| Inquire |
ASK |
| Lends a hand to |
AIDS |
| Light-switch position |
OFF |
| Little dickens |
IMP |
| Made a hole with a shovel |
DUG |
| Major newspaper, ___ Today |
USA |
| Mine vein |
LODE |
| Miscalculate |
ERR |
| Much larger than plump |
OBESE |
| Name a knight |
DUB |
| One of the common people |
PLEBEIAN |
| Opposite of happy |
ANGRY |
| Opposite of under |
OVER |
| Pen filler |
INK |
| Poor, as excuses go |
LAME |
| Prefix with ''chute'' |
PARA |
| Really irk |
RILE |
| Red or fire, e.g |
ANT |
| Stair tread connector |
RISER |
| Swindler |
CROOK |
| Telephone ___ code |
AREA |
| Two words forming a phrase with 45-Across |
BYBLOW |
| Type of balloon |
HOTAIR |
| Unbeliever, to some |
INFIDEL |
| Volcanic output |
LAVA |
| Wander about |
ROVE |
| Wax's opposite |
WANE |
| ___ and Proper |
PRIM |
| ___ day now ...'' |
ANY |
| ___ King Cole |
OLD |
| ___ of March |
IDES |
| ___ time (golfer's starting point) |
TEE |
| ___-eyed (having purplish black eyes) |
SLOE |