| Like some breakups |
MESSY |
| Likelier to raise eyebrows |
ODDER |
| Looks from Groucho |
LRS |
| Loretta of TV’s “M*A*S*H” |
SWIT |
| Low island |
CAY |
| Manhattan merchant next to St. Patrick’s |
SAKS |
| Market debut, for short |
IPO |
| Maroon |
STR |
| Military mind game, for short |
PSYOP |
| Monoxyde de dihydrogène |
EAU |
| Move laterally |
SIDLE |
| Opposite creator |
NOT |
| Overhead rails |
ELS |
| Parting words |
IMOFF |
| Permitted |
LICIT |
| Prelude to a kiss |
IDO |
| Pro filer |
CPA |
| Problem for a wordsmith, and a clue to five figures hidden in this puzzle |
WRITERSBLOCK |
| Programmer’s repeated sequence |
LOOP |
| Publicists’ packets |
PRESSKITS |
| Puzzled |
ATSEA |
| QVC alternative |
HSN |
| Republic on the Gulf of Guinea |
BENIN |
| Reuben base |
RYE |
| Ride the rapids |
RAFT |
| Round-the-world trip |
ORBIT |
| Sarcastic response |
IBET |
| Secret message inclusions |
BCCS |
| Sign up |
ENLIST |
| St. Peter’s Basilica attraction |
PIETA |
| Starts a triathlon |
SWIMS |
| Stubborn title princess of opera |
TUROT |
| Terrier on “Frasier” |
EDDIE |
| Thunder stroke |
CLAP |
| Urgent initialism |
ASAP |
| What Princeton and Yale became in 1969 |
COED |
| With consequences |
ATAPR |
| Wolverine’s cousin |
OTTER |
| Words on Alice’s cake |
EATME |
