| Most qualified |
ABLEST |
| Muck |
GUNK |
| No later than |
UPTO |
| North Pole covering |
ICECAP |
| Not doing anything |
IDLE |
| Notions |
IDEAS |
| Number on a shoebox |
SIZE |
| Operatic solo |
ARIA |
| Parakeets and poodles |
PETS |
| Pertaining to sound |
SONIC |
| Planting machine |
SEEDER |
| Poke fun at |
TEASE |
| Prefix for freeze |
ANTI |
| Repaired, as a shoe bottom |
SOLED |
| River blockers |
DAMS |
| Salt Lake City locale |
UTAH |
| Sci-fi vehicles, for short |
UFOS |
| Sgts., for example |
NCOS |
| Show to be true |
PROVE |
| Slow-cooker dinner |
STEW |
| Sound of relief |
SIGH |
| Source of cider |
APPLE |
| Speak hoarsely |
RASP |
| Spur on |
GOAD |
| Squirrel or mouse |
RODENT |
| Straight beater in poker |
FLUSH |
| Sunbeams |
RAYS |
| Take, as advice |
ACTON |
| Tiny circle |
DOT |
| Tree source of syrup |
MAPLE |
| Two-part ways into country kitchens |
DUTCHDOORS |
| US alliance |
NATO |
| Valentine flower |
ROSE |
| West Point students |
CADETS |
| When the script indicates |
ONCUE |
| With no additives |
PURE |
| Word-of-mouth |
ORAL |
| __ cheese dressing |
BLEU |
| __ mater |
ALMA |
