| Thread holder |
SPOOL |
| “Beat it!” |
SCAT |
| Part of a foot |
INCH |
| Monastic leader |
ABBOT |
| Kauai greeting |
ALOHA |
| Greek liqueur |
OUZO |
| Aloe __ (natural balm) |
VERA |
| North Pole explorer |
PEARY |
| Nation with the longest shoreline on the Caspian Sea |
KAZAKHSTAN |
| Nation whose capital is 92 feet below sea level |
AZERBAIJAN |
| Two-track sound system |
STEREO |
| King of Disney cartoons |
LION |
| “Odyssey,” for instance |
EPICTALE |
| Military weaponry |
ARMAMENT |
| Ill will |
SPITE |
| Dallas sch. |
SMU |
| Saline solution containers |
IVBAGS |
| Till section |
TENS |
| Piedmont wine city |
ASTI |
| Nation where early human fossils were found by Mary Leakey |
TANZANIA |
| Nation that’s farther from an ocean than any other |
KYRGYZSTAN |
| Stomach soother |
ANTACID |
| Corkscrew shape |
HELIX |
| School of Paris |
ECOLE |
| Held back, with “in” |
REINED |
| Upscale timepiece |
ROLEX |
| How one behaves |
DEMEANOR |
| Poetic contraction |
EER |
| Family guys |
PAPAS |
| 16 Down resort, for short |
CABO |
| Cooped (up) |
PENT |
| Nation with the highest percentage land area on its continent |
BRAZIL |
| Nation that pioneered the walking safari |
ZAMBIA |
| Drama and dance |
ARTS |
| School Shelley attended |
ETON |
| Former fillies |
MARES |
| “Chocolate” dog |
LAB |
| “Not only that . . .” |
MOREOVER |
| French home for Van Gogh |
ARLES |
| NFC West team |
LARAMS |
| Certain cybermessage |
EMAIL |
| First phase |
ONSET |
| C, for Caesar |
NUMERAL |
| First nation to give women the right to vote (1893) |
NEWZEALAND |
| Nation with the most official languages (16) |
ZIMBABWE |
| Parcel (out) |
DOLE |
| Type, as of transportation |
MODE |
| Tech support service |
PCHELP |
| Compass reading |
SSW |
| Neighbors of tongues |
LACES |
| Former name of 89 Across |
RHODESIA |
| Nullify a contract |
TEARITUP |
| Enter |
GOIN |
| Fill a hotel closet |
UNPACK |
| Landlocked nation surrounded by landlocked nations |
UZBEKISTAN |
| Only nation spelled with two 10-point Scrabble letters |
MOZAMBIQUE |
| Pickler’s need |
BRINE |
| “Look what I did!” |
TADA |
| Cupid counterpart |
EROS |
| Seize control of |
USURP |
| Gobbled up |
EATEN |
| Internist’s imperative |
STAT |
| Thought-provoking |
DEEP |
| Abu __, UAE |
DHABI |
