| ''Beat'' these to make it to the majors |
BUSHLEAGUES |
| ''Turandot,'' for one |
OPERA |
| 1998 baseball MVP |
SOSA |
| Alex Raymond's cartoon character |
JUNGLEJIM |
| Aromatic ointment |
BALSAM |
| Binge |
SPREE |
| Bondsman's security |
BAIL |
| Butaritari, for one |
ATOLL |
| Certain gemstone |
OPAL |
| City on the Oka, near Moscow |
OREL |
| Come to an end, like a subscription |
LAPSE |
| Cruise-ship employees |
PURSERS |
| Cut to size, in a way |
SAWN |
| Deserving the booby prize |
WORST |
| Dictum |
SAYSO |
| Digging tool |
SPADE |
| Divide |
PART |
| Edible mushroom |
MOREL |
| Emu's tail? |
LATE |
| Flat-bottomed barge |
SCOW |
| Flow's partner |
EBB |
| Hats from nets |
CAULS |
| Hot off the press |
NEW |
| In process |
AFOOT |
| In the form of a race track |
OVATE |
| Island east of Java |
BALI |
| It's in the carpet |
PILE |
| Jam with Van Halen |
ROCK |
| Jazz home |
UTAH |
| Julia's co-star in ''Pretty Woman'' |
GERE |
| Kind of sheet used in class |
CRIB |
| Kindergarten quartet |
ABCD |
| Lisa's first name |
MONA |
| Low man in the choir |
BASS |
| Makes one see red |
ANGERS |
| Mideast prince |
EMIR |
| More than punctual |
EARLY |
| Moss and Lorenz |
HARTS |
| Noted music festival |
WOODSTOCK |
