PIEDMONT

GENERALSClasses by extremely lugubrious commanders (8) EARLIESTSoonest GRIMACESMakes a face (8) OKSOWHAT"And your point is?" CAVALIEROffhand AMBULANTMoving about in the morning, six-footer clutches bauble, oddly (8) SPITBALL"Ammunition" for a class clown HOWSLIFE"What's new with you?" REPRISALEarl rips pants in retaliatory act (8) SAYONARAJapanese farewell RAPSHEETListing of priors DATELINEIt says where and when an article was written (8) EMIRATESWhat Sex Pistols were paid for 3 months in Holloway venue WARFARINDrug no good when engaging in battle (8)