| "My heavens!" |
MERCY |
| "Ready, aim, ___!" |
FIRE |
| "___ Flux" (Charlize Theron movie) |
AEON |
| A color in the U.S. flag |
BLUE |
| A ruler helps to draw a straight ___ |
LINE |
| A type of bean |
SOY |
| After-school activities group |
CLUB |
| Attempt to convince |
URGE |
| Bad firecracker |
DUD |
| Barely achieve (with "out") |
EKE |
| Barely run, as an engine |
IDLE |
| Become compost |
ROT |
| Blinds crosspiece |
SLAT |
| Carp repeatedly |
NAG |
| Causing laughter |
FUNNY |
| Caustic liquid |
LYE |
| Circle section |
ARC |
| Close by, in poetry |
NIGH |
| Close to |
NEAR |
| Curved |
BENT |
| Delineate |
LIMN |
| Deserve |
EARN |
| Dinosaur origin |
EGG |
| Don't include |
OMIT |
| Douglas ___ (Christmas tree) |
FIR |
| Entrance through a fence |
GATE |
| Flower necklace in Hawaii |
LEI |
| Fox's home |
LAIR |
| Fuddy-dud |
FOGY |
| Good friend |
PAL |
| Half of a dancing duo |
PARTNER |
| Hankering |
YEN |
| Here-there link |
NOR |