| Olympic event won by Bruce Jenner in 1976 and Ashton Eaton in 2012 and 2016 |
DECATHLON |
| One of 154 by Shakespeare |
SONNET |
| Onetime HBO series set in New Orleans |
TREME |
| Org. in Carl Sagan's 'Contact' |
SETI |
| Oxen connector |
YOKE |
| Period in Congress |
SESSION |
| Periods after Mardi Gras |
LENTS |
| Predator of dolphins |
ORCA |
| Prefix with space |
AERO |
| Prepare to be knighted |
KNEEL |
| Press secretary ___ Huckabee Sanders |
SARAH |
| Put in office |
ELECT |
| Ready |
SET |
| Really, really old |
PRIMEVAL |
| Row |
SPAT |
| Say 'When I was with my good friend Barack last week ...,' e.g |
NAMEDROP |
| Smidgen |
IOTA |
| Some long novels |
EPICS |
| Something that gives you a sinking feeling |
QUICKSAND |
| Standard dog name |
ROVER |
| Start running |
MELT |
| Suffix in many language names |
ESE |
| Summer hangout |
POOL |
| Surrender |
CEDE |
| Takes the wildness out of |
TAMES |
| The Emerald Isle |
ERIN |
| The Kleenex of cotton swabs |
QTIP |
| Tiptoe, perhaps |
SNEAK |
| To whom 'break a leg' is said |
ACTOR |
| Trolley |
TRAM |
| Vizquel with 11 Gold Gloves |
OMAR |
| Walk like a two-year-old, say |
TODDLE |
| Wear away |
ERODE |
| Word ignored when alphabetizing |
THE |
| Word repeated before 'again' |
TRY |
| Worn out |
SPENT |
| You are, south of the border |
ERES |
| Zeniths |
ACMES |
| ___ Major (Big Dipper's constellation) |
URSA |
