| Damascus is its capital |
SYRIA |
| Decrease |
ABATE |
| Denials in Dijon |
NONS |
| Detected |
SEEN |
| Discordant |
HARSH |
| Elvis's middle name |
ARON |
| Fiction |
STORIES |
| Forfeit |
LOSE |
| Freight |
CARGO |
| Garish |
LOUD |
| Great lake |
ERIE |
| Half-sister of Absalom |
TAMAR |
| Herald's garment |
TABARD |
| Horne who sang 'Stormy Weather' |
LENA |
| Incarnation of Vishnu |
RAMA |
| Insipid |
BLAND |
| Longfellow's 'The Bell of ___' |
ATRI |
| Man with a mission |
PADRE |
| Max ___ Sydow |
VON |
| Most frugal |
SPAREST |
| Musical ensemble |
BAND |
| Nova ___, Canada |
SCOTIA |
| Oktoberfest vessel |
STEIN |
| Opera star Tebaldi |
RENATA |
| Peeples of TV's 'Fame' |
NIA |
| Pertaining to a foot bone |
TARSAL |
| Puts back to zero |
RESETS |
| Quitter's words |
ICANT |
| Ranch worker |
HERDER |
| River inlet |
RIA |
| Rum-laced cakes |
BABAS |
| Sibelius's 'Valse ___' |
TRISTE |
| Springsteen's 'Born ___' |
TORUN |
| Stun guns |
TASERS |
| The 'Incredible Hulk' creator |
STANLEE |
| Trumpet fanfare |
TANTARA |
| Use as a base |
STANDON |
| With cunning |
SLYLY |
| ___-Detoo |
ARTOO |
