| More melodramatic |
SOAPIER |
| More than a shadow |
BEARD |
| Mud bath locale |
SPA |
| Nation named for its latitude |
ECUADOR |
| Occupied |
BUSY |
| Outfit |
RIG |
| Paper packs |
REAMS |
| Patted down |
TAMPED |
| Pearl Prynne’s mother |
HESTER |
| Place to get some fries on the road? |
TUBERSTOP |
| Pop quiz in classical literature class? |
HOMERSCARE |
| Ram in the sky |
ARIES |
| Ram mates |
EWES |
| Readily available |
ONHAND |
| Ready for surgery, perhaps |
UNDER |
| Refuge when “the waters prevailed upon the earth” |
ARK |
| Response to “Get me?” |
IDIG |
| RSVP card, e.g |
ENC |
| Saturate |
DRENCH |
| Savanna tree |
ACACIA |
| Saw |
ADAGE |
| Sch. whose student newspaper is The Lantern |
OSU |
| Senators’ city |
OTTAWA |
| Sing a lullaby to, e.g |
SOOTHE |
| Social disorder |
UNREST |
| Source of drug-addled wisdom? |
STONERSAGE |
| Stale broadcast fare |
RERUN |
| State missing what should be its northeast corner |
UTAH |
| Stimulus |
GOAD |
| Take by force |
USURP |
| Unaccompanied |
LONE |
| Untrustworthy investment pro? |
BROKERSCAMP |
| Vex |
IRK |
| When tripled, a dismissive “and so on” |
YADDA |
| Who’s coming, according to a 1969 Three Dog Night hit |
ELI |
| Winner of the 2009 Best New Artist Grammy |
ADELE |
| ___ de coeur |
CRI |