| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NICER | Not as mean |
| NOBLER | Not as mean. |
| NICE | Not mean |
| KINDER | Not so mean |
| NASTY | Not just mean |
| CODEWORD | It may not mean what you think |
| POEM | "A ... should not mean - But be": MacLeish |
| POEM | "A ... should not mean - But be": Archibald MacLeish |
| APOEM | MacLiesh said it "should not mean - But be" |
| IDLE | "Tears, ... tears, I know not what they mean": Tennyson |
| SUBWAYWARD | Word that could mean "not entirely disobedient" or "headed for the metro" |
| ELI | One who goes to school up in New Haven (no, not Albertus Magnus ... Yale, I mean Yale) |
