| Karen who authored as Isak Dinesen |
BLIXEN |
| Left on the farm? |
HAW |
| Lightning drawers |
RODS |
| Like one end of the pool |
DEEP |
| Like parched land |
SERE |
| Loud heartbeat sound |
THUMP |
| Marooned sailor's construction |
RAFT |
| Med. center VIPs |
RNS |
| Melodious passage |
ARIOSO |
| Menu fishes, sometimes |
SCRODS |
| MLK warned not to drink from it |
CUPOFBITTERNESS |
| Morning staple for many |
MUGOFCOFFEE |
| Nelson Mandela's party |
ANC |
| Network staple |
NEWS |
| Nut type |
PECAN |
| Orders for dinner |
HAS |
| Part of a long poem |
CANTO |
| Printer's copy, briefly |
REPRO |
| Race assignment |
LANE |
| Roll a bad seven (with "out") |
CRAP |
| Sister of Clio |
ERATO |
| Small clothing category |
PETITE |
| Smoking and nonsmoking, e.g |
AREAS |
| Spherical hairstyle |
AFRO |
| Subordinate |
MINION |
| Suffix with "cool" or "claim" |
ANT |
| Tentacled creature |
POLYP |
| Time in a waiting room, seemingly |
EON |
| Trumpet emanation |
BLARE |
| Twin of Jacob |
ESAU |
| Umps' cousins |
REFS |
| Valentine's Day gift, sometimes |
BOTTLEOFPERFUME |
| What Taurus and Gemini share |
MAY |
| Wintertime bug |
FLU |
| Word heard upon driving away? |
SHOO |
| Word often seen at one's feet |
WELCOME |
| ___ jacket (Beatles' attire) |
NEHRU |
| ___ well (is a good sign) |
BODES |
