Crowd Control
by Kegler

Eight answers become new words before entry, unfortunately for 20 Across.

Across 1 Merriam-Webster describes a California bird 5 Thanks boyfriend taking lover’s first picture 10 Beg for rascal stories 11 Actress Russo, married, handled more issues? 12 Refined oil’s storage site 13 Three-dimensional artwork of underwater structure surrounding large island 14 Loud jargon enthralls Wharton grad, perhaps (hyph) 15 Shortstop gets into vigorous squabble 16 Article by that group in “Country Music”? 19 Woman’s short boy 20 See instructions 23 Cheer with every other breath 26 Seldom seen Conservative in panic 28 Adult comics admitting bit of angst is in store 31 Excited Dame Margaret of Samoan fame 32 Valerie, I’m holding up tranquilizer 33 Humid block party’s debut 34 Leo, for one, with soldiers returning mid-month 35 Famous trio of women counter formidable foe, for the most part (2 wds) 36 Rundown cab enters foreign realms 37 Believe in true sign of disuse

Down 1 Overlook a long religious text 2 A married guy in Jordan’s capital... 3 ...comes down while carrying lantern 4 Harm stream crawfishing with tungsten 5 Youngster has rare gait 6 Note interrupting bad notes? 7 Isolate senile bum 8 Renegade lawmen holding journalist Rogers St. Johns 9 Amazingly fun dream, like some pictures 15 Bush reorganized activity centers 17 New York team supporter turned up 18 Fight about Madame, one who clutters in-boxes 21 Spanish aunt welcoming Harold’s muse 22 Narrow-minded teacher’s pet grabbing Daniel 23 Fixes some clothing snagged by crew eavesdropping 24 Flooded section of parish saw anger rising 25 Kansas without eccentric running back performed poorly 27 Rowdy males back beach parties 29 Parodies involving dog in the comics 30 Life jacket’s wet seam repaired (2 wds)

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