| Lab noise |
ARF |
| Lavish party |
FETE |
| Leaving little to the imagination |
LOWCUT |
| Lions, collectively |
PRIDE |
| Loan sources, of a sort |
PAWNSHOPS |
| Mantel piece |
SHELF |
| Mantric syllables |
OMS |
| Meal |
REPAST |
| Mechanical officer of film |
ROBOCOP |
| Megaplex count |
SCREENS |
| Modern mod |
TAT |
| Mushroom |
EXPAND |
| Musicologist Lomax |
ALAN |
| Old incarnations |
PASTLIVES |
| Old man |
PAPA |
| Orchard unit |
TREE |
| Pie order |
ALAMODE |
| Pleasant enough |
LIKABLE |
| Poetic word of regret |
ALAS |
| Polite query |
MAYI |
| Quarters |
ABODE |
| Remote batteries, often |
AAS |
| She covered Otis's 'Respect' |
ARETHA |
| Some like it felt on the tip |
PEN |
| Source of bizarre ideas, so to speak |
LEFTFIELD |
| Starting lineups |
ATEAMS |
| Stead |
LIEU |
| Strapped |
INNEED |
| Tahiti et Guadeloupe |
ILES |
| The Book of Revelations, briefly |
APOC |
| Treat at a restaurant |
PAY |
| Turn |
ROT |
| Unpaid staffers, usually |
INTERNS |
| Vain injection? |
BOTOX |
| Wall St. event |
IPO |
| WBEZ's Glass |
IRA |
| Winner of 11 Oscars in 1997 |
TITANIC |
| You might take it when you can't make it |
RAINCHECK |
| You might take one after a concert |
BOW |
| ___-Rooter |
ROTO |