| More adorable |
CUTER |
| Mythological figures |
GODS |
| National song |
ANTHEM |
| Newspaper essays, for short |
OPEDS |
| Not doing anything |
IDLE |
| Note from the boss |
MEMO |
| Null and __ (not valid) |
VOID |
| Off the leash |
LOOSE |
| Opera solos |
ARIAS |
| Pecan or cashew |
NUT |
| Poet's ''before'' |
ERE |
| Popular college guy, briefly |
BMOC |
| Portrait painter's surface |
CANVAS |
| Pretzel topping |
SALT |
| Pub beverage |
ALE |
| Quick |
RAPID |
| Rail-riding wanderer |
HOBO |
| Reach across |
SPAN |
| Region |
AREA |
| Remove from power |
OUST |
| Share a border with |
ABUT |
| Skin-soothing ingredient |
ALOE |
| Spins in circles |
REVOLVES |
| Sweltering weather |
Hightemperature |
| Take a bus or train |
RIDE |
| Talked back to |
SASSED |
| The one here |
THIS |
| Throb |
PULSATE |
| Toothpaste holder |
TUBE |
| Uncle's spouse |
AUNT |
| Venetian-blind strip |
SLAT |
| Vote into office |
ELECT |
| Weight loss plan |
DIET |
| When planes are expected: Abbr |
ETAS |
| Where a driver takes a break |
RESTSTOP |
| Windowsill, for one |
LEDGE |
| Woodwind instruments |
OBOES |
| __ Canaveral, FL |
CAPE |
| __ mater (one's former school) |
ALMA |