| Office aides |
TEMPS |
| Orange cover |
RIND |
| Pixie |
SPRITE |
| Poorly lit |
DIM |
| Potentially dangerous |
DODGY |
| Republican stronghold |
REDSTATE |
| Rigging support |
SPAR |
| Rose's love |
ABIE |
| Rude fellows |
BOORS |
| Scottish river |
DEE |
| Signs a lease |
RENTS |
| Tennis star Sampras |
PETE |
| They may clash |
EGOS |
| Thin cut |
SLIT |
| Top card |
ACE |
| Travel stop |
INN |
| Up in the air |
ALOFT |
| Vine growth |
TENDRIL |
| Walk nervously |
PACE |
| Waltz and Watusi |
DANCES |
| Was ahead |
LED |
| Washington baseballer, for short |
NAT |
| Window cover |
SHADE |
| Window section |
PANE |
| Writer Waugh |
ALEC |
