| Linden or Sparks |
HAL |
| Literary critic Lionel |
TRILLING |
| Make up your mind |
OPT |
| Maple genus |
ACER |
| Mel of Cooperstown |
OTT |
| Midafternoon, on a sundial |
III |
| MIT grad, perhaps |
ENGR |
| Morsel |
BIT |
| Movie-excellence org. |
AFI |
| Pastoral poem |
IDYL |
| Ph. bk. info |
NOS |
| Pie contents |
FILLING |
| Places |
LOCI |
| Post-bout wear |
ROBE |
| Praise in verse |
ODE |
| Predicament |
KNOT |
| Press |
IRON |
| Radiate |
GLOW |
| Re offspring |
FILIAL |
| Rectangular |
OBLONG |
| Saharan |
ARID |
| Scale member |
SOL |
| Seed coat |
ARIL |
| Sheepish remark? |
BAA |
| Sudden huge profit |
KILLING |
| Taboo practice |
NONO |
| Tie up the phone |
GAB |
| Town |
BURG |
| Traffic pylon |
CONE |
| Tragic |
DIRE |
| True-blue, to Scots |
LEAL |
| Wall climber |
IVY |
| Zilch |
NONE |