| Modest answer |
ITRY |
| More rocky |
STONIER |
| Moscow dept. store |
GUM |
| Music notes |
FAS |
| Nighttime in kilt land |
EEN |
| No place to be a rat |
LAB |
| Noise |
SOUND |
| Of a common element |
OXYGENIC |
| Oil tanker nation |
LIBERIA |
| Opposite of "ten hut!" |
ATEASE |
| Perfectly |
TOAT |
| Physics preceder |
META |
| Plunders again |
RELOOTS |
| Portion out |
ALLOT |
| Pretend |
ACT |
| Q-U filler |
RST |
| Radish, for one |
ROOT |
| Rare, as a ball game |
NOHIT |
| Rascal in a derby |
STYMIE |
| Reaction to a pun |
GROAN |
| Return letters? |
IRS |
| Rhyme alternative |
REASON |
| Roll 'em |
DICE |
| Sacked out |
ABED |
| Salon selection |
DYE |
| Saltwater sweet |
TAFFY |
| Screws up |
ERRS |
| Secular |
LAIC |
| Show to be false, as a theory |
DEBUNK |
| Show up |
APPEAR |
| Singer James |
ETTA |
| Social follower |
ITE |
| Something to plaster in Paris |
MUR |
| Sport section? |
ALAI |
| Sportscaster Albert |
MARV |
| Spring mo. |
APR |
| Start of a Three Dog Night hit |
ONEIS |
| Surfing paradise |
MAUI |
| Swiss cheese |
GRUYERE |
| Take the top off |
UNCAP |
| Tartan design |
PLAID |
| Teachers' org. |
NEA |
| Teary-eyed |
SAD |
| The genuine particle? |
ION |
| The P.O.'s interim 25-center in 1988 |
ESTAMP |
| They may come in a pack |
LIES |
| Those folks |
THEM |
| Ticker test, briefly |
EKG |
| Tiny worker |
ANT |
| Topnotch |
PRIMO |
| TV waitress |
FLO |
| Type of sch. |
ELEM |
| Uncertain |
IFFY |
| Understanding |
KEN |
| Unhealthfully big |
OBESE |
| Victor's predecessor |
RCA |
| Vitality |
SNAP |
| Vote to accept |
AGREEON |
| War vessel |
FRIGATE |
| Writer buried in Baltimore |
POE |
| Zenith |
ACME |
| ___ favor |
POR |
| ___ (who did pro-hunting editorials but sounded like he was reading the cue cards phonetically) |
CARSONCHARACTERTURBO |
| ___ (who famously lost in 1959) |
BOXERPATTERSON |
| ___ (who hosted "Monster Chiller Horror Theater" and for some reason always howled like a wolf despite being dressed like a vampire) |
SCTVCOUNT |
| ___ (who robbed banks) |
GANGSTERPRETTYBOY |
| ___ (who sang "Money") |
ROCKGROUPPINK |
| ___ (who was a "key" figure in the Nashville Sound of the 1950s) |
PIANOMANCRAMER |
| ___ (who was played by Howard McNear) |
MAYBERRYBARBERLAWSON |
| ___ (who was Tom Brokaw's mentor) |
NEWSMANKALBER |
| ___ (who won the U.S. Open in 1986) |
GOLFERRAY |
