1. crackerbox house (5 letters)
HOVEL
2. set store by (7 letters)
RESPECT
3. stage backdrop (7 letters)
SCENERY
4. ring holder (6 letters)
FINGER
5. what you type on (8 letters)
KEYBOARD
6. bacteria colony (7 letters)
CULTURE
7. urban bird (6 letters)
PIGEON
1. flatten (5 letters) LEVEL 2. be on the mend (4 letters) HEAL 3. croaking jumper (8 letters) BULLFROG 4. barbers’ work (7 letters) CUTTING 5. slangy lawyer (10 letters) MOUTHPIECE 6. pestilence (6 letters) PLAGUE 7. like Chicago (5 letters) WINDY
1. mortal (6 letters) DEADLY 2. poked fun at (7 letters) TAUNTED 3. syncopated musical style (7 letters) RAGTIME 4. Fievel and Mickey (4 letters) MICE 5. head blow concern (10 letters) CONCUSSION 6. place to buy a car (10 letters) DEALERSHIP 7. assembly meeting (7 letters) SESSION
1. pieces in many board games (4 letters) DICE 2. out for revenge (10 letters) VINDICTIVE 3. trash (7 letters) GARBAGE 4. bad scene (6 letters) DOWNER 5. vamoose (8 letters) HIGHTAIL 6. instant (9 letters) HEARTBEAT 7. causing destruction (10 letters) PERNICIOUS
1. gnu (10 letters) WILDEBEEST 2. college board member (6 letters) REGENT 3. rebellion (8 letters) UPRISING 4. summon up (6 letters) MUSTER 5. gifted (8 letters) TALENTED 6. never dying (8 letters) IMMORTAL 7. quick grab (6 letters) SNATCH
1. cat burglar or pickpocket (5 letters) THIEF 2. city on the Hudson River (7 letters) YONKERS 3. wealth (9 letters) AFFLUENCE 4. stupefy (4 letters) DAZE 5. microphone squeal (8 letters) FEEDBACK 6. home of the Mavericks (6 letters) DALLAS 7. red stone (4 letters) RUBY
1. big name in luxury cars (8 letters) MERCEDES 2. modus viventi (9 letters) LIFESTYLE 3. binding agreement (8 letters) COVENANT 4. cause of a rough flight (10 letters) TURBULENCE 5. war engagement (6 letters) BATTLE 6. amalgam (7 letters) MIXTURE 7. unbeliever (7 letters) INFIDEL
1. campaign rocker (7 letters) SCANDAL 2. of a bedroom community (8 letters) SUBURBAN 3. prodigy (6 letters) WONDER 4. retort (8 letters) COMEBACK 5. public place for a stroll (9 letters) PROMENADE 6. beginning of puberty (11 letters) ADOLESCENCE 7. flintlock or muzzleloader (5 letters) RIFLE
1. thickly applied paint (7 letters) IMPASTO 2. beyond monetary value (9 letters) PRICELESS 3. big shot in business (5 letters) TITAN 4. populate (7 letters) INHABIT 5. district with a seat (6 letters) COUNTY 6. like a globe (5 letters) ROUND 7. Old West gunfight (8 letters) SHOWDOWN
1. forerunner (9 letters) PRECURSOR 2. speak highly of (7 letters) COMMEND 3. rotations of the Earth (4 letters) DAYS 4. stormy (9 letters) INCLEMENT 5. imperfect (6 letters) FAULTY 6. sugar source (4 letters) CANE 7. improve the contours of (10 letters) STREAMLINE