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3 letters

IRA
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

TOT
A young child

SUM
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

TEM

ROD
Any rod-shaped bacterium

EYE
A small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"

ACT
Something that people do or cause to happen

LIT
The humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"

OUT
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

4 letters

RAFT
A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

GRAS

BABA
A small cake leavened with yeast

CARB

NCAA

ROAD
A way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"

COLA
Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts

5 letters

ITART

CAIRO
The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs

6 letters

MIDDLE
Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"

XFILES

7 letters

ISCREAM

ATANEND

RTSOPRI

8 letters

ATLANTIC
The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

OLDCHAPS

9 letters

THEOHEART

BERNSTEIN
United States conductor and composer (1918-1990)

13 letters

MADISONCOUNTY

15 letters

IHOPETHEYLLDUCK