| Major ACC institution |
DUKE |
| Make a little scissors cut |
SNIP |
| Nights before the big days |
EVES |
| Not willing to spend much |
CHEAP |
| Notice of departure |
OBIT |
| Offerings to the poor |
ALMS |
| One of 2.43 billion in the U.S |
ACRE |
| One pushup, for example |
REP |
| Outdoor event breaker-upper |
STORM |
| People who run toward danger |
COPS |
| Performs for King James? |
DOEST |
| Procrastinator's time |
LATER |
| Provide for free, as a casino |
COMP |
| Put down or badmouth |
ASPERSE |
| Red or dark purple, for example |
SHADE |
| Right from the manufacturer |
NEW |
| Santa's place? |
ANA |
| Santa's reindeer, as a unit |
TEAM |
| Showing not even a hint of emotion |
STOIC |
| Snail-shaped tube in the ear |
COCHLEA |
| Something used to beautify |
ORNAMENTATION |
| Sound of shear delight? |
BAA |
| Sudan waterway |
NILE |
| Transfixed |
AGAZE |
| Transmits |
SENDS |
| Very hard to see |
TINY |
| Visitors from Mercury, say |
ETS |
| World's most famous unskilled mariner |
NOAH |
| You can point this way |
WEST |
| You, me, them, goat and truck, for example |
MONOSYLLABLES |
| ___ four (little cake) |
PETIT |