| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Nixon in China,” for one | OPERA |
| “Pardon ___ dust” | OUR |
| A Muppet | ERNIE |
| African nation | ZAIRE |
| Attachable PC devices | DONGLES |
| Barrel bottom stuff | DREGS |
| Be goof-y? | ERR |
| Better suited | APTER |
| Board | ENTER |
| Br’er Rabbit man | REMUS |
| Brit’s conservative leader? | ALIKELYTORY |
| Charge!? | CAVALRYWORD |
| Chillingly spooky | EERIE |
| Christened | NAMED |
| Co. with an eye logo | CBS |
| Code breaker | KEY |
| Creation inspirer | MUSE |
| Cutlery unit | KNIFE |
| Deluge refuge | ARK |
| Diner dessert | PIE |
| Down source | EIDER |
| Dutch cheese | EDAM |
| Dyed, in a jeans factory | BLUED |
| Eternally, in poesy | EER |
| Fishmonger’s tool | SCALER |
| Formal affirmative | YES |
| Frown inducers | NOES |
| Funny sketches | SKITS |
| Genetic letters | RNA |
| Gentleman’s go-with | MADAM |
| Gloomy, poetically | DREAR |
| Grammarian’s dreaded 24 hrs.? | ALLAINTSDAY |
| Gridlock | TIEUP |
| Guitar relative | SITAR |
| In the past | AGO |
| Incision reminder | SCAR |
| Is a king | RULES |
| It forms links | AND |
| It’s single | ONE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| King of snakes | COBRA |
| Left the union | SECEDED |
| Like a farm | RURAL |
| Lustrous material | SATIN |
| Market after marking up | RESELL |
| Mauna ___ | KEA |
| Mine find | ORE |
| Mini-PC network | LAN |
| Miss in the future? | MRS |
| Old PC screen | CRT |
| Old steering wheels? | REINS |
| One with amped-up back? | ROADIE |
| Orbital extremes | APOGEES |
| Out-of-control semi? | TERRORTRUCK |
| Pale | WAN |
| Pasta type | PENNE |
| Pharaoh’s domain | EGYPT |
| Plum type | GAGE |
| Porcelain pourer | EWER |
| Relapse | SETBACK |
| Right-hand pages | RECTOS |
| Sailors’ direction? | SEAWARD |
| Salty liquid | BRINE |
| Secret keeper | PAL |
| Semi | RIG |
| Send elsewhere | REFER |
| Seven on a sundial | VII |
| Sideways, as a look | ASKANCE |
| Slugger Mel | OTT |
| Snooty sort | SNOB |
| Some colorful shrubs | AZALEAS |
| Stats for the well-armed | ERAS |
| Step part | TREAD |
| Strike open-handedly | SMACK |
| Tiny harvester | ANT |
| U.S. snooper grp | CIA |
| Up to, informally | TIL |
| Way past stale | DECAYED |
| When a plane’s due | ETA |
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