| Heredity unit |
GENE |
| High card |
ACE |
| Human ancestor |
APEMAN |
| June honoree |
DAD |
| Ladd or Keaton |
DIANE |
| Less covered |
BARER |
| Mamie's man |
IKE |
| Nine-day prayer |
NOVENA |
| Non- payment result, for short |
REPO |
| Ox of myth |
BABE |
| Pious sort |
SAINT |
| Pool sport |
DIVING |
| Race finish |
TAPE |
| Radio problem |
STATIC |
| Ram's mate |
EWE |
| Scoop holders |
CONES |
| Some surreal art |
DALIS |
| Steer clear of |
AVOID |
| Striped stone |
AGATE |
| Taboos |
NONOS |
| Take off the bench |
SENDIN |
| Tribe symbols |
TOTEMS |
| Verdi opera |
ERNANI |
| Wise ones |
SAGES |