| Kind of power |
NTH |
| Letter writing and sentence diagramming, it's said |
LOSTARTS |
| Like a hearth |
LIT |
| Like Havarti cheese |
SEMISOFT |
| Loads |
ASLEW |
| Lost some ground |
ERODED |
| Lowly worker |
VASSAL |
| Ludd from whom Luddites got their name |
NED |
| Many a calendar beefcake |
MAN |
| Marvel supervillain Norman ___ a.k.a. the Green Goblin |
OSBORN |
| Medical theaters, for short |
ORS |
| Metaphor for quick-spreading success |
WILD |
| New Jersey's Fort ___ |
DIX |
| One working for Kansas or Alabama |
ROADIE |
| Org. supporting Common Core |
NEA |
| Paris's ___ de Rome |
RUE |
| Pearl S. Buck heroine |
OLAN |
| Races |
TEARS |
| Rat-a-tat-tat |
GUN |
| Real imp |
TERROR |
| Relaxing in a cabana chair, maybe |
POOLSIDE |
| Response that has a nice ring to it? |
IDO |
| Ripley-esque |
ODD |
| Risks disaster |
PLAYSWITH |
| Scorpion or tick |
ARACHNID |
| Seashore flier |
ERNE |
| Slaloming shape |
ESS |
| Start shooting |
OPEN |
| Stinging insects |
ANTS |
| Things with rings ... that may be ringing |
EARS |
| Things you don't want on your license: Abbr |
PTS |
| Tiniest complaint |
PEEP |
| Tot's rocker |
HORSY |
| Traction control |
GRIP |
| Valuable violins, for short |
STRADS |
| Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers |
INTHEHOLE |
| What juice may come out of? |
ANODES |
| With a clean slate |
ANEW |
| Woodchuck or chinchilla |
RODENT |
