| Like some patches |
IRONON |
| Loosen, in a way |
UNLACE |
| Not running |
LOYAL |
| Numerical prefix |
DECA |
| Off-the-wall pastime? |
HANDBALL |
| On target |
APT |
| Ping or pong |
SOUND |
| Plaintiff |
SUER |
| Polish birthplace of Arthur Rubinstein |
LODZ |
| Pool provider, often |
YMCA |
| Proverbial payee |
THEPIPER |
| Puppy protests |
YELPS |
| Rapper Snoop ___ |
DOGG |
| React to a really bad pun |
WINCE |
| Rulings |
DICTA |
| Scales up? |
LIBRA |
| Sci-fi and mystery |
GENRES |
| Semiramis's domain |
ASSYRIA |
| Shrek, for one |
OGRE |
| Sixth-century date |
DII |
| Skeptic's remark |
IBET |
| Smelter stuff |
SLAG |
| Some spuds |
IDAHOS |
| Spanish female suffix |
ITA |
| Spring |
BOUND |
| Stretches, with 'out' |
EKES |
| Sundown, in sonnets |
EEN |
| Tattered Tom's creator |
ALGER |
| Tax |
TRY |
| Trouble |
WOE |
| Warriors' grp. |
NBA |
| What 'there's gonna be,' in a 'Funny Lady' song |
GREATDAY |
| What people in relationships need together ... or this puzzle's title |
QUALITYTIME |
| Wind section |
OBOES |
| Word before long or now |
ERE |
| Work up |
AROUSE |
| Wrangle |
HAGGLE |
| Year in dates |
ANNO |