| 'Axis of evil' member |
IRAQ |
| 'Comin' ___ the Rye' |
THRO |
| *Refuse to cooperate |
STONEWALL |
| *Staffing level |
MANPOWER |
| *Toothless mammal |
ANTEATER |
| *Woodcraft hobbyist's creation |
BIRDHOUSE |
| 1955 Thunderbird seating capacity |
TWO |
| A, in Arles |
UNE |
| Alert for the squad, for short |
APB |
| Baton wielder |
MAJORETTE |
| Bidirectional, like a door |
INOUT |
| Blow away |
AMAZE |
| California Valley |
NAPA |
| Cold dessert |
GELATO |
| Counting of the ___ (observance after Passover) |
OMER |
| Creature with one foot |
SNAIL |
| Dockworkers' org |
ILA |
| Dummy Mortimer |
SNERD |
| Flow back |
EBB |
| Flu sufferer's quaff |
HOTTEA |
| Fluffy lap dog, for short |
POM |
| Handed out |
DEALT |
| Homophone of 16-Across |
THRONE |
| Horse of the Year, 1960-64 |
KELSO |
| Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue |
PLAYINGWITHFIRE |
| It has teeth but no mouth |
SAW |
| It may be cut by an uppercut |
JAW |
| It's taken before a shot |
AIM |
| J.F.K. inits |
TSA |
| Least skillful |
WORST |
| Like the Best Picture of 2011 |
SILENT |
| Likkered up |
STEWED |
| Lionel Richie's 'You ___' |
ARE |
| Marked, in a way |
XED |
| Mid 11th-century year |
MLI |
| Moe, Larry and Curly, ethnically |
JEWS |
| Montezuma's people |
AZTECS |
| Mucho |
LOTSOF |
| Muddy up |
ROIL |
