| ''. . . the __ of my existence'' |
BANE |
| 50th anniversary, for example |
MILESTONE |
| A, in geometry |
AREA |
| Astro, Scooby-Doo or Dino, e.g. |
PET |
| Attach applique |
SEW |
| Banned chemical for fruit |
ALAR |
| Big Three meeting place |
YALTA |
| Blemished |
MARRED |
| Blood-sucking African fly |
TSETSE |
| Boy Scout of the lowest rank |
TENDERFOOT |
| Brilliantly plumed parrot |
MACAW |
| By the year |
ANNUALLY |
| Capital on the Missouri |
PIERRE |
| Cascade peak |
SHASTA |
| Center line on a stick figure |
TORSO |
| Central American critter |
IGUANA |
| Chip's companion |
DALE |
| Cousins of canters |
TROTS |
| Cowpoke's charge |
STEER |
| Enjoy, as pigs in mud |
WALLOW |
| Fairy tale setting, sometimes |
PALACE |
| Fairy ___ (bluecap) |
WREN |
| Fictional password user |
ALIBABA |
| Fife and Rubble |
BARNEYS |
| First-class |
AONE |
| Flutters, as eyelids |
BATS |
| Gets off the fence |
OPTS |
| Give a little push |
PROD |
| Hemingway handle |
PAPA |
| Hunks of marble |
SLABS |
| It doesn't end with a bang |
DUD |
| It may be underfoot |
TILE |
| It'll unharden your garden |
HOE |
| Keeps out of harm's way |
PROTECTS |
| Kind of dive |
SWAN |
| Like animals in a zoo |
CAGED |
| Like terra cotta tiles |
CERAMIC |