| Listens to |
HEEDS |
| Locker art |
PINUP |
| Lustrous gems |
OPALS |
| Mean |
INTEND |
| Mrs., in Rio |
SENHORA |
| Music's Lena |
HORNE |
| Neatnik's no-nos |
MESSES |
| Non-payment result, for short |
REPO |
| Note |
JOTDOWN |
| Optimistic |
ROSY |
| Out of the wind |
ALEE |
| Pacific island nation |
VANUATU |
| Prepare potatoes |
MASH |
| Recital piece |
ETUDE |
| Reduce |
LESSEN |
| Relevant |
ONTOPIC |
| Roulette bet |
RED |
| Sharpen |
WHET |
| Staffers |
AIDES |
| Test programs |
BETAS |
| Took, as advice |
ACTEDON |
| Track shape |
OVAL |
| Word on a poster |
WANTED |
| Writer Follett |
KEN |