| Gridlock |
JAM |
| Land of the Rising Sun |
JAPAN |
| Lanka lead-in |
SRI |
| Levy |
TAX |
| Lighten |
EASE |
| Male turkey |
TOM |
| Metallic percussion instrument |
COWBELL |
| Mine, to Marcel |
AMOI |
| Model in a bottle |
SHIP |
| MRI's kin |
CATSCAN |
| Musical pace |
TEMPO |
| On edge |
TENSE |
| Orange variety |
OSAGE |
| Orderly grouping |
ARRAY |
| Outdoor meal |
PICNIC |
| Paris school |
ECOLE |
| Punk rock offshoot |
EMO |
| Really annoy |
EATAT |
| Rescue |
SAVE |
| See socially |
DATE |
| Sesame paste |
TAHINI |
| Stir-fry veggie |
PEAPOD |
| Sultry summer period |
DOGDAYS |
| Tex- — cuisine |
MEX |
| Twistable cookie |
OREO |
| Unicellular critter |
AMEBA |
| Wear down |
ERODE |
| Writer Quindlen |
ANNA |
| Zesty dip |
SALSA |
| — Ark |
NOAHS |
| — Carta |
MAGNA |
| — Mae (Whoopi's role in 'Ghost') |
ODA |
