| Helping hand |
AID |
| Hitcher's hope |
RIDE |
| Hoagy Carmichael classic |
STARDUST |
| Hop, ___ and a jump |
SKIP |
| Jeweler's measure |
KARAT |
| La Scala offering |
ARIA |
| Lawn sign, sometimes |
SOLD |
| Light bulb, in the comics |
IDEA |
| Like a boutonniere |
STEMLESS |
| Macy's, for one |
STORE |
| Marquee boasts, briefly |
SROS |
| Meir of Israel |
GOLDA |
| Melanie of ''Working Girl'' |
GRIFFITH |
| Mensa criteria, for short |
IQS |
| Misbehave |
ACTOUT |
| Offspring in a sty |
SHOAT |
| Online bargain site |
EBAY |
| Patella's place |
KNEE |
| Perfectly balanced |
EQUAL |
| Petroleum-regulating gp. |
OPEC |
| Plant opening |
STOMA |
| Rhone's capital city |
LYONS |
| Short lives? |
BIOS |
| Smeared with grease |
OILY |
| Some consumer come-ons |
HALFPRICEOFFERS |
| Stephen of ''V for Vendetta'' |
REA |
| Straight, thin cut |
SLIT |
| Students' bargains |
SECONDHANDBOOKS |
| Stuffed seats |
SOFAS |
| Tabasco tot |
NINO |
| Thick fogs |
PEASOUPS |
| Turf partner, in menu headings |
SURF |
| Veep's superior |
PRES |
| Voice below soprano |
ALTO |
| Vote against |
NAY |
| Went from 60 to 40, e.g. |
SLOWED |
| Worked a 12-hour shift, e.g. |
TOILED |
