| Major Defense Dept. contractor |
ITT |
| Marcher's burden, at times |
TUBA |
| Material sold in spools |
SOLDER |
| Medicare choice |
HMO |
| Nancy Drew's aunt |
ELOISE |
| Nellie Bly contemporary |
RIIS |
| Novelist influenced by an early pharmacy job |
CHRISTIE |
| Occupational suffix |
AIRE |
| One of Ptolemy's constellations |
ARGO |
| Particular parquet piece |
ENDCUT |
| Poetic land |
ERIN |
| Pond swimmers |
NEWTS |
| Popular beach book of '76 |
THEDEEP |
| Punish mercilessly |
SQUASH |
| Record on Norman Bates' Victrola |
EROICA |
| River through Wheeling |
OHIO |
| Sewing-machine mechanisms |
LOOPERS |
| Slimmer than slim |
NIL |
| Some ''Hair'' costumes |
TIEDYES |
| Source of black berries |
BAYTREE |
| Source of much Military Channel material |
NEWSREELS |
| Staple of Ukrainian cuisine |
BORSCHT |
| Stephen King title character |
DOLORES |
| Sting elements |
DECOYS |
| Storage unit |
MEGABIT |
| Talent that's in creasing |
ORIGAMI |
| They're paid to view slides |
UMPS |
| Tiny particles |
MOTES |
| Transport |
ECSTASY |
| Turned up |
ABLARE |
| Typical ''Auld Lang Syne'' accompaniment |
TOOTING |
| Very long spans |
EONS |
| Washington's __ Peninsula |
OLYMPIC |
| Word from the French for ''juniper'' |
GIN |
| Yamaha Raptor, for one |
ATV |
