| Loud fireworks |
PETARDS |
| Lustrous black |
JET |
| Macabre author |
POE |
| Mania |
FAD |
| One of Marilyn's husbands |
JOE |
| Oriental |
ASIAN |
| Otherwise |
ELSE |
| Permit |
LET |
| Physical |
EXAM |
| Piercing tool |
AWL |
| Pinches |
NIPS |
| Post-Christmas event |
SALE |
| Put to use |
APPLY |
| Ralph Lauren trademark |
POLO |
| Relaxation |
EASE |
| Request with a list of signatures |
PETITION |
| Retained |
KEPT |
| Right angles |
ELLS |
| Sandra or Ruby |
DEE |
| Sarah McLachlan song |
ADIA |
| Sinister |
BAD |
| Soundstage do-over |
RETAKE |
| Specter |
GHOST |
| Suitable |
FIT |
| Thought |
IDEA |
| Total receipts |
GATE |
| Travails |
WOES |
| Turn to stone |
PETRIFY |
| Two, in Tijuana |
DOS |
| Unhappy look |
FROWN |
| Wheel-base terminus |
AXLE |
| Zodiac symbol |
LEO |
| Zoo activity |
PETTING |