| Gives up the ghost |
DIES |
| Groups of acquaintances |
KITHS |
| Hearth refuse |
ASHES |
| Jack's menace |
GIANT |
| Judicial body |
COURT |
| Like gadgets on the cutting edge, in headlines |
HITECH |
| Like some paintings and juries |
HUNG |
| Lustrous black |
EBON |
| Make silly faces |
MUG |
| Member of a pesky swarm |
GNAT |
| Northern bird |
PUFFIN |
| One of a peppery trio? |
PEE |
| Opening action in billiards |
LAG |
| Pad prik king cuisine |
THAI |
| Palindromic time |
NOON |
| Parting words |
LETSKEEPINTOUCH |
| Paul of "Anchorman" |
RUDD |
| Peer of the realm |
NOBLE |
| Person with the biggest office |
BOSS |
| Petri dish jelly |
AGAR |
| Proem or prelude |
INTRO |
| Provide the wherewithal |
EQUIP |
| Psychic's reading material? |
AURA |
| Sent over the phone lines, in a way |
FAXED |
| Show patriotism, in a way |
HOISTONESFLAG |
| Sicilian spouter |
ETNA |
| Slow-witted fellow |
CLOD |
| Superlatively decided |
SUREST |
| Targets of men who make passes? |
ENDS |
| They're par for the course |
NORMS |
| Tire pressure letters |
PSI |
| Type of iron or engine |
STEAM |
| Type of surgeon or historian |
ORAL |
| Unexceptional |
SOSO |
| Unwrinkled |
SMOOTH |
| Uppercut target |
CHIN |
| Waterproof canvas |
TARP |
| Zeno's makeshift classroom |
STOA |