| Kettle metal |
IRON |
| Least nerdy |
COOLEST |
| Like brownies |
ELFIN |
| Like Lakers |
TALL |
| Like tears |
SALTY |
| Litter-free |
NEAT |
| Long-billed game bird |
SNIPE |
| Make a comeback |
RALLY |
| Make young? |
SIRE |
| Man-mouse link |
ORA |
| McGwire's 1998 rival |
SOSA |
| Meeting of the minds |
ENTENTE |
| Memorable ship |
MAINE |
| Men and women |
ADULTS |
| MGM motto opener |
ARS |
| Music gizmo users? |
IPODPEOPLE |
| Newsworthy |
NOTABLE |
| Nitpick |
CAVIL |
| Nonchalant |
AIRY |
| Nonmetric measure |
YARD |
| One, no matter which |
ANY |
| Ones in cross-hairs |
TARGETS |
| Onetime Houston pro |
OILER |
| Partisans take them |
SIDES |
| Performed, per Shakespeare |
DIDST |
| Plastic handle? |
VISA |
| Plum part |
PIT |
| Popular invitees |
ALIST |
| Pride part |
EGO |
| Provincial |
INSULAR |
| Pupil's coat |
CORNEA |
| Purge |
RID |
| Put on the bench |
YANK |
| QED center |
ERAT |
| Quantities of dope? |
DATA |
| Restful resort |
SPA |
| Sauce thickener |
ROUX |
| Seles of tennis |
MONICA |
| Shakespeare title word |
ADO |
| Sharia law prohibition? |
ISLAMDANCING |
| Short snoozes |
NAPS |
| Short socks |
ANKLETS |
| Shower unit |
DROP |
| Shrewd |
ASTUTE |
| Sign on a "puerta" |
DAMAS |
| Smooth paint finish |
SATIN |
| Spoiled grandkids |
DOTED |
| Sprang |
LEAPT |
| Stock reducer |
SALE |
| Strike defiers |
SCABS |
| Stumbling block |
SNAG |
| Take turns |
ROTATE |
| Temporary routes |
DETOURS |
| Tet celebrants |
ASIANS |
| The OED, e.g. |
DICT |
| The supreme Supreme |
ROSS |
| The thing about giant screens? |
IMAXFACTOR |
| Thirty-two card game |
SKAT |
| Timeworn |
OLD |
| Tour of duty |
STINT |
| Traversed |
CROSSED |
| Treasure trove, figuratively |
GOLDMINE |
| TV ads |
SPOTS |
| Unaffiliated production cos. |
INDIES |
| Uncouth |
RUDE |
| Violinist Menuhin |
YEHUDI |
| Wednesday preceder |
ASH |
| Westernost Iroquois League tribe |
SENECAS |
| Wimbledon unit |
SET |
| Woeful word |
ALAS |
| Yankee manager Joe |
TORRE |
