| Layer of Earth |
MANTLE |
| Least prevalent |
RAREST |
| Like bacon, for some |
TREF |
| Lock of hair |
TRESS |
| Men with polish |
GENTS |
| Mishmash |
OLIO |
| Motive for some crimes |
HATE |
| Nones follower |
IDES |
| Not qualified |
UNFIT |
| Omicrons' preceders |
XIS |
| One might get bonded |
ION |
| Paris friends |
AMIES |
| Pelvic bones |
ILIA |
| Pinups |
CENTERFOLDGIRLS |
| Raptor's retreat |
AERIE |
| Readily persuadable |
EASY |
| Remain unspoiled |
KEEP |
| Remove reluctantly |
TEARAWAY |
| Robert Devereux's earldom |
ESSEX |
| Roof feature |
EAVE |
| Search deeply (with ''into'') |
DELVE |
| Sidestep |
EVADE |
| Silent farewell |
WAVE |
| Singer with the Mel-Tones |
TORME |
| Small turnover |
PIROSHKI |
| Small, as a Beanie Baby |
TEENIE |
| Smell, as a dump |
REEK |
| Sport with mallets |
POLO |
| Spot in the Seine |
ILE |
| Squelched |
SATON |
| Stevenson of 1950s politics |
ADLAI |
| Three-toed bird of South America |
RHEA |
| Tommy Chong's daughter |
RAE |
| Vehicle with a rotating top |
TANK |
| Wall hanging with pictorial designs |
ARRAS |
| Wine cask wood |
OAK |
| Writing contest entry, often |
ESSAY |
| You may glance at it in passing |
REARVIEWMIRROR |
| ___ moment's notice |
ATA |
