| Major transportation route |
ARTERY |
| Marry, casually |
HITCH |
| Moat denizen, briefly |
CROC |
| Mr. Ed's mom |
MARE |
| Mr. Kringle |
KRIS |
| Nasty taunts |
GIBES |
| Needle |
RIB |
| Object of decoration |
HERO |
| Obtain, as benefits |
REAP |
| Oft-rattled blade |
SABER |
| Palindromic deck |
POOP |
| Pod member |
WHALE |
| Poem of praise |
ODE |
| Quotable remark |
MOT |
| Red River capital |
HANOI |
| Reine's companion |
ROI |
| Rough choice? |
IRON |
| Runs easily |
LOPES |
| Screen-measuring unit |
INCH |
| Set upon |
ASSAIL |
| Silver salmon |
COHO |
| Sinatra role |
OCEAN |
| Sinks below the horizon |
SETS |
| Soft-finned food fish |
COD |
| Tentative drinks |
SIPS |
| The absolute minimum |
NONE |
| They're the reason we search in vein? |
ORES |
| Time going backward? |
EMIT |
| Trait on the plus side |
ASSET |
| Traitor Aldrich |
AMES |
| Treasure location |
CHEST |
| Turn red, as an apple |
RIPEN |
| Two-footed livestock |
FOWL |
| Type of colony to avoid |
PENAL |
| What a fleet owner should do in a depression? |
CASHINONESSHIPS |
| Where a captain can buy canvas? |
SAILSDEPARTMENT |
| Word with ''cow'' or ''smokes'' |
HOLY |
| Word with ''pool'' or ''splicing'' |
GENE |
| You might drop one at a cocktail party |
NAME |