| In charge |
RULING |
| It's steeped in tradition |
TEA |
| Kind of symmetry |
AXIAL |
| Kojak, to pals |
THEO |
| La Scala diva |
OPERASTAR |
| Ladder king? |
LORDOFTHERUNGS |
| Like Spock |
STOIC |
| Like tridents |
TINED |
| Like two peas --- |
INAPOD |
| Lou Gehrig, if he'd been a bluenose? |
PRUDEOFTHEYANKEES |
| Maestro de Waart |
EDO |
| Many "SNL" skits |
SPOOFS |
| Mauna --- |
LOA |
| Mazatlan Mrs. |
SRA |
| Minor depressions |
DENTS |
| Monarch till 1979 |
SHAH |
| More, in Monterrey |
MAS |
| Mothers' and sisters' places |
NUNNERIES |
| Nuts for drinks |
KOLAS |
| Of an ocean motion |
TIDAL |
| Office competition, often |
RATRACE |
| Old boomers |
SSTS |
| Old Persian capital |
ESFAHAN |
| Oldies-lover's request? |
PLAYMUSTYFORME |
| On the other hand |
HOWEVER |
| Pakistan neighbor |
IRAN |
| Park and Peyton, briefly |
PLS |
| Passover repast |
SEDER |
| Path less traveled |
BYROAD |
| Pawnee neighbor |
OSAGE |
| Phrase of resignation? |
IQUIT |
| Pieces of Bacon |
ESSAYS |
| Plato's pupil |
ARISTOTLE |
| Popsicles and Creamsicles? |
FROZENSTUFF |
| Potter's purchase |
KILN |
| Proofreading pointer |
CARET |
| Pvt.'s superior |
CPL |
| Requisite |
NEEDFUL |
| Riga resident |
LETT |
| Rotation meas. |
RPS |
| Rustic structure |
BARN |
| Said in the Bible |
SPAKE |
| San Fran footballer |
NINER |
| Schreiber of "Love in the Time of Cholera" |
LIEV |
| Schubert's "The --- King" |
ERL |
| Scott Turow title |
ONEL |
| She played Thelma |
GEENA |
| Shipping company's inventory? |
TRUCKSOFTHETRADE |
| Shortens sails |
REEFS |
| Soft-toned rock genre? |
PASTELPUNK |
| Spring and fall events |
EQUINOXES |
| Spring farm machinery |
SEEDERS |
| T-shirt gamut |
SML |
| Terse bad review |
HATEDIT |
| They're bound to land |
SERFS |
| To's opposite |
FRO |
| Torah scroll containers |
ARKS |
| Trombonist Winding |
KAI |
| TV's Greene and Michael |
LORNES |
| Tyrannize barnyard critters? |
BULLYGOATS |
| Venice attraction |
BEACH |
| Wanness |
PALLOR |
| Wild guess |
STAB |
| York of "Tom Jones" |
SUSANNAH |
| Yucky |
GROSS |