| Lost traction |
SLID |
| Make happy |
ELATE |
| Many state legislatures |
SENATES |
| Marriage vow |
IDO |
| Midmorning hour |
TEN |
| More frosty |
ICIER |
| Movie excerpts |
SCENES |
| No problem at all |
EASY |
| Oil cartel |
OPEC |
| Old maxim |
ADAGE |
| Pirate's box |
CHEST |
| Plant firmly |
EMBED |
| Radiates |
EMITS |
| Ready to harvest |
RIPE |
| Rip |
TEAR |
| Sandwich shop |
DELI |
| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
YEMEN |
| Sch. near Harvard |
MIT |
| Sentry's order |
HALT |
| Small rugs |
MATS |
| Soda fountain ingredient |
MALTEDMILK |
| Soft metal |
TIN |
| Stadium level |
TIER |
| Sweet breakfast bites |
MINIMUFFINS |
| Throat-clearing sound |
AHEM |
| Tidbit in hot cocoa |
MARSHMALLOW |
| Tiny bite |
NIP |
| Top bunk |
UPPER |
| Top poker card |
ACE |
| Trump ex |
IVANA |
| Walks unsteadily |
TEETERS |
| Window covering |
DRAPE |
| Without wasted words |
TERSELY |
| Worked too hard |
SLAVED |
| Youngsters |
TYKES |
| Zodiac sign with a mane |
LEO |
| __ and haw (be indecisive) |
HEM |
| __ de Cologne |
EAU |
| __ of the above |
NONE |