| Informal his |
YOS |
| Insignificant amount |
SOU |
| It's often hard to settle |
OLDSCORE |
| January, in Juárez |
ENERO |
| Jiggles |
SHAKES |
| Joe of "Hill Street Blues" |
SPANO |
| Joe __, confrontational '50s-'60s talk show host |
PYNE |
| Jumpers, e.g. |
DRESSES |
| Justice Dept. org. |
DEA |
| LAPD broadcast |
APB |
| Large wardrobe |
ARMOIRE |
| Left one's mark on |
EXED |
| Lewis with Lamb Chop |
SHARI |
| Like a hoops shot |
ARCED |
| Like acidic detergents |
LOWPH |
| Like some ball attendees |
COSTUMED |
| Like the verbs "cast" and "cost": Abbr. |
IRREG |
| Man of Messina |
UOMO |
| Matched, as a bet |
SEEN |
| Mettle |
GRIT |
| Milton or Virgil |
EPICPOET |
| Night light |
NEON |
| Not easy to hang onto |
EELY |
| Novelist Buntline |
NED |
| Nudge |
POKE |
| Oars in a quad scull, e.g. |
OCTAD |
| Outdo |
ONEUP |
| Parroted a Persian |
MEOWED |
| Part of NEA: Abbr. |
EDUC |
| Perfect Sleepers, e.g. |
SERTAS |
| Phrase on a mailing label |
SENDTO |
| Prayer start |
LORD |
| Preferences |
LIKINGS |
| Prepare, as merchandise for a sale |
RETAG |
| Primitive projectile that's like new? |
MINTSPEAR |
| Restrain |
STEM |
| Results of a burglar's bumps and bruises? |
TAKINGPAINS |
| Return, as graded papers |
HANDBACK |
| River through Magnitogorsk |
URAL |
| Rob Roy refusals |
NAES |
| Rock genre |
EMO |
| Ruin |
SPOIL |
| Santa __ winds |
ANA |
| Semi-convertible auto roof |
TTOP |
| Sexually attractive |
NUBILE |
| Sir Toby of "Twelfth Night" |
BELCH |
| Site of Jesus' first miracle |
CANA |
| Slap |
SMACK |
| Soft & __ |
DRI |
| Some have prizes inside |
CEREALS |
| Some time displays, briefly |
LCDS |
| Spa option |
PEEL |
| State purposefully |
AVOW |
| Staves off |
REPELS |
| Stiff |
RIGID |
| Suggestion |
HINT |
| Tenor Pavarotti |
LUCIANO |
| Time assoc. with a common superstition |
FRI |
| Trim |
NEAT |
| Unbroken sequence |
STREAK |
| Unlike the life of the party |
ASOCIAL |
| Valuable deposit |
ORE |
| Vermilion and cardinal |
REDS |
| Vigor |
ELAN |
| Violinist who loves the spotlight? |
STRINGHAM |
| Water balloon impact sounds |
SPLATS |
| Whittled on the porch, say |
IDLED |
| Wrote down |
NOTED |
| __ Blair: George Orwell's birth name |
ERIC |
| __ populi |
VOX |