| Like one White House office |
OVAL |
| Like some slowly delivered mail |
THIRDCLASS |
| Low points |
DEPTHS |
| Male red deer |
HART |
| Melting pot |
CRUCIBLE |
| Mighty Joe Young, notably |
APE |
| New Zealand native |
MAORI |
| Newscaster's summary |
RECAP |
| Old Roman greeting |
AVE |
| One sharing top billing |
COSTAR |
| Pallbearer's burden |
CASKET |
| Permit |
LET |
| Plenty upset |
IRATE |
| Pre-communism leader |
TSAR |
| Prefix with "dynamic" |
AERO |
| Quite a distance off |
AFAR |
| Reef material |
CORAL |
| Retains |
KEEPS |
| Robert of "Airplane!" |
HAYS |
| Rorem or Beatty |
NED |
| Scourges |
BANES |
| Sketch out a course of action |
PLAN |
| Sort or type |
ILK |
| Staring with open mouth |
AGAPE |
| Storm-tracking gear |
RADAR |
| Subject to debate |
MOOT |
| Teamwork deterrent |
EGO |
| Tender, as muscles |
SORE |
| Thin layer |
LAMINA |
| Vigorous enjoyment |
GUSTO |
| What a loser could only hope to be? |
SECONDBEST |
| Where yodelers sing |
ALPS |
| Whirlpool whereabouts |
SPA |
| Wield needle and thread |
SEW |
| Wind down or wind up |
END |
| World trade org |
IMF |
| X-ray unit |
RAD |
| Years since birth |
AGE |
| ___ of gratitude |
DEBT |
