenience-store sign) |
ATM |
