| 'The Lion King' lioness |
NALA |
| 'Zounds!' |
EGAD |
| Actress Vardalos |
NIA |
| Ape |
MIMIC |
| Architect Maya |
LIN |
| Blackbird |
ANI |
| Brass instruments |
TROMBONES |
| Carefree |
GAY |
| Choose |
OPT |
| Christmas carol opener |
OCOME |
| City near Syracuse |
UTICA |
| Clean air org |
EPA |
| Coloration |
HUE |
| Corn spike |
EAR |
| Curator's concern |
ART |
| Dantean divisions |
CANTOS |
| Eastern and Pacific, e.g |
TIMEZONES |
| Eggy quaff |
NOG |
| Exam taker |
TESTEE |
| God, in Grenoble |
DIEU |
| Hankering |
YEN |
| Houston team |
ASTROS |
| Icky stuff |
SLIME |
| In (stuck) |
AJAM |
| Key of Beethoven's 'Emperor Concerto' |
EFLAT |
| Lennon's lady |
ONO |
| Library loan |
BOOK |
| Macadamize |
PAVE |
| Make of (bungle) |
AMESS |
| Male singers |
BARITONES |
| Medieval pseudoscience |
ALCHEMY |
| Membership |
SEAT |