| King Kong, for example |
APE |
| Late-night TV host |
LENO |
| Limerick, for one |
POEM |
| Looks for |
SEEKS |
| Make a duplicate |
COPY |
| Makes a mistake |
ERRS |
| Mets' ballpark |
SHEA |
| Move rapidly |
DASH |
| Necktie fabric |
SILK |
| Not as much |
LESS |
| One risking a ticket |
SPEEDER |
| Opinion collection |
POLL |
| Out of style |
PASSE |
| Paper fragment |
SCRAP |
| Petty quarrels |
SPATS |
| Pottery material |
CLAY |
| Prefix for freeze |
ANTI |
| Prepares, as leftovers |
REHEATS |
| Puffy sky sight |
CLOUD |
| Purchases |
BUYS |
| Rowed |
OARED |
| Run of good fortune |
LUCKYSTREAK |
| Rush-hour woe |
TRAFFIC |
| Sacred |
HOLY |
| Salad slice, for short |
CUKE |
| Sci-fi character |
ALIEN |
| Second-year student, for short |
SOPH |
| Socks parts |
TOES |
| Sound in a cave |
ECHO |
| Sound of satisfaction |
AAH |
| Spelling competitions |
BEES |
| Spiny houseplant |
ALOE |
| Stinging remark |
BARB |
| Thick-skinned beast |
RHINO |
| Toot the horn |
HONK |
| Tot's three-wheeler |
TRIKE |
| Urban roads: Abbr. |
STS |
| Use, as a dining room table |
EATON |
| Word of appreciation |
THANKS |