| Jeans purveyor Strauss |
LEVI |
| Judge, at times |
TRIER |
| Knock-down, drag-out fight |
MELEE |
| Lecherous man |
ROUE |
| Like some crooks' eyes |
BEADY |
| Like the glass in church windows |
STAINED |
| Make an attempt |
TRY |
| Make lace |
TAT |
| Match, as a raise |
SEE |
| Mensa member's opposite |
IDIOT |
| Movie critic, at times |
RATER |
| Movie for which Denzel Washington won his first Oscar |
GLORY |
| Name spelled out in a Kinks song |
LOLA |
| Nimbus |
HALO |
| None's opposite |
ALL |
| Ones to be respected |
ELDERS |
| Open-textured fabric |
MESH |
| Orange-yellow shades |
AMBERS |
| Outcast in a colony |
LEPER |
| Parts of mastered mix tapes, sometimes |
MUSICLOOPS |
| Pendulum paths |
ARCS |
| Piece of an orchestra? |
OPUS |
| Protected wading bird |
EGRET |
| Reluctant |
HESITANT |
| Responsibility |
ONUS |
| Sea near the Caspian |
ARAL |
| Six-toed Aussie |
EMU |
| Sledder's starting point |
HILLTOP |
| Sly call for attention |
PSST |
| Small-minded |
PETTY |
| That certain something |
AURA |
| Theater box |
LOGE |
| Turner or Sinatra |
TINA |
| Unload, on Wall Street |
SELL |
| Useful device to have in winter |
DEICER |
| What air quotes sometimes indicate |
IRONY |
| Where to find Today's Special |
MENU |
| Woolly cud-chewer |
LLAMA |
| Work unit |
ERG |