| Invites |
ASKS |
| Lancelot's protection |
ARMOR |
| Life jackets |
MAEWESTS |
| Lifelong callings |
CAREERS |
| Literary sleuth Wolfe |
NERO |
| Local, as political support |
GRASSROOTS |
| Luxurious lifestyle |
BEDOFROSES |
| Make good as new |
RESTORE |
| Makeshift hanger |
NAIL |
| Natasha's negative |
NYET |
| North Pole workers |
ELVES |
| October birthstone |
OPAL |
| On cloud nine |
BLISSFUL |
| One with no chance |
GONER |
| Pharmaceuticals, for short |
MEDS |
| Photographer Adams |
ANSEL |
| Plummet |
DROP |
| Poker cards |
DEUCES |
| Ram's offspring |
LAMB |
| Ran with ease |
LOPED |
| Rooming-house residents |
LODGERS |
| Rough shelter |
HUT |
| Santa __ (California racetrack) |
ANITA |
| Scrooge's cry |
BAH |
| Sculptor of ''The Thinker'' |
RODIN |
| Sierra __ (African nation) |
LEONE |
| Small snake |
ADDER |
| Sounds of glee |
HAHA |
| Stockings and socks |
HOSE |
| Stumble |
TRIP |
| Swerve |
VEER |
| Symbol of goodness |
HALO |
| The bottom line |
COST |
| Tibet's location |
ASIA |
| Turn to water |
MELT |
| Van alternative |
SUV |
| Verge |
EDGE |
| Waffling |
ONTHEFENCE |
| Wedding-cake layer |
TIER |
