| Molecule part |
ATOM |
| Musical composition |
OPUS |
| Nonsense |
TRIPE |
| Out of style |
PASSE |
| Pull a fast one on |
DUPE |
| Rain-delay cover |
TARP |
| Really annoy |
PEEVE |
| Research site |
TESTLAB |
| Rhyme writers |
POETS |
| Rotisserie rod |
SPIT |
| Salad morsel |
OLIVE |
| School semester |
TERM |
| See 31 Across |
ALDA |
| Seismologist's prefix for center |
EPI |
| Senator's assent |
YEA |
| Smaller |
TEENIER |
| Sports complex |
ARENA |
| Stereo accessory |
TAPEPLAYER |
| Stored away |
STOWED |
| Stringed instrument accessory |
VIOLINBOW |
| Strongly recommend |
URGE |
| Summit |
APEX |
| Supply party food for |
CATER |
| Take a breather |
REST |
| Talk back to |
SASS |
| Touches on the shoulder |
TAPS |
| Touring pros' org |
PGA |
| Train, in the ring |
SHADOWBOX |
| Turner who founded CNN |
TED |
| Ushers to a seat |
LEADSIN |
| Vicinity |
AREA |
| Waiter's reward |
TIP |
| Watchful |
ALERT |
| Where Des Moines is |
IOWA |
| White-petaled flower |
DAISY |
| Whitish gemstone |
OPAL |
| With 3 Down, ''M*A*S*H'' star |
ALAN |
| Would like to have |
WANT |
| Writing tablets |
PADS |