| 'By the power vested ___...' |
INME |
| 'Cheers' character |
CARLA |
| 'Don't be such a wimp!' |
MANUP |
| '___ your loss!' |
ITS |
| 1950s president, familiarly |
IKE |
| 2016 Olympics host, for short |
RIO |
| 2017 World Series champions |
ASTROS |
| Additional |
MORE |
| Animal rights org |
PETA |
| Average |
MEAN |
| Bassoon part |
REED |
| Beethoven's '___ Joy' |
ODETO |
| Blitz participant |
PASSRUSHER |
| Borden's bovine |
ELSIE |
| Builders of paper nests |
WASPS |
| Car called from curbside |
TAXI |
| City of south-central Oklahoma |
ADA |
| Co. abbreviation |
INC |
| Decimal system base |
TEN |
| Deep chasm |
ABYSS |
| Dickens character who says 'I wear the chain I forged in life' |
MARLEYSGHOST |
| Drinking toast |
SKOAL |
| Dubai ruler |
EMIR |
| Exemplary |
IDEAL |
| Expense with both fixed and variable elements |
MIXEDCOST |
| Fail to mention |
OMIT |
| Farthest from the center, and a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
OUTERMOST |
| Feature of many a rom-com |
MEETCUTE |
| Flat-topped hills |
MESAS |
| Greek letters that look like tridents |
PSIS |
| Hauling rig |
SEMI |
| Hear again, as a case |
RETRY |
| Human relative |
APE |
| Hung on the clothesline |
AIRED |
| Ibex, for example |
WILDGOAT |
| In itself |
PERSE |
| India's first prime minister |
NEHRU |
| Ireland's de Valera |
EAMON |
| Jousting need |
LANCE |
