| Novelist Sinclair |
UPTON |
| Olive branch carrier |
DOVE |
| One whose roots may be showing |
DYER |
| Otherwise |
ELSE |
| Out of round |
OVAL |
| Oversight cause, maybe |
HASTE |
| Parcel out |
ALLOT |
| Pare |
SKIN |
| Part 2 of the observation |
ELOPETHEYVE |
| Part 3 of the observation |
PUTTHEHEART |
| Performance extras |
ENCORES |
| Potter's oven |
KILN |
| Publicity seeker's quest |
PHOTOOP |
| Ready for drawing |
ONTAP |
| Realtors' accomplishments |
SALES |
| Rocker Clapton |
ERIC |
| Roswell sighting, supposedly |
UFO |
| Savage |
BEAST |
| Seethe |
BOIL |
| Sensation |
SPLASH |
| Shade provider |
ELM |
| Spouts off |
RANTS |
| Stage successes |
HITS |
| Start of an astute observation |
WHENCOLLEGEKIDS |
| Subterfuge |
SHAM |
| Tennis ranking |
SEED |
| Time and again |
OFTEN |
| Took by the hand |
LED |
| Trial run |
TEST |
| Type size |
PICA |
| University position |
DEANSHIP |
| Wolf's wail |
HOWL |
| Wooden fasteners |
PEGS |
| Woodwind |
OBOE |
| Word on a meat label, perhaps |
LEAN |
| Word with belly or ear |
ACHE |
| Word with cap or pack |
ICE |
| Word with fine or graphic |
ARTS |
| Writing |
PROSE |
