| MILLET | Grain: grind it, I say (6) |
| GRIST | The way endlessly to grind it for flour (5) |
| WHEAT | The way endlessly to grind it for flour (5) |
| MILL | Grind it around and the crowd will move aimlessly (4) |
| MINCE | So to grind it, meat will make something sweet (5) |
| BUTT | You might grind it out |
| AXE | Grind it |
| STRIDING | Stepping out, one grinds it to pieces (8) |
| INHALE | "I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't ____ it" (Bill Clinton) |
| INSIST | It's sin that does it, I maintain persistently (6) |
| DORIAN | Gray whose portraitist said, "I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it" |
| APLOMB | Corner-boy withdrew it, I hear, showing assurance (6) |
| BANDIT | The outlaw refused to allow it, I hear (6) |
| RAISED | Lifted it up and completely destroyed it, I heard |
| TAHITI | Hat backwards, with it I show Gauguin's paradise (6) |
| CRITIC | He reviews the work and may credit it, I see (6) |
| TITIAN | Result of sitting in sun: absorbing it, I become red |
| COMETO | ___ think of it, I do remember (4,2) |
| AUNTIE | Family member is opposed to it, I hear |
| PRAYER | *Bon Jovi: "Take my hand, we'll make it I swear. Woah, livin' on a ___" |