| Lip-balm additive |
ALOE |
| Manipulate, as data |
SKEW |
| McCarthy-era epithet |
PINKO |
| Merlot, e.g |
RED |
| Mythical monster depicted on the flag of Sicily |
MEDUSA |
| One of four on a violin |
STRING |
| One whose career is taking off? |
AVIATOR |
| Part of a bust |
HEAD |
| Pinocchio, famously |
LIAR |
| Pitch in |
HELP |
| Play for a pawn |
USE |
| Post |
STAKE |
| President who said 'I have never felt any sort of fondness for war' |
GRANT |
| Proscribe |
FORBID |
| Quadrennial U.S. event |
ELECTION |
| Rise to the top |
EXCEL |
| Ritzy Beverly Hills drive |
RODEO |
| Shade provider |
AWNING |
| Shindigs |
DOS |
| Shot in the dark |
STAB |
| Show appreciation to |
THANK |
| Showed curiosity |
ASKED |
| Some sudden-death situations, for short |
OTS |
| Soothing stuff |
SALVE |
| Sound from the stands |
RAH |
| Subject of much patronage |
ART |
| Take a sharp turn |
ZAG |
| Take to heart |
HEED |
| Tart relative |
PIE |
| They're flat on top |
MESAS |
| They're hidden in 16, 24, 34, and 47 Across |
NORSEGODS |
| Toys with |
TEASES |
| Under |
BELOW |
| Unlike reruns |
NEW |
| Utters |
SAYS |
| Vehicle in a fleet |
CAB |
| Wealthy one, in slang |
FATCAT |
| ___ Alamos |
LOS |
