| Literary category |
GENRE |
| Luau music-maker |
UKE |
| Mimicking birds |
MYNAS |
| Minty southern refreshment |
JULEP |
| Modern Persia |
IRAN |
| Monikers |
NAMES |
| Muscateer? |
OMANI |
| Must-haves |
NEEDS |
| Not yet Boy Scouts |
CUBS |
| Oil cartel acronym |
OPEC |
| Pale pink, for one |
PASTEL |
| Parched |
ARID |
| Part of a skate blade |
EDGE |
| Popular building brick toy |
LEGO |
| Rare compared to medium? |
RAWER |
| Real-life TV show |
COPS |
| Right around the corner |
NEAR |
| Saucy |
IMPUDENT |
| Second word in a fairy tale |
UPON |
| Sheet of stamps |
PANE |
| Shopper magnet |
SALE |
| Short straight punch |
JAB |
| Small, sweet pies |
TARTS |
| Sot |
WINO |
| Sound sleeper's sleep sound? |
SNORE |
| Speak formally |
ORATE |
| Start for "bus" or "present" |
OMNI |
| Teen talk |
SLANG |
| Top 40 station's playlist |
HITS |
| Two-stroker on 20-Across |
FLAM |
| Unleash, as havoc |
WREAK |
| Utter expletives |
SWEAR |
| Vail visitors |
SKIERS |
| Warning sign |
OMEN |
| What a startled horse might do |
REAR |
| What children should be, proverbially |
SEEN |
| Word with "collection" or "critic" |
ART |
| You can beat it |
SNARE |
| ___-do-well |
NEER |
