| Loves to death |
ADORES |
| Maple or oak |
LEAF |
| Mythical knot that's difficult to untie |
GORDIAN |
| Nervously excited |
ATWITTER |
| NYSE unit |
STK |
| On the pro side |
FOR |
| Perfect test paper marking |
IOO |
| Perry Mason creator ___ Stanley Gardner |
ERLE |
| Peter of the 2004 movie "Troy" |
OTOOLE |
| Pioneering company behind "As Seen on TV" products |
RONCO |
| Pre-H.S., maybe |
ELEM |
| Prodding for a player in Africa who's moving too slow? |
YOUCONGONOW |
| See 23-Across |
YOURASS |
| Show that ended in 2005, to fans |
SFU |
| Show that's had Clay Aiken, Matthew Perry and Dick Van Dyke as guest stars |
SCRUBS |
| Site of South African riots in 1976 |
SOWETO |
| Sneaker company founded by two European immigrants in 1966 |
KSWISS |
| Snoopy ___-Cone Machine |
SNO |
| Soapy mineral |
TALC |
| Solar plexus socking noise |
OOF |
| Splinter group |
SECT |
| Stalling phrase from a player who might be attacking from Japan? |
IMCHINADECIDE |
| Stone on the screen |
SHARON |
| Tackled |
TOOKON |
| Thingamajig |
DEALIE |
| Threat to invade Indonesia? |
SIAMGONNAGETYOU |
| Towering former NBA player Manute |
BOL |
| Warning from a player with armies massed in Siberia? |
URALBESORRY |
| What tree rings denote |
AGE |
| When repeated, meal for the pets |
DIN |
| Wingnut Coulter |
ANN |
| With 69-across, threat from a player planning to attack Alaska from the southeast? |
ALBERTAFOOTIN |
| Zero |
NIL |
| ___ del Fuego |
TIERRA |
| ___ Everett Koop (former surgeon general) |
DRC |
| ___ Modelo (Mexican beer brand) |
NEGRA |
| ___'clock (when some local news starts) |
TENO |