| 1 | | A formal entry into an
organization or position or office (9) |
| 2 | | Good at a particular task or job
or at a number of different things (7) |
| 3 | | The seed of the cereal grass (3) |
| 4 | | Generally incompetent and
ineffectual (5) |
| 5 | | Drink slowly in very small amounts (3) |
| 6 | | Crawling organism with shell (5) |
| 7 | | To pull something out, often using
force (7) |
| 8 | | (music) the speed at which a
composition is to be played (5) |
| 12 | | Short nonfiction prose piece (5) |
| 14 | | Conclude something from reasoning (5) |
| 18 | | To insert something into a larger
thing, e.g. a gem in a ring or a
small map in the corner of a
larger map (5) |
| 19 | | Among some Native North American
peoples, a tall wooden pole carved (5) |
| 20 | | The state of not being guilty of a
crime or offense (9) |
| 22 | | Latticework used to support
climbing plants (7) |
| 24 | | Hoosier State (7) |
| 25 | | Spiritual leader of a Jewish
congregation (5) |
| 26 | | Located near or closer to the
center of something (5) |
| 27 | | A program that is broadcast again (5) |
| 30 | | Narrow wood or metal or plastic
runners used in pairs for gliding
over snow (3) |
| 32 | | Federal Bureau of Investigation (3) |