| More optimistic |
ROSIER |
| Mrs. Perón |
EVA |
| Murray ___-Mann, Physics Nobelist who coined the term 'quark' |
GELL |
| Neuter, as a stallion |
GELD |
| Niece's counterpart, in French |
NEVEU |
| Night before |
EVE |
| Night stand locale |
BEDSIDE |
| North Carolina fort |
BRAGG |
| Not gendered, as a noun |
EPICENE |
| Not slippery at all, as a winter road |
ICELESS |
| Obama, astrologically |
LEO |
| One who might have a corner office, for short |
CEO |
| Open the door for |
GREET |
| Organism |
BEING |
| Poet's 'before' |
ERE |
| Police setup |
STING |
| Prefix with transmitter |
NEURO |
| Psyche part |
EGO |
| Rumble in the Jungle participant |
ALI |
| Scraping (by) |
EKING |
| Sneaky laugh |
HEHHEH |
| Soil enricher |
MULCH |
| Sophia of 'Marriage Italian-Style' |
LOREN |
| Source of the 'K' in Kmart |
KRESGE |
| Spider of children's literature |
CHARLOTTE |
| Spider's class |
ARACHNIDA |
| Spider's web-producing organ |
SPINNERET |
| Staked a claim |
HADDIBS |
| Sturdy tree |
OAK |
| Swiss-German artist Paul |
KLEE |
| The 'e' of i.e |
EST |
| Things spiders leave |
BITEMARKS |
| Use for flowers in Hawaii |
LEI |
| Volunteer's phrase |
ILLGO |
| Went extinct |
DIEDOUT |
| Whalebone |
BALEEN |
| Words after break or shake |
ALEG |
| World of Warcraft enthusiast, e.g |
GAMER |
| ___ the day |
RUE |
