| Made it out of a packed aisle |
SQUEEZEDBY |
| Matador's victim |
TORO |
| Melodious Horne |
LENA |
| Monopoly card |
DEED |
| Narrow escape |
CLOSESHAVE |
| Narrowly avoid overtime, in a way |
BARELYBEAT |
| Nissan rival |
MAZDA |
| Office chair feature |
SWIVEL |
| Old hat |
PASSE |
| Party leader? |
HOSTESS |
| Place for a shepherd |
LEA |
| Place for an acting president? |
SET |
| Plow innovator John |
DEERE |
| River to the Severn |
AVON |
| Santa's revenge |
COAL |
| Saved, as a shipwreck |
SALVAGED |
| Searches for gold, in a way |
PANS |
| Shakespeare, for one |
BARD |
| So far |
ASYET |
| Some bottom lines, in math |
SUMS |
| Splits to unite |
ELOPES |
| Sports-car protector |
BRA |
| Start up a computer |
BOOT |
| Subtle ''Over here!'' |
PSST |
| Suggested object for a tit for tat |
EYE |
| Take care of, as a nurse |
TENDTO |
| Teach one-on-one |
TUTOR |
| Thingamajig |
DOODAD |
| Tolstoy's ''--- Karenina'' |
ANNA |
| Track encounter |
MEET |
| Treeless plain |
STEPPE |
| Undo, as an amendment |
REPEAL |
| Vitamin pill addition |
IRON |
| Vocal cords, in slang |
PIPES |
| Waste allowances |
TRETS |
| West Pointer |
CADET |
| With cunning |
SLYLY |
| Yakker's gift |
GAB |
| Yang's counterpart |
YIN |