| Leave off |
DROP |
| Lie |
RECLINE |
| Like a haiku |
ONEVERSE |
| Many a night owl |
LATERISER |
| Miter box insert |
TENONSAW |
| Most dodgy |
SLIEST |
| Name associated with chicken |
TSO |
| New Year's Eve figure |
REVELER |
| Newsworthy '90s jurist |
ITO |
| No. pro |
CPA |
| North Carolina town for which a noted Mrs. is reputedly named |
CALABASH |
| Off-color |
BAWDY |
| Plague |
BESET |
| Range that includes Kings Peak |
UINTA |
| Remove |
EVICT |
| Roger Ascham, to Queen Elizabeth I |
TUTOR |
| Russian soups |
BORSCHTS |
| See |
VISUALIZE |
| Shrinking sea |
ARAL |
| Six-footer, maybe |
PUTT |
| Slow boat |
TUB |
| Smoother |
PLANER |
| Soft-focus effect |
HAZE |
| Some glasses |
SPECS |
| Sources of fine-grained wood |
YEWS |
| Spike, as of grain |
EAR |
| Surfing site |
NET |
| Teed off |
ANGRY |
| They have cup-shaped guards |
EPEES |
| Together, musically |
ADUE |
| Unambiguous words |
IMEANIT |
| Very precious thing |
HUMANLIFE |
| Ward of film |
SELA |
| Wiccan group |
COVEN |
| Worthless to the max |
LESSTHANNOTHING |