| Independent candidate Ralph |
NADER |
| Knight's title |
SIR |
| Leisure |
EASE |
| Like the English Channel for the first time in 1875 |
SWUM |
| Like the tropics |
HOT |
| Male deer |
HART |
| Melon's cover |
RIND |
| Michelle Obama (___ Robinson) |
NEE |
| Military plane acronym |
AWACS |
| Navy V.I.P. |
ADM |
| No matter what happens |
INANYCASE |
| Old 'Put a tiger in your tank' brand |
ESSO |
| On |
ATOP |
| One hailed on city streets |
CABBIE |
| Prohibition of alcohol sales |
DRYLAW |
| Refer (to) |
ALLUDE |
| Rep.'s rival |
DEM |
| Seriously susceptible to sunburn |
PALE |
| Setting for the Cardinals or Orioles |
BASEBALLDIAMOND |
| Smart ___ whip |
ASA |
| Splinter group |
SECT |
| Talk that might put one to sleep |
LECTURE |
| Tarzan, for one |
APEMAN |
| Teacher sitting cross-legged, maybe |
GURU |
| Tennis's Stefan |
EDBERG |
| Tex-Mex dish with lettuce, tomato, cheese, etc., in a hard tortilla 'bowl' |
TACOSALAD |
| Tex-Mex sauces |
SALSAS |
| The bee's ___ (the height of excellence) |
KNEES |
| Tibetans and Thais |
ASIANS |
| Tip of a sock |
TOE |
| Tolkien creature |
ORC |
| Tool for turning up soil |
GARDENSPADE |
| Treaty |
PACT |
| Tricky puzzle |
POSER |
| U.S. army post in Kentucky |
FTKNOX |
| Up high |
ALOFT |
| Wine barrel |
CASK |
| ___ Beta Kappa |
PHI |
| ___ Vader |
DARTH |
