| Mark Twain and Saki |
PENNAMES |
| Mentioned |
REMARKED |
| Mergers and buyouts |
DEALS |
| Mexican Mrs. |
SRA |
| Monotonous routines |
RUTS |
| Needs a new washer, perhaps |
DRIPS |
| Newspapers are tossed along it |
ROUTE |
| Number for the show |
TWO |
| Orphan Annie's protector |
ASP |
| Pesticide target |
ANT |
| Pindar works |
ODES |
| Pipe fittings |
TEES |
| Plant bug |
APHID |
| Poverty |
NEED |
| Presented, as a problem |
POSED |
| Provide bearings |
ORIENT |
| Quite the expert |
MAVEN |
| Racetrack advisor |
TOUT |
| Sally Field title role |
SYBIL |
| Scratching post scratchers |
CLAWS |
| Settled the tab |
PAID |
| She may be fraternal |
TWINSISTER |
| Sign of a hit show |
LINE |
| Small amounts |
TADS |
| Small merganser |
SMEW |
| Smithereens maker |
TNT |
| Sometimes-annoying sibling |
KIDBROTHER |
| Southwestern stewpot |
OLLA |
| Speak unclearly |
SLUR |
| Tenet |
CREDO |
| TV adjustment |
CONTRAST |
| Wash up |
LAVE |
| Wasting food, to some |
SIN |
| What rhabdomancers do |
DOWSE |
| Wight, e.g. |
ISLE |
| Women of distinction |
HEROINES |
| Word of hearty concurrence |
AMEN |
| Word with ''bug'' or ''googly'' |
EYED |
| Word with ''high-pressure'' |
AREA |
