| Literary convention |
TOPOS |
| Lode deposits |
ORES |
| Meltdown sites |
CORES |
| Most infrequent |
RAREST |
| Muse of poetry |
ERATO |
| Noodle toppings? |
HATS |
| Nosy Orwellian sib |
BIGBROTHER |
| On the house |
FREE |
| One over par |
BOGEY |
| Ones of a kind? |
ACES |
| Oodles and oodles |
TONS |
| Parts of handwriting |
LOOPS |
| Percussion instrument, really |
PIANO |
| Prinze, Jr.'s ''--- All That'' |
SHES |
| Productive buzzer |
HONEYBEE |
| Purse component |
CLASP |
| Puts it in first |
SHIFTS |
| Require a rubdown |
ACHE |
| River of Florence |
ARNO |
| Santa soiler |
SOOT |
| Scream ''Encore! Encore!'' |
BEGFORMORE |
| Screen whoppers |
EPICS |
| Skinny one |
BAGOFBONES |
| String, for one |
BEAN |
| Sudden transition |
LEAP |
| Suit sources |
TORTS |
| Taj Mahal city |
AGRA |
| Two of a '60s vocal quartet |
PAPAS |
| Ump's cry |
BATTERUP |
| Vital vessel |
AORTA |
| Wanes |
EBBS |
| Watering holes |
OASES |
| Wired, as for TV |
CABLED |
| Wise one |
SAGE |
| Wolf pack member |
UBOAT |
| Word in some winter forecasts |
BELOW |
| Word with horse or soap |
OPERA |
| Words before a sour note |
ENDON |
| Zestfulness |
GUSTO |