| Keeps out |
BARS |
| Lacerated |
TORE |
| Language related to Polish |
CZECH |
| Lawyers' employers |
FIRMS |
| Loses firmness |
SAGS |
| Makes sense, with ''up'' |
ADDS |
| Mardi Gras day: Abbr |
TUE |
| MasterCard alternative |
AMEX |
| Measure of geologic time |
EON |
| Mess hall offerings |
MEALS |
| Mississippi port |
BILOXI |
| Most serious, as a crime |
FIRSTDEGREE |
| Needs repair |
FAILS |
| News story |
ITEM |
| NL West team |
ARI |
| O'Brien of TV talk |
CONAN |
| Organic compound |
ESTER |
| Oscar role for Cotillard |
PIAF |
| Overused |
TRITE |
| Paperless exams |
ORALS |
| Pentathlon weapons |
EPEES |
| Person in charge |
HEADHONCHO |
| Pirate flag depiction |
BONES |
| Pitcher's unimprovable outing |
PERFECTGAME |
| Playhouse part |
STAGE |
| Port city in ''Casablanca'' |
ORAN |
| Portraitist/inventor |
MORSE |
| Prefix for cycle |
UNI |
| Press coverage, so to speak |
INK |
| Project manager, e.g |
PRIMEMOVER |
| Purplish-brown |
PUCE |
| Pyramid's peak |
APEX |
| Race-car stops |
PITS |
| Religious offshoots |
SECTS |
| Retail establishments |
MARTS |
| Revered one |
IDOL |
| Rock band position |
LEADGUITAR |
| Rodeo beast |
STEER |
| Rudely terse |
CURT |
| Scroogean expletive |
BAH |
| Seal predator |
ORCA |
| Sectors |
ZONES |
| Senior administrator |
CHIEFCLERK |
| Sgt. or cpl |
NCO |
| Shakespearean sprite |
ARIEL |
| Sicilian ''See ya'' |
CIAO |
| Sistine Chapel depiction |
EDEN |
| Sore spots |
ACHES |
| Steeple section |
BELFRY |
| Stir from slumber |
ROUSE |
| Stores away |
STOWS |
| Sunscreen letters |
SPF |
| Supporter of GIs |
USO |
| Surprise obstacle |
SNAG |
| Swahili's language group |
BANTU |
| Tablet downloads |
APPS |
| Title role for Caine and Law |
ALFIE |
| Tots' wheels |
TRIKES |
| Trait transmitter |
GENE |
| Troop group |
FORCE |
| Up above |
OVER |
| Utensil for apples |
CORER |
| Utopian pair |
IDEALMATCH |
| Virtuoso |
ACE |
| Was snoopy |
PRIED |
| Western sidekick |
TONTO |
| Window glass |
PANE |
| Word before panel or power |
SOLAR |
| Writer Wiesel |
ELIE |
| Zoo trenches |
MOATS |
| __ acids (protein components) |
AMINO |
| __ de Cologne |
EAU |
| __ noire (bane) |
BETE |
