| Make as good as possible |
OPTIMIZE |
| Not necessary |
OPTIONAL |
| On the other hand |
OR |
| P.E. venue |
GYM |
| Patina |
AURA |
| Plays quoits |
TOSSES |
| Point of tangency |
ABUTMENT |
| Prejudice |
BIAS |
| Protracted |
LONG |
| Quarantined |
ISOLATED |
| Rejects disdainfully |
SPURNS |
| Retainers |
FEES |
| RNC figure |
POL |
| Scepter topper |
ORB |
| See 1-Across |
PAL |
| Sermon subject |
SIN |
| She's had some bad hair days |
MEDUSA |
| Short-tempered |
SNIPPY |
| Simile center |
ASA |
| Slender |
LEAN |
| Speed along |
ZIP |
| Spill checker? |
DAM |
| Swindle |
SCAM |
| Teller's partner |
PENN |
| Tennis stroke |
LOB |
| Thin strand |
WISP |
| Toledo's lake |
ERIE |
| Ultra-modernist |
NEO |
| Uppercase |
CAPS |
| Vacillate |
SEESAW |
| Wealth |
OPULENCE |
| Wind section member |
OBOE |
