| Mean-spirited |
NASTY |
| Merriment |
GLEE |
| Military team |
CORPS |
| Milky gem |
OPAL |
| Neighborhood |
AREA |
| Newspaper essay |
OPED |
| No-guarantee sale condition |
ASIS |
| Nuisance |
PEST |
| Parsley bits |
SPRIGS |
| Pig's digs |
STY |
| Piggy-bank opening |
SLOT |
| Plain writing |
PROSE |
| Possess |
HAVE |
| Presidential ''thumbs down'' |
VETO |
| Princess' crown |
TIARA |
| Response to a bad pun |
GROAN |
| Runs in neutral |
IDLES |
| Sang alone |
SOLOED |
| Seasonal mall employees |
SANTAS |
| Sends out |
MAILS |
| Sign of spring |
GREENGRASS |
| Sign of spring |
LONGERDAYS |
| Sign of spring |
RETURNINGROBINS |
| Sir __ Newton |
ISAAC |
| Skin softener |
ALOE |
| Small dent |
DING |
| Soft-drink choice |
COLA |
| Sunday speech |
SERMON |
| Support, as in a horse race |
BETON |
| Take it easy |
REST |
| Tax expert, briefly |
CPA |
| Tiny bit |
IOTA |
| Topeka's state |
KANSAS |
| Trudge |
SLOG |
| Twelve months |
YEAR |
| Under the weather |
SICK |
| Whirlwind in the desert |
DUSTSTORM |
| __ end (finished) |
ATAN |
| __ hand (assist) |
LENDA |
