| Like many a modern pirate |
SOMALI |
| Literature Nobelist Canetti |
ELIAS |
| Lunchbox treat |
OREO |
| Man's genus |
HOMO |
| Mare fare |
OATS |
| Mehta's successor at the New York Philharmonic |
MASUR |
| Melanin concentration |
MOLE |
| Merger exchange? |
IDOS |
| Mesquite feature |
POD |
| Mine locator |
SONAR |
| Mob target |
RAT |
| Mocking comments |
SNARK |
| More likely to earn a 'graphic violence' warning |
GORIER |
| Mount Narodnaya's range |
URALS |
| Not tricked by |
ONTO |
| Objective, e.g |
LENS |
| Off base? |
AWOL |
| Old newspaper section |
ROTO |
| Online view intro |
IMHO |
| Order to keep a fight from escalating |
WALKAWAY |
| Pan producer |
CRITIC |
| Partial dentures paid for by insurance? |
COVEREDBRIDGEWORK |
| Perp zappers |
TASERS |
| Personable |
NICE |
| Plotting, writing dialogue, designing sets and the like? |
PLAYGROUNDWORK |
| Portable dwelling |
TEPEE |
| Post-breakdown need |
TOW |
| Pound sound |
YELP |
| Prepare for roasting |
THAW |
| Pricey sheets |
GOLDLEAF |
| Prim skirt choice |
MAXI |
| Promote or demote |
RERANK |
| Put a new price on |
RETAG |
| Pvts. on foot |
INF |
| R&D setting |
LAB |
| Rags |
TEASES |
| Reason for a massage appointment |
SORENESS |
| Reliever's stat |
SAVES |
| River of Germany's steelmaking region |
RUHR |
| Scrape, in kidspeak |
OWIE |
| Second half of a court game |
ALAI |
| Serta choice |
TWIN |
| Settled |
ALIT |
| Shade provider |
DYE |
| Single-handedly |
ALONE |
| Sitar great Shankar |
RAVI |
| Sleep like ___ |
ALOG |
| Sound of disdain |
TSK |
| Speed bump, essentially |
RIDGE |
| Students saw things there |
WOODSHOP |
| Sun output |
RAYS |
| Teammate of Alex, Jorge and CC |
DEREK |
| The Big Apple |
GOTHAM |
| They run in families |
MINIVANS |
| Titan, to Saturn |
MOON |
| Top ten welfare screw-ups? |
WORSTCASEWORK |
| Track features |
LANES |
| Underscore |
STRESS |
| Unspeakable acts |
TABOOS |
| Unspoiled area |
EDEN |
| Vivacious quality |
ESPRIT |
| Was lured in |
BIT |
| White wine of Italy |
SOAVE |
| Who once went by |
NEE |
| Will with a lasso |
ROGERS |
| With a will |
TESTATE |
| Zagat guide contributor |
RATER |
| ___ doble (fast-paced ballroom dance) |
PASO |
| ___ number on |
DOA |
| ___ to go |
RARIN |