| Initial stage |
ONSET |
| Intense attack on a fort, say |
SIEGE |
| Kool-___ |
AID |
| Light lingerie shade |
ECRU |
| Line dances with kicks |
CONGAS |
| Low female voice |
ALTO |
| Many: Prefix |
POLY |
| Movable floor coverings |
AREARUGS |
| Not that! |
THIS |
| Nothing more than |
MERE |
| One of 21 on a die |
PIP |
| Paper-saving greeting |
ECARD |
| People managers |
BOSSES |
| Printer powder (hint: ignore letters 3 to 6) |
TOPEARNER |
| Problem with fishnets or a fishing net |
SNAG |
| Radiate |
EMIT |
| Real Simple finds new ones for old things |
USES |
| Refined, as skills |
HONED |
| Required |
NEEDED |
| Revered celebrity |
IDOL |
| Rite of ___ |
PASSAGE |
| Sea, in Martinique |
MER |
| Shakespearean or Spenserian poems |
SONNETS |
| Ski resort southwest of Vail |
ASPEN |
| Skiers' accommodations |
LODGES |
| Soaks up some sun |
TANS |
| Sonic's creator |
SEGA |
| Sorta |
KINDA |
| The Equality State, briefly |
WYO |
| The fog comes on little ones, in a Sandburg poem |
CATFEET |
| Type of golf tourney |
PROAM |
| Venues with many seats |
ARENAS |
| Wear a hangdog expression |
MOPE |
| What jam makers skim |
SCUM |
| What's found in mines and many crossword grids |
ORE |
| Wished |
HOPED |
| With great passion |
MADLY |
| ___-Eaters |
ODOR |
