| Long-running NBC weekend show |
SNL |
| Main subject |
THEME |
| More cordial |
NICER |
| Musical pace |
TEMPO |
| Onetime Chinese chairman |
MAO |
| Overly demanding |
BOSSY |
| Pane sealant |
PUTTY |
| Performed |
DID |
| Performer's platform |
STAGE |
| Physiques, informally |
BODS |
| Pigsty |
PEN |
| Place to dock |
PORT |
| Pretend not to hear |
IGNORE |
| Reject with scorn |
SPURN |
| Religious doctrine |
CANON |
| Rode (down), as a banister |
SLID |
| Small clue |
HINT |
| So all can hear |
ALOUD |
| Spaniards, for example |
IBERIANS |
| Stiffly formal |
PRIM |
| Storage spot |
ATTIC |
| Straight from the garden |
FRESH |
| Strong drain cleaner |
LYE |
| Subtly suggests |
GETSAT |
| Summer shoe |
SANDAL |
| Summons from a teacher |
SEEME |
| Tailor's measurement |
TROUSERSLENGTH |
| Tex-Mex dip |
SALSA |
| TV host Seacrest |
RYAN |
| Unable to sit still |
EDGY |
| Very pale |
ASHY |
| What IOUs represent |
DEBTS |
| Without hindrance |
FREELY |
| Wood strip |
SLAT |
| Writer Wiesel |
ELIE |
| Zac of ''High School Musical'' |
EFRON |
| Zesty flavor |
TANG |
| __ for the course (normal) |
PAR |
| __ Raton, FL |
BOCA |
