| Green gemstones |
JADES |
| Gumbel's "Today" successor |
LAUER |
| Herding dog name |
SHEP |
| High-fiber fruit |
PEAR |
| Highly skilled |
ADEPT |
| Ici __: French "here and there" |
ETLA |
| Idyllic places |
EDENS |
| Invitation on a fictional cake |
EATME |
| Italy's La __ |
SCALA |
| King's "__ Lot" |
SALEMS |
| Language that gave us "clan" |
ERSE |
| Met the challenge |
FACEDIT |
| More roly-poly |
PLUMPER |
| Musical Dion |
CELINE |
| Muskrat relatives |
LEMMINGS |
| Netanyahu, for one |
ISRAELI |
| Not yet final, legally |
NISI |
| Nursery arrival |
NEONATE |
| One in an office exchange |
MEMO |
| One of the noble gases |
ARGON |
| Path in a pool |
LANE |
| Picnic serving, and when divided properly, a hint to a hidden feature of six pairs of puzzle answers |
LEMONADE |
| Pledge of Allegiance ender |
ALL |
| Quarterback Tebow |
TIM |
| Red Cross red cross, e.g |
EMBLEM |
| River of central Germany |
EDER |
| River to the Elbe |
OHRE |
| Schedule |
SLATE |
| Scraps |
ORTS |
| Self-titled 1991 debut album |
ALANIS |
| Sign on an on-ramp |
MERGE |
| Valedictorian, typically |
ASTUDENT |
| Walking aid |
STAFF |
| West Germany's first chancellor |
ADENAUER |
| When Juliet asks "wherefore art thou Romeo?" |
ACTII |
| Word of agreement |
DITTO |
| Yeats' land: Abbr |
IRE |