| Less ludicrous |
SANER |
| Like an 1-1 score |
ALLTIEDUP |
| Like fish with lots of omega-3s |
OILY |
| Like some threats or promises |
EMPTY |
| Measures of performance |
METRICS |
| More kind |
NICER |
| Mud wrap place |
SPA |
| One may have '50s decor |
DINER |
| Opening remarks |
INTRO |
| Opposite of nope |
YEP |
| Part of APA: Abbr |
ASSN |
| Partners of reels or cones |
RODS |
| Pet that's not fetching? |
CAT |
| Poe's first name |
EDGAR |
| Popular bird in crosswords |
EMU |
| Precise |
EXACT |
| Pushes a bowling alley button |
RESETS |
| Raise, as a child |
REAR |
| Rants and raves, or what a director does after saying the st |
MAKESASCENE |
| Roth of horror |
ELI |
| Says "th" for "s" |
LISPS |
| Scot's refusal |
NAE |
| Smallest bills |
ONES |
| Smell of baking bread, e.g |
AROMA |
| Subtly suggested |
GOTAT |
| Sunflower color |
YELLOW |
| Tennis great whose name sounds like a tree |
ASHE |
| Territory of India's capital |
DELHI |
| The ones right here |
THESE |
| Tom, Dick or Harry |
NAME |
| Treat baked on a sheet |
COOKIE |
| Very long time |
EON |
| What it takes to tango |
TWO |
| Wyndham hotel chain |
RAMADA |
| Yang's opposite |
YIN |
| ___ and abet |
AID |
| ___ Technica (site for gadget lovers) |
ARS |
| ___'s Puffs |
REESE |
