| Nutmeg State school, for short |
UCONN |
| Optimistic statement |
ICAN |
| Otherwise |
ELSE |
| Outer border |
EDGE |
| Overcome |
RISEABOVE |
| Partition |
WALL |
| Pay a bribe to |
BUYOFF |
| Pesky insect |
GNAT |
| Poker-hand starter |
ANTE |
| Prefix meaning ''all'' |
OMNI |
| Promissory notes |
IOUS |
| Puts to work |
USES |
| Reason for cramming |
TEST |
| Relative of a butte |
MESA |
| Rental document |
LEASE |
| Requires |
NEEDS |
| Shaker contents |
SALT |
| Sharp taste |
TANG |
| Sheltered inlet |
COVE |
| Simultaneously |
ALLATONCE |
| Smooths, as wood |
SANDS |
| Still in the box |
NEW |
| Still in the box |
UNOPENED |
| Still __ (type of painting) |
LIFE |
| Talks wildly |
RANTS |
| Totally destroy |
RUIN |
| Toward the rear, on a ship |
ASTERN |
| Try to convince |
COAX |
| Very small |
TEENY |
| Vitality |
PEP |
| Wash thoroughly |
SCRUB |
| Weep |
CRY |
| Well-behaved kid |
ANGEL |
| Wicked |
EVIL |
| Wipe clean |
ERASE |
| Wooden fruit box |
CRATE |
| Word-of-mouth |
ORAL |
| Zipper alternative |
VELCRO |
| __ de Janeiro |
RIO |
