| Motel alternative |
INN |
| No picnic |
HARD |
| One of two definitive responses |
YES |
| One placed to get slapped |
WRIST |
| Outward, anatomically |
ECTAD |
| Part of Ralph Kramden's laugh |
HAR |
| Per unit |
APOP |
| Pessimistic ''almost'' |
CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR |
| Pessimistic loser's lament |
YOUCANTWINEMALL |
| Pessimistic observation |
THATWONTDOATALL |
| Pessimistic prediction |
ITLLNEVERHAPPEN |
| Pop choice |
COLA |
| Reduce to tears, in a way |
BORE |
| Remove, as a brooch |
UNPIN |
| Removes extraneous material |
TRIMS |
| Rose pest |
APHID |
| Sandusky Bay lake |
ERIE |
| Scout's creation |
KNOT |
| Second-generation Japanese-American |
NISEI |
| Setting on a CD player |
VOL |
| Seven-year phenomenon |
ITCH |
| Shinto gateway |
TORII |
| Specified day |
DATE |
| Sports venue |
ARENA |
| Still in the oven, so to speak |
UNBORN |
| Stomach-turning |
ICKY |
| Tennis great Ivan |
LENDL |
| Term of affection |
DEARIE |
| They have teeth |
COGS |
| Tiptop |
APEX |
| Traditional truism |
ADAGE |
| True to the cause |
LOYAL |
| Vague amount |
SOME |
| Variety of chalcedony |
ONYX |
| Whatsis |
ITEM |
| Where ''you are'' |
HERE |
| Where the Ucayali flows |
PERU |
| Written agreement between two sovereigns |
PACT |
| ___ of the above |
NONE |
