| Hold sway |
RULE |
| Indian currency |
RUPEE |
| Language suffix |
ESE |
| Like an oboe's sound |
REEDY |
| Long-faced |
SAD |
| Made level |
EVENED |
| Mechanic's tool |
WRENCH |
| Mine discovery |
ORE |
| Movie-theater extras of old |
SELECTEDSHORTS |
| Nagging feeling |
ANGST |
| New Mexico art town |
TAOS |
| Noisy parrot |
MACAW |
| Not here |
ABSENT |
| On-ramp sign |
MERGE |
| Places for actors' clothing |
WARDROBETRUNKS |
| Prefix for surgeon |
NEURO |
| Pundits' pieces |
OPEDS |
| Ready for business |
OPEN |
| Rise in opposition |
REVOLT |
| Scroogian shout |
BAH |
| Solidifies |
SETS |
| Some legal papers |
APPELLATEBRIEFS |
| Split up |
ENDIT |
| Stage production |
SHOW |
| Starting chip |
ANTE |
| Stew veggie |
PEA |
| Storytelling Uncle |
REMUS |
| Ticker tests, for short |
EKGS |
| Tom, Dick, or Harry |
MALE |
| Treasure stash |
TROVE |
| Under Cupid's spell |
INLOVE |
| Victor at Chancellorsville |
LEE |
| Victoria's reign, e.g. |
ERA |
| Volcanic outflow |
LAVA |
| Warm glow |
AURA |
| Weeper of myth |
NIOBE |
| Went public with |
AIRED |
| World's fair |
EXPO |
| __ instant (very quickly) |
INAN |