| Like games that head into overtime |
TIED |
| Like thrift store merchandise |
USED |
| Like wealthy landowners |
ACRED |
| Los Angeles district near Sherman Oaks |
ENCINO |
| Low spirits, as experienced by St. Louis's hockey team? |
THEBLUES |
| Male deer |
STAG |
| Maximum number of terms for a U.S. president |
TWO |
| Mortise's partner, in carpentry |
TENON |
| Ones at the top of the corporate ladder |
EXECS |
| Ones paddling down a river, say |
CANOERS |
| Pea holders |
PODS |
| Planet's path |
ORBIT |
| Plumb crazy |
LOCO |
| Poetic foot |
IAMB |
| Put ornaments on |
DECORATE |
| Quaint lodging |
INN |
| Scrabble piece |
TILE |
| Sea creature with suckers |
OCTOPUS |
| See 43-Down |
RABBIT |
| Set of people receiving a placebo, perhaps ... or what the ends of 20-, 28- and 41-Across belong to? |
CONTROLGROUP |
| Shiites or Sunnis |
SECT. |
| Shining |
AGLOW |
| Simply adorable |
CUTEASABUTTON |
| Singsongy cadence |
LILT |
| Skating jump |
LUTZ |
| Speaker's stand |
DAIS |
| State without proof |
ALLEGE |
| Stringed instrument for a madrigal |
LUTE |
| The White 10-Down's cry in 'Alice in Wonderland' |
IMLATE |
| Thin opening |
SLIT |
| Timid |
MEEK |
| Tokyo's home |
JAPAN |
| Underhanded commercial ploy |
BAITANDSWITCH |
| Who's Who entry, briefly |
BIO |
| Zenith |
ACME |
| Zoo enclosures |
CAGES |
| ___ Peace Prize |
NOBEL |