| Like many a tree at Christmas |
LIT |
| Lines of clothing |
SEAMS |
| Loathing |
ODIUM |
| Lose one's temper |
ERUPT |
| Makes the cut |
SAWS |
| Mangabeys, e.g |
MONKEYS |
| Many-sided evils |
HYDRAS |
| Mexican coin |
PESO |
| Mine access |
ADIT |
| Misfortunes |
ILLS |
| Monstrous Tolkien creations |
ORCS |
| Moral consideration |
SCRUPLE |
| Mountain chain |
RANGE |
| Move from window to aisle, say |
RESEAT |
| Mysterious |
ARCANE |
| Old schoolmaster's disciplinary tool |
FERULE |
| One of the Gershwins |
IRA |
| Ouzo flavoring |
ANISE |
| Pot top |
LID |
| Prepare, as eggs |
SCRAMBLE |
| Prominent Dumbo feature |
EARS |
| Pub pours |
ALES |
| Pull a fast one on |
HOODWINK |
| Puzzle part |
PIECE |
| Regional UN headquarters since 1946 |
GENEVA |
| Relative of a knock |
CHIME |
| Rowboat propeller |
OAR |
| Scotty on the Enterprise, e.g |
ENGINEER |
| Self-described "King of All Media" |
STERN |
| Serious competition |
RIVALRY |
| Set of furniture |
SUITE |
| Shade-tolerant garden plant |
HOSTA |
| Sharp |
ACUTE |
| Short races |
DASHES |
| Slather |
SMEAR |
| Slowly, in music |
LENTO |
| Small test |
QUIZ |
| Snitch on |
RATOUT |
| Spicy cuisine |
CREOLE |
| Spirited mount |
STEED |
| Startling word |
BOO |
| Supremely powerful |
ALMIGHTY |
| TA's boss |
PROF |
| Take __: enjoy the pool |
ASWIM |
| They may be inflated |
EGOS |
| Thorny plant |
BRIAR |
| Thought of but not shared |
UNSAID |
| Tick away |
ELAPSE |
| Ties off in surgery |
LIGATES |
| Tiny amount |
GRAIN |
| To be, in Bavaria |
SEIN |
| Tone deafness |
TINEAR |
| Turns sharply |
ZIGS |
| TV's Buffy and Faith, e.g |
SLAYERS |
| Unit on the set |
TAKE |
| URL ending |
ORG |
| USA Patriot Act, e.g |
LAW |
| Wacky |
ZANY |
| Warner or Ringling follower |
BROS |
| Williams in Cooperstown |
TED |
| Winter malady |
FLU |
| With no exceptions |
BARNONE |
| Woodcutter Ali |
BABA |
| Word of regret |
ALAS |
| Word on Santa's checklist |
NICE |
| Works with flour |
SIFTS |
| World's largest snake by weight |
ANACONDA |
| __ Office |
OVAL |
| __ Spring |
ARAB |
| __-friendly |
USER |