| Land of Damascus, briefly |
SYR |
| Larger-than-life |
EPIC |
| Lets touch them |
NETS |
| Marginal worker? |
EDITOR |
| Melville sequel |
OMOO |
| Mental equilibrium |
SANITY |
| Mizzens |
MASTS |
| New stock issuances, for short |
IPOS |
| Passionate or virile |
HOTBLOODED |
| Photo ___ (media events) |
OPS |
| Private students |
TUTEES |
| Pt. of IRA |
ACCT |
| Punch back instinctively |
REACT |
| Romanov ruler |
TSAR |
| Run of the ranch? |
LOPE |
| Sched. entry |
APPT |
| Show excessive affection |
DOTE |
| Suffix with ''differ'' or ''insist'' |
ENT |
| Talk casually |
CHAT |
| The Baltics, once (Abbr.) |
SSRS |
| The-near link |
ENDIS |
| They may squeak by you |
MICE |
| They used to turn down their noses |
SSTS |
| They'll give you chills |
COLDFRONTS |
| Throw carelessly |
TOSS |
| Thumbs-up |
APPROVAL |
| Touch lovingly |
FONDLE |
| Trendy eateries |
CAFES |
| Type of card or union |
CREDIT |
| Unnamed people or things |
ONES |
| Very soon |
ANYDAY |
| Voted to accept |
ADOPTED |
| What the cautious tightrope artist did? |
WALKEDAFINELINE |
| William Wallace, for one |
SCOT |
| Words with ''pedestal'' or ''happy face'' |
PUTONA |
| Yours, in Burgundy |
ATOI |
| ___ Day (May 1 in Hawaii) |
LEI |
