| Long, heroic story |
EPIC |
| Make less difficult |
EASE |
| Makes changes to text |
EDITS |
| Mall tenant |
STORE |
| Merest amount |
IOTA |
| Miner's bonanza |
LODE |
| Mix with a spoon |
STIR |
| Newspaper essay, for short |
OPED |
| Nights before holidays |
EVES |
| Notion |
IDEA |
| Ooze |
SEEP |
| Outer boundary |
EDGE |
| Outer-space vehicle |
ROCKETSHIP |
| Patronize, as a merchant |
SHOPAT |
| Piece of office furniture |
DESK |
| Pub beverages |
ALES |
| Regarding |
ASTO |
| Relinquish legally |
CEDE |
| Response to ''Are not!'' |
AMTOO |
| Run up __ (defer payment) |
ATAB |
| Salesperson, for short |
REP |
| Sao __, Brazil |
PAULO |
| Shove |
PUSH |
| Smart-alecky |
SASSY |
| Speaks |
TALKS |
| Sport on horseback |
POLO |
| Suggest strongly |
URGE |
| Tablecloth fabric |
LINEN |
| Tell what you've seen |
REPORT |
| TV sports channel |
ESPN |
| Upward climb |
ASCENT |
| Vehicle that hovers in air |
HELICOPTER |
| Water vehicle for cruises |
OCEANLINER |
| Weeps loudly |
SOBS |
| Where Lima is capital |
PERU |
| Wicked |
EVIL |
| __ gin fizz (drink) |
SLOE |
| __ Spumante wine |
ASTI |
| __-eyed (close to tears) |
MISTY |