| It's a free country |
USA |
| Kind of mother |
DEN |
| Kind of viper |
ADDER |
| Land parcel |
ACRE |
| Leave off the list |
OMIT |
| Make absolutely sure |
ICE |
| Man of many parts |
ACTOR |
| Monthly check, for some |
RENT |
| Nocturnal newborn |
OWLET |
| Nursery word |
MAMA |
| Ocelot's spot? |
ZOO |
| One may be taken to the cleaners |
STAIN |
| Palindromic animal |
EWE |
| Part of a full house |
SEATS |
| Part of a rookery |
NEST |
| Parts of Web addresses |
DOTS |
| Pawns |
HOCKS |
| Pulled apart |
TORE |
| Quiz |
ASK |
| Range of hearing |
EARSHOT |
| Recognition |
CREDIT |
| Ride air currents |
SOAR |
| Roughly |
ORSO |
| Seagirt bit of land |
ISLET |
| Siesta |
CATNAP |
| Sister in a film title |
SARA |
| Slightest sound |
PEEP |
| Sounds from behind the front door, perhaps |
BARKS |
| Starts the business day, e.g. |
OPENS |
| Thanksgiving celebration, e.g. |
FEAST |
| They're in Olympic pools |
LANES |
| Total (with ''to'') |
AMOUNT |
| Tuck of fiction |
FRIAR |
| Udder part |
TEAT |
| Valuable diamond |
ACE |
| Vanished |
TOOKAPOWDER |
| Voice below soprano |
ALTO |
| Volcanic dust |
ASH |
| Words before a high note |
ENDON |