| Groundwork |
BASE |
| Handed out playing cards |
DEALT |
| Hebrew letters after alephs |
BETHS |
| In boots, e.g |
SHOD |
| Interim ruling group |
JUNTA |
| Italicize, e.g |
STRESS |
| Item in a nest |
EGG |
| Jay replaced by Jimmy Fallon |
LENO |
| Krispy Kreme inventory |
DONUTS |
| Large couch |
SOFA |
| Late-night host Meyers |
SETH |
| Lead-in to 'while' |
ERST |
| Leaf-cutting little colonist |
ANT |
| Lend -- (assist) |
AHAND |
| Limited release? |
PAROLE |
| Many 'Olé!' recipients |
TOREROS |
| Many a flower girl |
NIECE |
| Min. fraction |
SEC |
| Missy |
GAL |
| Most darling |
CUTEST |
| Mu -- shrimp |
SHU |
| Neoprene produced at an Alabama university? |
AUBURNRUBBER |
| Nickname for a really strong novelist? |
THEMIGHTYAUTHOR |
| Not falling for |
ONTO |
| Nudge |
POKE |
| One of Kirk's lieutenants |
UHURA |
| One-eighty |
UTURN |
| Opinions offered |
INPUT |
| Ovine calls |
BAAS |
| Pa Clampett of TV |
JED |
| Parade place: Abbr |
AVE |
| Pay to live at |
RENT |
| Pilot planes |
AVIATE |
| Pork-filled pastry, e.g |
MEATPIE |
| Port in Italy |
NAPLES |
| Potter's dirt |
SOIL |
| Prefix with 81-Across or 31-Down |
MIS |
| Prison parts |
CELLS |
| Private AOL exchanges |
IMS |
| Pungent yellow cheese |
ASIAGO |
| Put in cipher |
ENCRYPT |
| Rabbit head features |
BIGEARS |
| Ragamuffins |
WAIFS |
| Reindeer cousin |
ELK |
| Resembling |
ALA |
| Return to get H.G. Wells' title Dr.? |
GOBACKFORMOREAU |
| Road topper |
TAR |
| Roof border |
EAVE |
| Safari shelter |
TENT |
| Shred up |
REND |
| Singer Gene who should never be forgotten? |
AUTRYTOREMEMBER |
| Singular |
RARE |
| Sister record co. of Virgin |
EMI |
| Some HDTVs |
RCAS |
| Spiteful sort |
HATER |
| Springfield storekeeper |
APU |
| Stable feed |
HAY |
| Suffix in sugar names |
OSE |
| Suffix with fool |
ISH |
| The Carolinas, e.g., in Caen |
ETATS |
| Topped party appetizer |
CANAPE |
| Train base |
TRACKS |
| Tremolo's kin |
VIBRATO |
| Turkish title |
AGA |
| Very breezy summer month? |
AUGUSTOFWIND |
| What you used to be? |
THOU |
| Whitman or Disney |
WALT |
| Wilhelm's 'I' |
ICH |
| Wilhelm's 'the' |
DER |
| Wilhelm's 'the' |
DAS |
| Wings for women |
HAREMS |
| Working farm horses |
DOBBINS |
