| Lend ___ (be willing to listen) |
ANEAR |
| Meryl et al. |
STREEPS |
| Name on some arcade equipment |
ATARI |
| Needle parts |
EYES |
| Nirvana-reacher |
ARHAT |
| Not lenient |
HARSH |
| One of the Four Horsemen |
WAR |
| Outlying, in a way |
RURAL |
| Ovine moms |
EWES |
| Pia of ''Butterfly'' |
ZADORA |
| Piece of fishing gear |
SETLINE |
| Place for a ring |
TOE |
| Post position? |
EDITOR |
| Precision marching group |
DRILLTEAM |
| Prefix with ''chemical'' or ''dollar'' |
PETRO |
| Prurient |
LEWD |
| REM part |
RAPID |
| Rico's intro |
PUERTO |
| Run like heck |
TEAR |
| Sandy Koufax stat |
ERA |
| Skip over |
OMIT |
| Sleeping sickness transmitter |
TSETSE |
| Start of a Sondheim song |
SEND |
| Takes the edge off |
DULLS |
| Tater Tots maker |
OREIDA |
| Term of endearment |
HON |
| The Arkansas, e.g. |
RIVER |
| The Four Hundred |
ELITE |
| They employ speakers |
STEREOS |
| They sometimes require sitters |
PETS |
| Tool for plasterwork |
TROWEL |
| Tut's chamber |
TOMB |
| Type of rock or football |
ARENA |
| Wednesday's Child is full of it |
WOE |
| Weed whacker fueled by elbow grease |
HOE |
| Where items in this puzzle's theme may be found |
TOOLBOX |
| You rarely see ''skelter'' without it |
HELTER |
| ___ fixe (menu notation) |
PRIX |
| ___'acte (intermission) |
ENTR |