| Microbe |
GERM |
| Out of the ordinary |
EXOTIC |
| Peter Pan-like |
BOYISH |
| Pinpoint |
SPOT |
| Ponder (over) |
PORE |
| Proofreader's notation |
ITAL |
| Property crime |
ARSON |
| Purple shade |
MAUVE |
| Pursuits with patrons |
ARTS |
| Puts (away) |
SALTS |
| Qty |
AMT |
| Read on the run |
SKIM |
| Rescue squad VIP |
EMT |
| Sad sounds |
SOBS |
| Said aloud |
ORAL |
| Self-evident truth |
AXIOM |
| Singing phantom's haunt |
OPERA |
| Sitting Bull, for one |
SIOUX |
| Slow tempo |
LENTO |
| Smallest possible |
LEAST |
| Snake River state |
IDAHO |
| Summer refresher |
ICEDTEA |
| The two together |
BOTH |
| Themes of the puzzle (as one word, or two) |
ADVERBS |
| Topples, with ''over'' |
KEELS |
| Trade syndicate since 1961 |
OPEC |
| TV-commercial phrase |
LIVEBETTER |
| TV-commercial phrase |
ORDERTODAY |
| TV-commercial phrase |
SHOPLATE |
| TV-commercial phrase |
SAVEMORE |
| Ultimate cause |
ROOT |
| Underground cartoonist's products |
COMIX |
| Unimaginative |
TRITE |
| Venetian voyager |
POLO |
| Verdi work |
AIDA |
| Warm up, in a way |
NUKE |
| Weimaraner reward |
TREAT |
| Whipped-cream serving |
GLOB |
| __ Paulo |
SAO |
