| Elected folks |
INS |
| Erratic |
SPOTTY |
| Exemplar of dryness |
BONE |
| Eyelid irritation |
STYE |
| Flashlight, to a Brit |
TORCH |
| For the missus |
HERS |
| Future brass |
WESTPOINTCADETS |
| H on a frat sweater |
ETA |
| Hockey great Gordie |
HOWE |
| It can eat you out of house and home |
TERMITE |
| Lab measuring tube (Var.) |
PIPET |
| Legendary heavyweight boxing champ |
ALI |
| Louise's cohort |
THELMA |
| Lure into lawbreaking |
ENTRAP |
| Made a statement on a stack of Bibles? |
SWORE |
| Minor market fluctuations |
DIPS |
| Mount Carmel city |
HAIFA |
| News spreader, of a sort |
YENTA |
| Overwhelm with sweetness |
CLOY |
| Personal attribute |
TRAIT |
| Portfolio component |
STOCK |
| Reader's Digest co-founder Wallace |
LILA |
| Reference section offering |
ATLAS |
| Roars |
BELLOWS |
| She succeeded Eleanor |
BESS |
| Stops rambling |
COMESTOTHEPOINT |
| Suffix with ''correct'' or ''collect'' |
IVE |
| Support when one shouldn't |
ABET |
| Terse bit of advice |
DONT |
| The Rubber Capital of the World |
AKRON |
| There's none for the weary |
REST |
| Uncalled for |
NEEDLESS |
| Under wraps |
SECRET |
| Unknown author's byline, briefly |
ANON |
| Unwelcome obligation |
ONUS |
| Village figure? |
IDIOT |
| Word suggesting options |
ELSE |
| Xanadu inhabitant of cinema |
KANE |