| Grace under fire |
POISE |
| Great-aunt of Drew |
ETHEL |
| Greek salad ingredient |
FETA |
| Hems, say |
SEWS |
| Horatio Alger theme word |
RAGS |
| Hose in a shell, once |
LEGGS |
| How to unravel the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues |
REVERSETHEM |
| Important |
BIG |
| Improved partner |
NEW |
| Japanese noodle dish |
RAMEN |
| Japanese seaport |
OTARU |
| Mal's opposite |
BIEN |
| Modena ruling family |
ESTE |
| NFL ref's aid |
SLOMO |
| Noted adviser |
ABBY |
| One of action |
DOER |
| Part of TGIF |
ITS |
| Pays attention to |
HEEDS |
| Posed |
SAT |
| Prefix with biology |
EXO |
| Reno, for one |
JANET |
| Rust, actually |
OXIDE |
| Sections of a yard |
FEET |
| Sharks leader, in "West Side Story" |
NARDO |
| Spreadable hors d'oeuvre |
BRIE |
| Spunkmeyer of cookie fame |
OTIS |
| Survivalist's fear |
ANARCHY |
| Tarnish |
BESMEAR |
| Thumbs-down, in Dumbarton |
NAE |
| TV dial letters |
UHF |
| Two-time NBA all-star Vandeweghe |
KIKI |
| Type of dog? |
SLY |
| Vassal |
LIEGE |
| Vital |
KEY |
| Where some bobbing happens |
SALON |
| Wife of Odysseus |
PENELOPE |
| Year in Nero's reign |
LVII |
| Young hitter's training items |
TEEBALLS |
| __ Maria |
TIA |
