| Lacking slack |
TAUT |
| Lavish shindig |
GALA |
| Like 'Casablanca' suspects |
USUAL |
| Like duck soup |
REALEASY |
| Like organized desks |
NEAT |
| Location |
SITE |
| Long geological time period |
EON |
| More despondent |
BLUER |
| Musher's conveyance |
SLED |
| Notorious 'fiddler' |
NERO |
| Pacific salmon |
COHO |
| Pack item, informally |
CIG |
| Pet protection org |
ASPCA |
| Picture-perfect |
IDEAL |
| Place for promises |
ALTAR |
| Point |
CRUX |
| Position |
STANCE |
| Provokes |
STIRSUP |
| Reporter's inaccuracy, maybe |
MISQUOTE |
| Ryder rival |
UHAUL |
| Serve at a tea party |
POUR |
| Show disdain |
SCOFF |
| Silverbacks, e.g |
APES |
| Small boxers, say |
PUPS |
| Small Egyptian viper |
ASP |
| Some savings plans, briefly |
IRAS |
| Starchy tuber |
YAM |
| Stare in wonder |
GAWK |
| Susan's portrayer on 'Desperate Housewives' |
TERI |
| Tailor's concern |
FIT |
| Title for Pliny |
ELDER |
| Uncompromising |
STRICT |
| Very early childhood |
INFANCY |
| Voiced disdain |
TSKED |
| Water___ (bathroom item) |
PIK |
| Weather forecast, perhaps |
RAIN |
| Worrier's words |
OHOH |
| ___ even keel |
ONAN |
| ___-ski (lodge lounging) |
APRES |
