| Largest of the 48 |
TEXAS |
| Locale of rain-soaked plains |
SPAIN |
| Michaelmas daisy |
ASTER |
| Occupation |
LINE |
| Off base (Abbr.) |
AWOL |
| Old woman's home? |
SHOE |
| Parade litter |
CONFETTI |
| Pea holders |
PODS |
| Perplex |
CONFOUND |
| Piccadilly statue |
EROS |
| Picnic invaders |
ANTS |
| Ram's ma'am |
EWE |
| Raw rock |
ORE |
| Rid of rind |
PEELED |
| Salamander |
NEWT |
| Sci. course |
ANAT |
| See 5-Down |
ARE |
| Skin opening |
PORE |
| Slaughter of baseball lore |
ENOS |
| Sphere |
ORB |
| Squeal |
YIP |
| Suffocate |
STIFLE |
| Surface matter |
SCUM |
| The O'Hara estate |
TARA |
| Trounce |
DEFEAT |
| Tugboat job |
TOW |
| Unpleasantly moist |
DANK |
| Vacationing |
OFF |
| Victor's cry |
IWIN |
| Wager |
BET |
| Winning margin, maybe |
NOSE |
| With 55-Across, Lionel Richie song |
YOU |
| Wound cover |
SCAB |
