| IAMBUSES | Feet of two syllables, a short followed by a long (8) |
| IAMBS | Metrical feet consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one |
| IAMB | A metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (4) |
| TESTOUT | Try drink ___ a short, followed by beer (4,3) |
| RUSHMAT | It gets under the feet of two mums, trapped by routine (4,3) |
| IAMBUS | Metric foot of one short followed by one long syllable (6) |
| CURTAILED | After summary is cut short, followed up to be made even shorter (9) |
| TROCHEE | A foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short (7) |
| ANAPAEST | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short syllables followed by a long one; the reverse of a dactyl (8) |
| IAMBIC | Of a metrical foot of two syllables, one short and one long (6) |
| ANAPEST | A foot of two short syllables followed by a long syllable (US sp) (7) |
| POKE | As two syllables, a Hawaiian dish - as one, a nudge |
| SCOTCHSNAP | In music, a pattern consisting of a short note followed by a long one (6,4) |
| OWNGOAL | Defensive error gets cry of pain, followed by a long analysis (3,4) |
| PYRRHIC | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short or unstressed syllables (7) |
| TEQUILAWORM | Invertebrate whose first word is the spirit in a margarita: 2 wds. (Theme answer: An alcoholic beverage is followed by a long animal) |
| SPONDEE | A foot of two long syllables |
| BEERSNAKE | Crowd's collected plastic containers whose first word is what Budweiser sells: 2 wds. (Theme answer: An alcoholic beverage is followed by a long animal) |
| LALALA | Syllables a struggling "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" contestant might sing |
| PERFORMER | Contortionist, e.g., and, read syllable by syllable, a hint to the starred answers |
