| Invitation request, in brief |
RSVP |
| Key Watergate evidence |
TAPES |
| Knighted actor McKellen |
IAN |
| Lead-in to occupy |
PRE |
| Lessen |
ABATE |
| Like a probability curve with two peaks |
BIMODAL |
| Limited in number |
FINITE |
| Lipton offerings |
TEAS |
| Londoner, e.g., informally |
BRIT |
| Made to pay as punishment |
FINED |
| Make larger |
ADDTO |
| Member of a Marvel superhero team |
AVENGER |
| Nebraska's largest city |
OMAHA |
| New Orleans footballers |
SAINTS |
| Notable happening |
EVENT |
| Number replaced by 'hup' by a drill sergeant |
ONE |
| Nut often squirreled away |
ACORN |
| Oxygen and nitrogen |
GASES |
| Princess mourned in 1997 |
DIANA |
| Racecourse near Windsor Castle |
ASCOT |
| Resort island near Naples |
CAPRI |
| Result of overnight condensation |
MORNINGDEW |
| Ricelike pasta |
ORZO |
| Rowboat mover |
OAR |
| Sky-blue |
AZURE |
| Snake venom, e.g |
TOXIN |
| Some down-ballot electees, informally |
STATEREPS |
| Sound on a dairy farm |
MOO |
| Spread here and there |
STREW |
| Summary of key points |
OUTLINE |
| Swain |
WOOER |
| Thanksgiving dishes |
YAMS |
| Thrive |
PROSPER |
| Turn aside |
SHUNT |
| TV journalist Curry |
ANN |
| Twin Mary-Kate or Ashley |
OLSEN |
| Umpteen |
MANY |
| Vegetarian's no-no |
MEAT |
| Words on returned mail |
POSTAGEDUE |
