| Iowan |
HAWKEYE |
| Is unable to |
CANNOT |
| Its eye is in many a witch's brew |
NEWT |
| Kafka's Gregor |
SAMSA |
| Lao-tzu's philosophy |
TAOISM |
| Late March, say (theme hint: in this answer, switch the last word's second letter with the one below it) |
EARLYSPRING |
| Make into a cipher |
ENCODE |
| Norwegian capital |
OSLO |
| Overlooked, as a fault |
SAWPAST |
| PC company |
ACER |
| Perfect place |
UTOPIA |
| Perplexed |
ATALOSS |
| Phoebe Buffay's portrayer on "Friends" (... first word's third letter ...) |
LISAKUDROW |
| Plural possessive pronoun |
OURS |
| Poem such as "Gilgamesh" |
EPIC |
| Prefix with "freeze" |
ANTI |
| Prepped, as an apple |
CORED |
| Protrude, with "out" [#UniversalXwordPride] |
JUT |
| Put a halt to |
ARREST |
| Queen or drone |
BEE |
| Reacts strongly to a sad movie |
SOBS |
| Sample |
TRY |
| September flower |
ASTER |
| Short pencil |
NUB |
| Slantwise |
SKEWED |
| Soak up |
ABSORB |
| Storefront info: Abbr |
HRS |
| Striped gem |
AGATE |
| Susan who played Belle on Broadway |
EGAN |
| Toned down |
MUTED |
| UFC combat style |
MMA |
| Uninspiring |
BLAH |
| Verb that sounds like a cow part |
UTTER |
| What puts the icing on the cake? |
SPATULA |
| When doubled, Japanese hot pot |
SHABU |
| Without repeating |
ONCE |
| Word paired with neither |
NOR |
| ___ Alto |
PALO |
| ___ Talks |
TED |
| ___-mo |
SLO |
