| Ideal place |
UTOPIA |
| Imaginary |
MADEUP |
| In trouble |
BADOFF |
| Initial stake |
ANTE |
| Lodge letters |
BPOE |
| Low point |
NADIR |
| Modest answer to ''Who's there?'' |
JUSTME |
| New Zealand bird |
KIWI |
| New __, India |
DELHI |
| Not up yet |
INBED |
| Novelist Fleming |
IAN |
| Pasture |
FIELD |
| PBS science series |
NOVA |
| Phone wire |
CORD |
| Prove helpful |
AVAIL |
| Quick letter |
NOTE |
| Reach for rudely |
GRABAT |
| Robin Hood's hangout |
FOREST |
| Second TV showing |
RERUN |
| Secondhand |
USED |
| Seek damages |
SUE |
| Seesaw quorum |
TWO |
| Spy's ''covert'' activities |
OPS |
| Subtle difference |
NUANCE |
| Takes care of |
DOES |
| Tame |
SUBDUE |
| Throw in |
ADD |
| Tremendously |
ALOT |
| Tribal leader |
ELDER |
| Tub toy |
BOAT |
| Unusual trinket |
CURIO |
| Use the microwave on |
ZAP |
| Winter Games sled |
LUGE |
| Without delay |
ATONCE |
| Yankee star's nickname |
AROD |
| Yellowstone spouter |
GEYSER |
| Zero |
NIL |
| __ Paulo |
SAO |
| __ tai (cocktail) |
MAI |