| Not handling criticism well |
TESTY |
| October's birthstone |
OPAL |
| Optimistic |
ROSY |
| Otherwise |
ELSE |
| Overly docile |
MEEK |
| Passing notice? |
OBIT |
| PC picture |
ICON |
| Persian ___ |
GULF |
| Person to go out with |
DATE |
| Raise crops |
FARM |
| Red-white-and-blue inits. |
USA |
| Remove, as marks |
ERASE |
| River to the Rio Grande |
PECOS |
| Round Table knight |
LANCELOT |
| See 51-Down |
PANEL |
| Semiautomatic rifle |
CARBINE |
| Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things ___' |
ARE |
| Sharp-pointed instrument |
STYLET |
| Skip |
OMIT |
| Skyward |
ALOFT |
| Slugged, old-style |
SMIT |
| Snake-haired woman of myth |
MEDUSA |
| So as to cause death |
FATALLY |
| Something to lend or bend |
EAR |
| Soviet leader Brezhnev |
LEONID |
| Sportsman's blade |
EPEE |
| SSW's opposite |
NNE |
| Tattoo remover |
LASER |
| Thumb-twiddling |
IDLE |
| Train making all stops |
LOCAL |
| Uncool one |
NERD |
| Walkie-talkie word |
OVER |
| What a lumberjack leaves behind |
STUMP |
| With 26-Down, a rooftop energy device |
SOLAR |
| Writer Asimov |
ISAAC |
| ___ a time (singly) |
ONEAT |
| ___ Bator, Mongolia |
ULAN |
| ___ de France |
ILE |
| ___ Kippur |
YOM |
