| Mellowed |
AGED |
| Ming artifacts |
VASES |
| Most important |
CHIEF |
| Mouse manipulators |
USERS |
| Neighborhood eateries |
PIZZERIAS |
| Network since '81 |
MTV |
| Nickel source |
ORE |
| Not of this earth |
ALIEN |
| On account of |
DUETO |
| On ice |
INRESERVE |
| Out of sorts |
ILL |
| Passion |
ARDOR |
| Put through a sieve |
RICED |
| Repudiation |
DENIAL |
| River craft |
CANOE |
| Sch. in Columbus |
OSU |
| Schlep |
HAUL |
| Scrambled alternative |
SUNNYSIDEUP |
| Shapiro of NPR |
ARI |
| Slightly wet |
DAMP |
| Soissons sweetheart |
AMIE |
| Startle, so to speak |
SPOOK |
| Syndicate |
CARTEL |
| Things to do |
TASKS |
| Tick off |
MIFF |
| Ticklish Muppet |
ELMO |
| To boot |
ALSO |
| Totally absorbed |
RAPT |
| Trig ratios |
SINES |
| Two-door car |
COUPE |
| Unimpeded progress |
CLEARSAILING |
| Unlikely to rock the boat |
MILDMANNERED |
| Unspoiled spot |
EDEN |
| Vaccine target |
FLU |
| Walk heavily |
PLOD |
| Whichever |
ANY |
| Willy Wonka portrayer |
DEPP |
| Windermere's title |
LADY |
| Zealot |
FANATIC |
