CHAIN LETTER
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick  (#2-5))

1. Unwanted visitor that keeps turning up
2. Small fipple flute
3. Small town on a railroad line
4. Quit suddenly and completely
5. Rural marksmanship contest
6. Chitchat
7. Win easily
8. World War II sight on the homefront
9. Generic
10. Entertainment featuring different acts
11. Primary grade activity
12. Edgar Allan Poe classic
13. Unfeeling
14. Georgia Civil War landmark
15. Time zone
16. They wait for no man

Answers:

1. Bad penny
2. Penny whisle 
3. Whistle stop
4. Stop cold turkey
5. Turkey shoot
6. Shoot the breeze
7. Breeze to victory
8. Victory garden
9. Garden variety
10. Variety show
11. Show and tell
12. The Tell-Tale Heart
13. Heart of stone
14. Stone Mountain
15. Mountain Standard Time
16. Time and tide