Definitions Found:
of or like a microspore also MICROSPORIC
- PAPAWFruit also called a custard apple or prairie banana
- MICAMaterial also known as cat-gold or glimmer
- RULEDLike notepaper or subjects of a king
- BOBSUPANDDOWNMoves like a buoy in the ocean ... or a hint to the shaded parts of this puzzle?
- PARTANIMALLike a centaur or faun ... or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues
- HOMEThere's no place like it ... or a word that can precede either half of the answer to each starred clue
- HAIRYLike Sasquatch or a tarantula
- MANEDLike a lion or horse
- TITLEDLike a lord or lady
- MALELike a buck or boar
- OSCINELike a crow or lark
- OVINELike a ram or lamb
- SPORTYLike a Jaguar or Miata
- MANEDLike a horse or lion
- TITLEDLike a dame or earl
- RETDLike many a capt. or gen.
- WEELike many a lad or lass
- SCALEDLike Mt. Everest or a lizard
- ACUTELike a 45?? or 60?? angle
- WASHEDUPLike driftwood or a has-been
- OVERPARLike a bogey or double bogey
- RETLike many a gen. or maj.
- GREEKLike rho ... or a fraternity row
- SHEERLike many a cliff or coincidence
- CRISPLike autumn air or a fresh apple
- THREECARLike a large garage or small pileup
- TYPESETLike words in a magazine or newspaper
- LUCKYLike a rabbit's foot or four-leaf clover
- SEEDIERMore like a dive bar or certain bread
- LINEDLike a sleeping bag or a swimming pool
- TWOSTARLike a midlevel general or a so-so movie
- INLOWLike trucks going up or down a steep hill
- ALLINLike a poker player who's either very confident or really bluffing
- HOUSEBROKENLike most pet dogs ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters
- DOWNANDDIRTYDone in a quick but effective manner ... or like the answers to the three starred clues?