| Masticate |
CHEW |
| Moreover |
ALSO |
| Nocturnal forest sounds |
HOOTS |
| Olden times |
YORE |
| Pink wine |
ROSE |
| Popular trend |
RAGE |
| Primitive timekeeper |
DIAL |
| Pro __ |
RATA |
| Ready to strike |
POISED |
| Remote area, with "the" |
STICKS |
| Render harmless, as a gunman |
UNARM |
| Repeating series |
CYCLES |
| River bottoms |
BEDS |
| Seeking payback |
VENGEFUL |
| Sentry's duty |
VIGIL |
| Soda since the 1920s |
NEHI |
| Soldier's eatery |
MESSHALL |
| Solid or liquid, e.g. |
STATE |
| Something to fight for |
CAUSE |
| Sour milk tip-off |
ODOR |
| Spider's "parlor" |
WEB |
| Sports car protector |
BRA |
| Spring bloomer |
IRIS |
| Surfacing diver's concern, with "the" |
BENDS |
| Swamis |
SAGES |
| Swamp swimmers |
CROCS |
| Target for items found in the answers to starred clues |
HAIR |
| Tiny bits |
IOTAS |
| Tomato ripening spot |
VINE |
| Tugs |
YANKS |
| Turns on the waterworks, so to speak |
BAWLS |
| Unbending |
RIGID |
| Upscale rides |
LIMOS |
| What some serum elicits? |
TRUTH |
| When repeated, comforting words |
THERE |
| Where the Styx flows |
HADES |
| Wild guess |
STAB |
| Worm on a line |
BAIT |
| Writer Bombeck |
ERMA |
