| Letters before 'Freddie Knuckles' and the like |
AKA |
| Like public bathrooms in New York City |
RARE |
| Maligned contraction |
AINT |
| Man-to-man defense alternative |
ZONE |
| Marked, as a ballot |
XDIN |
| Moines or Plaines preceder |
DES |
| More competent |
ABLER |
| Mozart rival |
SALIERI |
| Neon Disney flick |
TRON |
| Nights before |
EVES |
| One in the red |
OWER |
| Openly gay Christian |
DIOR |
| Peat source |
BOG |
| Penitent period |
LENT |
| Place with bars (but no alcohol) in New York City |
THEBRONXZOO |
| Poetic nightfall |
EEN |
| Proper name in Masses |
JESU |
| Repair a pump, say |
RESOLE |
| Sea salt? |
TAR |
| See 16-Across |
FALLINGDOWN |
| See 27-Down |
FROMRUSSIA |
| Seeking |
OUTFOR |
| Sheets, etc. |
LINEN |
| Short-lived Bush nominee |
MIERS |
| Slips up |
ERRS |
| Star-filled night in late winter |
OSCAR |
| Summer abroad |
ETE |
| That woman |
HER |
| Theme of this puzzle |
TETRIS |
| Tire type |
RADIAL |
| Volcano flower |
LAVA |
| With 10-Down, a description of 28-Down |
ARCADEGAME |
| With 59-Across, the brilliantly simple basis of 28-Down |
FOURSQUARES |
| Words before retiring, perhaps |
ITSLATE |
| You-here link |
ARE |
| ___ account |
ONNO |
| ___ Men ('Who Let the Dogs Out' band) |
BAHA |
