| Intensify |
STEPUP |
| Japanese band? |
OBI |
| Karpov's game |
CHESS |
| King of the road |
HOBO |
| Mollycoddle |
COSSET |
| Mosque official |
IMAM |
| Not so dense |
SPARSER |
| Oscar-winner Patricia |
NEAL |
| Parched |
SERE |
| Paris tourist attraction |
NOTREDAME |
| Penny-pinch |
SCRIMP |
| Peruses |
READS |
| Pesky fliers |
GNATS |
| Planting site |
GARDEN |
| Porgy's love |
BESS |
| Ray of Hollywood |
ALDO |
| Relieve |
ASSUAGE |
| Ripped |
TORN |
| River to the Ubangi |
UELE |
| Rouse |
WAKE |
| Russian painter and stage designer |
BAKST |
| Schoolyard challenges |
DARES |
| Seafood delicacy |
ROE |
| Soak in the tub |
BATHE |
| Student of language |
LINGUIST |
| Take down ___ |
APEG |
| Takes turns |
ROTATES |
| Thin strand |
WISP |
| Threaten |
MENACE |
| Trinidad music |
CALYPSO |
| Tropical American wader |
SUNBITTERN |
| Unauthenticated |
APOCRYPHAL |
| Visually dull |
DRAB |
| Volunteer State |
TENNESSEE |
| Water sources |
SPRINGS |
| Welles role |
KANE |
| Whirlybird |
HELICOPTER |
