| Lacking in vitality |
PALE |
| Like a day in Houston, often |
HAZY |
| Like some decisions |
RASH |
| Loafer adornment |
CENT |
| Mama's name |
CASS |
| Marquee performer |
STAR |
| Month after Adar |
NISAN |
| More than punctual |
EARLY |
| Not a movie |
REAL |
| Number one guy? |
ADAM |
| Nutty fruitcake center? |
ASA |
| Off base? |
AWOL |
| One of the Great ones |
ERIE |
| Pack contents? |
LIES |
| Pelvic bones |
ILIA |
| Pillage |
MARAUD |
| Poetry Muse |
ERATO |
| Quickie exam |
QUIZ |
| Radiate |
EXUDE |
| Raised |
REARED |
| Raised platform |
AMBO |
| Resist, as authority |
DEFY |
| Respond to stimulus |
REACT |
| Revealing look? |
XRAY |
| Run-of-the-mill |
USUAL |
| Ryder in "How to Make an American Quilt" |
WINONA |
| Salmon do it |
SPAWN |
| Scout's pledge word |
DUTY |
| Singer with Louis and Duke |
ELLA |
| Soothing plant |
ALOE |
| Stem swelling |
EDEMA |
| Stew or miscellany |
OLIO |
| Stock home? |
YARD |
| Suffix with star or tsar |
DOM |
| Time for a mammoth feast? |
STONEAGE |
| Unlikely, as chances |
SLIM |
| Video partner |
AUDIO |
| Wanders (about) |
GADS |
| Watch dog org.? |
SPCA |