| GOLDENCALF | Biblical idol (In this clue's answer, note the 8 starting letters) |
| SHOWMEMORE | "I'm enjoying your house tour!" (... 8 starting letters) |
| CALF | Biblical idol |
| JOSIAH | Biblical idol destroyer |
| BAAL | Biblical idol |
| NOISELEVEL | Something kept down in a library (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| PARTOWNER | One with "a piece of the pie," perhaps (In this clue's answer, note the first four letters and the last three) |
| HANGAROUND | Linger (In this clue's answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 1) |
| CAMEINHANDY | *Proved useful (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| INQUIRINGABOUT | Showing interest regarding (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3) |
| BAJAFRESH | Tex-Mex chain (In this clue's answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2) |
| SLIMCHANCE | Hundred-to-one shot, e.g. (In this clue's answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 2) |
| COURTHOUSE | *Place to argue a case (In this clue's answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2) |
| SHOLEMALEICHEM | *Yiddish author whose work inspired "Fiddler on the Roof" (In this clue's answer, note the last 4 letters) |
| PLAYAREAS | *Ball pits' spots (In this clue's answer, note the first letter + the last 3) |
| DISSIPATE | Vanish gradually (in this clue's answer, note the last 4 letters + ...) |
| PETERFRAMPTON | *"Show Me the Way" rocker (In this clue's answer, note letters 1-2 + 13 along with letters 7-9) |
| EVERGREENTREES | You can see lots of them in December (In this clue's answer, note letters 8-13) |
| EDITHWHARTON | *Pulitzer-winning author of "The Age of Innocence" (In this clue's answer, note letters 6-8 and 10) |
| BOTTOMFEEDERS | *Catfish and carp (In this clue's answer, note letters 6-8) |
