___-Novo (capital of Benin)
___ impasse (stalled)
Written protests
Words before 'upswing' or 'even keel'
Welcome or farewell, to Caesar
Vientiane's land
Type of rug
Tracks on an album
Tickled pink
Those needing rehab
Things for rustic cabin walls
Thing on a to-do list
Strike with a whip
Speech of a stereotypical mobster
Ski resort lift
Shoelace frustration
Security breaches
Russian beer
Repeat sign of music
Red-ink figure
Protruding navel, in slang
Port city of Norway
Orange coat
Or ___ (ultimatum words)
Opera legend Callas
One doing a clean and jerk
On the trail of
Muse of romantic verse
Models of excellence
Match component
Like cakes and casseroles
Like an apple for applesauce
Lighthouse locale
Laundry device
Late-night hour
Kickoffs or initial stages
Ireland, by another name
Inspire to love
Inquires
Inclined sharply, as a hill
Huge sheet of floating ice
Huge reference books
How some music is sold
Hopes of those ordering online
Heroine of 'Merchant of Venice'
Heart-transplant patient, e.g
Great balls of fire
Gave one's lungs a break
Final Four org
Fabled storyteller
Expose, as the soul
Esteem highly
Enveloping atmosphere
Drought-ridden
Dares say
Currently traveling
Crock-Pot creations
Corn portions
Cookout with ukulele music
Continental cash
Common sleeping disorder
Cary or Hugh of films
Came into the world
Caboose's locale
Bread from a tandoor
Boys, girls, women and men
Bee with no sting
Bedframe strip
Become accustomed to
Bald head, in slang
Backyard item for many
Avian Australians
Anything in the plus column
'Serpico' author Peter