| Minimal |
LEAST |
| Moved forward, perhaps |
TOOKASTEP |
| Nation where kreyòl ayisyen is spoken |
HAITI |
| One in charge |
MANAGER |
| One of the saisons |
ETE |
| Pharmacy chain with unusually long receipts |
CVS |
| Place for neighborly gossip |
BACKFENCE |
| Places for Whoppers, briefly |
BKS |
| Prepared statement |
TAXRETURN |
| Record producer Mike ___, or actress ___ Kaye |
CAREN |
| Risky purchase |
PIGINAPOKE |
| River through France and Belgium |
MEUSE |
| Rod Stewart's 'Lost ___' |
INYOU |
| Samuel L. Jackson movie that Roger Ebert called the best film of 1997 |
EVESBAYOU |
| Short gamut |
ATOB |
| Site for mil. planes |
AFB |
| Slip |
ERROR |
| Small-screen movie, quaintly |
TELEPICTURE |
| They're out to pasture |
SHEPHERDS |
| Told, as a secret |
LETINON |
| Vacation purchase with a possibly aggressive sales pitch |
TIMESHARE |
| Verdi opera originally titled 'La maledizione' ('The Curse') |
RIGOLETTO |
| Vowel-rich cookie |
OREO |
| Wisconsin city known for kids' overalls |
OSHKOSH |
| Words before 'your mother' or 'your father' |
GOASK |
| WWE wrestler ___ Mysterio |
REY |
| Yiddish gossip |
YENTA |
| ___ Bachika ('Gurren Lagann' anime character who I just found out is a human and not a cat) |
KITTAN |
| ___ De Spell ('DuckTales' character voiced by Catherine Tate in the 2017 reboot) |
MAGICA |
| ___ EFX ('Mic Checka' hip-hop group) |
DAS |
| ___ Selänne, highest-scoring Finn in NHL history |
TEEMU |
| ___-Caps (movie candy brand) |
SNO |
| ___-chef |
SOUS |
