| Minuscule bits |
IOTAS |
| North African port |
ORAN |
| Off, so to speak |
SLAY |
| On Soc. Sec., maybe |
RETD |
| On the briny |
ASEA |
| Open to breezes |
AIRY |
| Page with views |
OPED |
| Pull-down item |
MENU |
| Pump figure |
OCTANE |
| Ready to mail |
STAMPED |
| RL and TL automaker |
ACURA |
| San Francisco and environs |
BAYAREA |
| Sausage unit |
LINK |
| Seat of Allen County, Kansas |
IOLA |
| Singer K.T. |
OSLIN |
| Sitcom with a coming-out episode |
ELLEN |
| Slimeballs |
CADS |
| Slump |
DROOP |
| Social rebuff |
SNUB |
| Softball pitch path |
ARC |
| Some rear entrances |
SERVICEDOORS |
| Stashed supply |
CACHE |
| Still-life subjects |
EWERS |
| Stranded at the ski lodge, perhaps, and a hint to this puzzle's hidden theme |
ICEDIN |
| Tees off |
IRKS |
| The first official one was November 11, 1919 |
ARMISTICEDAY |
| Top |
APEX |
| Transfer __ |
RNA |
| Tunesmith Porter |
COLE |
| Vegas attraction |
CASINO |
| Wax-winged flier of myth |
ICARUS |
| Weigh station rig |
SEMI |
| What b.i.d. means, in prescriptions |
TWICEDAILY |
| When Good Friday occurs |
LENT |
| Wild party |
BASH |
| Workers' protection gp. |
OSHA |
| __ de vie: brandy |
EAU |
| __ Johnston, former fiancé of Bristol Palin |
LEVI |
| ___ spill |
OIL |