| Life's work |
CAREER |
| Like sluggish traffic |
STOPANDGO |
| Like tight traffic |
BUMPERTOBUMPER |
| Little legumes |
PEAS |
| Looked impolitely |
LEERED |
| Low-lying land |
SWALE |
| Low-quality |
POOR |
| Machine parts |
CAMS |
| Made a mess of |
BLEW |
| Makes less burdensome |
EASES |
| Mare's morsel |
OAT |
| Marie's sea |
MER |
| Masterpieces |
GEMS |
| Middle of the 11th century |
MLI |
| Minor traffic accident |
FENDERBENDER |
| Mischief maker |
RASCAL |
| Month after ''avril'' |
MAI |
| Mr. Kringle |
KRIS |
| Nadal and Federer, for instance |
NETMEN |
| Neglectful |
REMISS |
| Nerds |
GEEKS |
| Neutral hue |
ECRU |
| Parade twirler |
BATON |
| Part of a loop |
ARC |
| Part of AD |
ANNO |
| Part of an Uncle Sam costume |
HAT |
| Part of Q and A |
ANS |
| Pastel hue |
AQUA |
| Peninsula on Massachusetts Bay |
CAPEANN |
| Piano piece |
SONATA |
| Piece of turf |
SOD |
| Pillow's center |
ELS |
| Pitches very well against |
NOHITS |
| Poetic preposition |
ERE |
| Potential flower |
SEED |
| Predatory bird |
RAPTOR |
| Prefix for center |
EPI |
| Prepares |
READIES |
| Present topper |
BOW |
| Quaint oath |
EGAD |
| Recycling candidate |
CAN |
| Regretful one |
RUER |
| Religious sect |
CULT |
| Request from an ed |
SASE |
| Rudder locations |
STERNS |
| Run-down |
RATTY |
| Scratch up |
MAR |
| Sculler's implement |
OAR |
| Sectors |
AREAS |
| Serious conflict |
WAR |
| Shade source |
ELM |
| Ship-related: Abbr |
NAUT |
| Shoulder covering |
SHAWL |
| Singer Corinne Bailey __ |
RAE |
| Solar-system component |
PLANET |
| Spanish king |
REY |
| Stale |
RANCID |
| Start |
ONSET |
| Stir up |
ROIL |
| Tach readings |
RPMS |
| Take as true |
ACCEPT |
| Taken-back car |
REPO |
| Thick board |
PLANK |
| Traffic accident gawker |
RUBBERNECKER |
| Traffic detour |
ALTERNATEROUTE |
| Traffic helicopter |
EYEINTHESKY |
| Uses a scythe |
MOWS |
| Warner __ Pictures |
BROS |
| When right turns may be allowed |
ONRED |
| Where Mount Carmel is |
ISRAEL |
| Wood-eating bug |
TERMITE |
| Word on some euros |
EIRE |
| Work on seams |
SEW |
