| "China Beach" setting, briefly |
NAM |
| "Ghost" singer Henderson |
ELLA |
| "Portnoy's Complaint" author |
ROTH |
| "Push-up" garment |
BRA |
| "Smooth Operator" singer |
SADE |
| A deadly sin |
SLOTH |
| Artillery burst |
SALVO |
| Ashtabula's lake |
ERIE |
| Bank deposit, of sorts |
BLOOD |
| Bold poker bet |
ALLIN |
| Bustles |
TODOS |
| Butler player |
GABLE |
| Cancel, as a mission |
SCRUB |
| Carrier whose name means "skyward" |
ELAL |
| Coarse file |
RASP |
| Cohort of Clark and Jimmy |
LOIS |
| Colored eye part |
IRIS |
| Converted lib, maybe |
NEOCON |
| Cornfield pest |
CROW |
| Diana of the Supremes |
ROSS |
| Enrich, in a way |
LARD |
| Escalator segment |
STEP |
| Establishment of blackthorn farms? |
SLOESTARTS |
| Fable finale |
MORAL |
| Fess up (to) |
ADMIT |
| Ghostly looking |
SPECTRAL |
| Give a facelift |
REDO |
| Help for the puzzled |
HINT |
| Honor society letter |
PHI |
| Hosiery purchase |
PAIR |
| In a foul mood |
SORE |
| In a peevish mood |
TESTY |
| Italian cheese city |
PARMA |
| Italian coin, once |
LIRA |
| Kind of boom |
SONIC |
| Less verbose |
TERSER |
| Libidinous god |
EROS |
| Long cut |
SLIT |
| Loop trains |
ELS |
