| Kind of pursuit |
HOT |
| Last-minute |
ELEVENTHHOUR |
| Lincoln and Burrows |
ABES |
| Malaysian's neighbor |
THAI |
| Material for Hush Puppies |
SUEDE |
| Middle Eastern monarchy |
OMAN |
| Midnight, in some horror stories |
WITCHINGHOUR |
| Model Aesop character |
ANT |
| Money guru Greenspan |
ALAN |
| On the wrong course |
ERRANT |
| Opera highlight |
ARIA |
| Order preparer |
CHEF |
| Piece of pasta |
NOODLE |
| Predinner event |
COCKTAILHOUR |
| Prove false |
BELIE |
| Quilter or textile worker |
PIECER |
| Reach, as a goal |
ATTAIN |
| Safari helmet material, perhaps |
PITH |
| Something ___ (extraordinary thing) |
ELSE |
| Squash or calabash |
GOURD |
| State with many Mormons |
UTAH |
| The beginning of time? |
TEE |
| Tight, straight cut |
SLIT |
| Trireme item |
OAR |
| Trouble quantity? |
HEAP |
| Tuna-to-be |
ROE |
| Type of high-school rally |
PEP |
| Unconnected |
APART |
| Unit of academic credit |
SEMESTERHOUR |
| Unspecified quantity |
SOME |
| V-chips block it |
SMUT |
| Where the buoys are |
ASEA |
| White knight, stereotypically |
HERO |
| Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading ___" |
GAOL |
| Without further ado |
ATONCE |
| Word often between two names |
AKA |
| Worst possible turnout |
NOONE |
| Yellow ribbon site of song |
OAKTREE |
| ___ de vie (clear brandy) |
EAU |