| In the thick of |
AMID |
| Interest figure |
RATE |
| Island of southern Japan, familiarly |
IWO |
| Jennifer of 'Horrible Bosses' |
ANISTON |
| King, in Calais |
ROI |
| Let out |
RENT |
| Live and breathe |
ARE |
| Make poisonous |
ENVENOM |
| Mendes of 'Ghost Rider' |
EVA |
| Neighbor of a nut, perhaps |
WASHER |
| Original airer of 'The Outer Limits' |
ABC |
| Phobos and Deimos, e.g |
MOONS |
| Port of eastern Mexico |
TAMPICO |
| Potential jack-o'-lantern |
PUMPKIN |
| Prepare for the witness stand |
SWEARIN |
| Progress |
MOVEON |
| Put in stitches |
SEW |
| Ring events |
BOUTS |
| River of eastern England |
OUSE |
| Roaring ruminant |
ELK |
| Room look |
DECOR |
| Scale unit |
OUNCE |
| Sentry station |
POST |
| Slugging stat |
RBI |
| Son of King David |
ABSALOM |
| Tatterdemalion's attire |
RAGS |
| Taxi ticker |
METER |
| They crash and break |
WAVES |
| Totals |
SUMS |
| Trees with trembling foliage |
ASPENS |
| Tricky puzzles |
POSERS |
| Underlying principle of Chinese philosophy |
TAO |
| View from a witch's cabin? |
LAKEEERIE |
| Witch's compact hexing tool? |
TIGHTWAND |
| Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
CRONE |
| Witches' fortune-telling cards designed by Warhol? |
POPTAROTS |
| Witches' village? |
BROOMTOWN |
| Word, in le dictionnaire |
MOT |
| Wound up |
TENSE |
