| Mersey potable |
ALE |
| Nones follower |
IDES |
| Nuthatch home |
NEST |
| Old measures of length |
PACES |
| One whose pants are on fire |
LIAR |
| Pergola |
ARBOR |
| Philandering |
FLIRTING |
| Pilaf ingredient |
RICE |
| Poetic conjunction |
ERE |
| Poetic pugilist |
ALI |
| Postemployment package, sometimes |
GOLDENPARACHUTE |
| Powwows |
CHATS |
| Pulitzer poet Dugan |
ALAN |
| Pyrotechnic device |
SHELL |
| Reactor part |
CORE |
| Restraints, as on spending |
LIDS |
| Result of a buyout, perhaps |
EARLYRETIREMENT |
| Road grooves |
RUTS |
| Sets' opposite |
RISES |
| Shopper's delight |
SALE |
| Sires' desires? |
MARES |
| Sistine Chapel figure |
ADAM |
| Skein components |
GEESE |
| Some Phyfe pieces |
SETTEES |
| South American rodent |
PACA |
| Speakeasy risk |
RAID |
| Steamy |
EROTIC |
| Students study them |
NOTES |
| Tacit approvals |
NODS |
| They may lie around the house |
PETS |
| They're more important than kings |
ACES |
| Thoroughfare |
STREET |
| Well-bred Londoners |
GENTS |
| What executives climb |
CORPORATELADDER |
| What one little piggy had |
NONE |
| What the kittens lost |
MITTENS |
| With candor |
OPENLY |
| Word to a pest |
SCRAM |
| Years and years and years |
AGES |