| Lack of slack |
TAUTNESS |
| Melancholy poems |
ELEGIES |
| Metal, pre-smelting |
ORE |
| Musical miscellany |
OLIO |
| Nigeria neighbor |
CHAD |
| Not "for here" |
TOGO |
| Number on a grandfather clock |
VII |
| Nutmeg cover |
ARIL |
| Offspring of 17-Across |
CHICK |
| Parent of 39-Across |
MOTHERHEN |
| Part of a galaxy |
STAR |
| Patio flooring, sometimes |
SLATE |
| Personal connections |
INS |
| Philosopher Jean-Paul |
SARTRE |
| Place to put bags |
TRUNK |
| Poetic feet |
IAMBS |
| Police informer |
STOOLPIGEON |
| Pre-revolutionary ruler (Var.) |
TSAR |
| Prefix with "type" |
LINO |
| Priestly garb |
ALBS |
| Raccoonlike carnivore, surprisingly |
REDPANDA |
| Regret |
RUE |
| Rival of Navratilova, once |
EVERT |
| Samantha of the silver screen |
EGGAR |
| Sandy shade |
BLOND |
| Scottish clans |
SEPTS |
| Skedaddled |
TORE |
| Smugly superior type |
SNOB |
| Some Major Leaguers |
REDS |
| Splashy party |
GALA |
| Stew vegetable |
OKRA |
| Strain |
STRESS |
| Terra firma |
EARTH |
| Terra- ___ (potting material) |
COTTA |
| Type of tape |
VIDEO |
| Unbending |
RIGID |
| Untidy state |
MESS |
| Use as an example |
CITE |
| Words before a high note? |
ENDON |
