| Italian master poet |
DANTE |
| Jasper of abstract art |
JOHNS |
| John Deere logo beast |
STAG |
| Judge's workload |
CASES |
| L.A. school |
USC |
| Legit |
ABOVEBOARD |
| Lendl of tennis |
IVAN |
| Lenient |
FORGIVING |
| Longstanding misconceptions |
MYTHS |
| Looks to the future |
PLANS |
| Masters at one-liners |
RIOTS |
| Maximum production rate |
THROUGHPUT |
| Milne marsupial |
ROO |
| Minimal progress |
DENT |
| Minimal quantity |
ONE |
| Minister's nickname |
REV |
| Mississippi's state flower |
MAGNOLIA |
| Moral principles |
ETHOS |
| Myopic |
NEARSIGHTED |
| Not exactly, conversationally |
SORTA |
| Not quite shut |
AJAR |
| November honoree |
VET |
| Obtains from effort |
REAPS |
| Old West caravan |
WAGONS |
| Old-style ''Awesome!'' |
RAD |
| Overly inventive person |
LIAR |
| Overwhelm with one-liners |
SLAY |
| Paycheck deduction |
WITHHOLDING |
| Play place |
STAGE |
| Poetic preposition |
ERE |
| Poor review |
PAN |
| Prefix like ''ante-'' |
PRE |
| Pro __ (proportionally) |
RATA |
| Pronounce poorly |
SLUR |
| Prop in Road Runner cartoons |
ANVIL |
| Put off |
DEFER |
| Python cousin |
BOA |
| Ranch strays |
DOGIES |
| Resources |
MEANS |
| Rio beach |
COPA |
| Rugged rock |
CRAG |
| Seller of flat-package furniture |
IKEA |
| Sikorsky of aviation |
IGOR |
| Sit for a portrait |
POSE |
| Slate, for short |
SCHED |
| Slow leaks |
DRIPS |
| Slow tempo |
LENTO |
| Small sums |
MITES |
| Smudge-filled |
SMEARY |
| Something to shampoo |
RUG |
| Speed limit legislation |
STATELAW |
| Springtime period |
THAW |
| Stare at |
OGLE |
| Stick fast |
ADHERE |
| Struck down, in the Bible |
SMOTE |
| Surveyor's measure |
ACRE |
| Target-shooting sport |
SKEET |
| Tequila cocktail, for short |
RITA |
| They're shouted loud by a crowd |
BOOS |
| Think-tank guys |
IDEAMEN |
| TV news time |
ELEVEN |
| Urban renewal target |
SLUM |
| Very long time |
AGES |
| Wall bracket shapes |
ELS |
| Was a cast member of |
ACTEDIN |
| Web-crawling software |
BOTS |
| Well-worn pencil |
NUB |
| Wharton awards |
MBAS |
| Where MDs and RNs work |
ORS |
| Witch hazel, e.g |
AFTERSHAVE |
| Written reminder |
NOTE |
| __ Nevadas (Mount Whitney's range) |
SIERRA |
| __-carotene |
BETA |
