| Olden days |
YORE |
| On the apex of |
ATOP |
| Opera solo |
ARIA |
| Patted gently |
DABBED |
| Plant-watering aid |
GARDENHOSE |
| Playful river mammal |
OTTER |
| Presidential rejection |
VETO |
| Public prosecutors: Abbr |
DAS |
| Rapid |
FAST |
| Realize |
SEE |
| Region east of Europe |
ASIA |
| Regulation |
RULE |
| Ride a sled downhill |
SLIDE |
| Right away, in a memo |
ASAP |
| Rivals of Reeboks |
NIKES |
| Sandwich shop |
DELI |
| See 38 Across |
BOOKS |
| See 38 Across |
THE |
| Select group |
ELITE |
| Shish ___ (meat on a skewer) |
KEBAB |
| Shown on TV |
AIRED |
| Sign a contract, perhaps |
SEALTHEDEAL |
| Smooth-talking |
GLIB |
| Sportscast's second showing |
REPLAY |
| Substitute performer |
STANDIN |
| Thanksgiving Day parade sponsor |
MACYS |
| The one close by |
THIS |
| Toward the back of a boat |
AFT |
| Two-band, as a radio |
AMFM |
| Two-year-olds |
TOTS |
| Ultimate objective |
GOAL |
| Uplifting poem |
ODE |
| Use a word processor |
TYPE |
| Wear away |
ERODE |
| Wine glass |
GOBLET |
| Wipe off a blackboard |
ERASE |
| With 40 and 41 Across, does overly creative accounting |
COOKS |
| __ Beta Kappa |
PHI |
| __ off (forestall) |
STAVE |
