| Invective, e.g |
ABUSE |
| Irritate |
VEX |
| Julie ___, host of TV's 'Big Brother' |
CHEN |
| Let off the hook? |
UNPEG |
| Lose hope |
DESPAIR |
| Lose traction |
SKID |
| Lyonnaise |
ONIONY |
| Many traditionally have three balls |
PAWNSHOPSIGNS |
| Massage |
KNEAD |
| Mauna Loa coffee |
KONA |
| Nast's symbol for Tammany Hall |
TIGER |
| Nonmagical one, in Harry Potter |
MUGGLE |
| Oppositionists |
NAYS |
| Optima maker |
KIA |
| Pepsi-Cola mix? |
EPISCOPAL |
| Plain as day |
OVERT |
| Queen in 'The Three Musketeers' |
ANNE |
| Quid-pro-quo arrangements |
SWAPS |
| Rihanna's first #1 Billboard single |
SOS |
| Sapporo sash |
OBI |
| Self-referential, in modernspeak |
META |
| Skunk |
POLECAT |
| State capital whose site was visited by Lewis and Clark |
BISMARCK |
| Stop on a rock band's tour |
ARENA |
| Sweet chili peppers |
ANCHOS |
| Tony winner Cariou |
LEN |
| Tourist attraction |
SIGHT |
| U.S. city named for a Tennyson character |
ENID |
| Undignified |
LOW |
| Vacuum cleaner brand |
MIELE |
| Vivarin competitor |
NODOZ |
| Weakness |
ANEMIA |
| What four balls may let you do |
WALKTOFIRSTBASE |
| World leader who co-wrote the book 'How Far We Slaves Have Come!' with Mandela |
CASTRO |
| Xenophobe's aversion |
ALIEN |
| ___ 100 (annual list) |
TIME |
