| Clues | Answers |
| 2016 Olympics host | RIO |
| Aiming to lose | ONADIET |
| As a group | ENMASSE |
| Bay | INLET |
| Be in the red | OWE |
| Beaten on the mat | PINNED |
| Bother | NAGAT |
| Continuing story | SERIAL |
| Coolidge’s successor | HOOVER |
| Crimson Tide, for short | BAMA |
| Elbows on the table | PASTA |
| Falafel holder | PITA |
| Fifth element | BORON |
| Flora and fauna | BIOTA |
| Fuses | WELDS |
| Get by | MANAGE |
| Go aboard | ENTRAIN |
| Go by | PASS |
| Hand costs | ANTES |
| Harry’s friend | RON |
| Hill builder | ANT |
| Hooded jacket | ANORAK |
| Just for kicks | ONAWHIM |
| Kick off | START |
| Not active | IDLE |
| Ohio college | ANTIOCH |
| Orderly | TIDY |
| Part of a Caesar quote | ISAW |
| Party VIPs | HOSTS |
| Piano parts | KEYS |
| Place down | LAY |
| Plains grazers | BISON |
| Pro — | RATA |
| Put away | STORE |
| Regardless | ANYHOW |
| Rehab target | ADDICT |
| Running wild | ONATEAR |
| Shucking units | EARS |
| Some exams | ORALS |
| Succeeding | ONAROLL |
| Tear into tatters | SHRED |
| Top rating | TEN |
| Undoes a dele | STETS |
| Vacation spot | ISLAND |
| Was frugal | SAVED |
| Was rude, in a way | STARED |
| Young hooters | OWLETS |
| — the line (obeyed) | TOED |
