| It may be tall or spun |
TALE |
| It may help you avoid the draft |
SCARF |
| Ivy League member |
PENN |
| Jazz theme |
RIFF |
| Keeps one's balance? |
OWES |
| Kin of op. cit |
IBID |
| Knob on a branch |
NODE |
| Land on the Persian Gulf |
IRAN |
| Least popular kind of speech |
LONG |
| Like a newly installed fan belt |
TAUT |
| Like an eagle in flight |
ALOFT |
| Lollobrigida of "Hotel Paradiso" |
GINA |
| Marner the miser |
SILAS |
| Never ending? |
MORE |
| Not yet final, as a decree |
NISI |
| Novocaine target |
NERVE |
| Obtains wool |
SHEARS |
| Old photograph tint |
SEPIA |
| Poem of 31 syllables in five lines |
TANKA |
| Prefix with "dynamic" or "space" |
AERO |
| Rancher's charge |
STEER |
| Renders powerless |
HAMSTRINGS |
| Represent on stage |
ENACT |
| Restroom sign |
MENS |
| Singer Vikki |
CARR |
| Sneaking suspicion |
IDEA |
| Source of patronage jobs |
PORKBARREL |
| Stack of chips |
PILE |
| Stand for a photographer |
TRIPOD |
| Stash, as cash |
SAVE |
| Stick a knife into |
STAB |
| Thomas who wrote "The Magic Mountain" |
MANN |
| Unlikely winners defy them |
ODDS |
| User-friendly |
EASY |
| Went ___ (freaked) |
APE |
| Wipe off, as a slate |
ERASE |
| Wood so dense it doesn't float |
EBONY |
| Woodwind instrument |
OBOE |
| WWII submarine |
UBOAT |