| Hold tightly |
GRASP |
| Info in a military brief |
INTEL |
| Jolly little helper |
ELF |
| Kung __ shrimp |
PAO |
| Lamb's mother |
EWE |
| Latin primer verb |
AMO |
| Lauder of cosmetics |
ESTEE |
| Lawn tool |
RAKE |
| Less well done |
RARER |
| Like a bad twin |
EVIL |
| Like many a summer cabin after a long winter |
MUSTY |
| Like some Netflix subscriptions |
ADFREE |
| Like Vikings |
NORSE |
| Lingerie pieces with smooth cups |
TSHIRTBRAS |
| Lose focus, with "out" |
ZONE |
| Low point |
NADIR |
| Made simpler |
EASED |
| Matching twosome |
PAIR |
| Money left on the table |
TIP |
| Mosaic artist's binder |
GROUT |
| Mutt |
CUR |
| Never-before-seen |
ALLNEW |
| Nook for reading |
ALCOVE |
| Not reserved at all |
EFFUSIVE |
| Notable span |
ERA |
| Off the market |
SOLD |
| Olympian who loved war and battles |
ARES |
| Omega-3 source |
TUNAOIL |
| Org. that runs the Opens |
USGA |
| Pain in the neck? |
ACHE |
| Part of a foot |
ARCH |
| People unlikely to fall in love, for short |
AROS |
| Person pleased to take orders |
SALESREP |
| Petty criticism |
NIT |
| Pipe bend |
ELL |
| Pitcher of beer? |
BREWERY |
| Ports of call for sailors |
NAVYBASES |
| Predator that hunts in pods |
ORCA |
| Pro Bowl stats |
TDS |
| Pull some strings? |
TUNE |
| Raga instrument |
SITAR |
| Rosé variety, for short |
WHITEZIN |
| Rounds the bases after a homer |
TROTS |
| Shady place? |
VISORCENTER |
| Slight advantage |
EDGE |
| Smoothed (out) |
EVENED |
| Social standing |
STATUS |
| Some fighter pilots |
ACES |
| Some PC ports |
USBS |
| Source of the wisdom of the ages? |
ANCIENTBRAIN |
| Speaker's platform |
DAIS |
| Specifics, informally |
DEETS |
| Stick on the grill |
SKEWER |
| Streetcar tracks, in Sheffield |
TRAMLINE |
| Structured gps |
ORGS |
| Surface dominated by Rafael Nadal |
CLAYCOURT |
| Swipe without swiping a card |
STEAL |
| Tent event with a "members only" policy? |
CLOSEDCIRCUS |
| Thailand, before 1940 |
SIAM |
| Thick |
DENSE |
| Thompson of "Creed" |
TESSA |
| Those, in Spanish |
ESOS |
| Triage ctrs |
ERS |
| Tube in a boba tea |
STRAW |
| Untidy states |
MESSES |
| Vid recorder |
CAM |
| Wang of fashion |
VERA |
| Weapon on Kenya's flag |
SPEAR |
| X-ray __: novelty wear |
SPEX |
| __ gow poker |
PAI |
| __ Lanka |
SRI |
| __-di-dah |
LAH |
