| Make happy |
ELATE |
| Makes off-limits |
BANS |
| Manicured, as a lawn |
MOWN |
| Mideast canal |
SUEZ |
| Not as well |
WORSE |
| Not full-length |
ABRIDGED |
| Nothing alternative |
ALL |
| One who challenges |
DARER |
| Orion, e.g. |
HUNTER |
| Pale |
ASHY |
| Piquancy |
TANG |
| Plenty of nothing? |
ZEROES |
| Polite term of address |
MAAM |
| Press into folds |
CRIMP |
| Put on a spool |
ENCOIL |
| Ricelike pasta |
ORZO |
| Ringo of rock |
STARR |
| See 10 Down |
GOBSTOPPER |
| Singer Fitzgerald |
ELLA |
| Ski lift |
TBAR |
| Slangy suffix |
OLA |
| Spend excessively |
SPLURGE |
| Spot in the ocean |
ISLE |
| Take __ at (try) |
ASTAB |
| Teacake |
SCONE |
| Test type |
ORAL |
| Thailand, formerly |
SIAM |
| Took without permission |
STOLE |
| Tour de France part |
STAGE |
| Trident-shaped letter |
PSI |
| Try out |
TEST |
| Typical results |
NORMS |
| Undeniable |
TRUE |
| Vowel sound in ''boat'' |
LONGO |
| Western plateau |
MESA |
| Whole bunch |
HEAP |
| With 55 Across, candy made by 17 Across |
EVERLASTING |
| Workbench device |
VISE |
| Would-be legislation |
BILL |
