| Low numero |
TRE |
| Midday assignation, in slang |
NOONER |
| More pointed |
ACUTER |
| Not procrastinating |
ONIT |
| Novel title character with a 'brief, wondrous life' |
OSCARWAO |
| Olive ___ |
OYL |
| One buzzing off? |
GNAT |
| One in a cage |
RIB |
| Powerful Hindu deities |
DEVAS |
| Realty ad abbr |
BRS |
| Rough limestone regions with sinkholes and caverns |
KARSTS |
| See 24-Down |
SOCIETY |
| Slangy segue |
ANYHOO |
| Some are soft-shell |
TACOS |
| Some lab leaders, for short |
TAS |
| Speaking of repeatedly, to a Brit |
ONABOUT |
| Spread out |
OPENED |
| Still-produced stuff |
HOOTCH |
| Stink |
ADO |
| Swamp |
MIRE |
| That same number of |
ASMANY |
| Their drinks are not on the house |
CASHBARS |
| They aid responses, in brief |
SASES |
| Three Stooges display |
IDIOCY |
| Transcend |
GOPAST |
| Unlucky accidents, old-style |
HAPS |
| Vast historical region controlled by the Mongols |
TATARY |
| What a vacay provides |
RANDR |
| What an interrogator might administer |
SODIUMPENTOTHAL |
| What the Flying Wallendas refuse to use |
NET |
| Whose eyes Puck squeezes magical juice on |
LYSANDER |
| With 18-Down, life today |
MODERN |
| With no dissenters |
ASONEMAN |
| ___ Fail (Irish coronation stone) |
LIA |