| Function |
USE |
| Get in shape for a competition |
TRAIN |
| Give a thumbs-down to |
NIX |
| Glare blocker in a car |
VISOR |
| Halloween, to All Saints' Day |
EVE |
| Hard-___ (tough) |
NOSED |
| If-possible connector |
ATALL |
| Impervious to break-ins |
SECURE |
| Incited (with "on") |
EGGED |
| Interstates |
EXPRESSWAYS |
| Isolated instance |
SPECIALCASE |
| Itty bits |
IOTAS |
| Kidney-related |
RENAL |
| Kin to Blvds |
AVES |
| Kind of training |
BASIC |
| More quick to the helm |
YARER |
| Nile Valley reptile |
ASP |
| Nine-to-five drudgery, say |
RUT |
| Not very bright, really |
DIM |
| Panetta or Spinks |
LEON |
| Perfume |
ESSENCE |
| Questioning word |
HOW |
| Reprimand mildly |
CHIDE |
| Russian country house |
DACHA |
| Small Eurasian duck |
SMEW |
| Soaked with rays |
SUNDRENCHED |
| Soup legumes |
LENTILS |
| Surpassingly good |
SUPERB |
| Tall flightless bird |
EMU |
| Tolkien cannibal |
ORC |
| Venture |
DARE |
| What makes a drink clink |
ICE |
| What may follow you |
ARE |
| Where some pitchers sleep? |
TENTS |
| Wide-mouthed wine bottle |
CARAFE |
| Woman of habit? |
NUN |
| Word before a maiden name |
NEE |
| ___ King Cole |
NAT |
| ___ the run (munch in motion) |
EATON |