| Like some observations |
ASTUTE |
| Name for the devil |
OLDNICK |
| Natural timekeeper, of a sort |
BIOLOGICALCLOCK |
| Nice little song |
DITTY |
| Not a guy |
GAL |
| Not ashore |
ASEA |
| Notion in Normandy |
IDEE |
| Often-transparent mineral |
MICA |
| One keeping minutes |
NOTER |
| One running for office |
NOMINEE |
| Ottoman honorific |
AGA |
| Painter Jean-Francois |
MILLET |
| Palindromic city in Oklahoma |
ADA |
| Parenthetical comment |
ASIDE |
| Places to watch the birdie |
BADMINTONCOURTS |
| Political gathering |
CAUCUS |
| Positions for divers |
TUCKS |
| Printing direction |
STET |
| Refuse to play by the rules |
CHEAT |
| Roman god |
DEUS |
| Sad news item |
OBIT |
| Santa ___ (San Jose's county) |
CLARA |
| Senate assistants |
AIDES |
| Sick |
ILL |
| Small eggs, to a biologist |
OVULES |
| Some paintings |
PORTRAITS |
| Start a poker game |
DEAL |
| Swashbuckling Flynn |
ERROL |
| Test grade |
MARK |
| They feature many jumps |
BALLETCOMPANIES |
| Toward the Atlantic, in America |
EAST |
| Use intense light on |
LASE |
| Wears the crown |
RULES |
| What greedy people want |
MORE |
| Where to spend a kip |
LAOS |
| Wound with a knife |
STAB |
| Yearning |
YEN |
| ___ noire (fearsome entity) |
BETE |