| It's hard to read |
CRYPTOGRAM |
| Its capital was Sardis |
LYDIA |
| John O'Hara's 'Appointment in ___' |
SAMARRA |
| Kind of exchange |
ION |
| Kind of wine |
RHINE |
| Lincoln in-laws |
TODDS |
| Lying |
RECUMBENT |
| Manufacturer's sign on pottery |
INKMARK |
| Melodramatic cry |
ALAS |
| Muck-a-muck |
PANJANDRUM |
| Need for Santa |
SLED |
| No dilettante |
PRO |
| One not ending on a high note? |
ALTO |
| Paper nautilus, e.g. |
OCTOPOD |
| Parade V.I.P. |
DRUMMAJOR |
| Pitched poorly |
OUTOFTUNE |
| Primitive weapon |
DART |
| Published |
RAN |
| Run smoothly |
PURR |
| Sculptor Hesse and others |
EVAS |
| Setting for a 1935 Marx Brothers farce |
OPERA |
| Shopper's delight |
STEAL |
| Show stopper? |
COMMERCIAL |
| Sixth-sense phenomenon |
PSI |
| Some scans |
MRIS |
| Source |
FOUNT |
| Spoils the surprise, in a way |
PEEKS |
| Swedish actress ___ Hasso |
SIGNE |
| They're filled with dough |
ATMS |
| Thistlelike plant |
TEASEL |
| Threads |
TOGS |
| Two-time N.B.A. All-Star Robinson |
GLENN |
| Word before an explanation |
SEE |
| ___ end |
LANDS |
| ___ end |
TONO |