| Love-poetry Muse |
ERATO |
| Makes less severe |
EASES |
| Member of a certain order |
ELK |
| Miscalculates |
ERRS |
| Monovalent radicals |
ALKYLS |
| More intelligent |
SMARTER |
| Move with one's tail between one's legs |
SLINK |
| No he-men, they |
SISSIES |
| Not chronic |
ACUTE |
| Occupied the throne |
REIGNED |
| On an even ___ |
KEEL |
| One fell on Chicken Little's head |
ACORN |
| One may be clerical |
ERROR |
| Partner of "about" |
OUT |
| Patricia of "A Face in the Crowd" |
NEAL |
| Pilot's announcement, for short |
ETA |
| Plus additional things |
ETC |
| Poetic word for "before" |
ERE |
| Poetry lengths, in printing |
LINAGES |
| Polo mount |
PONY |
| Rate of return |
YIELD |
| Rise sky-high |
SOAR |
| See you in Rome? |
CIAO |
| Seeks permission |
ASKS |
| Slays, slangily |
OFFS |
| Small amount of residue |
DREG |
| Start of a rap joke? |
KNOCKKNOCK |
| Strike, to an editor |
DELE |
| Sultry Horne |
LENA |
| The three for sisters? |
ESSES |
| Took a stab at |
TRIED |
| Toothpaste or hairbrush, e.g |
TOILETRY |
| Units of energy equal to 100 ergs per gram |
RADS |
| Unspoken |
TACIT |
| Very friendly |
BUDDYBUDDY |
| Very small amounts |
TADS |
| Volcano that blew its stack in 2002 |
ETNA |
| Walk-___ (clients sans appointments) |
INS |
| Well-informed about |
UPON |
