| Not as intense |
LESS |
| Not the usual |
ODD |
| Online assistance staple |
FAQS |
| Out of business |
SHUT |
| Pac-12 team |
UTES |
| Parisienne, par exemple |
FEMME |
| Part of an Einsteinian equation |
ENERGY |
| Piqued state |
SNIT |
| Possessive pronoun |
HERS |
| Put pedal to metal |
GUNIT |
| Red Muppet |
ELMO |
| Rework into a screenplay |
ADAPT |
| Riotously |
AMOK |
| Sandburg's ''language that rolls up its sleeves'' |
SLANG |
| Sistine ceiling subject |
ADAM |
| Skillfully |
WELL |
| Somewhat wrong |
AMISS |
| Sort of shortening |
LARD |
| Soup partner for bacon |
BEAN |
| South Seas kingdom |
TONGA |
| Southern California blowhards? |
SANTAANAS |
| Spouse, so to speak |
BETTERHALF |
| Start to waken |
STIR |
| Steak cut |
LOIN |
| Thriller writer Deighton |
LEN |
| Too violent for PG, perhaps |
RRATED |
| Trilled or tattled |
SANG |
| Tropical hardwood |
TEAK |
| Two-bit |
DINKY |
| Type styles |
FONTS |
| Unmitigated |
PURE |
| Watery War of 1812 ''battleground'' |
ERIE |
| Wax-coated cheese |
EDAM |
| Well-aligned |
TRUE |
| What a coup might complete |
ERA |
| What nods indicate |
YESES |
| Withdraws from slowly |
WEANS |
| __ Fields (mythical paradise) |
ELYSIAN |
| __ Paese (Italian cheese) |
BEL |
