| Medal of Honor recipients |
HEROES |
| No longer edible |
STALE |
| Office assistants |
AIDES |
| One on the mound in the first inning |
STARTINGPITCHER |
| Optimistic wish |
HOPE |
| Overly eager |
AGOG |
| Perfumes |
SCENTS |
| Pessimistic |
GRIM |
| Praised |
LAUDED |
| Prickly desert plant |
CACTUS |
| Puppy or parrot |
PET |
| Repetitive words of surprise |
MYMY |
| Ripens |
AGES |
| Roaring zoo beast |
LION |
| Rude looks |
LEERS |
| See the sights |
TOUR |
| Ship's staff |
CREW |
| Short skirt |
MINI |
| Slightly |
ABIT |
| Sportcoat flap |
LAPEL |
| Stitched |
SEWED |
| Story in the paper |
NEWSITEM |
| Study hard |
CRAM |
| Swiss peaks |
ALPS |
| Taco-chip dip |
SALSA |
| Tampa neighbor, for short |
STPETE |
| Textile factories |
MILLS |
| Thick slice |
SLAB |
| Thumbs-down vote |
NAY |
| Tic-__-toe |
TAC |
| Tigers and panthers |
CATS |
| Top-floor storage area |
ATTIC |
| Untrue |
FALSE |
| Waterproof cover |
TARP |
| Weather-report diagram |
MAP |
| Wicked |
EVIL |
| __ board (manicurist's tool) |
EMERY |
| __ of March (March 15th) |
IDES |
