| Loses one's footing |
TRIPS |
| Mailbag |
POUCH |
| Make a desperate attempt |
GRASPATSTRAWS |
| Makes watertight |
SEALS |
| Makeup mishap |
SMEAR |
| Mandolin kin |
LUTE |
| Marble cake pattern |
SWIRL |
| Melville novel |
OMOO |
| Migratory birds |
GEESE |
| Monocle, essentially |
LENS |
| Most unfortunate |
SADDEST |
| Muscular |
TONED |
| Mystical glow |
AURA |
| NL Central team |
STL |
| Non-unlawful holdup |
DELAY |
| Not up on the latest |
OUTOFTOUCH |
| Nun's beads |
ROSARY |
| Ornamental shrub |
SPIREA |
| Pamper too much |
SPOIL |
| PC alternatives |
MACS |
| Philosopher Descartes |
RENE |
| Pizazz |
ELAN |
| Poe maiden ''by the sea'' |
LEE |
| Postpaid enclosure: Abbr |
SASE |
| Pre-college, for short |
ELHI |
| Purple shade |
PLUM |
| Quarterback Manning |
ELI |
| Quite a while |
AGES |
| Resolve, with ''out'' |
IRON |
| Respectful address |
SIR |
| Self-regard |
EGO |
| Shade |
COLOR |
| Shakespearean teen |
ROMEO |
| Shout |
CRY |
| Sidekick |
PAL |
| Singer Carly __ Jepsen |
RAE |
| Skeptic's question |
WHATSTHECATCH |
| Ski resort vehicle |
SNOCAT |
| Small hill |
KNOLL |
| Snappy comeback |
RETORT |
| Snow coasters |
SLEDS |
| Some DJ discs |
LPS |
| Some of the earliest color TVs |
RCAS |
| Sparkle |
GLINT |
| Specialty area |
REALM |
| Sporting blade |
EPEE |
| Spreadsheet array |
DATASET |
| Stage portrayal |
ROLE |
| Stare at |
OGLE |
| Start golfing |
TEEOFF |
| Still wrapped |
NEW |
| Striker's demand, perhaps |
MOREPAY |
| Sushi staple |
TUNA |
| Sweater fabric |
MOHAIR |
| Symbol on a freeway exit sign |
ARROW |
| Takes the helm |
STEERS |
| Tennis officials |
REFS |
| Thumbs (through) |
LEAFS |
| Tightly closed |
SHUT |
| Town near Santa Fe |
TAOS |
| Tread heavily |
STOMP |
| Type of red algae |
SEAMOSS |
| Ultimate exam |
FINAL |
| Undercover missions, for short |
OPS |
| Very funny one |
RIOT |
| Viking in the comics |
HAGAR |
| Visionary giving advice |
SEER |
| What combs contain |
TEETH |
| Where Victoria was empress |
INDIA |
| Whipped up |
MADE |
| Worldly |
SECULAR |
| Wrath |
IRE |
| Zilch |
NIL |