| He took two tablets | 
              MOSES | 
            
                    
              | Hideous | 
              UGLY | 
            
                    
              | Hollandaise and cranberry | 
              SAUCES | 
            
                    
              | Honeyed drink | 
              MEAD | 
            
                    
              | In a berserk way | 
              AMOK | 
            
                    
              | In desperate need of rain | 
              ARID | 
            
                    
              | Indian royal | 
              RANI | 
            
                    
              | Infamous emperor | 
              NERO | 
            
                    
              | Jet-setters' jets, once | 
              SSTS | 
            
                    
              | John of tractors | 
              DEERE | 
            
                    
              | Largest living antelope | 
              ELAND | 
            
                    
              | Lenya or Lehmann | 
              LOTTE | 
            
                    
              | Like a tough teacher | 
              STRICT | 
            
                    
              | Meccan, e.g | 
              SAUDI | 
            
                    
              | Minor scrap | 
              SKIRMISH | 
            
                    
              | More pleasant | 
              NICER | 
            
                    
              | Not false | 
              TRUE | 
            
                    
              | Old salt | 
              SEADOG | 
            
                    
              | Olympics star Devers | 
              GAIL | 
            
                    
              | On the peak of | 
              ATOP | 
            
                    
              | Onetime Turkish governors | 
              BEYS | 
            
                    
              | Prison outbreak | 
              RIOT | 
            
                    
              | Root of the taro plant | 
              EDDO | 
            
                    
              | Santa ___ Park race track | 
              ANITA | 
            
                    
              | Scrambled note? | 
              TONE | 
            
                    
              | Sedately dignified | 
              STAID | 
            
                    
              | Sleek, for short | 
              AERO | 
            
                    
              | Small quahog | 
              CHERRYSTONECLAM | 
            
                    
              | Some batters protect it | 
              PLATE | 
            
                    
              | Tennis ploy | 
              LOB | 
            
                    
              | Thing on an office desk, often | 
              PUSHBUTTONPHONE | 
            
                    
              | Tidal flood | 
              EAGRE | 
            
                    
              | Title character in a 2012 film with Snow White | 
              HUNTSMAN | 
            
                    
              | Where the wealthy live, briefly | 
              EASYST | 
            
                    
              | Window parts | 
              SILLS | 
            
                    
              | Words after "deaf as" or "dumb as" | 
              APOST | 
            
                    
              | Works as a stevedore | 
              LADES | 
            
                    
              | ___ contendere (defendant's plea) | 
              NOLO |