| Highest-ranking |
ALPHA |
| Holds accountable |
BLAMES |
| Holmes of "Touched With Fire" |
KATIE |
| Joining the radio show |
CALLINGIN |
| Light shade ... or avoid the shade? |
TAN |
| Like old timers? |
ANALOG |
| Like some beaches |
TOPLESS |
| Marseille sight |
MER |
| Mexican painter Frida |
KAHLO |
| More than one can handle |
ABITMUCH |
| Oakland's county |
ALAMEDA |
| Onomatopoeic dance |
CHACHA |
| Ordered |
BADE |
| Pabst brand originally brewed in Washington, familiarly |
OLY |
| Panache |
ECLAT |
| Pepperidge Farm treat |
MILANO |
| Perspective |
SIDE |
| Play or school follower |
MATE |
| Praise |
ACCOLADES |
| Programming language named for a comedy group |
PYTHON |
| Pull |
TUG |
| Rat |
NAMENAMES |
| Runner's distance |
LAP |
| Sediment |
LEES |
| Stuck at a chalet, maybe |
ICEDIN |
| Stuff that goes kablooey |
TNT |
| Teamsters president James |
HOFFA |
| The Na'vi in "Avatar," for one |
ALIENRACE |
| They can be hard to face |
FACTS |
| They're slow to pick things up |
SLOBS |
| Trouble |
WOE |
| Weaken |
ABATE |
| Weapons used on mounts |
LANCES |
| Will matter |
ESTATE |
| Word in many Mexican place names |
LAS |
| Words spoken after coming to? |
ANEND |