| NCAA tourney nickname |
MARCHMADNESS |
| Neighborhood |
AREA |
| North Pole aide |
ELF |
| Not very much |
ADAB |
| Notions |
IDEAS |
| Open, but just |
AJAR |
| Parisian gal pal |
AMIE |
| Pianist's targets |
KEYS |
| Poetic tributes |
ODES |
| Popped, as a question |
ASKED |
| Prefix meaning ''straight'' |
RECT |
| Professional org |
ASSN |
| Quarterback Manning |
ELI |
| Quite |
VERY |
| Range feature |
OVEN |
| Rather safe, as investments |
LOWRISK |
| Run in neutral |
IDLE |
| Skinny battery |
AAA |
| Skunk's defense |
ODOR |
| Sources of sugar |
BEETS |
| Sport played on ponies |
POLO |
| Spy outfit, for short |
CIA |
| Streep or Kidman |
ACTRESS |
| Suffix for nectar |
INE |
| Surrounded by |
AMIDST |
| Swarm members |
BEES |
| Talk like Daffy Duck |
LISP |
| To boot |
ALSO |
| Toddler's scrape |
OWIE |
| Totally spoil |
RUIN |
| Trade fair, for short |
EXPO |
| Traditional result of 27 Across |
MAYFLOWERS |
| Traditional spring rains |
APRILSHOWERS |
| Train components |
CARS |
| Undomesticated |
WILD |
| Urgent request |
PLEA |
| Was nosy |
SNOOPED |
| Widely known |
EMINENT |
| Woodwind musician |
OBOIST |
