| Jane Austen classic |
EMMA |
| Japanese dog breed |
AKITA |
| Like a freshly hired employee |
NEWONTHEJOB |
| Manhattan setting? |
BAR |
| Married |
WED |
| Medical pros |
DOCS |
| More domesticated |
TAMER |
| Not pass |
FAIL |
| Outback bird |
EMU |
| Pickleball dividers |
NETS |
| Place for self-care |
SPA |
| Possible reply to "Can this be real?" |
ITIS |
| Professor ___ (Clue character) |
PLUM |
| Q's point value in Scrabble |
TEN |
| Quarreling |
ATIT |
| Radio DJ Casey |
KASEM |
| Ready to be eaten, say |
RIPE |
| Real hottie |
SMOKESHOW |
| Removes from power |
OUSTS |
| Saxophone insert |
REED |
| Schoolroom jokesters |
CLASSCLOWNS |
| Scope |
RANGE |
| Shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible |
JESUSWEPT |
| Silver medalist's place in a neck and neck race |
CLOSESECOND |
| Sneaked stealthily |
CREPT |
| Sports analyst's number, briefly |
STAT |
| Strongly encourage |
URGE |
| Tiny quibble |
NIT |
| Touch between bases, say |
TAGOUT |
| Univ. near Harvard |
MIT |
| Unseen struggle |
INNERDEMON |
| Used a keyboard |
TYPED |
| War horse |
STEED |
| Word after "talk" or "record" |
SHOP |
| Yoga asanas |
POSES |
| ___ and repeat |
RINSE |
| ___ Faire (place you might find jousters and sword swallowers) |
REN |
