| Impudent |
PERT |
| In the thick of |
AMIDST |
| Japanese warrior |
SAMURAI |
| July 4, for the United States |
BIRTHDAY |
| Kind of badge for a boy scout |
MERIT |
| La ___ Tar Pits |
BREA |
| Lacking rainfall |
ARID |
| Language of Pakistan |
URDU |
| Like a haunted house |
EERIE |
| Like Michael Myers of 'Halloween' |
EVIL |
| Line down a pant leg |
INSEAM |
| Lit ___ (coll. course) |
CRIT |
| Marx who co-wrote 'The Communist Manifesto' |
KARL |
| Moans and groans, e.g |
CRIES |
| Ones patient with patients |
NURSES |
| Possess |
HAVE |
| Prefix with legal or trooper |
PARA |
| Rearrange, as text |
EDIT |
| Sci-fi movie that's inspired many a Halloween costume |
STARWARS |
| Seminary subj |
REL |
| Seriously overweight |
OBESE |
| Similar (to) |
AKIN |
| Smooth transition from one topic to the next |
SEGUE |
| Start of a play |
ACTI |
| Stir-fry vessel |
WOK |
| Super tennis servers |
ACERS |
| Takes too much, briefly |
ODS |
| Target for a disinfectant wipe |
GERM |
| Tempo |
PACE |
| Things called in roll call |
NAMES |
| Tidy |
NEAT |
| Tried to steal second, maybe |
SLID |
| U.K. award |
OBE |
| Utterances from witches? |
CURSEWORDS |
| Vanzetti's partner in 1920s crime |
SACCO |
| Wearing only a bottom |
TOPLESS |
| Wines like Beaujolais and Chianti |
REDS |
| Witches |
HAGS |
