| Hester's 'A' |
SCARLETLETTER |
| Hierarchy status |
RANK |
| Loving |
FOND |
| Lumberjack's need |
AXE |
| Madam's mate |
SIR |
| Malodorous |
FETID |
| Miami newspaper |
HERALD |
| Middle East airline |
ELAL |
| Need remedial courses |
FAIL |
| Obscene |
DIRTY |
| On the qui vive |
ALERT |
| Ostentatious |
SHOWY |
| Pinnacle |
APEX |
| Racetrack border |
RAIL |
| Rap session? |
SEANCE |
| Raw rock |
ORE |
| Secretary, for one |
DESK |
| Seedy saloons |
DIVES |
| Sends quickly |
FAXES |
| Smoothed over |
EVENED |
| Times of significance |
REDLETTERDAYS |
| TV network |
FOX |
| U.S. Grant's first name at birth |
HIRAM |
| Use a block and tackle |
HOIST |
| Wastes no time |
HIES |
| Weak |
FRAIL |
| Witness |
SEE |
