| Main idea |
GIST |
| May honoree |
MOM |
| Met song |
ARIA |
| Most bizarre |
ODDEST |
| Mule of song |
SAL |
| New England prep school town |
EXETER |
| Nitrous ___ (laughing gas) |
OXIDE |
| Not quite shut |
AJAR |
| Noted court site, with 'The' |
HAGUE |
| Noted fratricide victim |
ABEL |
| Nuptial agreement |
IDO |
| Orange-roofed hotel, for short |
HOJO |
| Part of the Corn Belt |
IOWA |
| Pays |
PONIESUP |
| Pickle flavoring |
DILL |
| Popular record label |
ARISTA |
| Potter's supply |
CLAY |
| Put off |
DEFER |
| Radio operators |
HAMS |
| Reason for a donation |
NEED |
| Reverberate |
ECHO |
| Ricky's portrayer |
DESI |
| Sailor's patron |
STELMO |
| Sample |
TASTE |
| Santa ___, Calif. |
ANA |
| She sheep |
EWES |
| Silent assents |
NODS |
| Sledding spot |
HILL |
| Starbucks order |
LATTE |
| Sushi fish |
EELS |
| Tennis champ Monica |
SELES |
| The ___ Brothers of 70's-80's rock |
DOOBIE |
| Took a meal |
ATE |
| Typical |
USUAL |
| What Consumer Reports lacks |
ADS |
| Window washer's mistake |
SMEAR |
| Witty Bombeck |
ERMA |
| Yale players |
ELIS |