| It comes before the wiser |
NONE |
| Kind of argument |
ORAL |
| Kind of course |
OBSTACLE |
| La Brea attraction |
TARPIT |
| Large fishing nets |
SEINES |
| Laura of ''Jurassic Park'' |
DERN |
| Leaver of the pack? |
LONER |
| Living thing |
ORGANISM |
| Lock of hair |
TRESS |
| Make like Mount St. Helens |
ERUPT |
| Makes impure |
TAINTS |
| Mercury thermometer part |
BULB |
| More, in México |
MAS |
| Most quick-to-learn |
APTEST |
| Name of 12 popes |
PIUS |
| Nestling's noise |
TWEET |
| News agcy. since 1958 |
UPI |
| Oat, wheat or rye, e.g. |
BRAN |
| One from Austin |
TEXAN |
| One playing in a wriggly field? |
EEL |
| One way to solve crosswords |
INPEN |
| Outstanding hairstyle? |
AFRO |
| Pertaining to the ear |
OTIC |
| Pitchers in antique stores |
EWERS |
| Poetic dawns |
MORNS |
| Prefix meaning ''new'' |
NEO |
| Proponents of powerful government |
STATISTS |
| Rich dessert, to a dieter |
NONO |
| Short-straw drawer |
LOSER |
| Singer of ''Footloose'' |
LORI |
| Some Xerox supplies |
TONERS |
| Stalin's predecessor |
LENIN |
| Stimulant's opposite |
OPIATE |
| Tamiroff of ''The Corsican Brothers'' |
AKIM |
| Terminated |
AXED |
| Thing removed from shrimp |
VEIN |
| Tom, Dick and Harry for one |
TRIO |
| Up-front amount |
ANTE |
