| Plot-hatching group |
CABAL |
| Pool stick |
CUE |
| Prepare, as tuna in a pan |
SEAR |
| Put into service |
USE |
| Ripped apart |
TORE |
| Rookie |
TYRO |
| Shout |
YELL |
| Skin cream additive |
ALOE |
| Slender wedge for filling a space |
SHIM |
| Sneaky way to catch something |
TRAP |
| Some food from animals |
MEAT |
| Soothe, as worries |
ALLAY |
| Steak sauce brand |
AONE |
| Swiftly |
APACE |
| Thing to mow |
LAWN |
| Tread the boards |
ACT |
| Two divided by two |
ONE |
| Unofficial, like some university degrees |
HONORARY |
| Was a diner |
ATE |
| Washstand pitcher |
EWER |
| Well-chosen |
APT |
| What countries near war have (2 words) |
Poorrelations |
| White-glazed pottery |
DELFT |
| Will figure |
HEIR |
| Woodland deity of myth |
SATYR |
| Word in an Alka-Seltzer ad |
PLOP |
| Word preceding a maiden name |
NEE |
| Word said to end prayers |
AMEN |
| Words after ''catch'' or ''hang'' |
ONTO |
| Worry |
FRET |
| Wound cover |
SCAB |
| Writer's block breakthrough |
IDEA |
| ___ shalt not steal |
THOU |
