| It meant nothing to Caesar |
NIHIL |
| It might be pronounced in the throat |
ADAMSAPPLE |
| Like an unassisted triple play |
RARE |
| Lousy complaints? |
NITS |
| Meat-and-potatoes concoction |
STEW |
| Middle Eastern port on its own gulf |
ADEN |
| Nonliquid state |
GAS |
| Not relaxed |
TENSE |
| Pole for propulsion |
OAR |
| President's autobiography, e.g |
MEMOIR |
| Presidential monogram of the 1880s |
CAA |
| Q-tip tips |
SWABS |
| Road Runner's wily nemesis? |
COYOTE |
| Rock concert sites |
ARENAS |
| Scottish language |
GAELIC |
| Scoundrel |
CAD |
| Shaggy animal in a herd |
YAK |
| Sharp, narrow mountain ridge |
ARETE |
| Shenanigans |
TOMFOOLERY |
| Shrek is one |
OGRE |
| Sinatra's hometown |
HOBOKEN |
| Small but annoying biter |
GNAT |
| Sound of a sharp blow |
THWACK |
| South American squawker |
MACAW |
| St. Francis' birthplace |
ASSISI |
| Store opening time, often |
NINE |
| Subordinate staffer |
AIDE |
| The better part (of) |
MOST |
| They impart bitterness to 38-Down |
HOPS |
| They may be preferred "shaken, not stirred" |
MARTINIS |
| Treaty signer |
ALLY |
| Two-dimensional measurement |
AREA |
| Was off the mark |
ERRED |
| What "The Thinker" is |
NUDE |
| Word with "sayer" |
SOOTH |
| Words from a fortuneteller |
ISEE |
| Words with "a sudden" and "the above" |
ALLOF |
| Young weaned pig |
SHOAT |
| ___ the line (obeyed) |
TOED |
