| Mornings, for short |
AMS |
| Mouse hater's cry |
EEK |
| Mouse or beaver, e.g. |
RODENT |
| Move furtively |
SIDLE |
| Naval rank: Abbr. |
ENS |
| Niger's western neighbor |
MALI |
| Noted Chinese philosopher |
LAOTSE |
| Pacific, for one |
OCEAN |
| Piano fixer |
TUNER |
| Pitch a tent |
CAMP |
| Police officers |
COPS |
| Portuguese islands |
AZORES |
| Quick raid |
FORAY |
| Record store purchases |
CDS |
| Reduces to bits, as potatoes |
RICES |
| Requirement |
NEED |
| Riding whip |
CROP |
| Search (into) |
DELVE |
| Slander's counterpart |
LIBEL |
| Snooze |
NAP |
| Sounds of disapproval |
TSKS |
| Stopped sleeping |
WOKE |
| Superman's father |
JOREL |
| Surgery tool |
LASER |
| Tiff |
SPAT |
| Trite saying |
SAW |
| What a protractor measures |
ANGLE |
| Wicked |
EVIL |
| Wrestling surfaces |
MATS |
| Writer Ephron |
NORA |
| Yankee manager Joe |
TORRE |
| Zeal |
ARDOR |
| Zsa Zsa's sister |
EVA |
| ___ Alexander (Hall-of-Fame pitcher) |
GROVERCLEVELAND |
| ___ Duke (tobacco magnate) |
JAMESBUCHANAN. |
| ___ Major (Great Bear) |
URSA |
| ___ non grata |
PERSONA |
| ___ Toole (Pulitzer-winning novelist) |
JOHNKENNEDY |
| ___ Yello (soft drink) |
MELLO |
