| May honorees |
MOMS |
| Minor fight |
SPAT |
| Mobile setting |
ALABAMA |
| Moose's cousin |
ELK |
| New arrivals of the 1950s |
BOOMERS |
| Once known as |
NEE |
| Othello's undoer |
IAGO |
| Otherwise |
ELSE |
| Pan, for one |
PIPER |
| Pass catchers |
WIDERECEIVERS |
| Past plump |
OBESE |
| Peevish |
TESTY |
| Period in history |
ERA |
| Pub pastime |
DARTS |
| Riding whip |
CROP |
| Roe source |
SHAD |
| Showy parrot |
MACAW |
| Skirt inserts |
GORES |
| Smooth |
EVEN |
| Special talent |
BENT |
| Start |
ONSET |
| Take on |
HIRE |
| Tightly packed |
DENSE |
| Try for a fly |
SWAT |
| Ukraine capital |
KIEV |
| Weighed down |
LADEN |