| Joint above the ankle |
KNEE |
| Like civilizations that antedate written records |
PREHISTORIC |
| Mind-matter link |
OVER |
| Montreal MLBer before 2005 |
EXPO |
| Nine-piece combo |
NONET |
| Official inspection spot |
CHECKPOINT |
| One of the senses |
TASTE |
| One who comes to the rescue |
HERO |
| Onetime Ralston cereal now owned by General Mills |
CHEX |
| Part of BSA: Abbr |
AMER |
| Pâté de __ gras |
FOIE |
| Pigeon sound |
COO |
| Play a part (in) |
ACT |
| Podded plant |
PEA |
| Ponder (over) |
MULL |
| Pop singer's list of recordings, e.g |
DISCOGRAPHY |
| Pre-bedtime coffee, often |
DECAF |
| President with degrees from Columbia and Harvard |
OBAMA |
| Racetrack shape |
OVAL |
| Reggae relative |
SKA |
| Root for a luau |
TARO |
| Scourge |
BANE |
| Sourced locally, as a menu |
FARMTOTABLE |
| Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles |
SECRETSAUCE |
| Taiwanese bubble tea |
BOBA |
| Take a chance on |
RISK |
| Tiny colonist |
ANT |
| Traditional piano key wood |
EBONY |
| Tres menos uno |
DOS |
| Tripartite commerce pact acronym |
NAFTA |
| U. of Maryland athlete |
TERP |
| Unseating plan? |
COUP |
| Very much |
ALOT |
| Vietnamese New Year |
TET |
| Wine lover's prefix |
OENO |
| Wound cover |
SCAB |
| Writers' tools |
PENS |
| Yawn-inducing |
BANAL |
| __ Rae, Sally Field role |
NORMA |