| Less dicey |
SAFER |
| Like a taskmaster |
STRICT |
| Long-term inmates |
LIFERS |
| Making all stops |
LOCAL |
| Most high schoolers |
TEENS |
| Ned who composed "Air Music" |
ROREM |
| Of a pelvic bone |
ILIAC |
| On tenterhooks |
AGOG |
| Permanent mark |
SCAR |
| Polytheist, perhaps |
PAGAN |
| Prefix with pod or athlete |
TRI |
| Quick-cook noodles |
RAMEN |
| River to the Baltic Sea |
ODER |
| Rock concert venues |
ARENAS |
| Score symbol |
NOTE |
| Shelled out |
SPENT |
| Shrek, e.g |
OGRE |
| Sicilian spewer |
ETNA |
| Single-named Somali model |
IMAN |
| Skylit lobbies |
ATRIA |
| Sleep cycle acronym |
REM |
| Spar, do roadwork, etc |
TRAIN |
| Stand ___ (take no cards) |
PAT |
| Surgery sites, briefly |
ORS |
| Symbol of good luck |
FOURLEAFCLOVER |
| T-shirt tag word |
LARGE |
| Take a shot at |
TRY |
| Tech support caller |
USER |
| Temporarily, in commercials |
FORALIMITEDTIME |
| Tesla's field (Abbr.) |
ELEC |
| The Masters, as tournaments go |
MAJOR |
| Think tank nugget |
IDEA |
| Track postings |
ODDS |
| Used an abacus |
ADDED |
| Visibly abashed |
RED |
| Within reach |
NEAR |
| Word before bag or board |
TOTE |
| ___ and kicking |
ALIVE |
| ___-over (quick look) |
ONCE |