| Merit a blessing? |
SNEEZE |
| Mideast land |
OMAN |
| Miter wearer |
BISHOP |
| More than suggest |
URGE |
| Mountain range of southwest Kyrgyzstan |
ALAI |
| Nerd's pal |
GEEK |
| Nucha |
NAPE |
| One of Chekhov's ''Three Sisters'' |
OLGA |
| Opening day? |
XMAS |
| Oxygen source |
TANKS |
| Pause when you see this |
COMMA |
| Place for your booty |
CACHE |
| Poet Teasdale |
SARA |
| Popular font |
ARIAL |
| Power unit |
WATT |
| Puente's music |
SALSA |
| Requite |
AVENGE |
| Rounds of applause |
HANDS |
| Ruby Dee's Davis |
OSSIE |
| Sanction misdeeds |
ABET |
| Senator Hatch |
ORRIN |
| Slangy name for a stranger |
MAC |
| Spot for a hoop |
LOBE |
| Start for school |
PRE |
| Superior to |
OVER |
| Supply partner |
DEMAND |
| Symbol of suburbia |
MALL |
| Tap the brakes |
SLOW |
| The Bard's river |
AVON |
| Thingamajig |
GIZMO |
| Try for a part |
READ |
| Tuscany river |
ARNO |
| View |
LOOKAT |
| Voodoo |
MOJO |
| What you may do for laughs |
CRACKAJOKE |
| Where to pack up your troubles |
KITBAG |
| Who Roseanne hides? |
SEAN |
| Woeful expression |
ALAS |
| Work one's way up |
ASCEND |
