| Lowers |
REDUCES |
| Lulu |
DILLY |
| Make amends for |
REDRESS |
| Makes waves, perhaps |
PERMS |
| Means to enlightenment |
ZEN |
| Moderate |
GRADUAL |
| Mollusk with an iridescent shell |
ABALONE |
| Note passer's signal |
PSST |
| Old Vegas clique |
RATPACK |
| One may stand near a curb |
ELM |
| One of the Allman Brothers |
DUANE |
| Organize |
ARRANGE |
| Oscar nominee for "The Godfather" |
CAAN |
| Place to pick vegetables |
SALADBAR |
| Primary component in nail polish remover |
ACETONE |
| Really cold |
POLAR |
| Regardless |
COMERAINORSHINE |
| Sale stipulation |
ASIS |
| See 36-Down |
NATO |
| Silent screen star |
HARPO |
| Singer John |
ELTON |
| Straightest route |
BEELINE |
| Swift reptile |
CROC |
| They form many bonds |
ATOMS |
| They may have proposals |
KNEELERS |
| Trick |
CON |
| Truman secretary of state |
ACHESON |
| Uses a hazel tree branch, maybe |
DOWSES |
| Venture |
FORAY |
| Wallops |
PASTES |
| War movie effect |
RATATAT |
| Watering holes, so to speak |
TAPROOMS |
| Windflower |
ANEMONE |
| Winning the lottery, say |
FLUKE |