Comparable to a tack, 7 letters
Parts 2 and 6 of the quip, 7 letters
Buffoon in modern-day slang, and word hidden five times in this puzzle, 6 letters
___ walks me through the nicest parts of hell (NIN line), 5 letters
Sammy Davis, Jr.'s As Long ___ Needs Me, 5 letters
Steady ___ goes, 5 letters
More of the limerick, 21 letters
Chief Assyrian god, 6 letters