| Keenly intelligent |
APT |
| Like Dilbert |
NERDY |
| Long drink |
SWIG |
| Maneuver for the Nautilus |
SUBMERSION |
| Melancholy |
SOMBER |
| Metal in Montana's motto |
ORO |
| Moochers |
SPONGES |
| Mosquito barrier |
NET |
| Navy member whose motto is 'We Build, We Fight' |
SEABEE |
| News service inits |
UPI |
| Nick Charles, familiarly, with 'The' |
THINMAN |
| Nut or tip preceder |
WING |
| Optimistic desire |
HOPE |
| Pituitary gland's shape |
OVAL |
| Politico Marco |
RUBIO |
| Porch light circlers |
MOTHS |
| Potential source of harm |
DANGER |
| Prof's handout |
EXAM |
| Provide an advantage to |
AVAIL |
| Reagan National Airport alternative |
DULLES |
| San Francisco-to-San Jose dir |
SSE |
| Scrape, to a toddler |
OWIE |
| Seize without right |
USURP |
| Server of Duff Beer to Homer |
MOE |
| Site of Jack and Jill's tumble |
HILL |
| Some balance sheet figures |
COSTS |
| Sport with touches and lunges |
EPEE |
| Storm maker, once |
GEO |
| Stylist's stiffener |
GEL |
| Syllables sometimes sung while skipping |
TRALA |
| Tax time VIP |
CPA |
| The Dixie Chicks, for one |
TRIO |
| Thumbs-downs |
NOES |
| Unpleasant duty |
DIRTYJOB |
| Walks like Frankenstein's monster |
STALKS |
| Was in the red |
OWED |
| Work for an orchestra |
OPUS |
| ___Kosh B'Gosh |
OSH |
