| Group of nine |
ENNEAD |
| Harem rooms |
ODAS |
| Hoover, for one |
DAM |
| Initial stake |
ANTE |
| Kitten's call |
PURR |
| Loosen |
UNDO |
| Lubricate |
OIL |
| Modern coin |
EURO |
| More healthy |
SOUNDER |
| Namesake of a sort |
EPONYM |
| Nev. neighbor |
CAL |
| Obama's predecessor |
BUSH |
| Ostrich's cousin |
EMU |
| Past |
AGO |
| Pistol |
GUN |
| Pleased |
GLAD |
| Pop-up's opposite |
GROUNDER |
| Reason for a lack of glory? |
NOGUTS |
| Red Sea nation |
YEMEN |
| Reef material |
CORAL |
| Resistance measure |
OHM |
| Resort |
SPA |
| Sand formation |
DUNE |
| Sea eagle |
ERNE |
| Second person |
YOU |
| Sept. preceder |
AUG |
| Sledgehammer, e.g. |
POUNDER |
| Sprinted |
RAN |
| Street |
ROAD |
| Swindle |
CON |
| Toe woe |
BUNION |
| Urban disturbances |
RIOTS |
| Wise ones |
SAGES |