| Academic suspect in a Clue game |
PROFESSORPLUM |
| Angler’s tool |
ROD |
| BBC car show |
TOPGEAR |
| BBs, e.g |
AMMO |
| Boxer’s sound |
ARF |
| Business end? |
INC |
| Chafing dish warmer |
STERNO |
| Chinese dynasty from 1368 to 1644 |
MING |
| City on Hawaii’s eastern coast |
HILO |
| Croquet setting |
LAWN |
| Decked out |
DIDUP |
| Display cabinet |
ETAGERE |
| Dress (up) |
TOG |
| Easy pickings, and a feature of 4-, 9-, 17- and 23-Down |
LOWHANGINGFRUIT |
| Emanation from R2-D2 |
BEEP |
| Essential things |
NEEDS |
| Extend, as a home |
ADDONTO |
| Fanning of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” |
DAKOTA |
| Four-time LPGA Tour Player of the Year Ochoa |
LORENA |
| Frantic signal |
SOS |
| Fraternity letter |
ETA |
| Fun time |
GAS |
| Gambler’s calculation |
ODDS |
| Game with mallets |
POLO |
| Glance |
STEALALOOK |
| Hoedown seat |
BALE |
| How neglected things go |
TOSEED |
| Iran and Iraq were two of its founding members |
OPEC |
| Iraq War justification, for short |
WMD |
| Is audibly unhappy |
SOBS |
| It flows into the Colorado near Yuma |
GILA |
| It often follows neither |
NOR |
| Kvetch |
GRIPE |
| Lacking locks |
BALD |
| Less confining |
LOOSER |
