5
| SPECK |
Iota |
3
| TAU |
Letter After Sigma |
3
| DAY |
Word With Latter Or Red-letter |
3
| POT |
Word Before Shot And After Hot |
3
| AIR |
Word Before Drop Or Ball |
3
| SAD |
Word Before Case Or Sack |
3
| DAY |
Word After Field Or Before Dreams |
3
| MAC |
With 58-down, Words Before Cheese |
3
| CEE |
Third Letter In An Alphabet Song |
3
| ERE |
Poet's "before" |
3
| PSI |
Pitchfork-shaped Letter |
3
| DOC |
Only Dwarf With A Three-letter Name |
3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alias |
3
| ELL |
Letter Opener? |
3
| AKA |
Letters Before An Alternate Name |
3
| ETA |
Greek Letter That Might Follow "z" |
3
| ERE |
Before, To Shakespeare |
3
| ERE |
Bard's "before" |
3
| ERE |
Before, In Verse |
3
| ERE |
Before, Poetically |
4
| PASO |
Word Before Doble Or Robles |
4
| BEST |
Word Before Actor And Actress At The Oscars |
4
| DAYO |
Word Before "... Wanna Go Home," In Calypso |
4
| HOLD |
Word After Foot Or Before Hands |
4
| LENS |
Word After Contact Or Before Cover |
4
| TRIP |
What Comes Before The Fall? |
4
| EDIT |
Touch Up Before Publication |
4
| ZETA |
Greek Letter That One Might Expect To Come Last |
4
| PINK |
Pop Star Whose Name Is Stylized With An Exclamation Point In Place Of Its Second Letter |
4
| YOHO |
Words Sung Twice Before "a Pirate's Life For Me" |
4
| ZETA |
Letter That's Only 25% Of The Way Through The Greek Alphabet, Surprisingly |
4
| IOTA |
Letter After Theta |
4
| YMCA |
Facility Often Referred To By Its First Letter |
4
| SHIN |
Hebrew Letter On A Dreidel |
4
| NOON |
It Comes Before One |
4
| ERSE |
Language That's A Letter Off From 26-across |
4
| ESSE |
Latin Verb That's A Letter Off From 9-down |
5
| SMILE |
Directive Before "you're On 'candid Camera'" |
5
| TRYTO |
Words Before Relax Or Remember |
5
| ALPHA |
A Greek Letter? |
5
| BOOBY |
Word Before Trap Or Prize |
5
| VOLES |
Animals That Become Different Animals When Their First Letter Is Changed To An "m" |
5
| DRMOM |
She May Take Your Temp Before Tucking You In |
5
| OSCAR |
Letter Between November And Papa In The Nato Alphabet |
5
| BIORE |
Skin-care Brand With An Accent Over Its Last Letter |
5
| ANDSO |
Segue Before A Conclusion |
5
| THETA |
Letter In The Greek Spelling Of Athens |
6
| PREMIX |
Blend Before Use |
6
| TAGSUP |
Touches Base Before Running Home, Say |
6
| MARINE |
Bea Arthur Was One Before Her Acting Career |
7
| ZXCVBNM |
Line Just Before A Comma |
7
| ATFIRST |
Before Knowing More |
7
| YOTEAMO |
Words Before Un Beso |
8
| TUESDAYS |
They Always Come 48 Hours Before Thanksgiving |
8
| SPECIALK |
Food Brand Whose Last Letter Is Its Company's Stock Symbol |
9
| CLAUDETTE |
___ Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer Who Refused To Give Up Her Seat On A Segregated Bus Nine Months Before Rosa Parks |
9
| SITUATION |
Word Before Room Or Comedy |
10
| QUICKBREAD |
It Doesn't Need Time To Rise Before Baking |
10
| ANNODOMINI |
Latin Phrase Before A Year |
10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
11
| MINEALLMINE |
Outburst Before A Maniacal Laugh |
12
| SPOILERALERT |
Important Warning Before You Answer 32-, 40- And 52-across? |
15
| TAKEOUTTHETRASH |
What To Do Before The Answers To The Starred Clues Will Make Sense |