| Letters before Arizona or Maine |
USS |
| Linguist Chomsky |
NOAM |
| Lip |
SASS |
| Locomotive fuel |
COAL |
| Mena of “American Pie” |
SUVARI |
| Mentos buy |
ROLL |
| Miles of film |
VERA |
| Moody Blues song “___ Life Strange” |
ISNT |
| Nabisco cookies |
NILLAWAFERS |
| Not as cordial |
ICIER |
| Of ill repute |
SEAMY |
| Order, in the court |
WRIT |
| Overdue debt |
ARREAR |
| Paper portion |
USNEWS |
| Persian Gulf emirate |
QATAR |
| Pork dish served with steamed wrappers |
MOOSHU |
| Pressing need? |
IRON |
| Province |
AREA |
| Puckish |
ELFIN |
| Quechua speaker |
INCA |
| Robbins of Baskin-Robbins |
IRV |
| Sign up |
ENLIST |
| Singer Warwick |
DIONNE |
| Software step |
INSTALL |
| Springsteen song, and what’s contained in the circles |
BACKSTREETS |
| Start for girl or boy |
ATTA |
| Susan’s “Thelma & Louise” co-star |
GEENA |
| Team’s best pitcher |
ACE |
| Tickle |
AMUSE |
| To be, to the Bordelais |
ETRE |
| Toss in |
ADD |
| Used a Brillo pad |
SCOURED |
| Virgil’s lucky number? |
VII |
| West Wing worker |
AIDE |
| Wintour of Vogue |
ANNA |
| Wolfgang’s one |
EINS |
| Word that’s an example of itself |
NOUN |
| ___ Quentin |
SAN |