| Merited |
EARNED |
| Messy one |
SLOB |
| Mid-March day |
IDES |
| One of Columbus' ships |
NINA |
| Open acting audition |
CATTLECALL |
| Performed |
DID |
| Phrase of understanding |
ISEE |
| Prefix for violet |
ULTRA |
| Pregrown grass |
SOD |
| Receded |
EBBED |
| Removes creases from |
IRONS |
| River through Cairo |
NILE |
| Salary |
WAGE |
| San Antonio shrine |
ALAMO |
| Sandwich shop |
DELI |
| Sedans and coupes |
AUTOS |
| Signs of the future |
OMENS |
| Silly one |
FOOL |
| Spill the beans |
TELL |
| Spiny houseplant |
ALOE |
| Stand up |
ARISE |
| Star soprano |
DIVA |
| Stared at |
OGLED |
| Statistics |
DATA |
| Submitted, as a contest entry |
MAILEDIN |
| Texas city |
AMARILLO |
| Theater offering |
SHOW |
| Thesaurus guy |
ROGET |
| Thinly scattered |
SPARSE |
| Tic-tac-toe win |
OOO |
| Tropical spot |
ISLE |
| Unlikely story |
TALLTALE |
| Usher's destination |
SEAT |
| Weekend family excursion |
CARTRIP |
| West Coast sch. |
UCLA |
| Wheeler-dealer |
BIGTIMEOPERATOR |
| Where Laos is |
ASIA |
| Wickerwork material |
RATTAN |
| Writer of praiseful poems |
ODIST |
