| Light brown |
TAN |
| Literary Jane |
EYRE |
| Marsh plant |
REED |
| Met melody |
ARIA |
| Military VIPs |
GENS |
| More, to Manuel |
MAS |
| Must have |
NEED |
| Nonsense |
ROT |
| Oklahoma tribe |
OTOE |
| Patching up |
MENDING |
| Pint-sized |
WEE |
| Pitcher Hershiser |
OREL |
| Plead |
BEG |
| Poker type |
STUD |
| Polish tennis star Swiatek |
IGA |
| Pressing need |
IRON |
| Prior night |
EVE |
| Protégés |
MENTEES |
| Shortly |
ANON |
| Soccer — |
MOM |
| Solo in space |
HAN |
| Sprint |
DASH |
| Stein filler |
ALE |
| Streep of "The Post" |
MERYL |
| Talkative |
CHATTY |
| Tom Collins liquor |
GIN |
| Urban haze |
SMOG |
| Valerie Harper sitcom |
RHODA |
| Website invader |
HACKER |
| With the bow, musically |
ARCO |
| Witty one |
WAG |
| Wrigley product |
GUM |
| Zadora of "Hairspray" |
PIA |
