| Lab in its early stages | 23 |
| Hector's old status | 23 |
| Coyote's offspring | 22 |
| Adoption agency acquisition | 27 |
| Stage in a bug's life | 25 |
| Insect stage after larva | 24 |
| Stage of metamorphosis | 22 |
| Stage between larva and imago | 29 |
| Stage between larva and adult | 29 |
| Stage that includes a cocoon | 28 |
| Insect's quiescent stage | 28 |
| Insect reproductive stage | 25 |
| Between larva and imago | 23 |
| Metamorphose, as a larva | 24 |
| Enter a nonfeeding state | 24 |
| One being taught a lesson | 25 |
| Alexander, to Aristotle | 23 |
| The opening of an iris | 22 |
| One receiving lectures? | 23 |
| Member of a certain class | 25 |
| It gets bigger in the dark | 26 |
| Guitar teacher's student | 28 |
| Eliza, to Henry Higgins | 23 |
| Elève, over here | 23 |
| "Nasaan Ka" band | 26 |
| String-puller's need | 24 |
| Adolescent infatuation | 22 |
| Teen-ager's infatuation | 27 |
| 99 of the 101 Dalmatians | 24 |
| What littering may produce | 26 |
| Most of the 101 Dalmatians | 26 |
| Litter makeup, perhaps | 22 |
| Backpacker's shelter | 24 |
| Polynesian menu platter | 23 |
| Kind of appetizer platter | 25 |
| __ platter: Chinese appetizer | 29 |
| Free of extraneous elements | 27 |
| Free from contaminants | 22 |
| Free from contamination | 23 |
| Containing no admixtures | 24 |
| Containing no additives | 23 |
| ___ as the driven snow | 22 |
| Certain cattle or canines | 25 |
| Food processor setting | 22 |
| Put through the blender | 23 |
| Use a blender, in a way | 23 |
| Mashed potatoes, essentially | 28 |
| Blender setting for baby food | 29 |
| Whip or blend alternative | 25 |
| Strain in the kitchen | 22 |
| Make into baby food, maybe | 26 |
| Make baby food, perhaps | 23 |
| Chef's term for thinning | 28 |
| Button next to mix, perhaps | 27 |
| Prepared vegetables for soup | 28 |
| Puts through a strainer | 23 |
| Makes baby food, maybe | 22 |
| Uses the blender, in a way | 26 |
| Uses a blender, perhaps | 23 |
| Strains to make baby food | 25 |
| Prepares baby food, perhaps | 27 |
| Makes applesauce, e.g. | 22 |
| Closer to full strength | 23 |
| Having fewer impurities | 23 |
| Distilled vis-Ã -vis tap | 26 |
| Unadulterated moonshine? | 24 |
| Political housecleaning | 23 |
| Cleanse, as of impurities | 25 |
| Political housecleaning, e.g. | 29 |
| Housecleaning of a sort | 23 |
| Get rid of, Stalin style | 24 |
| Eliminate, as undesirables | 26 |
| Clear, as computer memory | 25 |
| Clean out a closet, say | 23 |
| Jewish holiday in Adar | 22 |
| Celebration of deliverance | 26 |
| Festival of deliverance | 23 |
| Festival in the month of Adar | 29 |
| Fast of Esther follower | 23 |
| Strict linguistic correctness | 29 |
| Rigid insistence on nicety | 26 |
| Observance of correctness | 25 |
| Insistence on chasteness | 24 |
| Aversion to slang, say | 22 |
| Stickler for correctness | 24 |
| One resistant to change | 23 |
| Stickler re diction, etc. | 25 |
| Punctilious professor, e.g. | 27 |
| One unlikely to compromise | 26 |
| One insistent on perfection | 27 |
| Not one to try new ideas | 24 |
| Strict observers of the rules | 29 |
| Language conservatives | 22 |
| French Academy members, e.g. | 28 |
| "Knit one, ___ two" | 29 |
| Ornamental lace edging | 22 |
| Reverse movement, of a sort | 27 |
| Movement with a ripple | 22 |
| Knitting chart instruction | 26 |
| Knitter's direction | 23 |