| King maker |
POWERBROKER |
| Lacquered metalware |
TOLE |
| Lasso loop |
NOOSE |
| Leg-puller |
WIT |
| Like a rodent-infested building |
RATTY |
| Like neat beds |
MADE |
| Little troublemaker |
IMP |
| Loretta who played Hot Lips on TV |
SWIT |
| Make a speech |
ORATE |
| Meddlesome women |
YENTAS |
| Message boat |
AVISO |
| Mild quarrel |
SPAT |
| Monopoly piece |
TOKEN |
| More modern |
NEWER |
| Mutt's foot |
PAW |
| Natural light shows |
AURORAS |
| Needing a refill |
LOW |
| New walker |
TOT |
| Nick name? |
SANTA |
| Obedience school supply |
TREATS |
| One of the Rolling Stones |
WATTS |
| One who won't settle down |
NOMAD |
| Oppressed |
DOWNTRODDEN |
| Place for sporting events |
ARENA |
| Place trust in (with "on") |
DEPEND |
| Pogo, e.g |
OPOSSUM |
| Poi ingredients |
TAROS |
| Poker buy-in |
ANTE |
| Sales technique |
LOWPRESSURE |
| Slim and graceful |
SVELTE |
| Some formalwear |
BOWTIES |
| Square meter (Var.) |
CENTARE |
| Studio feedback |
REVERB |
| Tell-all books, briefly |
BIOS |
| Uncommon occurrence |
RARITY |
| Vein yield |
ORE |
| What unfriendly dogs do |
BITE |
| With "eye," public blights |
SORES |