| Mentally rational |
SANE |
| Mess maker |
SLOB |
| Needing a nap |
TIRED |
| No longer fizzy |
FLAT |
| Of high intelligence |
SMART |
| Often |
ALOT |
| One side at a trial |
DEFENSE |
| Open-handed hit |
SLAP |
| Paid out |
SPENT |
| Pancake topper |
SYRUP |
| Person exempt from criticism |
SACREDCOW |
| Poker stake |
ANTE |
| Practice boxing |
SPAR |
| Rained gently |
SPRINKLED |
| Really angry |
IRATE |
| Round toys on strings |
YOYOS |
| Scheme secretly |
PLOT |
| Secluded valley |
GLEN |
| Seemingly strong opponent |
PAPERTIGER |
| Serious and strict |
STERN |
| Show flexibility |
BEND |
| Small fruit pie |
TART |
| Sound of a haunted house's floor |
CREAK |
| Spool on a fishing rod |
REEL |
| Squander |
WASTE |
| Stinging insect |
WASP |
| Sunup |
DAWN |
| Take a bold chance |
DARE |
| Timid one |
SCAREDYCAT |
| Topples from power |
OUSTS |
| Trick into wrongdoing |
ENTRAP |
| Trudge through the mud |
SLOG |
| Two-speaker sound system |
STEREO |
| Unexpected winner |
DARKHORSE |
| Used as a dining table |
ATEON |
| Weekend matinee days: Abbr |
SATS |
| __ mater |
ALMA |
| __-jerk reaction |
KNEE |
| __-the-minute (current) |
UPTO |