| John/Rice musical |
AIDA |
| Letters of texted appreciation |
THX |
| Line on an intimate letter |
XOXOX |
| Lukewarm |
TEPID |
| Mac interface |
OSX |
| Make life less fun for, as a cat |
DECLAW |
| Mob activities? |
RIOTS |
| My own: Lat. |
MEO |
| Napa Valley dweller's prefix |
OENO |
| Nintendo brother |
LUIGI |
| On display only: Abbr. |
NFS |
| On the beach |
ASHORE |
| One may be masturbatory |
SOLO |
| One-named 'More to Love' hostess |
EMME |
| Organ with a drum in it |
EAR |
| Owner of TASCAM |
TEAC |
| Part of a Rice email, for one |
EDU |
| People of eastern Siberia |
YAKUT |
| Pop star Aguilera, in tabloids |
XTINA |
| Popular choice for 34-Across, and things found in 18-, 23-, and 49-Across |
DOSEQUIS |
| Rice or vegetable maker |
STEAMER |
| Rivers Cuomo's band |
WEEZER |
| Russian modernizing czar called 'The Great' |
PETERI |
| Scriptural 'your' |
THY |
| Summary |
RECAP |
| Swimming legend Diana |
NYAD |
| Take some off the top, say |
TRIM |
| Terrible deal |
RIPOFF |
| Thing offered every time you go home even though you've been a vegetarian for years now |
PASTRAMI |
| Upscale hotel chain name |
OMNI |
| Venezuelan treats |
AREPAS |
| Where O.J. Simpson won a Heisman |
USC |
| You might get one if you have respiratory issues |
TBTEST |
| ___ Dai (exiled Vietnamese emperor) |
BAO |
| ___ fail |
EPIC |
| ___ Saint-Louis (Seine land) |
ILE |
