| Noel syllables |
HOS |
| Noted reader of headlines |
LENO |
| Nut |
WHACKJOB |
| Official conclusion? |
ESE |
| One of the Home Counties |
ESSEX |
| One with an extra-wide spine |
TOME |
| Paradigm of piety, in Pamplona |
SANTO |
| Part of some cultural nights out |
THEOPERA |
| Parts of many role-playing games |
QUESTS |
| Party bowlful with zing |
BBQCHIPS |
| Peripheral, e.g. |
DEVICE |
| Person firing a locomotive |
STOKER |
| Pitcher Lopez or Vazquez |
JAVIER |
| Pitchman who said 'It has more seats than the Astrodome!' |
JOEISUZU |
| Port named for a Norse god |
ODENSE |
| Relative of 'Apt.' |
STE |
| See 2-Down |
ITUP |
| Setting for half of Chopin's 24 preludes |
MINORKEY |
| Solidified |
CAKED |
| Soup thickener |
OKRA |
| South-of-the-border snack |
EMPANADA |
| Sporty ride |
VETTE |
| Technology for 'Avatar,' e.g.: Abbr. |
CGI |
| They may be fluid: Abbr. |
OZS |
| They're normal: Abbr. |
STDS |
| Thing picked up at a water cooler |
RUMOR |
| Thrust oneself heedlessly |
BARGED |
| Total bore |
WETRAG |
| Unlike a type A |
LAIDBACK |
| Uses cajolery on |
HONEYS |
| What only a select few might get |
INJOKE |
| With 6-Down, gets bombed |
BOOZES |
| Year China's Liang dynasty began |
DII |
| ___ Prairie, Minn. |
EDEN |
| ___ Spring |
IRISH |
| ___-hoo |
YOO |
