| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SHIPSHAPE | Ready for the main |
| SPAR | Practice for the main event |
| BOUNDING | Poet's word for the main |
| STARIN | Be the main actor for |
| PRELIM | Before the main event, for short |
| PRELIMS | Fights before the main event, for short |
| ODESSA | Main port for grain from the Ukraine |
| RECONSIDERATION | Not the main food allotment for one on an intel mission? |
| LAMBCHOPS | What the writer of "Essays of Elia" chose for the main course? |
