| CARB | "Is butter a ___?" ("Mean Girls" quote) |
| FETCH | "Stop trying to make '___' happen!" ("Mean Girls" quote) |
| LEAN | "I'm a ___, mean fighting machine!" |
| LOHAN | Lindsay of ?Mean Girls? |
| IAN | Janis ___ ("Mean Girls" character named for the singer of "At Seventeen") |
| MCADAMS | Rachel _, Mean Girls actor (7) |
| PRINT | A moulded pat of butter; a textile with a stamped pattern of dye; a copy or reproduction of an original painting; or, a book or newspaper (5) |
| BLOCK | A flat-sided mass of wood or stone; something thus shaped, such as a pat of butter; a mould for a hat/wig; or, a group of buildings (5) |
| FIRKIN | From "fourth", word for a quarter of a barrel originally, later nine gallons of ale or beer; 56lb of butter; a small cask/keg for the latter, or for cheese, eels, herrings, lard, soap or wine (6) |
| RAMPART | Butter a bit, get a secure place (7) |
| NUTS | Is butter off trolley? |
| TRIBUTES | Is butter sure to obtain such glowing praises? (8) |
| SCRAPEALIVING | Make just enough bread to butter a crust? |
| GREASE | Butter a baking container, ... the pan |
| BASTE | Butter a Butterball, say |
| TSA | Org. that considers peanut butter a liquid |
| SPREADONESWINGS | Test one's abilities to butter a single set of playground equipment (6,4,5) |
| PAT | Small mass of butter; a gentle tap with the palm of the hand; or, the sound of light footsteps or rain (3) |
| SKINTIGHT | Second family? Mean with money and very clingy (4-5) |
| INTEND | Boil - with anger? . Mean, plan (6) |