| Merry adventure |
LARK |
| Messy ones |
SLOBS |
| Mideast airline |
ELAL |
| Midsection muscles |
ABS |
| Military fabric, for short |
CAMO |
| Minimal snow |
FLAKE |
| Minuscule amount |
ATOM |
| Mom's sister |
AUNT |
| Mortar, to masons |
GLUE |
| Most dreadful |
DIREST |
| NASA affirmative |
AOK |
| Naval petty officer |
YEOMAN |
| Neighbor of Ethiopia |
SUDAN |
| NHL game conclusion |
THIRDPERIOD |
| Nose-in-air type |
SNOB |
| Nottingham or York |
SHIRE |
| Nuisances |
PESTS |
| Observe from a distance |
ESPY |
| Oral |
SPOKEN |
| Org. whose Opening Day is this week |
MLB |
| Part of French Polynesia |
TAHITI |
| Party planning partner |
COHOST |
| Payment to a finder |
FEE |
| Pedal pusher |
FOOT |
| Place for filming |
SET |
| Plank smoother |
PLANE |
| Plowing measure |
ACRE |
| Prefix for second |
NANO |
| Protective channel |
MOAT |
| Quick cash conveniences |
ATMS |
| Raise on a page |
EMBOSS |
| Religious retreat |
ABBEY |
| Remove, as apparel |
DOFF |
| Repeat, as another's words |
ECHO |
| Reunion attendees |
GRADS |
| Rowboat implement |
OAR |
| Salsa scooper |
CHIP |
| Santa __ (Silicon Valley city) |
CLARA |
| Scold, with ''out'' |
CHEW |
| Sentence fragment |
PHRASE |
| Sheds a tear |
CRIES |
| Shoelace annoyance |
KNOT |
| Signifies |
MARKS |
| Small appliances |
IRONS |
| Smitten |
INLOVE |
| Snow place like home |
IGLOO |
| Soggy ground |
MIRE |
| Special Forces wear |
BERET |
| Spot of land |
ISLET |
| Steamed state |
IRE |
| Summer cooler |
ICETEA |
| Summer Olympics event |
HAMMERTHROW |
| Surveillance technique |
WIRETAP |
| Swift |
FLEET |
| Synagogue teacher |
RABBI |
| Taboo thing |
NONO |
| Talent show entry |
ACT |
| Tear apart |
REND |
| Teen activist Thunberg |
GRETA |
| The original leading man |
ADAM |
| Therefore |
ERGO |
| Tilted type: Abbr |
ITAL |
| Track sprints with jumping |
HIGHHURDLES |
| Unsportsmanlike infractions in basketball |
TECHNICALFOULS |
| Up and about |
ASTIR |
| Water fall |
RAIN |
| Way over yonder |
AFAR |
| Weld, say |
FUSE |
| When many kick back |
WEEKENDS |
| Where the ball is on a gridiron |
FIELDPOSITION |
| Whitman's ''dooryard'' blooms |
LILACS |
| Within reach |
DOABLE |
| Without help |
ALONE |