| Modest meal |
BITE |
| Moving at a snail's pace |
SLOW |
| Mushroom spread |
PATE |
| New Haven university |
YALE |
| Next year's alums |
SRS |
| Noble rank below viscount |
BARON |
| Norse god played by Anthony Hopkins |
ODIN |
| Not as sweet |
ICIER |
| Novelist Ferber |
EDNA |
| Oboe insert |
REED |
| OED entries |
WDS |
| Old photo finish |
SEPIA |
| Outdoor gear co-op |
REI |
| Owned |
HAD |
| Pa |
DAD |
| Paddle kin |
OAR |
| Paquin of "The Irishman" |
ANNA |
| Poker stake |
ANTE |
| Quai d'Orsay's river |
SEINE |
| Reverse chin lock, for one |
WRESTLINGHOLD |
| Sicilian peak |
ETNA |
| Singer-songwriter Bareilles |
SARA |
| Small drink |
DRAM |
| Spa menu item |
PEDICURE |
| Sri Lankan language |
TAMIL |
| Thingamajig |
GADGET |
| Too clever __ |
BYHALF |
| Tree topplers |
SAWS |
| TV spot seller |
ADREP |
| U.S./Canada defense letters |
NORAD |
| University list-maker |
DEAN |
| Vehicle pulled by huskies |
SLED |
| Verbose, and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? |
LONGWINDED |
| Watch straps |
WRISTBANDS |
| Wedding invite enclosures |
RSVPS |
| Wraps up |
ENDS |
| Zero-shaped |
OVAL |
| __ and cheese |
MAC |
| __ Center: Chicago skyscraper |
AON |