| Highly-rated |
AONE |
| Impressively direct |
INCISIVE |
| Inquisitive |
NOSY |
| Kelly or Hackman |
GENE |
| Leer |
OGLE |
| Libertine |
ROUE |
| Low-pH |
ACID |
| Major-ette's prop |
BATON |
| Met melody |
ARIA |
| Newton fruit |
FIG |
| Old anesthetic |
ETHER |
| Pale |
WAN |
| Parliament figure |
LORD |
| Pork cut |
LOIN |
| Rd |
AVE |
| Region |
BELT |
| Shade provider |
ELM |
| Skirt feature |
SLIT |
| Sparkler |
GEM |
| Spring mo |
APR |
| Spruced up |
NEAT |
| Tabloid event re Elvis |
SIGHTING |
| Ticks off |
IRES |
| Tweet |
CHIRP |
| Twilight hour,in a way |
VII |
| Upper crust |
ELITE |
| Vagrant |
HOBO |
| Vindicat-ing |
RIGHTING |
| Winnie-the-Pooh's creator |
MILNE |
| Wise lawgiver |
SOLON |
| Wrestling win |
PIN |
| Zero |
NIL |