| Listens to |
HEEDS |
| Little folks |
TYKES |
| Live |
ARE |
| Manufacturing establishments |
PLANTS |
| Mao successor |
DENG |
| Memo directive |
ASAP |
| Mother of Castor |
LEDA |
| Needs a new washer |
DRIPS |
| Nevada city |
ELKO |
| No longer fresh |
DATED |
| Not of the clergy |
LAIC |
| Office bigwig |
EXEC |
| Officially agreed |
SIGNEDACONTRACT |
| One fooled by a wooden horse |
TROJAN |
| Pair |
DUO |
| Polishes, as prose |
EDITS |
| Prepare for takeoff |
TAXI |
| Put the bite on |
HITUP |
| Rather hopeless |
BLEAK |
| Really annoy |
EATAT |
| Sap |
DRAIN |
| Sci-fi ''reboot'' of 2009 |
STARTREK |
| Sectors |
AREAS |
| Security Council permanent member |
USA |
| Served as |
BEEN |
| Shakespearean history |
HENRYV |
| Short putt |
TAPIN |
| Something simple |
SNAP |
| Spiteful |
SNIDE |
| Sprint, for one |
RACE |
| Squad-car alerts |
APBS |
| Take on |
ADOPT |
| Toad feature |
WART |
| Trattoria choice |
ZITI |
| Treats as a VIP |
LIONIZES |
| Waist reducer |
CORSET |
| Was father to |
SIRED |
| Word alphabetizers ignore |
THE |