| Oldies evocation |
NOSTALGIA |
| Optimist's credo |
CANDO |
| Overwhelm with noise |
DEAFEN |
| Parasite |
LEECH |
| Persia, today |
IRAN |
| Play start |
ACTI |
| Plot size, perhaps |
ACRE |
| Pop or Pops |
DAD |
| Postman's concern |
ADDRESS |
| Response |
ANSWER |
| River transports |
RAFTS |
| Run up bills |
SPEND |
| School year division |
TERM |
| Scuba supply |
AIR |
| Second Amendment supporter (Abbr.) |
NRA |
| Second word from Descartes? |
ERGO |
| Sells |
VENDS |
| Sentence ender, on occasion |
ETAL |
| Sergio of spaghetti Westerns |
LEONE |
| Show one's future? |
MANIFESTDESTINY |
| Signature color of Valentine's Day |
RED |
| Small bay |
INLET |
| Some Feds |
TMEN |
| Sound after a pin prick, perhaps |
SSS |
| Spot to stop |
END |
| Stern spot |
AFT |
| Sticky stuff |
GOO |
| Still to come |
AHEAD |
| Tenants' documents |
LEASES |
| Unwanted carpenter? |
ANT |
| Up to one's ears |
AWASH |
| Vacation car, usually |
RENTAL |
| Vest's lack |
SLEEVES |
| Worm-___ (decrepit) |
EATEN |
| Worship |
ADORE |
| Yemeni port |
ADEN |
| ___ contendere (court plea) |
NOLO |
| ___ mater |
ALMA |
| ___ X |
GEN |
