| Mascara smudger, maybe |
TEAR |
| Meat counter tool |
SLICER |
| Mexican greeting |
HOLA |
| Mined resource |
ORE |
| Most upscale |
NICEST |
| Mushy, mushily |
LOVEYDOVEY |
| Nonsensical, nonsensically |
PHONYBALONEY |
| Nonsharp part of a sword |
HILT |
| Nutrient in spinach |
IRON |
| Ohio college whose mascot is an albino squirrel |
OBERLIN |
| Olympians' predecessors |
TITANS |
| One of 18, in golf |
HOLE |
| Orange root vegetables |
YAMS |
| Participate in a D&D campaign |
ROLEPLAY |
| Permanent art |
TATTOO |
| Pigpen |
STY |
| Possesses |
OWNS |
| Prepare for cooking, perhaps |
THAW |
| Ration out |
ALLOT |
| Reply __ |
ALL |
| Road trip stops |
MOTORINNS |
| Round figures |
CIRCLES |
| Scrabble piece |
TILE |
| Shade |
TONE |
| Slack alternative |
EMAIL |
| Some musical intervals |
THIRDS |
| Spotify Wrapped figures |
STATS |
| Springtime Hindu festival |
HOLI |
| Start of a quiet sentence |
PSST |
| Swear |
AVOW |
| Things to avoid |
NONOS |
| Turn from green to yellow, as a banana |
RIPEN |
| Turn from yellow to brown, as a banana |
ROT |
| Used a toothed blade on lumber, say |
SAWED |
| When ties are broken, briefly |
INOT |
| Wife of Augustus |
LIVIA |
| __ branch: peace symbol |
OLIVE |
| __ on the side of caution |
ERRS |