| It can be bruised |
EGO |
| It usually loses in war |
TREY |
| Jambalaya, e.g |
STEW |
| Joint sometimes replaced |
KNEE |
| Like some excuses |
FLIMSY |
| Lo-cal |
LITE |
| Longtime Mississippi senator |
LOTT |
| Manipulate |
USE |
| More than amuse |
SLAY |
| Mustang contemporaries |
GTOS |
| Offer with no intention of giving, say |
TEASE |
| On the qui vive |
ALERT |
| Opted for |
CHOSE |
| Plumbing bends |
ELLS |
| Pours messily |
SLOPS |
| Protein-rich bean |
SOYA |
| Really enjoyed |
ATEUP |
| Red wine choice |
MERLOT |
| Rural valley |
GLEN |
| Sailor's assent |
AYE |
| Script snippet |
LINE |
| Seafood order |
SOLE |
| Sharp cry |
YELP |
| Show disapproval |
JEER |
| Show whose cast holds the record for the most charted songs on the Billboard Hot 100 |
GLEE |
| Skid row types |
WINOS |
| Smelting waste |
SLAG |
| Soft palate projection |
UVULA |
| Spot for a lectern |
DAIS |
| Spring-__ cycle: tidal phenomenon |
NEAP |
| Stuff |
CRAM |
| Summer beverage |
ICETEA |
| Two-minute warning giver |
REF |
| Twofold |
DUAL |
| Uncle Sam poster word |
YOU |
| Warmup act |
OPENER |
| Watch the boob tube, say |
VEGOUT |
| __ stick |
POGO |