| Ox connector |
YOKE |
| Prime Minister Gandhi |
INDIRA |
| Rationale |
BASIS |
| Reason for an office visit |
EXAM |
| Related maternally |
ENATE |
| Ring bearer |
WIFE |
| Shelley's ''Ode to the ___ Wind'' |
WEST |
| Smart-alecky |
PERT |
| Some batteries |
AAS |
| Speaker Gingrich |
NEWT |
| Spherical bacteria |
COCCI |
| Standoffish |
ALOOF |
| Stockyard divisions |
PENS |
| Straight, at a bar |
NEAT |
| Subject of illicit trade, sometimes |
ARMS |
| Surgical-instrument holder |
TRAY |
| Swear |
AVER |
| Symbol on a musical staff |
CLEF |
| The end for Ann, Nan and Jean? |
ETTE |
| Third man in the ring |
REF |
| This-for-that arrangement |
SWAP |
| Type of leave |
SICK |
| Type of test |
ESSAY |
| Unlikely choice for casual Friday |
SUIT |
| Unsavory serving |
GLOP |
| Use a rasp on |
ABRADE |
| Wallop |
DRUB |
| Was able to |
COULD |
| Watchdog org.? |
ASPCA |
| What one isn't |
EVEN |
| Who can come before it |
EVER |
| Wingtip section |
TOE |
| Word with ''blind'' or ''double'' |
DATE |
| Words before a bungee jump, perhaps |
HEREGOES |
| X or Y, on a graph |
AXIS |
| Yarn irregularity |
SLUB |
| Yeanling's mother |
EWE |
| You might get your mitts on it |
OVEN |
