| Hot, spicy winter drink |
TODDY |
| Interrupter's interjection |
AHEM |
| Itty bits |
IOTAS |
| Little dog sounds |
YIPS |
| Nursery rhyme knave's loot |
TARTS |
| One who gets kicks from cruelty |
SADIST |
| One-third of twenty? |
TEES |
| Ordain |
ENACT |
| Origin of a certain condiment |
MUSTARDSEED |
| Part of RCMP |
ROYAL |
| People who bring you this puzzle's theme entries |
WAITERS |
| Pictured |
SAW |
| Pig in a sty, often |
WALLOWER |
| Pop up, as a question |
ARISE |
| Positive electrodes |
ANODES |
| Reach emotionally |
STIR |
| Red-spotted creatures |
NEWTS |
| Regions |
AREAS |
| Saving, as for a rainy day |
SALTINGAWAY |
| Slithery Egyptian |
ASP |
| Southern whistler's tune |
DIXIE |
| Speak one's views |
OPINE |
| Suffix with "hexa-" or "deca-" |
GON |
| Synchronized performance in a pool |
WATERBALLET |
| The one that Beethoven made (see 15-Across) |
FIDELIO |
| They're often negative before elections |
ADS |
| Tiniest |
WEEST |
| Type of hold |
TOE |
| Vaulted altar area |
APSE |
| Verbal tirades |
RANTS |
| What a crook might go under |
ALIAS |
| What tots might go after? |
TATER |
| Where to find M.D.s and R.N.s |
ERS |
| Word with "house" or "bitter" |
ALE |
| Words of warning |
ORELSE |
| ___ glance |
ATA |
| ___ impasse (stymied) |
ATAN |
| ___ Xtra (soft drink brand) |
PIBB |
