| Lodging near an interstate |
MOTEL |
| Long guns |
RIFLES |
| Long-tailed rodents |
RATS |
| Make level |
EVEN |
| Makes a request to get |
ASKSFOR |
| Makes a wager |
BETS |
| Marks left by spills |
STAINS |
| Mistake |
ERROR |
| Nest-egg acronym |
IRA |
| Nevada gambling city |
RENO |
| Nod off |
DOZE |
| October color-changing of leaves |
FALLFOLIAGE |
| Of cities |
URBAN |
| Official rebuke |
CENSURE |
| Paying careful attention |
ALERT |
| Post-thaw restlessness |
SPRINGFEVER |
| Prefix meaning ''halfway'' |
MID |
| Ready-made lawn material |
SOD |
| Remnant of a chopped-down tree |
STUMP |
| Removes from power |
OUSTS |
| Reschedule for later |
DEFER |
| Rocks taken from mines |
ORES |
| Silly |
INANE |
| Stiff as a board |
RIGID |
| Suffix meaning ''inhabitant'' |
ITE |
| Teacher at a golf course |
PRO |
| Tune |
SONG |
| Two less than penta- |
TRI |
| Uncool people |
NERDS |
| Unfilled, as a time slot: Abbr |
TBA |
| Used to be |
WERE |
| Very furry, as a sheepdog |
SHAGGY |
| Victimized, with ''upon'' |
PREYED |
| Warm-weather Olympics |
SUMMERGAMES |
| Weeps loudly |
SOBS |
| What contact lenses cover |
EYES |
| Your and my |
OUR |
| __ choice (exam type) |
MULTIPLE |
| __ in a million (rare) |
ONE |