| ''Baseball'' historian Burns |
KEN |
| ''Curse you, ___ Baron!'' |
RED |
| Acquire through merit |
EARN |
| Affinity for music |
EAR |
| Almost princely |
DUCAL |
| Angle in botany |
AXIL |
| Bonny girl |
LASS |
| Canine protest |
YELP |
| Church song |
HYMN |
| Clumsy clod |
OAF |
| Coming out belle |
DEB |
| Condemn openly |
DECRY |
| Condor's clutcher |
CLAW |
| Culturally affected |
ARTY |
| Definitely not young |
OLD |
| Do this before you mop |
SWEEP |
| Equip, as a ship |
RIG |
| Extremely tall animal |
GIRAFFE |
| Feature of expensive paper |
WATERMARK |
| Go down a lane, maybe |
SWIM |
| Grind, as teeth |
GNASH |
| Impudent back talk |
SASS |
| In need of a lift |
SAD |
| In place |
SET |
| Inflate, as a bill |
PAD |
| It's placed in a drill |
BIT |
| Jet ___ (traveler's woe) |
LAG |
| Joy, or a school ''club'' |
GLEE |
| Like the far end of the pool |
DEEP |
| Make eyes at |
OGLE |
| Moldovan money |
LEU |
| Natural neckwear |
LEI |
| Nonspecific quality |
AURA |
| Not even |
ODD |