| John Wayne title role |
ROOSTERCOGBURN |
| Leadership, figuratively |
HELM |
| Library sec. |
BIO |
| Like a certain old bucket |
OAKEN |
| Michael Phelps' team |
USA |
| Name dropper? |
ETAL |
| Need to pay the piper |
OWE |
| Ones getting socked? |
TOES |
| Perfected, as a skill |
HONED |
| Perform penitence |
ATONE |
| Pigskin's perch |
TEE |
| Pope's "___ Solitude" |
ODEON |
| Prepared introduction? |
ILL |
| Prez's partner |
VEEP |
| Professional golfer's bane |
BOGEY |
| Progress by leaps and bounds? |
HOP |
| Provide with lodgings |
PUTUP |
| Put something aside |
SAVED |
| Quarterback-turned-politician Jack |
KEMP |
| Ragtime dance |
TURKEYTROT |
| Rice milieu |
PADDY |
| South African language group |
BANTU |
| Suffuse, as with color |
IMBUE |
| Surname of wealthy twins |
OLSEN |
| Target of many Bart Simpson prank calls |
MOE |
| Three-card con |
MONTE |
| Tot's tootsie topper |
BOOTEE |
| Trim photos |
CROP |
| Umpire's call |
BALL |
| Underworld of Greek mythology |
HADES |
| Unfinished dollar sign |
ESS |
| Unrestricted |
OPEN |
| What a fall guy takes |
RAP |
| What everybody's getting |
OLDER |
| Word in an Einstein equation |
MASS |
| Word that ends many fights |
TEN |
| Workaholics' tiny role models |
ANTS |
| Yale man |
ELI |
| ___ tube (TV set) |
BOOB |
