| Handling the situation |
ONIT |
| Kicker's aid |
TEE |
| Kremlin setting |
MOSCOW |
| Lab container |
VIAL |
| Lacking |
SANS |
| Made a choice |
OPTED |
| Met work |
OPERA |
| No-no on some diets |
CARBS |
| Now and then |
ATTIMES |
| Of the kidneys |
RENAL |
| Ouzo flavor |
ANISE |
| Pearl producer |
OYSTER |
| Place |
STEAD |
| Play parts |
ACTS |
| Puppy sounds |
YAPS |
| Smiling, perhaps |
AMUSED |
| Some coasters |
SLEDS |
| Some manipulated photos and videos |
DEEPFAKES |
| Spoiled kids |
BRATS |
| Track horse |
PACER |
| Trite |
BANAL |
| Up to now |
SOFAR |
| Uranium-235, for one |
ISOTOPE |
| Visitor to Oz |
TOTO |