| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Thankless people |
| Teased mercilessly |
| Needless fuss |
| Become apparent |
| Become threadbare |
| French instructor's directive during elocution lessons |
| Absolutely useless |
| Silly or mindless |
| A nuclear weapon |
| Become unavailable, as funds |
| Apostropheless possessive |
| Moving aimlessly |
| Careless hurrying |
| Baltimore specialty / Effortless task / Move on all fours with the belly up |
| Become prominent |
| Scaleless swimmer |
| Colorless, flammable gas |
| Render harmless, perhaps |
| Fluidless, as a barometer |
| Backless shoes |
| Less approachable |
| Prefix meaning "less than normal |
| Aesopian lesson |
| Weird Al" Yankovic single about a nuclear holocaust during the holidays, which contains the line "...underneath the missile-toe |
| Bacteria rendered harmless by pasteurization |
| Meaningless chatter |
| Become painfully dry, as lips |
| Fearless and daring |
| Flightless Australian bird |