| Least forceful, as threats |
EMPTIEST |
| Lesley of "60 Minutes" |
STAHL |
| Lifeboat must |
OAR |
| Limestone formation |
OOLITE |
| Live and breathe |
EXIST |
| Merino mama |
EWE |
| Muslim religious leader |
IMAM |
| New Haven alum |
ELI |
| Nipper's owner |
RCA |
| One opposed |
ANTI |
| Part of a technology co. |
RANDDDEPARTMENT |
| Repressed (with "up") |
PENT |
| Residences |
DOMICILES |
| Settled down for the night |
ROOSTED |
| Small samples |
TASTES |
| Small whirlpools |
EDDIES |
| Some NYPD members |
DETS |
| Straight off the butcher block |
RAW |
| Sunset follower, in poetry |
EEN |
| Support in chicanery |
ABET |
| Tailor's concern |
FIT |
| They lead to landings |
DESCENTS |
| Thin, glazed paper |
ONIONSKIN |
| Tonsil's neighbor |
ADENOID |
| Type of forensic evidence |
DNA |
| Uncommon bills |
TWOS |
| Untidy, disordered condition |
MESS |
| Wacky |
NUTTY |
| Warren Buffett, e.g. |
TYCOON |
| Well-___ (wealthy) |
TODO |
| Western comic strip "Rick ___" |
OSHAY |
| What Naomi's biggest fans can recite |
JUDDDISCOGRAPHY |
| What some washing machine compartments do |
ADDDETERGENTS |
| Where British princes prep |
ETON |
| Word said twice before "again" |
TRY |
| World Series mo. |
OCT |
| ___ for tat |
TIT |
| ___ up (dress finely) |
TOG |