| Kind of column or cord |
SPINAL |
| Left the 44-Down sans permission |
WENTAWOL |
| Letters before an alias |
AKA |
| Like morning grass |
DEWY |
| Long stretch |
EON |
| Magazine VIPs |
EDS |
| Museum manager |
CURATOR |
| Noble gas |
ARGON |
| Not yet paid |
OWED |
| Novel or short story, say |
Literarywork |
| Of the poorest quality |
THIRDCLASS |
| One of the five basic tastes |
UMAMI |
| Open, as a parka |
UNZIP |
| Pained reaction |
WINCE |
| Pakistani city |
LAHORE |
| Patsy |
EASYMARK |
| Pet food brand |
ALPO |
| Poem of praise |
ODE |
| Politician Romney |
MITT |
| Poppy narcotic |
OPIUM |
| Research funding |
GRANT |
| Richard Gere title role |
DRT |
| Rifle range rounds |
AMMO |
| River through southern Russia |
URAL |
| Ruined |
DIDIN |
| Sgt., e.g |
NCO |
| Small change |
CENT |
| Southern speech quality |
DRAWL |
| The "I" in MIT: Abbr |
INST |
| The name Fred yells at the end of "The Flintstones" closing theme song |
WILMA |
| Tree fruit |
PEAR |
| Typically reddish-brown ape |
ORANG |
| Up on the latest info |
AWARE |
| Varieties |
ILKS |
| Well-hit line drive, in baseball jargon |
FROZENROPE |
| Well-practiced |
ADEPT |
| Words to click on at a sweepstakes website |
ENTERNOW |
| Zero |
NIL |
| __ Lama |
DALAI |
