| Japan's equivalent of the Mafia |
YAKUZA |
| Je9ns |
INVERTSUGAR |
| Kennedy couturier Cassini |
OLEG |
| Latvia's capital |
RIGA |
| Like some chances |
FAT |
| Make happy |
AMUSE |
| Meat preparers that use salt and smoking |
CURERS |
| Men's 4x100 meter medley relay winners at the 2008 Olympics |
USA |
| Michelle Phillips and Cass Elliot, for two |
MAMAS |
| Miniseries whose final episode was the 3rd-most-watched show in U.S. history |
ROOTS |
| Nobel Prize-winning physicist Bohr |
NIELS |
| Not a lot |
FEW |
| Nuclear family member |
DAD |
| One of five children born at the same time, slangily |
QUIN |
| Passport endorsements |
VISAS |
| Philosopher David Hume, for one |
SCOT |
| Pink Floyd founder Barrett |
SYD |
| Poetry competition |
SLAM |
| Prepare peanuts, perhaps |
DRYROAST |
| Put under |
SEDATE |
| Reese of "Touched by an Angel" |
DELLA |
| sa>le) |
UPSIDEDOWNCAKES |
| Silent ___ (presidential nickname) |
CAL |
| Sleep problem |
APNEA |
| Smog watchdog: abbr. |
EPA |
| Spider egg holders |
SACS |
| Stingy people |
MISERS |
| The art of sculpting shrubbery |
TOPIARY |
| The only Blues Brother to reappear in "Blues Brothers 2000" |
ELWOOD |
| They're pulled from the shell, in a Squeeze song title |
MUSSELS |
| Wally and The ___ (classic TV brothers, for short) |
BEAV |
| Waters, in Oaxaca |
AGUAS |
| Wedding exchanges |
VOWS |
| ___ Kippur |
YOM |
| ___ Tag (1980s toy set) |
LAZER |
| ___ Te Ching (classical Chinese text) |
TAO |
| ___ Valley, California |
SIMI |
