| Merriment |
GLEE |
| Metered vehicle |
TAXI |
| Mosquito-bite reaction |
ITCH |
| Nevada city |
RENO |
| No longer competitive |
OUTOFTHERUNNING |
| Not as much |
LESS |
| Not as small |
LARGER |
| Not on time |
TARDY |
| Numerical fact, for short |
STAT |
| Obstacle |
SNAG |
| Ocean's rise and fall |
TIDE |
| On the couch |
SEATED |
| Opera-house cheer |
BRAVO |
| Opponents |
FOES |
| Potato often used for fries |
RUSSET |
| Precise |
EXACT |
| Property claim |
LIEN |
| Region |
AREA |
| September flower |
ASTER |
| Sgts.' superiors |
LTS |
| Sharp-witted |
ASTUTE |
| Short-tempered |
TESTY |
| Slapstick comedy |
FARCE |
| Small child |
TOT |
| Small valley |
GLEN |
| Smell __ (be suspicious) |
ARAT |
| Suppress, as a yawn |
STIFLE |
| Takes advantage of |
USES |
| Talks wildly |
RANTS |
| Tehran native |
IRANI |
| Tire in the trunk |
SPARE |
| Untrue |
NOTSO |
| Up in the sky |
ALOFT |
| Walking stick |
CANE |
| Was generous |
GAVE |
| White part of a Santa costume |
BEARD |
| Whitish gemstone |
OPAL |
| Wild animal's home |
LAIR |
| Write with block letters |
PRINT |