| Lethal snake |
COBRA |
| Letters in early dates |
BCE |
| Like Beethoven's Ninth |
CHORAL |
| Like noble gases |
INERT |
| Like some ale |
PALE |
| Like some ducks? |
LAME |
| Looped in, briefly |
CCD |
| Lowdown |
DIRT |
| Many antique radios |
RCAS |
| Member of a small ruling class |
OLIGARCH |
| Middle __ |
AGE |
| Modern problem solver |
TECHIE |
| Moo __ pork |
SHU |
| More than help with |
DOFOR |
| Musical with the song "The Gods Love Nubia" |
AIDA |
| Numerical prefix |
OCTA |
| Of __ : somewhat |
ASORT |
| Olympian queen |
HERA |
| Onetime Bahamian pirate base |
NASSAU |
| Online admins |
SYSOPS |
| Only child, maybe |
SOLEHEIR |
| Orphanage founded in 1917 |
BOYSTOWN |
| Pays attention (to) |
TENDS |
| Person |
SOUL |
| Philosopher Descartes |
RENE |
| Pile on |
ADD |
| Prefix with fiction |
ECO |
| Rail stop |
DEPOT |
| Ready for publication |
EDIT |
| Relative challenge for some |
INLAW |
| Restless folk? |
NATIVES |
| Scottish pirate |
KIDD |
| Seriously injures |
MAIMS |
| Serving two purposes |
DUAL |
| She plays Watson in "Elementary" |
LIU |
| Shells from stands |
TACOS |
| Short shot? |
PIC |
| Sidestep |
AVOID |
| Site with a Pill Identification Tool |
WEBMD |
| Slalom curve |
ESS |
| Slant |
BIAS |
| Slow period |
SLACK |
| Software glitch |
BUG |
| Some microbrews |
RYEBEERS |
| Sore spot |
LESION |
| Sources of pliable wood |
YEWS |
| Spice amts |
TSPS |
| Split |
ENDIT |
| Star of David displayer |
ELAL |
| Starting on |
ASOF |
| Stern with strings |
ISAAC |
| String of engagements |
WAR |
| Subject of an act passed in 1917 |
SELECTIVESERVICE |
| Surgical knife |
LANCET |
| Table scrap |
ORT |
| Tagged before reaching, as home |
OUTAT |
| Tantrum-prone one |
BRAT |
| Teleprompter's job |
CUING |
| They may be checked at the door |
IDS |
| Traps during a storm, perhaps |
ICESIN |
| Treats inspired by a coal miner in 1917 |
MOONPIES |
| Tree squirrel's drey, e.g |
NEST |
| UPS Store customer |
SENDER |
| Valencian rice dish |
PAELLA |
| Volcanic flows |
LAVAS |
| Website with detailed instructions |
EHOW |
| Wonder-struck |
AGAPE |
| Words of concern |
OHDEAR |
| World Series winner in 1917 |
CHICAGOWHITESOX |
| Yale nickname |
OLDELI |
| __ beverage |
ADULT |