| Make off with |
TAKE |
| Mamas' mates |
PAPAS |
| Marionette |
PUPPET |
| Mark, as a ballot square |
XIN |
| Middle Eastern leader (Var.) |
AMEER |
| Midwest native |
OTOE |
| Mountain lakes |
TARNS |
| Mullally on "Will & Grace" |
KAREN |
| Mushroom part |
CAP |
| Needle part |
EYE |
| Nobody's fool |
SMART |
| Noted first name in jazz |
ELLA |
| One in the family, informally |
BRO |
| One of many openings in Vegas |
SLOT |
| One-third of a 1970 Pearl Harbor film |
TORA |
| One-third of a Fab Four refrain |
YEAH |
| OPEC member |
UAE |
| Place to make deposits, briefly |
ATM |
| Plant-eating insect |
APHID |
| Polar Express, for one |
TRAIN |
| Postpone |
TABLE |
| Potato turnover |
KNISH |
| Powerful explosive |
TNT |
| Progress against corruption |
REFORM |
| Quiet valley |
GLEN |
| Radio transmission |
AUDIO |
| Recreational racers |
GOKARTS |
| Reddish-brown ape, for short |
ORANG |
| Refreshing way to start? |
ANEW |
| Relating to eyelashes |
CILIARY |
| Rescuer of Andromeda |
PERSEUS |
| Roaring start? |
RIP |
| Round piece of lace (Var.) |
DOYLY |
| Ruckus |
ADO |
| School basics, initially? |
RRR |
| Scottish cap |
TAM |
| Screenwriter Sorkin |
AARON |
| Sign before Virgo |
LEO |
| Sign of boredom |
YAWN |
| Skin care prefix |
DERMA |
| Solo in sci-fi |
HAN |
| Some building wings |
ELLS |
| Some deli orders |
BLTS |
| Something that needs to be cleared up |
ACNE |
| Soprano's skill |
TRILL |
| Sports squad |
TEAM |
| Spread out, as fingers |
SPLAY |
| Stat for a closer |
SAVES |
| Stepless access |
RAMPS |
| Stickler for correctness |
PURIST |
| Stock term |
NOPAR |
| Tennyson, for one |
POET |
| Terra ___ (pottery) |
COTTA |
| That lady |
HER |
| They prevent the king from being poisoned |
TASTERS |
| They're squirreled away |
NUTS |
| This and this |
THESE |
| Thorny patch |
BRIER |
| Timely benefits |
BOONS |
| Tiny shots |
BBS |
| Toothpaste tube letters |
ADA |
| Tough concept for procrastinators |
NOW |
| Tree with acorns |
OAK |
| TV show with a laugh track |
SITCOM |
| Two under par |
EAGLE |
| Unwelcome word at a china shop? |
OOPS |
| Useful thing for dirty pans |
SCOURINGPAD |
| Venerate |
ESTEEM |
| Water vapor |
STEAM |
| Where many knots are tied |
ALTAR |
| Where to find the best survivor |
CBS |
| White water stuff |
FOAM |
| Windblown soil |
LOESS |
| Work with flour |
SIFT |
| Writing assignment |
ESSAY |
| Year-end helper |
ELF |
| Yoko of Beatle history |
ONO |
| ___ ear and out the other |
INONE |