| ''The Closer'' channel |
TNT |
| All-out |
TOTAL |
| Aperture |
SLIT |
| Arabic word for ''desert'' |
SAHARA |
| Arduous journey |
TREK |
| Aural disturbances |
NOISES |
| Australian sport |
SHEEPSHEARING |
| Back talk |
SASS |
| Blow one's top |
ERUPT |
| Brief downturn |
DIP |
| Buckeye's home |
OHIO |
| Bucks |
CASH |
| Burst of air |
GUST |
| Collie's coat |
FUR |
| Comics bulldog |
OTTO |
| Composes |
PENS |
| Correspond |
AGREE |
| Crawling ''king'' |
COBRA |
| Crow |
BRAG |
| De facto |
ACTUAL |
| Den furniture |
LOUNGERS |
| Destroyer designation |
USS |
| Diner or sleeper |
CAR |
| Dispensary inventory |
DRUGS |
| Does or bucks |
DEER |
| Draw forth |
EDUCE |
| Emulating |
ALA |
| Facts and figures |
DATA |
| Fancy-schmancy |
POSH |
| Filmy fabric |
GAUZE |
| Fit to be tied |
MAD |
| Future junior |
SOPH |
| Go to trouble |
FUSS |
| Heart chamber |
ATRIUM |
| Helium-__ laser |
NEON |
| Hoop group |
NBA |
| Hoops coups |
DUNKS |
| Hunting ammo |
SHOTGUNSHELLS |
| If that fails |
ELSE |
