| Host |
EMCEE |
| Hourglass filler |
SAND |
| Ice |
DIAMONDS |
| It helps when you break your word |
HYPHEN |
| Lo-cal |
LITE |
| Make a decision |
OPT |
| Make independent, maybe |
WEAN |
| Male swan |
COB |
| Mater lead-in |
ALMA |
| Navy boss (Abbr.) |
ADM |
| Nibble |
BITE |
| Onassis, familiarly |
ARI |
| One in charge of board meetings? |
CARPENTER |
| Ovum |
EGG |
| Owned |
HAD |
| Passbook abbr. |
INT |
| Pitch |
TAR |
| Prudish |
PRIM |
| Rebuff a masher |
SLAP |
| Rhett's shocking word |
DAMN |
| Scent |
PERFUME |
| Screw up |
ERR |
| Snitch |
RAT |
| Staffer |
AIDE |
| Stevenson villain |
HYDE |
| Storm center |
EYE |
| Stud fee? |
ANTE |
| Take out of context? |
EDIT |
| Takes back |
RETRACTS |
| Teensy |
WEE |
| Tubular pasta |
PENNE |
| Unadorned |
MERE |