| Long rants |
TIRADES |
| Longtime bubble gum wrap |
WAXPAPER |
| Love to bits |
ADORE |
| Maine city |
BANGOR |
| Marvel Comics superheroes |
XMEN |
| Mechanical learning method |
ROTE |
| Midwestern tribe |
OTOE |
| Mine extraction |
ORE |
| Mom's emphatic words after "Because" |
ISAYSO |
| Move to Canada to avoid military service |
DODGETHEDRAFT |
| NASCAR's Yarborough |
CALE |
| NATO alphabet ender |
ZULU |
| NBA coach Pat who trademarked "three-peat" |
RILEY |
| Nest egg acronym |
IRA |
| One of two sts. with bordering panhandles |
TEX |
| Overplay the scene |
EMOTE |
| Pain |
ACHE |
| Pained sound |
MOAN |
| Peepers' closers |
EYELIDS |
| Policy expert |
WONK |
| Prefix with appear |
DIS |
| Restored to health |
HEALED |
| Scrolling PC key |
PGUP |
| Sea of __: Black Sea arm |
AZOV |
| Showers affection (on) |
DOTES |
| Slowly diminished, as strength |
SAPPED |
| Smart-alecky |
CUTE |
| Smooth machinery sound |
HUM |
| Soul singer James |
ETTA |
| Speechless performers |
MIMES |
| Surrounding glow |
AURA |
| Texter's "As I see it ... " |
IMHO |
| The Emerald Isle |
ERIN |
| Toast topper |
OLEO |
| Toll rds |
TPKS |
| Top-10 1978 hit for Kansas |
DUSTINTHEWIND |
| TV-watching rooms |
DENS |
