| Longtime convicts |
LIFERS |
| Moment |
SEC |
| Mound stat |
ERA |
| Nevada city |
RENO |
| Nevertheless |
YET |
| New Testament book |
ACTS |
| Olympic swimming legend Mark |
SPITZ |
| Open slightly |
AJAR |
| Pitch |
TAR |
| Poison ivy aid |
CALAMINE |
| Rice-shaped pasta |
ORZO |
| Santa --winds |
ANA |
| Sawbuck |
TEN |
| Secondhand |
USED |
| Soil samples rich in clay |
LOAMS |
| Stocky horse |
COB |
| Surround |
BESET |
| Thick-bladed dagger |
STILETTO |
| Throat clearer |
AHEM |
| Tibet's capital |
LHASA |
| Tolkien character |
ENT |
| Tousle |
MUSS |
| Trattoria dish |
CALAMARI |
| Trojan War hero |
AJAX |
| Turn the soil |
PLOW |
| Type measures |
ENS |
| Utensil made from a gourd shell |
CALABASH |
| Venetian blind part |
SLAT |
| Verse |
POEM |
| Well-protected |
SAFE |
| Wheedle |
COAX |
| [Uncorrected] |
SIC |
