| Hymn of praise |
PAEAN |
| Less verbose |
TERSER |
| Let it stand |
STET |
| Like the ZIP code system |
ZONAL |
| Long geological time |
EON |
| Looking down from |
ATOP |
| Makes a living |
EARNS |
| Mammal of Africa and Asia |
HYENA |
| Mansard overhang, e.g. |
EAVE |
| Music to an ailurophile's ears |
MEOW |
| Name on your behind, perhaps |
LEVI |
| Nearly extinct |
RARE |
| Negative prefix |
ANTI |
| Orange juice feature, sometimes |
PULP |
| Palindromic constellation |
ARA |
| Poet T.S. |
ELIOT |
| Poisonous snakes |
ASPS |
| Result |
ENSUE |
| River features |
BEDS |
| Run, but go nowhere |
IDLE |
| Russian despot of old |
TSAR |
| Scottish groups |
CLANS |
| Sign of spring |
DAFFODIL |
| Spooks |
SCARES |
| Springsteen song (with ''The'') |
ESTREETSHUFFLE |
| St. Louis sight |
ARCH |
| Stave off |
AVERT |
| Steel tower |
PYLON |
| Thanksgiving day units |
HELPINGS |
| Therefore |
ERGO |
| They deal in futures |
SEERS |
| They investigate things |
PROBERS |
| Thunder unit |
CLAP |
| Unexpected problems |
SNAGS |
| White House office |
OVAL |
| Wipe the board, e.g. |
ERASE |
| Yellow-brown |
TAWNY |