| Is willing to believe |
BUYS |
| It’s separated by winnowing |
CHAFF |
| Left at a loss for words |
AWED |
| Lent support to |
AIDED |
| Line on a check |
DATE |
| Losing intensity |
FADING |
| Make believable |
SELL |
| Multitude |
CROWD |
| Need for a Cantonese cook |
WOK |
| Nigerian-born singer with four Grammys |
SADE |
| Number? |
ANESTHESIA |
| Of the past, poetically |
OLDEN |
| Polygon figure |
AREA |
| Puts on the line |
RISKS |
| Puts the kibosh on |
ENDS |
| Putting into practice |
USING |
| Ran way downfield |
WENTDEEP |
| Rancher’s purchase |
FEED |
| Responds to the alarm |
RISES |
| Rock band? |
VEIN |
| Rx writers |
MDS |
| Scarf material |
SILK |
| Semicircular section of a cathedral |
APSE |
| Semiprecious stone with bands of color |
ONYX |
| Sings out |
BELTS |
| Six-pack parts |
ABS |
| Skedaddle |
FLEE |
| Slimy lump |
GOB |
| Some corp. higher-ups |
VPS |
| Stares in disbelief |
GAPES |
| Stash out of sight |
HIDE |
| Steer clear of |
AVOID |
| Sushi unit |
ROLL |
| Tax return fig |
SSN |
| The Promise Ring’s genre |
EMO |
| There are three in a double magnum bottle |
LITERS |
| They may find running into each other awkward |
EXES |
| Watch the whole season, say |
BINGE |
| Word on a gift tag |
FROM |