| Kernel |
SEED |
| Knotty swellings |
NODES |
| Least risky option |
BESTBET |
| Legislative support |
AYE |
| Like some calls |
CLOSE |
| Lofty tribute |
ODE |
| Many a Mosul inhabitant |
IRAQIKURD |
| Many millennia |
EON |
| Margins |
EDGES |
| Of yore |
OLDEN |
| On the house |
FREE |
| One of the Gershwins |
IRA |
| Positive |
SURE |
| Prevented |
AVERTED |
| Put in harm's way |
ENDANGER |
| Rancher on the range |
COWHERD |
| Resentment reaction |
IRE |
| Results |
OUTCOMES |
| Sad-sounding musical interval |
MINORTHIRD |
| School tool |
PEN |
| Senator for 47 straight years, a Senate record |
ROBERTBYRD |
| Shamed |
ABASED |
| Slender-necked pear |
BOSC |
| Slides uncontrollably |
SKIDS |
| Soup servers |
TUREENS |
| Staggered |
LURCHED |
| Statutes |
ACTS |
| Stream |
BROOK |
| Tale |
YARN |
| The margin runs along it |
SIDE |
| Therefore |
ERGO |
| They're all in the family |
KIN |
| Title word often omitted |
THE |
| Tool for irregular cutting |
JIGSAW |
| Trepidation |
FEAR |
| Up to |
ASFARAS |
| Voice quality |
TONE |
| Whammy |
HEX |
| Whence eagle eyes may watch |
AERIE |