| Life's work |
CAREER |
| Lock of 37 Down |
TRESS |
| Margarine |
OLEO |
| Military campaign |
SIEGE |
| Minimal amount |
LEAST |
| Mockery |
FARCE |
| Office sub |
TEMP |
| One bit at a time |
PIECEMEAL |
| Oyster product |
PEARL |
| Pan-fry |
SAUTE |
| Primary school: Abbr. |
ELEM |
| Regal address |
SIRE |
| Remove the soapsuds from |
RINSE |
| Rental agreement |
LEASE |
| Restaurant worker |
WAITER |
| Rural stopovers |
INNS |
| Scored 100 on |
ACED |
| Shade providers |
ELMS |
| Shakespeare villian |
IAGO |
| Shorten, as slacks |
ALTER |
| Something confidential |
SECRET |
| Take __ (relax) |
AREST |
| Teachers' org. |
NEA |
| Test-driven vehicle |
DEMO |
| Timbered land for commercial use |
TREEFARM |
| Top-ranked |
NUMBERONE |
| Two-band, as a radio |
AMFM |
| Unsophisticated |
NAIVE |
| Use a dishtowel |
WIPE |
| Vampire novelist Rice |
ANNE |
| Ventilation-system filter |
AIRCLEANER |
| Vowel group |
AEIOU |
| War honoree |
HERO |
| Weep loudly |
SOB |
| Wild brawl |
MELEE |
| Window section |
PANE |
| Wrestling surfaces |
MATS |
| Young male horse |
COLT |
| __ con carne |
CHILI |