| Lit. intro |
PREF |
| Mature |
FULLYGROWN |
| Mississippi travelers |
STEAMERS |
| Nero's "Behold!" |
ECCE |
| NFL team with a home field bleachers section called the Dawg Pound |
CLE |
| Normandy river |
ORNE |
| Not even close |
COLD |
| Not treat lightly |
STRESS |
| Old Royale 8's |
REOS |
| Part of a friskiness metaphor |
OATS |
| Principle |
TENET |
| Pup follower? |
TENT |
| Ref. shelf filler |
OED |
| Regarding |
INRE |
| Required bet |
ANTE |
| Shining target |
SCUFF |
| Singer Rihanna's first name |
ROBYN |
| Solo, say |
FLY |
| Some flatbreads |
NANS |
| Start of a dramatic question |
TOBE |
| Suspicious of |
ONTO |
| The Carpenters, e.g |
POPDUO |
| The joke at the audiologists' convention __ |
FELLONDEAFEARS |
| The joke at the cashiers' convention __ |
DIDNOTREGISTER |
| The joke at the chemists' convention __ |
GOTNOREACTION |
| The joke at the firefighters' convention __ |
WENTUPINSMOKE |
| They're seen in columns |
ANTS |
| Till opener |
ROTO |
| Tweed lampooner |
NAST |
| Up for grabs, in a way |
UNLET |
| Vail topper |
SKIHAT |
| Walk wearing Luvs |
TODDLE |
| When one __ closes .. |
DOOR |
| Where a love story may be written |
INTHESTARS |
| Word John doesn't want to see? |
DEAR |
| Workers' rights org |
OSHA |
| __ swings |
MOOD |
