| Literary scraps |
ANA |
| Mouth, slangily |
TRAP |
| Narrates |
TELLS |
| Nearly hopeless |
DIRE |
| Nobel author, informally |
PAPAHEMINGWAY |
| Not dense |
SPARSE |
| Not perfectly round |
OVATE |
| Oater prop |
ARROW |
| Opera headliners |
DIVAS |
| Pass between mountain peaks |
GAP |
| Place to get a massage |
SPA |
| Platoon members |
GIS |
| Possible result of a rear-ender |
WHIPLASH |
| Prefix denoting the latest |
NEO |
| Race the engine |
REV |
| Range fuel |
GAS |
| Remove the adipose part |
DEFAT |
| Remove the edges |
TRIM |
| Ribbon holder |
SPOOL |
| Seating request |
AISLE |
| Send rolling in the aisles |
SLAY |
| Singer Lopez |
TRINI |
| Small bit of work |
ERG |
| Sniggler's pursuit |
EEL |
| Some turn at 33 1/3 rpm |
LPS |
| Sparkling wine center |
ASTI |
| Speech problem |
LISP |
| Storytime meanies |
OGRES |
| Strauss of jeans fame |
LEVI |
| Street shaders |
ELMS |
| Taxidermy subject |
DEER |
| The plot thickens with it |
SOD |
| Totally absurd |
INANE |
| Type of helmet |
PITH |
| Type of surgeon |
ORAL |
| Web-footed mammal |
OTTER |
| Woodworking tool |
LATHE |
| Word with body or grand |
SLAM |
| Word with statistics or signs |
VITAL |
