| Humorous or humorist |
COMIC |
| In pre-swan mode |
UGLY |
| International syndicate |
CARTEL |
| It might be filled with oxygen |
TENT |
| It might have a single coconut tree |
ISLET |
| Keeps the engine running |
IDLES |
| Keg feature |
SPIGOT |
| Latch (onto) |
GLOM |
| Like nostalgic eyes, sometimes |
MISTY |
| Like the best pickup trucks |
POWERFULLYBUILT |
| Little itty bit |
IOTA |
| Mexican dollar |
PESO |
| Mira Sorvino's Oscar film |
MIGHTYAPHRODITE |
| More likely to help the less fortunate |
NICER |
| Narrow passage of water |
INLET |
| Org. that endorses toothpaste |
ADA |
| Patriotic monogram |
USA |
| Pension supplement, for short |
IRA |
| Prepare trout, in a way |
BROIL |
| Reinforced work boot part |
TOECAP |
| Round peg in a round hole |
DOWEL |
| Schoolyard claim |
DIBS |
| Slyly spiteful |
CATTY |
| Sushi, to a outdoorsman? |
BAIT |
| Take aboard a UFO |
ABDUCT |
| Tale |
STORY |
| Tear to pieces |
RIVE |
| Tenor's higher-up |
ALTO |
| The "good stuff" on the table |
CHINA |
| The golden calf, infamously |
IDOL |
| Trade |
SWAP |
| Treaty co-signer, often |
ALLY |
| Unable to give you anything? |
ASEPTIC |
| Volcanic menace in Sicily |
ETNA |
| Well-bred |
CLASSY |
| Word for the wise? |
SAGE |
| Word on a pageant sash |
MISS |
| Work units, in physics |
ERGS |