| Microchipped family member, perhaps |
PET |
| Milieu for Republicans and Democrats |
POLITICALSPHERE |
| Mom-and-pop enterprise |
STORE |
| Net-nicking serve |
LET |
| Not very much |
ABIT |
| NPR journalist Shapiro |
ARI |
| Of practical value |
UTILE |
| Old hands |
PROS |
| Out, like a library book |
LOANED |
| Papal proclamation |
EDICT |
| Part of an ignition system |
LOCKCYLINDER |
| Part of Bush's "axis of evil" |
IRAN |
| Pastors, rabbis et al |
CLERICS |
| Pile up |
AMASS |
| Pitter-patter maker |
RAIN |
| Planter's implement |
SEEDER |
| Protected migratory bird |
EGRET |
| Put up with |
ABIDE |
| Reduce to mush |
PUREE |
| Region encompassing present-day France |
GAUL |
| Runway stance |
POSE |
| Seller of KARLSTAD sofas |
IKEA |
| Shakers leader ___ Lee |
ANN |
| Small burger |
SLIDER |
| Snake that did Cleopatra in |
ASP |
| Sounds from a wowed crowd |
GASPS |
| Spanish naval port |
CADIZ |
| Take five |
REST |
| Tell-all book, for short |
BIO |
| Terminal listing, informally |
SKED |
| Took in or shortened, say |
ALTERED |
| Took the reins |
LED |
| Trig ratio |
COS |
| Witherspoon of "Walk the Line" |
REESE |
| Word after stuffed or empty |
SHIRT |
| Word-for-word |
LITERAL |
| Yellow dog of the comics |
ODIE |
| ___ blue (gown color of song) |
ALICE |
| ___ Skeeter (character in Harry Potter movies) |
RITA |