| In __ of (instead of) |
LIEU |
| Informal refusal |
NAH |
| Inns near interstates |
MOTELS |
| Kitchen appliances |
BLENDERS |
| Large coffee brewer |
URN |
| Make happy |
ELATE |
| Male pig |
BOAR |
| MARCus Welby portrayer |
ROBERTYOUNG |
| Marvelous review |
RAVE |
| Mediterranean island |
MALTA |
| Miscellaneous category |
OTHER |
| More than |
OVER |
| Nothing more than |
ONLY |
| Oil of __ |
OLAY |
| Ore source |
MINE |
| Prepare for a performance |
REHEARSE |
| Punxsutawney groundhog |
PHIL |
| Pursues |
CHASES |
| Radio, TV and newspapers |
THEMEDIA |
| Ready for the farm stand |
RIPE |
| Scent |
AROMA |
| Shrivel up |
WITHER |
| Simplified |
EASED |
| Singer Merman |
ETHEL |
| Sit with a book |
READ |
| Smooth out |
EVEN |
| Suffix for puppet |
EER |
| Sweet potato |
YAM |
| Texas city |
AMARILLO |
| Thick slice |
SLAB |
| Three Musketeers creator |
DUMAS |
| Timetable stat. |
ETA |
| Took long steps |
STRODE |
| Two hours before noon |
TENAM |
| Two-wheeler |
BIKE |
| Walk through water |
WADE |
| What MARC Antony called Brutus |
THENOBLESTROMAN |
| Where BisMARCk is capital |
NORTHDAKOTA |
| __ as a fox |
SLY |