| Melodrama stock character |
DAMSEL |
| Mideast capital |
DAMASCUS |
| Mooted point |
ISSUE |
| Mountainous Missouri county |
OZARK |
| MSN rival |
AOL |
| Not very original |
BANAL |
| Of vision |
OPTIC |
| OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK! |
PANDORASBOX |
| OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK! |
ACANOFWORMS |
| OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK! |
THEFLOODGATES |
| Parisian ''Wow!'' |
OOLALA |
| Part of RPM |
PER |
| Person on your side |
ALLY |
| Pie holders |
TINS |
| Pretense |
ACT |
| Prone to fidgeting |
ANTSY |
| Red Sea port |
SUEZ |
| Rightful |
DUE |
| Road Runner cartoon scenery |
MESAS |
| Rubber-stamp refresher |
INKPAD |
| Sandra's ''Speed'' costar |
KEANU |
| Self-effacing |
SHY |
| Signaling to start |
CUING |
| Single-edition mag |
ONEOFF |
| Spacek's Oscar role |
LYNN |
| Sponsor of speedy spectacles |
NASCAR |
| Takes charge |
LEADS |
| Texas State Fair locale |
DALLAS |
| Thumb-index tab, perhaps |
XYZ |
| Tooth fillers' grp |
ADA |
| Tree in many street names |
ELM |
| Tree-trimming time |
YULE |
| Tyrolean tune |
YODEL |
| Uncommon writing of late |
LETTER |
| Upsilon preceder |
TAU |
| Word on Hawaii's license plates |
ALOHA |
| World Cup cheer |
OLE |
| Wrecker's service |
TOW |
| __-ray player |
BLU |
