| Its capital is Muscat |
OMAN |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. |
ARUM |
| Jockey Turcotte |
RON |
| Launch a verbal assault |
TEARINTO |
| Loafers |
IDLERS |
| Look featuring a curled upper lip |
SNEER |
| Lower in value |
ABASE |
| Match, in poker |
SEE |
| Meter maid in a Beatles tune |
RITA |
| Moore of the movies |
DEMI |
| Muddy the waters |
ROIL |
| Nile snake |
ASP |
| No-no |
CARDINALSIN |
| Noisy treader |
TRAMPER |
| Old Dodge |
DART |
| On the payroll |
EARNING |
| One place to stay |
RESIDENCE |
| Pakistani language |
URDU |
| Person with a habit |
NUN |
| Playwright Akins (''The Old Maid'') |
ZOE |
| Pop diva Amos |
TORI |
| Rangoon locale |
BURMA |
| Regretted |
RUED |
| Rib elbowers |
NUDGERS |
| Role for Don Adams |
SMART |
| Self-serving opportunist, perhaps |
USER |
| Sign of spring |
ARIES |
| Square in Madison Square Garden |
RING |
| They're offensive and looking to score |
ENDS |
| Three-note chord |
TRIAD |
| Tight-fitting |
SNUG |
| Tiny little bit |
IOTA |
| Walesa of Poland |
LECH |
| Walk out on |
ABANDON |
| Washington/Hackman film |
CRIMSONTIDE |
| White of ''Wheel of Fortune'' |
VANNA |
| Word with dining or restricted |
AREA |
| Wound reminder |
SCAR |
