___ sci (coll. course)
Verizon competitor
Up, in the standings
Totally absurd
The Skins Game sport
The Crimson Tide, informally
Tell a whopper
Stink to high heaven
Skin care substance
Sharp as a tack
Sewing basket items
Serves to be done over
Secures, as a ship
Rose garden pest
Revealing skirts
Radical 1960s org
Qualifying race
Pub pint
Proctor ___ (appliance brand)
Prefix with sonic or violet
Pay, as a bill
Pastrami purveyor
Olympian's blade
Old sideshow attraction
Oboes, clarinets et al
North Carolina athletes
Monetary outlay
Miner's pay dirt
Milieu for some wrestlers
Met highlight
Lions and Tigers and Bears
Like a crime-ridden neighborhood
Lang of Smallville
Keister
JFK postings
James Watt's development
It's celebrated in Cooperstown
Issue a rejection
Informal gathering
In good shape
Hawke of 'Boyhood'
Hard-to-refute information
Get-acquainted event
Forest female
Fix at the vet's office
Financially solvent
Event with rapping and hand-holding
Euro fraction
Ernest J. Keebler, e.g
Enjoy the kiddie pool
Elicit a smile from
Eddie Rickenbacker, notably
Dumb as a rock
Domain of Mars and Ares
Decaf brand
Dating from
Cry from a crib
Cowboy's moniker
Common punch-in hr
Coming up soon
Cobra venom, e.g
City bisectors, perhaps
Cheesy sandwich
Catch a glimpse of
Campaign poster word
Bit of body art, slangily
Big test for a student
Become one
Aunt Bee's charge
Apple tablet
'You must be kidding!' (and a hint to 20-, 28- and 46-Across
'Stick 'em up!'
'Social contract' philosopher John
'Ready ___ . . .'
'Black gold'
'All kidding ___ . . .'