| Minor falling-out |
SPAT |
| Move higher |
RAISE |
| Mrs. Smith's rival |
SARALEE |
| No longer happening |
OVER |
| No longer squeaking |
OILED |
| Not as fresh |
STALER |
| Not as prevalent |
RARER |
| Old-school cheer |
RAH |
| One of a carol's 11 |
PIPER |
| One of Canada's First Nations |
CREE |
| One-spot |
ACE |
| Ones in a hurry |
RACERS |
| Pal of Frodo |
SAM |
| Performs hip-hop |
RAPS |
| Pompeo of ''Grey's Anatomy'' |
ELLEN |
| Procrastinate |
STALL |
| Purchase authorization |
ORDER |
| Raise the price of, at auction |
BIDUP |
| Range of Russia |
URALS |
| Religious doctrine |
TENET |
| Rich soil |
LOAM |
| Robin Hood beverage |
ALE |
| Roddenberry, re ''Star Trek'' |
CREATOR |
| SeaWorld orca |
SHAMU |
| Second attempts |
REDOS |
| Second word of ''Gone With the Wind'' |
OHARA |
| Senior member |
DOYEN |
| Seven-Emmy actor |
ASNER |
| Shape of a rainbow |
ARC |
| Shed tears |
WEEP |
| Sigma follower |
TAU |
| Signal via beeper |
PAGE |
| Singer of Carole King's ''You've Got a Friend'' |
JAMESTAYLOR |
| Sitcom where Carroll O'Connor was Helen Hunt's dad |
MADABOUTYOU |
| Slices of a century |
DECADES |
| Social outing |
DATE |
| Some balloon animals |
POODLES |
| Something in the way |
OBSTACLE |
| Speak unclearly |
SLUR |
| Spellbinding speaker |
ORATOR |
| Spiral-horned antelope |
ELAND |
| St. since 1863 |
WVA |
| Statistical collection |
DATA |
| Steps off |
PACES |
| Stoops suddenly |
DUCKS |
| Tampa Bay baseballers |
RAYS |
| Tilted |
LEANT |
| Tom Hanks, in ''Sully'' |
PILOT |
| Transitional period |
PHASE |
| Twerp |
DWEEB |
| Two-time honor for Joyce Carol Oates |
OHENRYAWARD |
| UK defence arm |
RAF |
| Up to now |
ASYET |
| Use scissors |
SHEAR |
| User-friendly feature |
AMENITY |
| Uses scissors |
SNIPS |
| Uttered |
ORAL |
| Very cold |
GELID |
| Vessel to sail on or drink from |
SCHOONER |
| Weaver in rattan |
CANER |
| Web page ID |
URL |
| What the Carolina Hurricanes won in 2006 |
STANLEYCUP |
| Where Biden was senator |
DELAWARE |
| Where Caroll Spinney has been a Bird and a Grouch |
SESAMESTREET |
| Where the Caroline Islands are |
NORTHPACIFIC |
| World Cup cheer |
OLE |
| Wrongdoer |
SINNER |
| Yale student |
ELI |
| __ ''en scène'' (stage setting) |
MISE |
| __ citato (footnote phrase) |
OPERE |
| __ the aisle (theater ticket request) |
TWOON |
