| Longtime Syrian president |
ASSAD |
| Loser to Dwight |
ADLAI |
| Magic potion |
ELIXIR |
| Make a choice |
OPT |
| Muscular power |
SINEW |
| Part of a repair bill |
LABOR |
| Position |
STAND |
| Pressing need |
IRON |
| Put in office |
ELECT |
| Sci-fi series of the 1990s |
BABYLONFIVE |
| Scorns |
FLOUTS |
| Sigourney Weaver thriller |
ALIENS |
| Singer Dion |
CELINE |
| Singer Lyle |
LOVETT |
| Singer Morissette |
ALANIS |
| Stockholm natives |
SWEDES |
| Tag-sale label |
ASIS |
| Tipsy |
LIT |
| Tofu source |
SOY |
| Trinidad's neighbor |
TOBAGO |
| Trouble-ridden |
INAJAM |
| Wagers |
BETS |
| Words before tear or dare |
ONA |
| Worries |
STEWS |