| Like an unhelpful explanation |
CLEARASMUD |
| Lost |
MISLAID |
| Lowlife |
SLIME |
| Lt. Columbo's employer |
LAPD |
| Made a pot larger |
ANTED |
| Matthew of 'The Americans' |
RHYS |
| Morlock prey |
ELOI |
| Newborn with a lovely disposition |
SWEETBABY |
| Old Detroit brewery name |
STROH |
| Old French coin |
ECU |
| Paper Mate products |
PENS |
| Person heading downhill fast, perhaps |
SLEDDER |
| Peter who played Lawrence |
OTOOLE |
| Physics Nobelist Bohr |
NIELS |
| Pitched item |
TENT |
| Pizzeria order |
SAUSAGEPIE |
| Playground fixture |
SEESAW |
| Portmanteau for dangerous substances |
HAZMAT |
| Puppeteer Bil |
BAIRD |
| Recluse |
LONER |
| Romantic rendezvous |
TRYST |
| Salami selection |
GENOA |
| Self-confident assertion |
ICAN |
| Shiites or Sunnis |
SECT |
| Sideboard |
CREDENZA |
| Some community centers (abbr.) |
YWCAS |
| Some HDTV screens |
LCDS |
| Stun, in a way |
TASE |
| Summer hrs |
DST |
| They may be rolled up after exercising |
YOGAMATS |
| Think highly of |
ESTEEM |
| Tommy Rettig's costar in 1950s TV |
LASSIE |
| Up to, casually |
TIL |
| Venomous vipers |
ASPS |
| Watches, as a movie |
TAKESIN |
| William of ___ (philosopher known for his razor) |
OCCAM |
| ___ mater (cranial membrane) |
DURA |