| Long distance romantic lament |
MISSINGYOU |
| Massive mammal |
RHINO |
| Microsoft cofounder |
ALLEN |
| Minimal quantity |
ONE |
| Minor matter |
NIT |
| Munich monsieur |
HERR |
| Nabisco wafer brand |
NILLA |
| Needing cheering |
BLUE |
| Nonreactive, as neon |
INERT |
| Not easy to please |
FUSSY |
| Obsessive Melville character |
AHAB |
| Office apprentice |
INTERN |
| One __ chance (long odds) |
INTEN |
| Ore galore |
LODE |
| Out in the open |
OVERT |
| Part of a dinette set |
TABLE |
| Parting word |
ADIEU |
| Pay periods, often |
WEEKS |
| Payable soon |
NOTDUE |
| Peak: Abbr |
MTN |
| Pear variety |
ANJOU |
| Peseta successor |
EURO |
| Piece of a nest |
TWIG |
| Pod veggie |
OKRA |
| Police unit |
SWATTEAM |
| Pool filler, at times |
HOSE |
| Pucks, for instance |
DISCS |
| Pumpkin concoction |
PIE |
| Puts in the game |
USES |
| Reduce |
CUT |
| Repaired, as a road |
TARRED |
| Reporter's territories |
BEATS |
| Resonated |
RANG |
| Retail complexes |
MALLS |
| Ridiculous muddle |
SNAFU |
| Romances, for instance |
NOVELS |
| Rural expanse |
LEA |
| School support org |
PTA |
| Sculpted trunk |
TORSO |
| See 78 Down |
REINER |
| Sensibly reasoned |
WISE |
| Set __ (nullify) |
ASIDE |
| Show contempt for |
FLOUT |
| Skate park stunt |
OLLIE |
| Skilled |
ABLE |
| Sky color |
AZURE |
| Smelled like |
REEKEDOF |
| Solemnly state |
AVER |
| Some LG appliances |
ACS |
| Sorority letter |
RHO |
| Sort of seabird |
TERN |
| Sparkling style |
FLAIR |
| Spread around |
STREW |
| Start of a formal proposal |
IMOVE |
| Start the betting |
OPEN |
| Superlative suffix |
EST |
| Take exception to |
MIND |
| Telejournalist Paula |
ZAHN |
| Three-min. periods of boxing |
RNDS |
| Tire swing's support |
TREE |
| Tyrannical boss |
OGRE |
| Unimaginably long time |
EON |
| Valleys formed by erosion |
RAVINES |
| Walked upon |
TROD |
| What tops jalapeños |
TILDE |
| Where driftwood drifts |
ASHORE |
| With 60 Down, ''The Princess Bride'' director |
ROB |
| Wrap up |
END |
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MIL |
| Young fox |
KIT |
| __ d'Alene, ID |
COEUR |
| __ Holiness (Dalai Lama address) |
HIS |
| __ Moines, IA |
DES |
