| Literature Nobelist two years before Eliot |
HESSE |
| Major employer |
ARMY |
| Monthly gym event, maybe |
PTAMEETING |
| Moscow stage premiere of 1899 |
UNCLEVANYA |
| Nail down |
ASSURE |
| No nail-biter |
SNOOZEFEST |
| Not below |
ONDECK |
| Occult encyclopedia subject |
TAROT |
| Official USPS abbreviation |
AVE |
| One of the Squeeze-a-Song toy characters |
ELMO |
| Orange __ |
PEKOE |
| Pack animal? |
RAT |
| Part of ''America's New Year Celebration'' |
ROSEPARADE |
| Permanently |
EVER |
| Place abutting Pennsylvania Railroad |
STJAMES |
| Preserved, old-style |
ONTAPE |
| Put forward |
TENDERED |
| Puts riders on, say |
AMENDS |
| Puts together |
WEDS |
| Retirements on many pro teams |
JERSEYS |
| Ring's lack |
END |
| Rummage (through) |
ROOT |
| Run through a new battery |
RETEST |
| Sprout |
LAD |
| Staff breaks |
RESTS |
| Starter meaning ''spontaneous'' |
AUTO |
| Sticking point |
MIRE |
| Stops from getting upset |
STEADIES |
| Text, e.g |
WRITETO |
| The South China Sea divides it |
MALAYSIA |
| They're often built on puffs |
TARTS |
| Toots |
JAGS |
| Two-fisted |
VIRILE |
| Very limited |
SCARCE |
| Wave catchers |
EARS |
