| Made a choice |
OPTED |
| Middle Aged? |
FEUDAL |
| Ministers to |
TENDS |
| Not back down from, as a challenge |
RISETO |
| Not quite right |
ODD |
| Notable time |
ERA |
| One invoked during a drought |
RAINGOD |
| Outwits on the stand |
TRIPSUP |
| Programs for 11-Across, briefly |
APPS |
| Pvt.'s boss |
SGT |
| Red River city |
FARGO |
| See 39-Across ... and a word that can precede the last word of the starred answers |
GUN |
| Seen enough |
HADIT |
| Separates by type |
SORTS |
| Sewing kit item |
PATCH |
| Shark attack victim? |
JET |
| Shoreline recess |
INLET |
| Shorthand system |
GREGG |
| Singles out |
PICKSON |
| Skill |
ART |
| Smarten (up) |
SPIFF |
| Spring bloomers |
CROCI |
| State with a 45-mile Canadian border |
IDAHO |
| Tampa NFLer |
BUC |
| The enemy's |
THEIR |
| Tic-tac-toe loser |
OXO |
| Tilts |
SLANTS |
| Topple |
UPEND |
| Trendy NYC section |
NOHO |
| Turner memoir |
ITINA |
| Two-baggers: Abbr |
DBLS |
| Unremarkable |
USUAL |
| URL ender |
EDU |
| White __ |
SOX |
| With 40-Across, kid's toy ... and a word that can precede the first word of the starred answers |
POP |
| WWII weapon |
STEN |
| __ alai |
JAI |
| __ reason |
AGEOF |
| __ Sutra |
KAMA |
