| Japanese rice drink |
SAKE |
| Judicious |
SAGE |
| Kept secret |
HID |
| Kind of engraving |
LINECUT |
| Lambaste verbally |
RIP |
| Lapidary item |
GEM |
| Leaves in the cup |
TEA |
| Leaves out |
OMITS |
| Lent assistance to |
AIDED |
| Like Jim Carrey comedies |
ZANY |
| Like royal descent, usually |
LINEAL |
| Lilly or Whitney |
ELI |
| Linking verbs |
COPULAS |
| London hero |
EDEN |
| Low, marshy land |
SWALE |
| Major airline |
DELTA |
| Makes a scene? |
ACTS |
| Makes lacework by knotting or looping |
TATS |
| Mandolin relatives |
LUTES |
| Memorable mission |
ALAMO |
| Metal-cutting machine |
SHAPER |
| Mete out |
ALLOT |
| Method conclusion? |
OLOGY |
| Mex. mama |
SRA |
| Microscopic bit |
ATOM |
| Montez or Falana |
LOLA |
| Most diluted |
WATERIEST |
| Muse often depicted with a lyre |
ERATO |
| Nautilus captain |
NEMO |
| Nelson Mandela, e.g. |
AFRICAN |
| Nigh |
NEARBY |
| No longer mad |
SANE |
| Obliterated by fire |
BURNEDTOACINDER |
| Offered, as a farewell |
BADE |
| Old hat |
DATED |
| Old salts |
TARS |
| One of a personal trio |
EGO |
| Opera solo |
ARIA |
| Or --- (bully's words) |
ELSE |
| Painful sensation in the chest |
HEARTBURN |
| Pay mind to |
HEED |
| Pelvis-related |
ILIAC |
| Perform an arithmetic operation |
ADD |
| Phooey! |
RATS |
| Picture on a ceiling |
MURAL |
| Pirates' pelf |
LOOT |
| Ponte Vecchio river |
ARNO |
| Port ---, Egypt |
SAID |
| Practice sessions |
REHEARSALS |
| Prepare to wash, perhaps |
SORT |
| Prison unit |
CELL |
| Profound |
DEEP |
| Protruding tree knots |
GNARLS |
| Put in a mailbox |
SENT |
| Rabble-rouser's trademark |
FIERYSPEECH |
| Remorseful soul |
RUER |
| Request from the dentist |
WIDER |
| Resting on |
ATOP |
| Retire for the night |
TURNIN |
| Rhythmic ballroom dance |
TANGO |
| Rub the wrong way |
MIFF |
| Rum-laced cakes |
BABAS |
| Sand unit |
GRAIN |
| Scholastic environment |
ACADEME |
| School founded in 1701 |
YALE |
| Scrutinize (with ''over'') |
PORE |
| Shape of a planet's orbit |
ELLIPSE |
| Shawls worn mainly by Mexican men |
SARAPES |
| Small wooded hollow |
DELL |
| Some cavalry soldiers |
LANCERS |
| Some Trekkie costumes |
ETS |
| Sort of nest egg |
IRA |
| Sound quality |
TONE |
| Speaker go-with |
AMP |
| Stern with a bow |
ISAAC |
| Strong desires |
YENS |
| Stubble remover |
RAZOR |
| Superior |
AONE |
| Supplier in many cartoons |
ACME |
| Surfer's concern |
TIDE |
| Swirling current |
EDDY |
| Take --- the waist (tailor's job) |
INAT |
| Take off in a hurry |
HIE |
| Take the bait |
BITE |
| Testing, as one's patience |
TRYING |
| The Fed's Greenspan |
ALAN |
| The sun, to Jerry Lee Lewis? |
BALLOFFIRE |
| Tickled pink |
GLAD |
| Tobacco wads |
CHAWS |
| Tow truck attachments, sometimes |
WRECKS |
| Trappist, e.g. |
MONK |
| Trucker's wheels |
SEMI |
| Underground supporter |
ROOT |
| Upper --- (now Burkina Faso) |
VOLTA |
| Vigorously went after a confession |
GRILLEDASUSPECT |
| Volcanic park in California |
LASSEN |
| Walked on |
TROD |
| Went from blond to brunette, in a way |
DYED |
| Wet thoroughly |
SOAK |
| What a mishandled debate can lead to |
HEATEDARGUMENT |
| Winter coasters |
SLEDS |
| Women's clothing size |
PETITE |
| Word with vote or go |
GETTER |
| Worshipped carving |
IDOL |
| Wrestling legend Kowalski |
KILLER |
| Writing pad |
TABLET |
| Yard of ___ (pub glass) |
ALE |
| Year-end tune |
NOEL |
| Yes men, repeaters and alpine mountains |
ECHOERS |
| Zealot's motivation |
BURNINGPASSION |
| Zola or Griffith |
EMILE |
| ___ Central (French plateau) |
MASSIF |
| ___ firma |
TERRA |
| ___ Jean (Marilyn, originally) |
NORMA |
| ~ |
TILDE |
