| Make hard to read |
ENCODE |
| Middle of the third century |
CCLI |
| Misgivings |
DOUBT |
| Mockery |
FARCE |
| MOPY PARSNIP (debuted 1934) |
MARYPOPPINS |
| More adorable |
CUTER |
| More uncommon |
RARER |
| Moved on ice |
SLID |
| Mysterious glow |
AURA |
| Mythical hunter |
DIANA |
| Mythical weeper |
NIOBE |
| Name on ''Speed'' posters |
KEANU |
| Narrowly bests |
NIPS |
| Nary a soul |
NOONE |
| NL East player |
NYMET |
| Not very nice |
MEAN |
| Okra portions |
PODS |
| One-episode series star |
GUEST |
| Overstuff |
CRAM |
| Partially mine |
OURS |
| Peevishness |
BILE |
| Performed superbly |
SHONE |
| Pet pests |
FLEAS |
| Post-office stamp |
DATER |
| Predatory dolphin |
ORCA |
| Prefix for scope |
PERI |
| PSYCHE BARK (debuted 1847) |
BECKYSHARP |
| Puck's Beverly Hills eatery |
SPAGO |
| Put a hex on |
CURSE |
| Put up, as a painting |
HANG |
| Rambunctious |
ROWDY |
| Rather heavy British coin |
POUND |
| Readies produce for shipment, perhaps |
PRECOOLS |
| REAL ANCHORS (debuted 1933) |
NORACHARLES |
| Release |
SETLOOSE |
| Rip out |
TEAROFF |
| Sched. listing |
APPT |
| Sharpened, as skills |
HONED |
| Shoemaker's supply |
HEELS |
| Signify |
ADDUPTO |
| Slightly wet |
MOIST |
| Slow cooker |
BEANPOT |
| Some sandwiches' exteriors |
RYES |
| Some US missiles |
ICBMS |
| Sorcerer's activity |
MAGIC |
| Soup selection |
SPLITPEA |
| Spots to perch |
ROOSTS |
| State one's views |
OPINE |
| Steady leadership |
SUREHAND |
| Substantive |
MEATY |
| Sure success |
CINCH |
| Take along |
BRING |
| Telephone trio |
MNO |
| Tended, with ''for'' |
CARED |
| They buy and sell |
TRADERS |
| Thunderstorm sounds |
CLAPS |
| Timely benefits |
BOONS |
| Trims a lawn |
MOWS |
| TROPHY RATER (debuted 1997) |
HARRYPOTTER |
| Truncated wds |
ABBRS |
| TURTLE BERTH (debuted 1936) |
RHETTBUTLER |
| UK lexicon |
OED |
| Underlying cause |
ROOT |
| Verbalizes |
SAYS |
| Weeps audibly |
SOBS |
| Weightlifter's sound |
GRUNT |
| Went wrong |
ERRED |
| Winter favorites of many Red Sox fans |
CELTICS |
| Wonderland pastries |
TARTS |
| Yucatán resort |
CANCUN |
