| Lusterless finish |
MATTE |
| Made bearable |
EASED |
| Meaning of life |
ULTIMATEPURPOSE |
| Miles ___ hour |
PER |
| Military meal |
MESS |
| Naughty alternative |
NICE |
| Navigation system display |
MAP |
| Negative votes |
NOES |
| Nest egg component, for short |
IRA |
| New newts |
EFTS |
| Opening chip |
ANTE |
| Parts of a yard |
FEET |
| Pepper mate |
SALT |
| Playing hard-to-get |
COY |
| Pre-owned |
USED |
| Prepares for the next turn in the alley |
RESETS |
| Private eye |
TEC |
| Pronto, in office speak |
ASAP |
| Routine learning method |
ROTE |
| Scruff of the neck |
NAPE |
| Seed covering |
TESTA |
| Sixty minutes past 12 |
ONE |
| Soft "Hey, you!" |
PSST |
| Subjects for analysts |
PSYCHES |
| Sultry |
SENSUAL |
| Surrounded by |
AMID |
| Tai ___ |
CHI |
| They may be kicked off or kicked up |
HEELS |
| They show the Virgin Mary |
PIETAS |
| They're found among the reeds |
OBOES |
| Thor Heyerdahl's ill-fated papyrus craft |
RAI |
| Tide between springs |
NEAP |
| Tree fellers |
AXES |
| Tuneful |
MELODIOUS |
| Wild goat with huge horns |
IBEX |
| Word with "basin" or "wave" |
TIDAL |
| Words after "the jig" or "your time" |
ISUP |
| ___ E. Coyote of cartoons |
WILE |