| Letter after sigma |
TAU |
| Letter before sigma |
RHO |
| Light bulb inventor's inits |
TAE |
| Light carriage |
SHAY |
| Like some teas |
HERBAL |
| Minor prophet of the Old Testament |
HOSEA |
| Multiple-dwelling buildings |
APARTMENTHOUSES |
| North Dakota city |
FARGO |
| Nurses at the bar |
SIPS |
| Old biddy |
HEN |
| Parson's home |
MANSE |
| Part of a pointillist painting |
DOT |
| Perform better than |
OUTDO |
| Prepare for combat |
ARM |
| Prone to fidgeting |
ANTSY |
| Question that follows 'O Brother' in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
WHEREARTTHOU |
| Razor-billed birds |
AUKS |
| Say '#%@!' |
SWEAR |
| Scout's rider of early TV |
TONTO |
| Severe pang |
THROE |
| Skedaddles |
SCATS |
| Small bill |
ONE |
| Sound from a stable |
NEIGH |
| Split ___ |
PEA |
| Squirrel away |
STASH |
| Suffix in poli sci |
ISM |
| Take five |
REST |
| Threat-ending word |
ELSE |
| Time in the title of a 1965 Wilson Pickett hit |
MIDNIGHTHOUR |
| Tip of a boot |
TOE |
| Trial fig |
ATT |
| TV oilman-turned-private eye |
MATTHOUSTON |
| Vacation souvenir wear |
TEESHIRT |
| Way of looking at things |
SLANT |
| Yet to happen, at law |
INFUTURO |
| ___ contendere |
NOLO |
| ___ Kong |
HONG |
| ___-chef (kitchen's number two) |
SOUS |
| ___-wolf |
SHE |
