very direct or quick path or trip
| BEELINE |
| Word | Clue |
|---|---|
| GLUE | fish or epoxy |
| LINE | towing or actor's |
| MEAT | pork or veal |
| RATE | of interest or fertility |
| SHIP | clipper or passenger |
| SONG | ballad or lullaby |
| SOUP | gazpacho or porridge |
| STAR | Sun or Rigel |
| TIRE | radial or spare |
| WIRE | barbed or chicken |
| AGENT | insurance or travel |
| BRAND | Audi or Porsche |
| COURT | appellate or supreme |
| DANCE | tango or flamenco |
| FLUID | water or petroleum |
| MOTOR | diesel or stepping |
| ORDER | fungus or stop-loss |
| PARTY | Republican or Conservative |
| POWER | solar or of will |
| RIVER | Neva or Mekong |
| DRIVE | verve, get-up-and-go |
| DING | Very minor damage |