| Historical period |
ERA |
| Hospital areas: Abbr |
ERS |
| Icy precipitation |
SLEET |
| Jack-in-the-box part |
LID |
| Kitchen strainer |
SIEVE |
| Lambs' moms |
EWES |
| Leave port |
SAIL |
| Life story, for short |
BIO |
| Magnitude of sound |
LOUDNESS |
| Medical insurance groups: Abbr |
HMOS |
| New Haven collegian |
ELI |
| Occupied, as a loveseat |
SATON |
| Parish priest |
VICAR |
| Place to store tools |
SHED |
| Post-WWII alliance |
NATO |
| Pretentious |
ARTSY |
| Rail riders |
HOBOS |
| Rainbow shape |
ARC |
| Savings-bank alternatives |
CREDITUNIONS |
| Select, with ''for'' |
OPT |
| Slanted type style |
ITALIC |
| Solemn promise |
VOW |
| Sounds of disapproval |
TSKS |
| Speaks like Daffy Duck |
LISPS |
| Speech bubbles, in comics |
THOUGHTBALLOONS |
| Staircase part |
STEP |
| Standards of perfection |
IDEALS |
| Stretchable paper holders |
ELASTICBANDS |
| Sugar source |
CANE |
| Take creases out of clothes |
IRON |
| Think curiously (about) |
WONDER |
| Tic-tac-toe winner |
OOO |
| Tip of a shoe |
TOE |
| Took the rind off |
PEELED |
| Touch on the shoulder |
TAP |
| Winfrey of TV |
OPRAH |
| Without frills |
BASIC |
| Young fellow |
LAD |
| __ and cranny |
NOOK |