Related Clues:

• Beats by a nose
• Just-prior periods
• Singed parts, usually
• Noses (out)
• Sides
• Preholiday nights
• Bounds
• Narrow surfaces
• Beats by a hair
• Preceding times
• Melancholy
• See 31-Across
• See 32-Down
• Barely beats
• December 24 and 31