| "... with the greatest of ___" |
EASE |
| "Not guilty," for one |
PLEA |
| "___ be back" |
ILL |
| Accused's excuse |
ALIBI |
| Anti-chafing powder |
TALC |
| Area next to an ambulatory |
APSE |
| Arthur, to friends |
ARTY |
| Assay specimen |
ORE |
| Assist in a crime |
ABET |
| Be in the driver's seat |
STEER |
| Bird's beak |
BILL |
| Bit of dust |
MOTE |
| Bovine sound |
MOO |
| Cable TV athletic award |
ESPY |
| Came in for a landing |
ALIT |
| Card with three main pips |
TREY |
| Carpentry fastener |
NAIL |
| Contort into a knot |
GNARL |
| Coral ___ |
REEF |
| Dirt street |
ROAD |
| Eighteen-wheeler |
RIG |
| Equipment |
GEAR |
| First-rate |
AONE |
| Furniture wood |
ELM |
| Game played on grass |
GOLF |
| Gymnast's finale |
DISMOUNT |
| H.S. math class |
TRIG |
| Happily ___ after |
EVER |
| Here-there link |
NOR |
| Ignited |
LIT |
| Just survive (with "out") |
EKE |
| Key in the sea |
ISLET |
| Known as, as a maiden name |
NEE |
| Large Australian fowl |
EMU |