| Major happening |
EVENT |
| Make impure |
TAINT |
| MD's associates |
RNS |
| Mine extracts |
ORES |
| Mongrels |
CURS |
| On the summit of |
ATOP |
| Opera solo |
ARIA |
| Otherwise |
ELSE |
| Overabundance |
GLUT |
| Pacific, for example |
OCEAN |
| Person on the payroll |
HIREE |
| Pesto herb |
BASIL |
| Petty quarrels |
SPATS |
| Potato peelers, e.g. |
GADGETS |
| Salt Lake's state |
UTAH |
| Scolded, with ''out'' |
CHEWED |
| Self-images |
EGOS |
| Sires, in the Bible |
BEGETS |
| Soft-soled shoes, for short |
MOCS |
| Spooky |
EERIE |
| Stern about the rules |
STRICT |
| Succeed impressively |
GOOVERBIG |
| Sunrise direction |
EAST |
| Surprising plot turns |
TWISTS |
| Swan relative |
GOOSE |
| Tattles about |
TELLSON |
| Tennis-court dividers |
NETS |
| That lady |
SHE |
| Toddler's taboo |
NONO |
| Told a fib |
LIED |
| Tour of duty |
STINT |
| Tube-shaped pasta |
PENNE |
| Type of piano |
BABYGRAND |
| Undercover agent |
SPY |
| Unit of heredity |
GENE |
| Verse of praise |
ODE |
| Wallowing in luxury |
LIVINGLARGE |
| Woodwind instrument |
OBOE |
| Write with block letters |
PRINT |
