| Makes, as a salary |
EARNS |
| Manage, as a bar |
TEND |
| Middle Eastern bigwig (Var.) |
EMEER |
| Moved sneakily |
CREEPED |
| One who bluffs a dealer? |
NARC |
| Police officer's badge |
SHIELD |
| Prefix with ''sphere'' |
HEMI |
| Prepared to propose |
KNELT |
| Public estimations |
REPUTES |
| Put in jail |
LOCKUP |
| Ranchero's lariat |
RIATA |
| Ready to be hit, as a golf ball |
TEED |
| Refined, as metal |
SMELTED |
| Rinsed one's mouth and throat |
GARGLED |
| Saving devices, briefly |
IRAS |
| Sew a falcon's eyes shut |
SEEL |
| Slangy hello |
HIYA |
| Slug, to a gardener |
PEST |
| Some bridge seats |
WESTS |
| Spur |
EGGON |
| Start to heat? |
PRE |
| Strikes out |
DELETES |
| Substituting for (with ''of'') |
INLIEU |
| Supply of weapons |
ARSENAL |
| Surreptitious attention-getter |
PSST |
| The Rolling Stones' "ime ___ My Side22 |
ISON |
| They can form in a damp basement |
MOLDSPORES |
| They may be tested for lead |
PAINTCHIPS |
| Thin pancakes |
BLINI |
| Title not offered to men |
DAME |
| Twin of Jacob |
ESAU |
| Voting group, e.g. |
BLOC |
| Wings, anatomically speaking |
ALAE |
| Work measurement unit |
ERG |
| Yuletide decoration holder |
TREE |
| ___ packing (dismissed) |
SENT |
| ___ Pecksniff (Dickens character) |
SETH |
