| Leave out |
OMIT |
| Less ordinary |
ODDER |
| Mary of comic strips |
WORTH |
| Military horseman of the steppes |
COSSACK |
| More than implied |
SAID |
| Motilal or Jawaharlal |
NEHRU |
| Mountain-path outing |
HIKE |
| Mounts, as a diamond |
SETS |
| Napoleon's exile island |
ELBA |
| Nickname within the alphabet |
STU |
| Novelist Virginia |
WOOLF |
| Occurs |
UNFOLDS |
| One with ears on |
CBER |
| Part of a deck chair |
SLAT |
| Powerful engine |
TURBO |
| Propel into action |
PROD |
| Purebred's opposite |
MUTT |
| Remove via hose, as gas (Var.) |
SYPHON |
| Retractable stairs might lead to it |
ATTIC |
| Shout of approval |
BRAVO |
| Small sales booth |
KIOSK |
| Spanish appetizers |
TAPAS |
| Steak order |
RARE |
| Suns' org. |
NBA |
| Thankless role on ''CSI'' |
CORPSE |
| The fifth element |
BORON |
| The most from one hit is four |
RBIS |
| They may be pulled up |
STAKES |
| Tiny bit, slangily |
SKOSH |
| To-do list item |
TASK |
| Towel marking |
HERS |
| Tutor of Siamese royalty |
ANNA |
| Unaffected manner |
EASE |
| Unwanted aquarium organism |
ALGA |
| Velvet ant |
WASP |
| Whence St. Francis hailed |
ASSISI |
| Whom a bully may bully |
NERD |
| Words with ''mode'' or ''king'' |
ALA |
| ___ and kicking |
ALIVE |
