| 'Platoon' venue |
NAM |
| 'The Handmaid's Tale' author |
ATWOOD |
| Aft |
ASTERN |
| Always, in verse |
EER |
| Antitoxins |
SERA |
| Approximately |
ORSO |
| As well |
TOO |
| Auctioneer's cry |
SOLD |
| Bassoon relative |
OBOE |
| Carries |
TOTES |
| Chances, for short |
OPS |
| Clenched hand |
FIST |
| Counterfeit |
SHAM |
| Cowpoke's greeting |
HOWDY |
| Cpl.'s subordinate |
PFC |
| Dissolute fellow |
ROUE |
| East |
ORIENT |
| Enemy |
FOE |
| Environment |
MILIEU |
| Equi- |
ISO |
| Essential meaning |
POINT |
| Expiates |
ATONES |
| Four-letter word |
OATH |
| Gaelic |
ERSE |
| Gumshoe |
TEC |
| In conflict with |
AFOULOF |
| Kibitz, maybe |
BUTTIN |
| Knitting stitch |
PURL |
| Laudatory writing |
ODE |
| Little devil |
IMP |
| Lummoxes |
OAFS |
