| Like some carrots |
DICED |
| Lion groups |
PRIDES |
| Not nodding |
ALERT |
| Place |
STEAD |
| Places |
LOCI |
| Polynesian nation |
TONGA |
| Pond growth |
ALGAE |
| Pudding choice |
TAPIOCA |
| Quake locale |
FAULT |
| Radius partner |
ULNA |
| Recess |
ALCOVE |
| Romantic bloom |
ROSE |
| Sicilian peak |
ETNA |
| Site of Joan of Arc's victory |
ORLEANS |
| Small setback |
SNAG |
| Some blood suckers |
MOSQUITOS |
| Sword-making city |
TOLEDO |
| Tofu source |
SOY |
| Tony-winning play of 1975 |
EQUUS |
| Truck part |
CAB |
| Unsophisticated |
NAIVE |
| Vowel topper |
UMLAUT |
| Wanes |
RECEDES |
| Whisk's kin |
BEATER |