GADFLY (32A. Persistent, irritating critic), MASCOT, NASCAR, OSCARS, PACKER, SCULLY, TIMING, TRANCE . Five — ALERT (15A. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed), ARABS (8D. Most Yemenis), ARIES, COROT (53A. French painter of  “Le Pont de Mantes“ ), DEWAR, HERBS, MESAS, OTERO (68A. New Mexico county whose seat is Alamogordo), SANAA (4D. Yemen‘s capital),