| Kind of cap with a tail |
COONSKIN |
| Lake bordering four states |
ERIE |
| Largish animals with black ear tufts |
LYNXES |
| Late comedian Mac |
BERNIE |
| Like the worst of excuses |
LAMEST |
| Lubbers |
OAFS |
| Maryland player, informally |
TERP |
| Means of secret writing ... or a description of a 17-Across? |
DISAPPEARINGINK |
| Minimal |
LEAST |
| Nobles and knights in the Middle Ages, e.g. |
CASTE |
| Party dishful |
SALSADIP |
| Playback problem |
SKIP |
| Pot cover |
TEACOZY |
| Protesting the pro-testers? |
ANTINUKE |
| Response to an e-mailed joke, maybe |
LOL |
| Result of many conquests, perhaps |
EMPIRE |
| Rowlands of 'Gloria' |
GENA |
| Secure, in a way |
ENCODE |
| Some ballroom dances |
TWOSTEPS |
| Some dolls |
KENS |
| Soon to experience |
INFOR |
| Start to do well? |
NEER |
| Steam |
IRE |
| Stock figure |
BROKER |
| Stripped-down story |
PLOTLINE |
| Stuffy, as air |
STALE |
| Subterranean lines |
GASMAINS |
| Supermodel Sastre |
INES |
| The annus in Dryden's 'Annus Mirabilis' |
MDCLXVI |
| Three-___ |
PEAT |
| Tower that's typically scaled from the outside |
SILO |
| Wimbledon champ, 1976-80 |
BORG |
| Winning move? |
VSIGN |
| ___ citato |
OPERE |
| ___ David (six-pointed star) |
MOGEN |
| ___ Patriot Act (2001 measure) |
USA |
