| National League East team |
METS |
| Nescafé rival |
SANKA |
| NFL successes |
TDS |
| Noggin tops |
PATES |
| Not made up |
ACTUAL |
| October birthstone |
OPAL |
| Olympics dueler |
EPEEIST |
| Overfill |
SATE |
| Patriot of 1775 |
ALLEN |
| Patriot of 1776 |
NATHANHALE |
| Perfected |
HONED |
| Persian rulers |
SHAHS |
| Person from Belgrade |
SERB |
| Personnel official |
HIRER |
| Phrase indicating emulation |
ALA |
| Pipeline problem |
OILLEAK |
| Place for a brake job |
AUTOSHOP |
| Prefix for hero |
ANTI |
| Prefix meaning ''ancillary'' |
PARA |
| Press coverage |
INK |
| Prez on a five |
ABE |
| Prominent period |
ERA |
| Pub missile |
DART |
| Query re a UFO, perhaps |
WHATWASTHAT |
| Quimby of kid-lit |
RAMONA |
| Rabid fan |
ADORER |
| Random scribbling, for example |
NONART |
| Rap music |
HIPHOP |
| Raven's sound |
CAW |
| Reindeer cousins |
ELKS |
| Rickety auto |
CRATE |
| Rickman's ''Harry Potter'' role |
SNAPE |
| Road covers |
TARS |
| Roomy sleeve |
RAGLAN |
| Sauna supplies |
TOWELS |
| Scandinavian capital |
OSLO |
| Send out |
EMIT |
| Sharp rebuke |
SLAP |
| Shell game |
SCAM |
| Sight from Salzburg |
ALPS |
| Significant successes |
TRIUMPHS |
| Singer LaBelle |
PATTI |
| Six-legged indoor pest |
PHARAOHANT |
| Son in Genesis 4 |
CAIN |
| Sore spot |
ACHE |
| Space saving abbr |
ETAL |
| Space saving abbr |
ETC |
| Spectrum slice |
HUE |
| Suzuki of baseball |
ICHIRO |
| Sweetie |
HON |
| Symbols of sturdiness |
OAKS |
| Synagogue celebration |
ROSHHASHANAH |
| Take back, as testimony |
RECANT |
| Take potshots |
SNIPE |
| Talks big |
BOASTS |
| Tax write-off |
LOSS |
| Theme of the puzzle |
HAHA |
| This or that |
EITHER |
| TMC sister channel |
SHO |
| To-do |
HOOPLA |
| To-do |
HOOHA |
| Tough-to-pass driver |
ROADHOG |
| Travel-clock battery, often |
AAA |
| Traveling circus, e.g |
TENTSHOW |
| Tried to attain |
SHOTAT |
| Turndowns |
NOES |
| UFO fliers |
ETS |
| Vast disarray |
CHAOS |
| Venue for a play |
STAGE |
| Very dry |
ARID |
| What Teslas run without |
GAS |
| Wonderland bird |
DODO |
| __ Malvinas (the Falklands) |
ISLAS |
