| Clues | Answers |
| ”Half” prefix for final | SEMI |
| ”Hot” Mexican dish | TAMALE |
| ”__ Sir or Madam . . .” | DEAR |
| Abound (with) | TEEM |
| Affirmative votes | YEAS |
| At no cost | FREE |
| Away from the office today | OFF |
| Bats’ underground homes | CAVES |
| Boston cream or Key lime | PIE |
| Bottom of a boot | SOLE |
| Boy or man | MALE |
| Brief in one’s words | TERSE |
| Bullring cheer | OLE |
| Came down on the runway | LANDED |
| Capital of Vietnam | HANOI |
| Clark Kent, for Superman | SECRETIDENTITY |
| Closed-door conference | PRIVATEMEETING |
| Clothes-pressing appliance | IRON |
| Cluster of grass | CLUMP |
| Confuse | ADDLE |
| Cope with change | ADAPT |
| Earth-breaking garden tools | HOES |
| Edible frozen yogurt holder | CONE |
| Fancy napkin fabric | LINEN |
| Fill with joy | ELATE |
| Fire-truck gear with steps | LADDER |
| Gelatin shaper | MOLD |
| Get cash for | SELL |
| Give the thumbs-up | ASSENT |
| Gooey hairdo holders | GELS |
| Had a meal | ATE |
| Homeowner’s document | DEED |
| Hospital colleagues of MDs | RNS |
| Impolite looks | LEERS |
| Jittery | TENSE |
| Keyboard mistake | TYPO |
| Kid’s vehicle on snow | SLED |
| Last word of a prayer | AMEN |
| Lather | FOAM |
| Matured | AGED |
| Mexican food in a shell | TACO |
| Midterm or final | TEST |
| Mistake | ERROR |
| Modify, as a law | AMEND |
| Morally pure | CHASTE |
| Most important | MAIN |
| Mount climbed by Moses | SINAI |
| One of the Great Lakes | ERIE |
| Otherwise | ELSE |
| Out of __ (needing repair) | ORDER |
| Perform in a chorus | SING |
| Person marking a ballot | VOTER |
| Pirate’s treasure holder | CHEST |
| Prefix meaning ”against” | ANTI |
| President John or John Quincy __ | ADAMS |
| Prone to snooping | NOSY |
| Ration (out) | DOLE |
| Salad leaves | GREENS |
| Sandwich breads | RYES |
| Sneaky | SLY |
| Soup-serving utensil | LADLE |
| Supermarket vehicle | CART |
| Take effect | SETIN |
| Thick string | CORD |
| Thick, as fog | DENSE |
| Tiny bit of rain | DROP |
| Top poker cards | ACES |
| Topped with frosting | ICED |
| Touch on the shoulder | TAP |
| Type of spy | UNDERCOVERAGENT |
| Walk inside | ENTER |
| Wear away | ERODE |
| Weight-loss plans | DIETS |
| Where surgeons work: Abbr | ORS |
| Whitish gemstone | OPAL |
| Wrench or hammer | TOOL |
| __ and ends (miscellany) | ODDS |
| __ vera (skin-cream ingredient) | ALOE |
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