| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| MESSES | Fools around (with) |
| TINKERS | Fools around with a job |
| KILLSTIME | Fools around |
| ALTERS | Fools with |
| TAMPERS | Fools (with) |
| TRIPS | Fools, with "up" |
| NINNIES | Sin with nine fools |
| CAP | Word with knee or fools |
| TREES | Poem with the line "Poems are made by fools like me" |
| SIDDFINCH | Pitcher with a 168-mph fastball dreamed up by George Plimpton for the 1985 April Fools' Day issue of Sports Illustrated |
