27ac The best runner _L_ _ _R
29ac So excited one couldn't keep still? _ _I_ _ _ _
36ac Not the little woman _ _A_ _ _
37ac Up to the B in "beverage" _ _ _ _
39ac Is a better paint remover than O_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5dn In answer to the challenge, the twit raised the weapon _A_S_O_D
8dn A hollow "Hard times for everybody" _E_R_S_I_N
21dn The softest of all does, perhaps A_G_ _ _/R_ _ _ _ _
28dn Guarantees, when the battle rages _ _R_ _ _T_
29dn Well-versed in games, one maintains _ _P_ _ _ _ _
30dn Find you don't need to make the distribution _ _S_ _ _ _ _