| Middle of the question |
VOCALABILITYARE |
| Moves with violent intensity, as a storm |
RAGES |
| Mozart work |
OPUS |
| Mud concoctions |
PIES |
| Mythical enormous bird |
ROC |
| Nearing the dew point |
DAMP |
| One-eighth of a circle |
OCTANT |
| Palindromic sib |
SIS |
| Part of Maverick's attire |
VEST |
| Pentagon personnel |
BRASS |
| Polar explorer |
BYRD |
| Pot for stew |
OLLA |
| Put the potatoes through a kitchen gadget |
RICED |
| Shakespeare's mischievous spirit |
ARIEL |
| Silly ones, informally |
GEESE |
| Single thing |
UNIT |
| Slap the cuffs on |
NAB |
| Split into pieces |
REND |
| Start of a semiserious question |
IFPIGSLOSETHEIR |
| Start of North Carolina's motto |
ESSE |
| State |
AVER |
| Subject for a wine connoisseur |
AROMA |
| Summer coolers |
POOLS |
| Synthetic fiber |
RAYON |
| Tel's follower |
AVIV |
| Terhune's dog |
LAD |
| The Shirelles' ''--- Him on a Sunday'' |
IMET |
| Track data |
ODDS |
| Trivial objection |
CAVIL |
| Type of copy |
CARBON |
| Utterance after a spill |
OOPS |
| Vacation option |
TOUR |
| Vigor's partner |
VIM |
| Was under the weather |
AILED |
| Weevil's lunch |
BOLL |
| Winemaker's sediment |
LEES |
| Without accompaniment |
SOLO |
| Work a wok |
STIR |
| Young seal |
WHELP |