| Letters from old Russia |
SSR |
| Like the ZIP code system |
ZONAL |
| Line from a 1999 thriller |
ISEEDEADPEOPLE |
| Locomotive |
ENGINE |
| Loopy Louis |
NYE |
| Malt ending |
OSE |
| Man's nickname |
NORT |
| Mean mien? |
SNEER |
| Melville opus |
OMOO |
| Mosaic piece |
TESSERA |
| Most flagrant |
GROSSEST |
| NASA OK |
ALLSYSTEMSGO |
| Not hitched |
UNWED |
| Of a population segment |
ETHNIC |
| Oliver Twist, e.g. |
WAIF |
| Ollie's pal |
KUKLA |
| On ___ (alone) |
ONESOWN |
| Outcasts |
EXILES |
| Passing comment? |
YEA |
| Past one's bedtime |
LATE |
| Paul who played son Jeff on "The Donna Reed Show" |
PETERSEN |
| Persnickety one |
FUSSBUDGET |
| Person on a poster |
IDOL |
| Play unit |
SCENE |
| Portents |
OMENS |
| Precise |
EXACT |
| Preserves, as remains |
INURNS |
| Pressure prelude |
ACU |
| Primero numero |
UNO |
| Promise of marriage |
AFFIANCE |
| Pronounce poorly |
SLUR |
| Puzzle |
POSER |
| Rapper-turned-actor |
ICET |
| Red sign |
STOP |
| Relax, dog-style |
LIE |
| Reply of wide-eyed innocence |
WHOME |
| Restaurant policy, sometimes |
NOTIPS |
| Rubber ducky locales |
TUBS |
| Sandwich alternative |
WRAP |
| Sharp turn |
ZAG |
| Sheds feathers |
MOLTS |
| Shot at |
FIREDON |
| Show up |
COME |
| Show up |
APPEAR |
| Showdown time |
NOON |
| Sired |
BEGAT |
| SOS, for one |
PLEAFORHELP |
| Spondulix |
MOOLA |
| Stick |
ADHERE |
| Stomping grounds: abbr. |
TERR |
| Subject of an Al Franken book |
RUSHLIMBAUGH |
| Sud's opposite |
NORD |
| Taj Mahal site |
AGRA |
| Tapers? |
VCRS |
| Tepid assent |
IGUESSSO |
| Throw ___ (flip out) |
AFIT |
| Thugs |
GOONS |
| Timber tree |
ASH |
| Toting conveniences |
STRAPS |
| Type units |
EMS |
| Unstructured |
LOOSE |
| Untied |
FREE |
| Up-to-something tyke |
IMP |
| Wander (about) |
GAD |
| Where GIs get their GI tracts tested |
MESSHALL |
| Where Memphis is, gazetteer-style |
SWTENN |
| Worthless |
UNUSABLE |
| Writer |
SCRIBE |
| ___ all (speaks volumes) |
SAYSIT |
| ___ Khan |
AGA |
| ___ Lanka |
SRI |
