Ltr. mailer Letter 2 of our mystery guest Level for most seven-year-olds Longtime TV medical correspondent Bob Like a pie chart Long-running soap about a straying writer? Leader who's finally ready to retire? Low shoe with straps. Like the ground? Lacking a facade. "___; life is short" Leaving America Leaving the country "___ Lee" *Liable to spontaneously combust *Liable to spontaneously combust Last line of verse Like a super-yummy ice cream cone? Lettuce companion (Fr.) Like Election Night, in close races Losing candidate. Lusty epic about half the Smothers Brothers? "Let's toast ___ comrades" Leaves behind. Like some checks Lost too much weight Like leaves in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" Like leaves in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" Land in the Caucasus Least square Logic behind supermarket advertising? Lucky Strike leftover Lauren Bacall vehicle Lyre-like instrument Lyre kin Less smooth Last-day-of-school fete Like a bankrupt poker player London square? ___ love. Leaves, as an escapee Lips, to a scientist Leyte capital. Leader in sports or industry Leader on the field Leader in sports or industry Life times. Long-snouted aggressive fish? "Lean on me" Lures of a sort Like this puzzle, when 36-Across is filled in Linked in a series Leave a neighborhood gym? Large and hollow. Leafy, as certain flowers. Lyricist; illusionist Little cabbage: French term of endearment. Like tremors felt in a china shop Legalized addition to Pierre's family Latvian measure. Like a hilarious story Largest river of Albania. Letter-writing heroine of 1778. Lord Orville's bride. Left hanging? Little kids, to parents? Little kids, to parents? Loafer: dial. Liaising group Least spirited Legislative group, in Germany Lieut. Gail ___; his "Operation Little Vittles" has parachuted 90,000 candy bars to Berlin children. Lifted Laws relating to physical forces. Longtime musical group with a world capital in its name Location of flowers in a V. C. Andrews title Like Agrippina's son. Like a cruel, profligate emperor Leader of Green Mountain Boys Loss of appetite: Med. Large intestine London "Live" CNN interviewer "Live" CNN host "Live" CNN interviewer "Live" CNN interviewer "Live" CNN host Like Orville Redenbacher, typically Lecturing ad nauseam Leo Durocher's successor. Little Lindens Linden trees. Lime trees. Later portion of Tertiary. Late Tertiary period. Lindens Linden trees Later portion of the Tertiary. Liberator ___ Kossuth. Lets everybody know Lambasted Land populated by fearless wildebeests? Lithuanian river. Lie Lukewarm conditions Leveling in a ring Legendary English outlaw Limb attached to some comic book heroes Line for a bond analyst Line in financial analysis Line showing the relationship between an interest rate and maturity date Line in a classics student's valentine? Line three Logrolls Long-eared dogs Linguistically groundbreaking Linguistically adventurous Like human vision Like some vision London's newspaper quarter Long-eared dogs, informally Location of this answer Larval fruit flies with this gene never leave their eggshells Love, in a Ralph Murphy song Lifting up of the atmosphere? Landowner's possible claim Lamb Chop's kin? Like Ernst Haeckel's law Lower one's voice Life stories, for short Love of the forest. Like a malt beverage. Like 17- and 40-Across (and this puzzle) Like some swords ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme LIKE A FIREFLY Love feasts Last czarina of Russia Last Russian czarina "Last call!" at the bar? "Les Trois Mousquetaires" author Lenoir song. Locomotive turnabout. Life-related Longitudinal series of body segments Last line of verse Letting water in, as a ship Least in age: Abbr. Last-born: Abbr. Least old: Abbr. Least experienced: Abbr. Like a delta Like tongues of fire Lack of marriage laws Leather workers. "Love ___ another" (words attributed to Christ) Laos tribesman of Siam. __ Lebanon (Asia Minor tree) ___ Lebanon Last-place ball teams Legendary founder of Athens. Legendary Greek king, founder of Athens. Leader of the Melody Makers Lifetime-guaranteed lighters Lifetime-guaranteed lighters Lancets Largest of the Moluccas. "Les ___ du Mal," Baudelaire's poems. "Les ___ du Mal." Last Empress of Austria. Love that blossomed in a music store? Love that blossomed in a music store? Larval crabs Lower Saxony city Like the worst excuse Ligament ring Like the worst excuse Lions and tigers and bears Links Linkage Like musical barges? Lindy's price: Forgot-ten Least respectful Leave: Scot. Little girls' makeup? Lhasa and others Like food that's acceptable to cattle? Like characters defeated in "Star Wars"? "Listen to Your Heart" pop duo Latecomer's plea Latecomer's request Lyric, part 5 Lyric, part 4 "Look Sharp!" band Like horror/sci-fi writer Neil after going to the beach? Lake from whence the Niagara River flows Laugh-inducing footwear? "Legalize It!" Banton Lustful Large South American serpent Large boa constrictor. Large snake of the tropics. Large serpent. Large linen collars. Large snake Lineal opening Large S.A. snake Lineal opening Lime* Leafy clusters Lawyer: Span. Lawyer of Madrid Lullaby start Louisiana pioneer Lyndon Johnson's second-in-command Large barges. Literary style to take on safari? Loosen a saddle band. Lansbury TV series Liar in old car ads Liar of TV commercials Legendary boxer Literature Nobelist who wrote "Waiting for the Barbarians" ___ Löw, coach of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning team Liquid holdings Liquid resources Libations enjoyed while writing "War Trash"? Lunden and Crawford Loud vocalist? Loud vocalist? Lewd Lewd "Let all thy ___" (Quarles) Lyric poems Launches, as a software product Loosened Least taut Lambasters. Limited in outlook. Like cigars Like cigars and pipes Low-hanging hoops, e.g. Linen-store purchases Linen-store items Lenient with Lenient with Lara's beloved Lara's lost love Lonely olive factory worker? Left port: Abbr.