| Legendary king of Crete |
MINOS |
| Letter after theta |
IOTA |
| Like jerky |
DRIED |
| Little party |
SOIREE |
| Lucy's friend, on 'I Love Lucy' |
ETHEL |
| Magazine that popularized the term 'crowdsourcing' |
WIRED |
| Major German river, in German |
RHEIN |
| More bashful |
SHIER |
| More slippery and gooey |
OOZIER |
| Mrs.'s counterparts, in Mexico |
SRAS |
| Name of three Shakespearean title kings |
HENRY |
| New Rochelle, N.Y. college |
IONA |
| Obedience school lesson |
SIT |
| One of the deadly sins |
ENVY |
| Plants the grass after it dries out, say |
RESEEDS |
| Qatar's capital |
DOHA |
| Rain-unfriendly material |
SUEDE |
| Rehab participant |
USER |
| Rife with conversation |
ABUZZ |
| Season opener? |
ESS |
| See 37-Across |
ANDHUSK |
| Slowly slide into chaos |
DEVOLVE |
| Some batteries |
AAS |
| Some Chryslers |
NEONS |
| Sprint competitor, once |
MCI |
| Subject of debate |
TOPIC |
| Subway barrier |
TURNSTILE |
| The O in Jackie O |
ONASSIS |
| Tony-winning actress Uta ___ |
HAGEN |
| Top-to-bottom, informally |
THORO |
| Turn green, perhaps |
DYE |
| Typical guy on romance novel covers |
STUD |
| Virus named for a Congolese river |
EBOLA |
| With 39-across, corny buddy cop show? |
STARCHY |
| ___ pit |
MOSH |
| ___-cone |
SNO |
| ___-stealer |
SCENE |
