| Metals from the earth |
ORES |
| More than enough |
OODLES |
| Most lacking in seriousness |
JOKIEST |
| No friend of Hamilton, he |
BURR |
| Not at peace |
WORRIED |
| Of low character |
IGNOBLE |
| Oft-misplaced items |
KEYS |
| One place to be lost |
ATSEA |
| Open some, as a door |
AJAR |
| Out of the rat race (Abbr.) |
RETD |
| Per diem |
DAILY |
| Place for a fly, in jokes |
SOUP |
| Place of refuge for the wild |
LAIR |
| Poem of homage |
ODE |
| Public-house drink |
ALE |
| Saffron-flavored Spanish dish |
PAELLA |
| Sax range |
ALTO |
| Scuttling crustacean |
CRAB |
| Sean Connery is one |
SCOT |
| Sedimentary rock layers |
STRATA |
| Showy Scandinavian rugs |
RYAS |
| Some pottery class projects |
VASES |
| Staff note |
MEMO |
| Suspect chaser |
COP |
| Sword handle |
HILT |
| Taken ___ (given a turn) |
ABACK |
| They have a central meeting place |
RADII |
| They might put the squeeze on you |
ANACONDAS |
| Tolkien cannibal |
ORC |
| Two barbershop quartets |
OCTET |
| Van Gogh's love offering |
EAR |
| Winged god of love |
EROS |
| Winnerless game |
TIE |
| Winter temps may be in them |
TEENS |
| Word before flung or fetched |
FAR |
| Wrist joints |
CARPI |
| Yak without interruption |
RUNON |
| ___-de-camp |
AIDE |
