| Joint with a cap |
KNEE |
| Juicy fruit |
PLUM |
| Land |
SOIL |
| Letter-shaped hardware used to strengthen joints |
TPLATE |
| Literary monogram |
TSE |
| Magnetic induction unit |
TESLA |
| Maison room |
SALLE |
| More pleasant |
NICER |
| NBC hit since '75 |
SNL |
| Nodded |
SLEPT |
| Not experienced in |
NEWAT |
| Not too smart |
DIM |
| Old toothpaste with a spokesbeaver |
IPANA |
| Old-fashioned word of disapproval |
FIE |
| Out of the running |
NOTINIT |
| Rides on a path, perhaps |
PEDALS |
| Rte. through six Eastern state capitals |
USONE |
| Sanctioned |
VALIDATED |
| Sassy reply to criticism |
ITSAFREECOUNTRY |
| See a pro, say |
TAKELESSONS |
| Sodium hydroxide, in chem class |
NAOH |
| State with a panhandle: Abbr. |
IDA |
| Street hazard |
OPENSEWER |
| Submit formally |
FILE |
| Take out, in a way |
ERASE |
| Vague quantity |
ANY |
| View for 6-Down |
TREETOPS |
| Vintage nos. |
YRS |
| Wasn't true |
LIED |
| Web-footed mammal |
OTTER |
| Welk's upbeat |
ATWO |
| Words of consolation |
YOUCANTWINEMALL |
| __ blue |
SKY |
| __ Peters, author of Brother Cadfael mysteries |
ELLIS |
| __ school |
PREP |