Drop a three or four letter name from the first clue to answer the second clue.

Example: a gin drink / a small size = mARTini

-1. type of missle / a disturbance
-2. excuse / funnel
-3. yellow-bellied / modish
-4. sewing machine part / compartment
-5. expanse / chop
-6. contest / consumed
-7. horse riding style / sponsor
-8. cake coating / baptism receptacle
-9. exceptional / image file extension
-10. mollusk / pig food
-11. a woman who supervises women / a tangled mass
-12. music style in "The Entertainer" / temper
-13. leather treatment area / attempt

8. fondant/font

4. bobbin / bin

3. chicKEN/chic

6. debate/ate

Morning Cue.

13. tANNEry / try

7. bareback/back

Nice start

12. ragTIMe

9. gifTED/gif

Good answers ladies

1. PATriot

10. sCALlop

11. MATron

Yes!