| Island group north of Fiji |
TUVALU |
| It gets hammered |
NAIL |
| Keep getting Mad |
RENEW |
| Lab-culture medium |
AGAR |
| Like slander, as opposed to libel |
ORAL |
| Loos who wrote "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" |
ANITA |
| Membrane with rods and cones |
RETINA |
| Middle East Gulf |
ADEN |
| NHL venue |
RINK |
| One who eschews meat |
VEGAN |
| Opening for a dermatologist |
PORE |
| Oxen's crossbar |
YOKE |
| Pistol, in old gangster movies |
GAT |
| Place for a big match |
ARENA |
| Place for a pot |
SILL |
| Places humans evolve? |
UTERI |
| Possessive pronoun |
ITS |
| Ranch bunch |
HERD |
| Retire for the night |
TURNIN |
| Retract, as a statement |
UNSAY |
| Scout unit |
PATROL |
| Scraps |
ORTS |
| Seasickness, e.g |
NAUSEA |
| Second-to-last letter of the Greek alphabet |
PSI |
| Slangy safecrackers |
YEGGS |
| Spreadsheet entries, e.g |
DATA |
| Stringent |
STERN |
| Thus far |
TODATE |
| Tiers for cheers |
STANDS |
| Train operator (Abbr.) |
ENGR |
| Type or kind |
ILK |
| Use a computer keyboard |
TYPE |
| Wall St. letters |
AMEX |
| Weigh by lifting |
HEFT |
| Withered and dry |
SERE |
| Words before "new world record" |
SETA |
| ___ juris (legal phrase) |
SUI |
| ___ Royal Highness |
HER |
| ___-Contra Affair |
IRAN |
