___ close second (barely trail), 4 letters
___ draw (go for some yards on the ground), 4 letters
___ risk (take chances), 4 letters
___ temperature (ail), 4 letters
Words before fever or risk, 4 letters
Light, open-topped automobile, 8 letters
An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat, 8 letters
Test to see which is better, 14 letters
Get sick, in a way, 13 letters
Apt name for a boat if I were at the helm?, 13 letters
Glassjaw's Must've ___ Day, 6 letters
___ gun: court stategy, 6 letters
Merchant of Venice IV, 1, 17 letters
Emulate a scientist, 15 letters
Test without exercise?, 15 letters
Evasive treatment, with the, 9 letters
Sitting Bull being evasive?, 14 letters
1961 #1 hit for Dion, and a literal hint to this puzzle's hidden theme, 12 letters
Dion chart-topper of 1961, 12 letters
Do a marathon in Egypt?, 13 letters
Jog an Egyptian port's perimeter?, 13 letters
What Egyptian marathoners might do?, 13 letters
Trick the defensive line, maybe, 9 letters
Move rapidly toward, 5 letters
Move rapidly toward, on foot, 5 letters
Be in the red for black and tans?, 7 letters
Defer payment, perhaps, 7 letters
Drink and pay later, 7 letters
Drink now, pay later, 7 letters
Keep the drink payment until the end, 7 letters
Plan to close at closing, say, 7 letters
Plan to pay at 2:00 a.m., say, 7 letters
Put off paying, perhaps, 7 letters
Feel feverish, e.g., 15 letters
Feel hot or not so hot, 15 letters
Need aspirin, perhaps, 15 letters
Exercise strict control, 13 letters
Oversee things closely, 13 letters
___ Train (Soul Asylum hit), 7 letters
1961 Del Shannon hit, 7 letters
Adjective in a Julia Roberts' film title, 7 letters
Out-of-control horse, 7 letters
Target of a youth outreach program, 7 letters
Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation, 7 letters
Flee the vicinity of So Sick R&B singer?, 15 letters
Cause of a fugitive's pain?, 13 letters