| Improved muscle definition |
TONED |
| It has notions |
ETUI |
| Keep ___ to the ground |
ANEAR |
| Lack of muscle tone |
ATONY |
| Linen sale purchase |
SHEET |
| Lip-___ (pretend to sing) |
SYNC |
| Meddlesome gossip |
YENTA |
| Meeting moderator |
CHAIRPERSON |
| Middleman |
GOBETWEEN |
| Nonclerical |
LAIC |
| Not guilty, e.g. |
PLEA |
| Offended |
HURT |
| Oom-pah-pah instrument |
TUBA |
| Persia, now |
IRAN |
| Poem's final stanza (Var.) |
ENVOI |
| Post-WWII alliance |
NATO |
| Put into a Dumpster, e.g. |
SCRAP |
| Rock star Clapton |
ERIC |
| Sgt. Snorkel's four-legged friend |
OTTO |
| Spray under the sink |
LYSOL |
| Spring flower |
IRIS |
| Steam bath sites |
SPAS |
| Talker looking for a deal, often |
STOOLPIGEON |
| Ten-toed sloth? |
COUCHPOTATO |
| Terrible ruler? |
IVAN |
| Terrier named for a Scottish isle |
SKYE |
| Texas city where Dr Pepper was created |
WACO |
| That certain something |
ELAN |
| Thing worse than knavery |
EVIL |
| To the sheltered side, at sea |
ALEE |
| Tug-of-war need |
ROPE |
| Twelve o'clock, half the time |
NOON |
| Uncooked side |
SLAW |
| Uppity ones |
SNOOTS |
| Vatican City monetary unit, once |
LIRA |
| Viper for one |
SNAKE |
| Wartime friend |
ALLY |
| Wear and tear |
USE |
| Yr.'s end |
DEC |
