| Land near Moab |
EDOM |
| Latin for 'sand' |
ARENA |
| Let loose a low |
MOOED |
| Letters in genetics |
RNA |
| Libertine's opposite |
PRUDE |
| Like tarantulas |
HAIRY |
| Marine colony former |
CORAL |
| Med. care provider |
HMO |
| Miata maker |
MAZDA |
| Mother of Ares |
HERA |
| Mount of Moses |
SINAI |
| Nelson-penned Cline hit |
CRAZY |
| New Jersey town's official cheer? |
RAHRAHRAHWAY |
| No short story |
SAGA |
| Norse thunder god |
THOR |
| Nutritional amt |
RDA |
| Nuts about stretching? |
YOGAGAGA |
| Old Scratch |
SATAN |
| Olympic jabber |
EPEE |
| On-line guffaw |
LOL |
| One of Henry's Catherines |
PARR |
| One with deadly allure |
SIREN |
| Ostrich cousin |
EMU |
| Over-the-Monster shot |
HOMER |
| Over-the-top fads |
MANIAS |
| Painter of haystacks |
MONET |
| Past-prime fellow |
GEEZER |
| Patriot Tom |
BRADY |
| Persian product |
RUG |
| Philosopher Langer |
SUSANNE |
| Pioneering ISP |
AOL |
| Prefatory words |
INTRO |
| Product of decay |
PTOMAINE |
| Put pedal to metal |
GOFAST |
| Put the kibosh on |
VETO |
| Quick to bristle |
SURLY |
| Rock found in sheets |
MICA |
| Running on fumes |
EMPTY |
| Said 'W-h-e-a-t'? |
SPELT |
| Sci-fi's Ellison |
HARLAN |
| Sculling gear |
OAR |
| Short on showers |
ARID |
| Signify |
DENOTE |
| Site of a leaner |
PISA |
| Small shoot |
SPRIG |
| Soon, quaintly |
ANON |
| Spot of land in the Thames? |
ISISISLE |
| Stanley Ann Dunham? |
OBAMAMAMA |
| Starr of comics |
BRENDA |
| Sweeties' meeting |
TRYST |
| Taxonomic groups |
PHYLA |
| Tear into pieces |
REND |
| Tex-Mex fare |
TACOS |
| The usual state |
NORMALCY |
| Thesaurus name |
ROGET |
| Ticking off Tony, say? |
SOPRANONONO |
| Tip for a writer? |
NIB |
| Too pungent |
ACRID |
| Top prize |
GOLD |
| Tuneful Hawaiian laughter? |
DONHOHOHO |
| Under a cloud |
GLOOMY |
| Unrefined minerals |
ORES |
| Verdi aria meaning 'It was you' |
ERITU |
| View from Vesuvius |
NAPLES |
| Well-mannered Post |
EMILY |
| Wildebeest |
GNU |
| Woody vines |
LIANAS |
| Words after 'ready' |
ORNOT |
| Wrap for a bum? |
DIAPER |
| __ de plume |
NOM |
| __ king |
ALA |
| __ Lingus |
AER |