| ''A __ formality!'' |
MERE |
| ''Beg pardon . . .'' |
AHEM |
| ''Gladiator'' star |
CROWE |
| ''When pigs fly!'' |
NEVER |
| After-school meeting org. |
PTA |
| All eyes and ears |
ALERT |
| Ante- relative |
PRE |
| Baloney peddler |
LIAR |
| Barbershop call |
NEXT |
| Basin partner |
EWER |
| Bonanza find |
ORE |
| Burning up |
ONFIRE |
| Capital of Bangladesh |
DHAKA |
| Cause of quaking |
FEAR |
| Compare |
LIKEN |
| Cyber-mag |
EZINE |
| Danish flavor |
PRUNE |
| Dentist's request |
OPEN |
| Distort |
SKEW |
| Drum-kit part |
SNARE |
| Dukes it out, in practice |
SPARS |
| Far from cramped |
ROOMY |
| Food Channel hosts |
CHEFS |
| Give the thumbs down to |
NIX |
| Good with tools, say |
HANDY |
| Government honcho |
CZAR |
| Greek drink |
OUZO |
| Gridiron ref |
ZEBRA |
| Gumbo veggie |
OKRA |
| Had the advantage |
LED |
| Hit the hammock |
REST |
| Huge expanse |
SEA |
| Impostors |
SHAMS |
| In need of a rubdown |
SORE |
| In position |
SET |
| Meadow mother |
EWE |
| Mosque text |
KORAN |
| Moves furtively |
SKULKS |
| Nada |
ZERO |
