| Moderate pace |
TROT |
| More of the book title |
OVERTHE |
| N.M.-to-N.J. dir |
ENE |
| Novelist Jaffe |
RONA |
| Obsidian rock producer |
LAVA |
| One hoping to get a pass? |
TESTEE |
| Onetime overseas trade grp |
EEC |
| Outfielder Tommie of the Miracle Mets |
AGEE |
| Porto-___ (capital of Benin) |
NOVO |
| Queequeg's captain |
AHAB |
| Rain-soaked dirt |
MUD |
| Ray Charles hit of 1963 |
NOONE |
| Rest of the book title |
RIVERKWAI |
| Rex Harrison's singer/actor son |
NOEL |
| Riata, e.g |
ROPE |
| Richard ___ (anonymous name in court cases) |
ROE |
| Ring leader? |
ALI |
| Rome's Via ___ |
VENETO |
| Ruthless figure in 'The Godfather' |
DONCORLEONE |
| Sault ___ Marie |
STE |
| Schoenberg's 'Moses und ___' |
ARON |
| Season under le soleil |
ETE |
| See 1-Down |
PITT |
| Shooting star? |
AIRACE |
| Songwriter Jule |
STYNE |
| Squabbling |
ATODDS |
| Square peg ___ round hole |
INA |
| Sublease |
RELET |
| Suffix with Benedict |
INE |
| Time of little advancement |
DARKAGE |
| Tom Clancy's ___ (2008 video game) |
ENDWAR |
| Toronto's prov |
ONT |
| Total dive, say |
RATTRAP |
| Universally known symbol |
ICON |
| Utter jerk, rudely |
SOB |
| Verger on adolescence, informally |
TWEEN |
| Wide-eyed |
AGOG |
| With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme |
BRAD |
| Wood knot |
KNAR |
