| Halves of 43-Across |
ENS |
| Hindu god |
VISHNU |
| Intrinsically |
PERSE |
| Just great |
PEACHY |
| Lap dog, for short |
POM |
| Mideast peninsula |
SINAI |
| Obsolescent file |
ROLODEX |
| Ostrich's cousin |
EMU |
| Over |
ABOVE |
| Paid escort |
GIGOLO |
| Pancetta, e.g |
BACON |
| Peru's capital |
LIMA |
| Portents |
OMENS |
| Prior night |
EVE |
| Proverb |
MAXIM |
| Rhinelander's refusal |
NEIN |
| salts |
EPSOM |
| Singer Nightingale |
MAXINE |
| Singing ability, slangily |
PIPES |
| Sister |
NUN |
| Society newcomer |
DEB |
| Star |
CELEB |
| States with conviction |
AVERS |
| Stretchy fabric |
SPANDEX |
| Tissue brand |
KLEENEX |
| Trivial Pursuit prop |
DIE |
| Type measures |
EMS |
| Tyro |
NOVICE |
| Verve |
ELAN |
| Violinist Kavafian |
ANI |
| Watt's power |
STEAM |
| What couch potatoes do |
VEG |
