| Like the pen or pencil you might reach for |
NEAREST |
| London transportation |
UNDERGRO |
| Make ___ dash |
AMAD |
| Marlon Brando film |
ONTHEWATERFR |
| Metered praise |
ODE |
| Metro area |
URB |
| Mid fifth-century year |
CDLI |
| Min. or max |
LIM |
| Mind |
OBEY |
| Minnesota twins? |
ENS |
| Modern December birthstone |
ZIRCON |
| More sinister |
DARKER |
| Most 17-Down |
ACHIEST |
| Mountains, rivers, plains, etc |
PHYSICALGEOGRA |
| Movie droid |
ARTOO |
| Multiple Grammy winner who was a contestant on 'Dancing With the Stars' |
TONIBRAX |
| Nationals whose flag declares 'God is great' |
IRAQIS |
| Network connections |
NODES |
| Old-timer |
GEEZER |
| One of two options at a fast food restaurant |
EATIN |
| Only Hitchcock film to win Best Picture |
REBECCA |
| Org. making grants to museums |
NEA |
| P.T.A. interest |
EDUC |
| Paper nautilus, e.g |
OCTOPOD |
| Part of 101-Across |
ARTS |
| Part of the name of many a Spanish restaurant |
LACASA |
| Per |
EACH |
| Pivoted |
SLEWED |
| Place after place |
SHOW |
| Plant pores |
STOMAS |
| Poetic preposition |
ERE |
| Premium Cuban cigar brand |
COHIBA |
| Prozac, for one |
ANTIDEPRESS |
| Pulitzer winner for 'John Brown's Body' |
BENET |
| Rear |
BACKEND |
| Refrain syllables |
TRAS |
| Reynolds of 'Boogie Nights' |
BURT |
| Run out |
LAPSE |
| Sample |
TRY |
| See 9-Down |
SORE |
| Send some pixxx? |
SEXT |
| Set free |
RELEASED |
| Sir Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of ___ |
AVON |
| Sod house locale |
PRAIRIE |
| Some M.I.T. grads |
EES |
| Song that starts 'A winter's day in a deep and dark December' |
IAMAROCK |
| South Dakota memorial site |
WOUNDEDKNEE |
| Spanish winds |
AIRES |
| Special ___ |
OPS |
| Stern taking a bow (in two senses) |
ISAAC |
| Subject of the documentary 'An Unreasonable Man' |
NADER |
| Suffix with human |
OID |
| Sweets |
HON |
| Switch attachment? |
EROO |
| The 'L' of S.L.R |
LENS |
| TiVo precursor |
VHS |
| Towers |
LOOMS |
| Trample |
TREADON |
| University in North Carolina |
ELON |
| W.C |
LAV |
| What echoes do |
LAG |
| White elephant, e.g |
ALBINO |
| Words mouthed to a TV camera |
HIMOM |
| Work assignment |
STINT |
| X X X lover? |
KEGLER |
| Yammer |
PRATTLE |
| ___ Robles, Calif |
PASO |
| ___ Rose |
AXL |
| ___-Japanese |
RUSSO |
