| "As you" or "as it" follower |
WERE |
| "To be," to Brutus |
ESSE |
| "___ contendere" (no contest plea) |
NOLO |
| 10-year prison sentence, in slang |
DIME |
| Absorbs (with "up") |
SOPS |
| Adjustable dress feature |
HEM |
| Adventure novel's protagonist |
HERO |
| Aerodynamically designed |
SLEEK |
| Alumnus's keepsake |
YEARBOOK |
| Another way to spell 33-Down |
CZAR |
| Beaver endeavor |
DAM |
| Becomes bogged down |
MIRES |
| Beyond recharging |
DEAD |
| Blessing |
BOON |
| Box-seating area |
LOGE |
| Cauterize cattle |
DEHORN |
| Come clean |
ADMIT |
| Couples |
DUADS |
| Covered, as with gold |
GILT |
| Creme-filled chocolate cookie |
OREO |
| Dakota, once (Abbr.) |
TERR |
| Damaged, as a fender |
DENTED |
| Dead Sea artifact |
SCROLL |
| Defunct airline |
TWA |
| Delete from memory |
ERASE |
| Devious maneuver |
PLOY |
| Diamond covering |
TARP |
| Do a pre-op chore |
SCRUB |
| Doesn't hog |
SHARES |
| Egyptian cobras |
ASPS |
| Exude slowly |
OOZE |
| Facility |
EASE |
| Fall heavily into a chair |
PLOP |
| Flower garden plots |
BEDS |
| Gets on film |
TAPES |
| Grassy plain |
LLANO |
| Gumbo pod |
OKRA |
| Hankerings |
YENS |