| Clues | Answers |
| Almanac bit | FACT |
| Archaeologist’s find | TOMB |
| Assignments | POSTS |
| Cain’s brother | ABEL |
| Caravan creature | CAMEL |
| City on the Passaic | NEWARK |
| Concert bonus | ENCORE |
| Concert highlight | SOLO |
| Coped | MADEDO |
| Cut’s counterpart | PASTE |
| Deal maker | AGENT |
| Discipline | CHASTEN |
| Doofus | CLOD |
| Earth: Prefix | GEO |
| Game setting | ARENA |
| Greek X | CHI |
| High tennis hit | LOB |
| Houston team | ASTROS |
| Important time | ERA |
| Impresses | AWES |
| Isolated | APART |
| Jar part | LID |
| Like ranked players | SEEDED |
| Lone Star staters | TEXANS |
| Louisiana school | TULANE |
| Low digit | ONE |
| Male turkey | TOM |
| Met performer | TENOR |
| Mid-month time | IDES |
| Mist over | FOGUP |
| Munich mister | HERR |
| Muse count | NINE |
| Network junction | NODE |
| Not neat | UNKEMPT |
| Piano pieces | ETUDES |
| Reader’s destination | BOOKSTORE |
| Reduce to only the best | WINNOW |
| Refiner’s stuff | ORE |
| Salem’s state | OREGON |
| Shade source | ELM |
| Silent assent | NOD |
| Skiing surface | SNOW |
| Snide expression | SNEER |
| Spanish gold | ORO |
| Struck out | XED |
| Sturgeon eggs | ROE |
| Stylish | HIP |
| Therefore | HENCE |
| Tie the knot | WED |
| Vacuum lack | AIR |
| Wood-burning appliance | COOKSTOVE |
| Workers’ home | HIVE |
