| Lighted part of a candle |
WICK |
| Like custard and meringue |
EGGY |
| Like some detachable linings |
ZIPOUT |
| Like some wasteful government spending |
PORKBARREL |
| Long, long time |
EON |
| Love, Italian-style |
AMORE |
| Made in ___ (garment label) |
USA |
| Many an Iraqi |
ARAB |
| Mortar troughs |
HODS |
| Naomi or Wynonna of country music |
JUDD |
| Part of a plant or tooth |
ROOT |
| Part that wags |
TAIL |
| Physiques |
BODS |
| Prefix with -glyphics |
HIERO |
| Puts down, as tile |
LAYS |
| Really bug |
RANKLE |
| Reeves of 'The Matrix' |
KEANU |
| Rod who was a seven-time A.L. batting champ |
CAREW |
| Seize |
GRAB |
| Short operatic song |
ARIETTA |
| Spanish gold |
ORO |
| Spray can |
AEROSOL |
| Stereotypical techie |
NERD |
| Stimpy's bud |
REN |
| Stuck, with no way to get down |
UPATREE |
| Sue Grafton's '___ for Evidence' |
EIS |
| Tell a whopper |
LIE |
| Toward shelter, nautically |
ALEE |
| Transparent, informally |
SEETHRU |
| TV's Dr. ___ |
PHIL |
| Unseen purchase |
PIGINAPOKE |
| What bodybuilders pump |
IRON |
| What TV watchers often zap |
ADS |
| Wood for a chest |
CEDAR |
| Wood for a chest |
OAK |
| Words before and after 'or not' |
TOBE |
| Writer Wiesel |
ELIE |
| Writer Zola |
EMILE |
| You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
SOWSEAR |