| Insect pests |
GNATS |
| It comes twice after "Que" in a song |
SERA |
| It's more costly than wholesale |
RETAIL |
| Jeans cloth |
DENIM |
| Just sitting there, as a gas |
INERT |
| Like "Goosebumps" stories |
EERIE |
| Like the Reaper |
GRIM |
| Moose relative |
WAPITI |
| Obtain |
GET |
| Office gossip spot |
WATERCOOLER |
| One of the five questioning w's |
WHERE |
| Opera song for one |
ARIA |
| Pastrami sandwich supplier |
DELI |
| Pensive piece of poetry |
ELEGY |
| Piggish abode |
STY |
| Pitch from a mound |
HURL |
| Play on words |
PUN |
| President McKinley's first lady |
IDA |
| Put to the test |
TRY |
| Record needles |
STYLI |
| Set in the right direction |
ORIENT |
| Sneaky move |
RUSE |
| Some "speckled" fish |
TROUT |
| South Pacific shell |
COWRY |
| Space-saving abbr. for list makers |
ETC |
| Stat for pitchers |
ERA |
| Stir up, as sediment |
ROIL |
| Super angry |
IRATE |
| Take for one's spouse |
WED |
| This puzzle's fifth wheel, I believe you can hue it |
COLOR |
| Three-___ sloth |
TOED |
| Trials and tribulations |
RIGORS |
| Trips to the top |
ASCENTS |
| Web address letters |
URL |
| Whaler whose sinking inspired "Moby-Dick" |
ESSEX |
| Wipe out completely |
EFFACE |
| Yoga position |
LOTUS |
| ___ Aviv |
TEL |
| ___ qua non (a prerequisite) |
SINE |
