| Like porcupines |
SPINY |
| Male caribou, e.g. |
STAG |
| Mattress problem |
SAG |
| Middle of a clumsy alpinist's quip |
EVERESTISTOFALL |
| Milker's implement |
PAIL |
| Mother of all matriarchs |
EVE |
| Moved to protect the king |
CASTLED |
| Muscular fitness |
TONE |
| Musical chipmunk |
ALVIN |
| Ninth Greek letter |
IOTA |
| Nomadic communities |
HORDES |
| One may be assigned to a bomb |
STAR |
| One way to level the playing field? |
MOW |
| Overfeed |
SATE |
| Oxford insert |
TREE |
| Part of a certain cutting blade |
SAWTOOTH |
| Peddle goods |
HAWK |
| Pod vegetable |
OKRA |
| Precious stones |
OPALS |
| Puts in jail, e.g. |
LOCKSAWAY |
| Quart, and then some |
LITER |
| Requirement for a 10th inning |
TIE |
| Respond to a buzzing alarm |
RESET |
| Ruins 007's martini? |
STIRS |
| Sharp spasm |
PANG |
| Software development phase |
BETA |
| Some tennis volleys |
RETURNS |
| Song for the masses? |
HYMN |
| Sound of an angry exit |
SLAM |
| Start of a clumsy alpinist's quip |
TOSLIPATOPMOUNT |
| Start of a Whitney Houston hit |
DIDNT |
| Swamp stalk |
REED |
| Takes more than one's share |
HOGS |
| They were Amazin' in 1969 |
METS |
| Type of soup |
ALPHABET |
| Upscale abode |
CONDO |
| Use a block and tackle |
HOIST |
| Visorless cap |
BERET |
| Word with blue or diver |
SKY |
