| Had been |
WAS |
| Improve, as an edge |
WHET |
| Intensify, slangily |
AMPUP |
| Jump for joy |
EXULT |
| Lacerate |
TEAR |
| Like some baseball pitches |
SIDEARM |
| Lion's locks |
MANE |
| Magic charm |
MOJO |
| Marching-band instruments |
TUBAS |
| Name that means ''star'' |
STELLA |
| Not just mine |
OURS |
| On |
ATOP |
| One's beau |
FELLA |
| Online memo |
ENOTE |
| Only |
SOLE |
| Opera set in Egypt |
AIDA |
| Post-axing leftover |
TREESTUMP |
| Precisely |
TOAT |
| Pulled tight |
TAUT |
| Ranch hand's mount |
HOSS |
| Rankle |
IRK |
| Reacts to a shock |
REELS |
| Right around |
CIRCA |
| Sailors |
SALTS |
| Savory |
SAPID |
| Semester ender |
EXAM |
| Spicy cuisine |
THAI |
| Suffix for cut |
LET |
| Sushi staple |
TUNA |
| Towel fabric |
LINEN |
| Tugboat jobs |
TOWS |
| USC rival |
UCLA |
| Washing machine contents |
LOAD |
| Water barrier |
DIKE |
| Waterproofs |
SEALS |
| Well-___ (working smoothly) |
OILED |
| Withstand long use |
LAST |
| Worked with wood |
SAWED |
| __ prize (unenviable award) |
BOOBY |
