1. spearmint gum maker (7 letters)
WRIGLEY
2. edible spears (9 letters)
ASPARAGUS
3. spear handle (5 letters)
SHAFT
4. spear, as an olive (6 letters)
SKEWER
5. fish spear (7 letters)
TRIDENT
6. spearhead (7 letters)
PIONEER
7. Captain Ahab’s spear (7 letters)
HARPOON
1. constant griper (11 letters) FAULTFINDER 2. not having plans (4 letters) FREE 3. calamitous (6 letters) TRAGIC 4. cargo area (4 letters) HOLD 5. misconception (8 letters) DELUSION 6. immature (7 letters) PUERILE 7. packing calories (9 letters) FATTENING
1. uneasy feeling (7 letters) ANXIETY 2. sound of a dying engine (7 letters) SPUTTER 3. astounding (10 letters) TREMENDOUS 4. comfortable environment (7 letters) ELEMENT 5. hornet’s attack (5 letters) STING 6. terrify (6 letters) DISMAY 7. make catcalls (6 letters) HECKLE
1. bum rap (9 letters) INJUSTICE 2. door security device (5 letters) LATCH 3. speed up (10 letters) ACCELERATE 4. not easily caught (8 letters) SLIPPERY 5. facile with language (4 letters) GLIB 6. extraction tool in the mouth (9 letters) TOOTHPICK 7. evergreen tree (6 letters) SPRUCE
1. use your imagination (9 letters) FANTASIZE 2. cheering sound (6 letters) HURRAY 3. modified waltz (6 letters) BOSTON 4. comic opera (6 letters) BOUFFE 5. showy extra (5 letters) FRILL 6. newly established colony (10 letters) PLANTATION 7. excessive enthusiasm (5 letters) MANIA
1. weirdo (7 letters) ODDBALL 2. like most basketball players (4 letters) TALL 3. wide pasta strips (10 letters) FETTUCCINI 4. parting statement (8 letters) FAREWELL 5. start of a venture (7 letters) SENDOFF 6. merry (6 letters) JOCOSE 7. serious TV show (5 letters) DRAMA
1. sticky mud (6 letters) SLUDGE 2. bill of exchange (5 letters) DRAFT 3. evergreen shrub (5 letters) HEATH 4. pulpy fruit (9 letters) PERSIMMON 5. gather (10 letters) CONGREGATE 6. plump (6 letters) ROTUND 7. marriage license signer (7 letters) WITNESS
1. where a Texas leaguer lands (8 letters) OUTFIELD 2. shown off (7 letters) VAUNTED 3. elaborate (8 letters) INVOLVED 4. what hoarding can lead to (8 letters) SHORTAGE 5. long-running Broadway musical (4 letters) CATS 6. frankness (6 letters) CANDOR 7. Marilyn Monroe was one (6 letters) BLONDE
1. striped insect (9 letters) BUMBLEBEE 2. behind in points (6 letters) LOSING 3. lie (9 letters) MENDACITY 4. ruling with an iron fist (11 letters) DICTATORIAL 5. gunk (4 letters) CRUD 6. strong-arm (6 letters) COMPEL 7. undertaking (11 letters) PROPOSITION
1. customary ceremony (10 letters) OBSERVANCE 2. vanish (9 letters) DISAPPEAR 3. strong urge (8 letters) APPETITE 4. firebug (10 letters) PYROMANIAC 5. admission (10 letters) CONCESSION 6. skirmish (5 letters) BRAWL 7. Super Bowl XLIII winners (8 letters) STEELERS