| Vacuum tube type |
| Singer awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth |
| Republican-leaning section of a map |
| Shake out of slumber |
| Faded to black |
| Choose not to attend |
| Hotel hirees |
| Fish in casseroles |
| Sound of jackhammers, e.g. |
| Scrapbooker's need |
| Word that can precede the first parts of 17-, 36- and 57-Across, and 11- and 32-Down |
| State emphatically |
| Hardly a whole bunch |
| They're tracked by Doppler radar |
| Support a telethon |
| Suit up in |
| ___ Kinte ("Roots" role) |
| Showing little energy |
| Clan-vs.-clan fight |
| "Truth in Engineering" automaker |
| To boot |
| Like "funny money" |
| Whacker victim |
| "The Wire" stick-up man ___ Little |
| Gunpowder Plot planner of 1605 |
| Footnote abbr. |
| Scout's good work |
| Check endorser |
| Wine holder sans handles or stopper |
| Elicit a grin from |
| Texter's "Unbelievable!" |
| Oscar ___ (Wienermobile company) |
| Cops with sniffer dogs, for short |
| Like Benedictines or Trappists |
| "Bow-wow" equivalent |
| Church area near the transept |
| Handling roughly |
| Facebook approvals |
| Bit of subterfuge |
| Glorifying verses |
| Solemn "yes" |
| "That works for me" |
| Response to "Do you mind?" |
| Collection of Ovid's love poems |
| Bring into play |
| Kanye West, for one |
| Cook-off contestant |
| "Marat/___" (Peter Weiss play) |
| "Roll Tide" school, informally |
| Particle in a smasher |
| Gondolier's workplace |
| General's right-hand person |
| Server of Duff Beer to Homer |
| Barack's running mate |
| Canine visitor to the Emerald City |
| ___ Steaks (mail-order meat company) |
| Road construction sign |
| Cylindrical Chinese appetizer |
| Germ for a patent |
| Layer applied by brush |
| Not quite shut |
| Home to Disney's Ariel |
| Speaker overlooking St. Peter's Square |
| Had a few too many |
| Start-up capital |
| Trash bag closers |
| Slimy garden pest |
| Repair shop figure |
| Tarzan's adoptive mother, e.g. |
| Flowers in the iris family, briefly |
| Starchy fare, informally |
| Intestinal fortitude |
| Deliveries from pulpits |
| Show that spawned the Blues Brothers, informally |
| "No Exit" playwright Jean-Paul |
| ESPN factoid |
| Lacking, with "of" |
| Decorated, at a patisserie |