| It may need a boost |
EGO |
| It's made in Japan |
YEN |
| Kind of ball |
VOLLEY |
| Kind of cake |
LAYER |
| Kind of poetic foot |
IAMB |
| Lennon's wife |
ONO |
| Like certain cutlery |
TINED |
| Machine shop tools |
LATHES |
| Make a slight move |
STIR |
| Making the cut? |
SLITTING |
| Mark in "senor" |
TILDE |
| Mel of baseball fame |
OTT |
| Midmonth time |
IDES |
| Muscle contractions |
TICS |
| Nine-day devotion |
NOVENA |
| Not docked |
ASEA |
| Old-fashioned, in a fashionable way |
RETRO |
| One ogling |
EYER |
| Operetta title character |
MIKADO |
| Pelvic bones |
ILIA |
| Phase |
STAGE |
| Plumber's item |
WASHER |
| Q's neighbor |
TABKEY |
| Quits smoking |
KICKSTHEHABIT |
| Ready for the day |
ARISEN |
| Reason for parental discretion |
NUDITY |
| Return to one's dwelling |
GOHOME |
| Ring count |
TEN |
| Send to the canvas |
KAYO |
| Subject of strike talks |
OFFER |
| The Old Sod |
EIRE |
| Theater sound |
SHH |
| Tough tissue |
SINEW |
| Tree used especially for veneering |
OBECHE |
| Treelike cactus |
CHOLLA |
| Wet, spongy ground |
MARSH |
| Win anyway? |
BEATTHEODDS |
| Yule tree choice |
FIR |
