| "Conservative" lead-in |
NEO |
| "I'm signing off" |
OVERANDOUT |
| A plant disease |
EDEMA |
| Admirer of Beauty |
BEAST |
| Alien territory |
OUTERSPACE |
| Assist in bad doings |
ABET |
| Badminton exchange |
VOLLEY |
| Be certain |
KNOW |
| Bottomless pits |
ABYSMS |
| Bristled, as grain |
AWNED |
| Brown in a pan |
SAUTE |
| Busch Gardens locale |
TAMPA |
| Ceylon, now |
SRILANKA |
| Chanel No. 1? |
COCO |
| Cheese or tuna concoction |
MELT |
| Cheesy stuff |
SCHLOCK |
| Compensate in advance |
PREPAY |
| Creepy count? |
DRACULA |
| Crushed rock used in foundations |
RIPRAP |
| Deep-bodied herring |
SHAD |
| Discussion group |
PANEL |
| Elevator man |
OTIS |
| Forbidden perfume? |
TABU |
| Forte |
AREA |
| Furtive "Hey, you!" |
PSST |
| Golden or slide |
RULE |
| Great flair |
ELAN |
| Grieve |
MOURN |
| Gunky stuff |
CRUD |
| Handy abbr |
ETAL |
| Hereditary source |
GENEPOOL |
| Insert |
ADD |
| It begins on Ash Wednesday |
LENT |
| It may cook your goose |
POT |
| Jot associate |
TITTLE |
| Judge's attire |
ROBE |
| Kind of pass in football |
LATERAL |
