stuff -- ACES, AFAR, AREA, ASS, ASTR, ATOB (14A. First step in a series), AVE, BADE, EDAM, EDIT, ERS, ETA, EXED, FER, FORA, GALT, GIS, GNAT (8D. Tiny irritant) , HAST, HERO, IBIS (36A. Head of the Egyptian god Thoth) , ICEE, JED, KEY, LETS, NYSE, OBOE, OER, ORAL, PACE and