| African country whose flag is nearly identical to Romania's |
| Low-grade liquor |
| Relating to grades 1 to 12, briefly |
| Not perfectly balanced |
| Actress who famously said, "Acting is the perfect idiot's profession |
| Grade school basics |
| Grades K-6 (Abbr.) |
| Marvel Comics superhero wielding a nearly indestructible shield |
| Very nearly |
| Subpar grades |
| Marginal grade |
| Defunct supermarket chain that once had nearly 16,000 stores |
| Great grade |
| Friend in war, among nearly 1000, gives rousing cry (7) |
| A new one is nearly invisible |
| Average conduct grade |
| Nearly shut |
| Adequate grades |
| Poor grades |
| Abbreviated vacation goal, letter-perfectly |
| Almost failing grade |
| Almost perfect, gradewise |
| A Perfect Peace" novelist |
| A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a ___ forever" (Garrison Keillor) |
| Fender imperfections |
| Abysmal grades |
| Degrades |
| Cake known for its nearly perfect purity |
| Animal with the longest gestation, at nearly two years |
| Better-than-middling grade |