PANIC 5 Kind of scene
IC 2 Dame Christie
JEAN 4 Droops
IRISH 5 Row
ALEE 4 Lower in status
ULNA 4 Arm bone
CANOE 5 Y2K introduces this
OPENANDSHUTCASE 15 Of great size
NDSHUTCASE 10 Was indebted
TCASE 5 Narrow thong
OSEORDERDRILL 13 Formed a curve
ILL 3 Y2K is also this
NEE 3 NBA official
RIIS 4 Puts into service
ELVER 5 School org.
LVER 4 Fam. member
LOGE 4 Rect. piece of paper
ENE 3 Extreme
IONIC 5 Special psychic power: abbr.
WELLSHUTMYMOUTH 15 Lyric poem
LSHUTMYMOUTH 12 Act as if you ___ place
MYMOUTH 7 Spotted cube
YMOUTH 6 Y2K means this
PENTOTHEPUBLIC 14 More strange
ENTOTHEPUBLIC 13 I'll have to take off my ___ you
THEPUBLIC 9 Debt notes
LIC 3 Release
PROM 4 Y2K starts this
DETER 5 Military assistant
DETER 5 Become more profound
DETER 5 Golf ball position
DETER 5 Pointed rod
DETER 5 At a reduced price
DETER 5 Football position
PICO 4 Flame attracts it
ARAP 4 Luau locale
NINE 4 Guardhouse
ISON 4 Total
CHEAPEN 7 Prized item
HARDER 6 Parisian pal
OLES 4 ___ Aviv
LEAH 4 Circle of light
DEMURRER 8 For an additional time
JUICER 6 Miscellaneous
ELSA 4 Boxing's "Greatest"
ANNS 4 Large African antelope
NATE 4 Cheers character
RDER 4 Take five
ICER 4 Kind of tide
PEN 3 Therefore
RRER 4 Run the film again
CAREW 5 There ___ sides to every argument
LAINE 5 Request: abbr.
SOS 3 Baseball's NL MVP in 1967
DIVOT 5 Settles for home cookinĠ
ERE 3 Hung loosely
INONU 5 Water-carved gully
LEGIT 5 Required
LEECH 5 "Which weighs more a pound of feather or a pound ___"
AREW 4 Entertainer Kitt
IVOT 4 . . . hard to handle ___ potato
THIOPIA 7 Book of the OT
SIT 3 Finite degree
INKED 5 Checked by a pull
NEMON 5 Walked
OWEN 4 Quiet in pitch
HOOT 4 Reverse
BALE 4 Observed
ISEE 4 Regulating principle
CARR 4 Ireland poetically
WEN 3 Ogled
PIA 3 Catch
RED 3 ___ Rancho NM
EN 2 City in the Sooner State
IA 2 Masculine nickname
ED 2 More than a bookkeeper
N 1 Slippery one
A 1 Compass pt.
AQUA 4 Pastel shade
CONED 5 Shaped like a funnel
LOPS 4 Cuts off branches
YUAN 4 Chinese money
ORATE 5 Make a speech
ORAL 4 Like most testimony
EARTRUMPET 10 Early hearing aid
OGRE 4 Monster
OGEE 4 Curved molding
REMAKE 6 Angels in the Outfield for one
SCHOLAR 7 Serious student
LIT 3 Set on fire
NAP 3 Carpet surface
LOADER 6 Farm machine
POTOSI 6 Bolivian city
ORRIS 5 Plant with fragrant roots
TOFU 4 Meat alternative
ACES 4 They beat 41 Across
GAPS 4 Lacunas
SORTS 5 Kinds
MASH 4 Prepare potatoes
SLOT 4 Place for coins
TREY 4 Low card
MALTA 5 Mediterranean island
OSIRIS 6 Ancient Egyptian god
CURLER 6 Beauty salon item
ANN 3 Actress Jillian
TIC 3 Spasm
DELAYED 7 Like some flights
BIGTOP 6 Circus
AIDA 4 Operatic heroine
ETUI 4 Small case
PANJANDRUM 10 Self-important bureaucrat
LEND 4 Grant a mortgage
ENDOR 5 Biblical witch's home
DAZE 4 Confused condition
ERSE 4 Gaelic
RAINS 5 Flood preceder
TWIN 4 Certain sibling
AYE 3 Affirmative vote
QUA 3 Sine ___ non
UAR 3 Former Mideast fed.
ANT 3 Picnic pest
COUGAR 6 Tawny feline
ORMER 5 Abalone shell
NAPE 4 Neck part
ETE 3 French summer
DETRITUS 8 Rock fragments
LOOM 4 Weaver's frame
ORGANICALLY 11 How some vegetables are grown
PARKA 5 Winter wear
SLEEP 5 REM time
ROLES 5 Actors quests
ETO 3 DDE's command
SLOGS 5 Walks with great effort
CORAL 5 Reef substance
HARPOONGUNS 11 Whaler's weapons
ODISTS 6 Lyric poets
LOFTY 5 Very high
PORES 5 Tiny openings
SAMARA 6 Seed container
TORIC 5 Semicircular
ESTEE 5 Cosmetician Lauder
SHARD 5 Pottery fragment
STRIPPER 8 Ecdysiast
MULAN 5 Animated film of 1998
ITO 3 Skater Midori
CEDARS 6 Trees with fragrant wood
ABELE 5 White poplar
NITER 5 Gunpowder ingredient
DIJON 5 Mustard variety
TIDE 4 Waves
ANDI 4 The King ___
ANA 3 Collection of anecdotes
DDT 3 Banned pesticide
RAW 3 Uncooked
UZI 3 Israeli weapon
MEN 3 All NBA players
IMPEI 5 Renowned architect
THUMP 5 Fall heavily
NIA 3 .Troubles. Peeples
RERUN 5 Another airing
HANOI 5 Asian city
ACT 3 Put-on
ERECT 5 Straight up
APPLE 5 Computer giant
TEL 3 Part of ITT
THEPILOTSWIFE 13 BESTSELLER
EMERGE 6 Make the scene
ETO 3 Ike's WWII command
HORA 4 Israeli dance
NINES 5 Poker pair
OLD 3 Ancient
ALAST 5 As ___ resort
INSET 5 Smaller picture
STEM 4 Flower part
ABLY 4 With skill
CREPE 5 Breakfast item
EARLE 5 Recorder Steve
ADA 3 Miss Rehan
HEXAD 5 A sixth
ABAS 4 Down with: Fr.
GAM 3 Slangy leg
EROICA 6 Beethoven opus
SUMMERSISTERS 13 BESTSELLER
SIP 3 Taste
FAIRE 5 Savoir ___
ENSUE 5 Follow
ILL 3 Bad
TIDAL 5 Kind of wave
NEURO 5 Kind of surgeon
STE 3 Fr. saint
SNELL 5 Fishpole attachment
STEIN 5 Tavern glass
IRE 3 Dander
MER 3 Debussy sea
PRETEND 7 Let on
EUCHRE 6 Swindle
INTEGRATED 10 All together
THAI 4 Bangkok man
HAPLESS 7 Unlucky
UNPOT 5 Start a transplanting
MOLTO 5 Very: mus.
PIES 4 Cherry and lemon
NATIONS 7 All of the UN
ICEFREE 7 Like some winter ponds
ATLEAST 7 In any case
PEALE 5 Norman Vincent ___
WHINY 5 Fretful
EGO 3 Headiness?
MEL 3 Torme
LAME 4 Limping
NILEGREENS 10 Soft color patterns
TARA 4 The O'Hara place
SPASM 5 Flurry
BLUET 5 Wild flower
CHASSIS 7 Auto body
REBUILT 7 Like some engines
EXAMPLE 7 Math problem
ADMIRAL 7 High naval rank
ATISSUE 7 In disagreement
DEC 3 Cal. month
ARA 3 Altar constellation
HORNET 6 Paper wasp
GRAIN 5 Silo contents
ASIDE 5 Ad-lib
EFTS 4 Newts
SELL 4 Market
URI 3 New England sch.
EON 3 A long time
HAMS 4 Upstagers
CAGER 5 Hawk or Piston
RYAN 4 K-King Nolan
SIMI 4 California valley
OHARA 5 Butler's lady
AURA 4 Nimbus
TRINILOPEZ 10 If I Had a Hammer singer
TRAP 4 Sand or speed follower
ADORE 5 Love like mad
ONTIME 6 According to schedule
HATTERS 7 Chapeau specialists
GRIEG 5 Peer Gynt Suite composer
AVERS 5 States
EAR 3 Loving cup part
BRADS 5 Wire nails
BERATE 6 Give what for
LIDS 4 Skimmers
GEE 3 Dobbin turner
ERIS 4 Discordant deity
AGATE 5 Marble
TALE 4 Account
ASH 3 Etna residue
ATOM 4 Whit
BLARED 6 Rang out
SEAMS 5 Connecting lines
SOS 3 Line from the Titanic
UNITE 5 Make one
TEACH 5 Classroom nickname
ALIGNED 7 Orderly
ESCAPE 6 Computer resource
ADAGE 5 That's life! e.g.
ETHS 4 OE letters
LORISINGER 10 Footloose actress
REEL 4 Angler's windlass
TWIST 5 Surprise ending
TOGO 4 Gulf of Guinea country
OPRY 4 Grand Ole ___
SEATS 5 Box office items
SOOT 4 Sweep's target
HST 3 FDR's successor
AIR 3 Manner
MMI 3 Not-too-distant year: L.
SINATRAS 8 Nancy and dad
COLOR 5 Painter's choice
AHORSE 6 Richard III's request
GAPE 4 Open wide
ERE 3 Palindrome center
RAZOR 5 Sweeney Todd prop
RATTER 6 Scottish terrier e.g.
YURIGAGARIN 11 First man in space
ARAM 4 Composer Khachaturian
NAPE 4 It can get hot under the collar
IDEST 5 That is to Cato
NIBS 4 Beaks
HABEAS 6 ___ corpus
AVERSE 6 Not for
TERIHATCHER 11 Dean Cain TV co-star
GRIT 4 True ___
ALAMO 5 Crockett's last stand
DELETE 6 Strike out
SEEDED 6 Ranked
EAT 3 Take in
DEB 3 Society page miss
GOSH 4 I'm stunned!
TANGENTS 8 Digressions
ASAP 4 Coming right up!: abbr.
LUIGI 5 Playwright Pirandello
MEASLY 6 Small-potatoes
SADIST 6 Cruel type
CELTS 5 Beantown five briefly
LASTS 5 Hangs tough
EERO 4 Architect Saarinen
STEP 4 ___ lively
ARIA 4 Scotto solo
OWE 3 Run a tab
GOO 3 Crib talk
EGO 3 Self
ROT 3 Bosh!
SLIT 4 Buttonhole
IMAM 4 Mosque prayer leader
REACT 5 Do a double take
CURE 4 Remedy
MERE 4 Nothing more than
UMBER 5 Reddish brown
ALOE 4 Shampoo additive
PAIN 4 No ___ no gain!
SILLY 5 Birdbrained
RUNTHEGAUNTLET 14 Suffer severe criticism
HYDE 4 Jekyll's counterpart
ALE 3 Tankard's contents
RCA 3 Victrola letters
DERANGE 7 Drive crazy
ROB 3 Hold up
ELDER 5 Type of statesman
CEE 3 So-so grade
CAPE 4 ___ Coral FL
FOLLOWTHELEADER 15 Children's game
EVIL 4 Dark side
ROE 3 Sea delicacy
STARE 5 Rubberneck
REB 3 Yank's foe
SANDLOT 7 Neighborhood ballfield
RAT 3 Hamelin pest
SET 3 Weight room term
ODES 4 Keats volume
POPTHEQUESTION 14 Ask for someone's hand
CADET 5 Officer-to-be
SUDS 4 Beer
IDLE 4 Run in place
ATOLL 5 Wake Island e.g.
TIES 4 Haberdashery display
LEDA 4 Helen of Troy's mother
BERLE 5 Mr. Television
EZRA 4 Bible book
LAST 4 Wear well
SCAR 4 Leave a mark
LULU 4 Humdinger
IRON 4 Fe
TEETH 5 Pearly whites
IMPEDE 6 Stand in the way
MEAGER 6 Paltry
ARIA 4 Puccini piece
MENU 4 Remote button
RUSTLE 6 Steal as cattle
EMILE 5 Boxer Griffith
ABLE 4 Up to the task
CELT 4 Stonehenge builder
TRY 3 Sample
HYDRO 5 Prefix meaning water
NAGEL 5 Garbo's The Kidd co-star
REFER 5 Send elsewhere
CLOVE 5 Garlic unit
ADLIB 5 Wing it
ACHED 5 Was in pain
NEE 3 Mary Lincoln ___ Todd
RADAR 5 Airport aid
OPERA 5 The Magic Flute e.g.
BERET 5 Flat hat
ELL 3 Hospital wing
CAT 3 Siamese for one
WRATH 5 Star Trek II: The ___ of Kahn
TON 3 Freight weight
ESTES 5 Senator Kefauver
SETTLE 6 Reach a compromise
LOUDER 6 Cheerleader's exhortation
ODESSA 6 Texas city
SPELL 5 Hex
STILL 5 Moonshine maker
PATE 4 Liver spread
ODOR 4 Lab's lead
ESTE 4 East south of the border
QUIZ 4 Kind of show
IDEA 4 Brainchild
OLDS 4 The O in REO
NEAT 4 Spiffy
CAB 3 Subway alternative
SEWER 5 Subterranean conduit
COAT 4 Paint layer
FRAU 4 Mrs. in Munich
CRATE 5 Jalopy
AWRY 4 Off course
EARS 4 Cereal spikes
ARGUE 5 Discuss pros and cons
ELEPHANTS 9 They're pink with hangover symptoms
POODLES 7 They're pink when seen on .60s skirts
EERIER 6 More unlike the normal
ERNE 4 Shore bird
SALMON 6 In the can some are labeled as pink
ATRIA 5 Central courtyards
LOAN 4 Type of soil
ACCRUE 6 Come about as a natural growth
DISTANCE 8 Leave far behind
LORELEI 7 Siren of Germanic legend
LAWYERS 7 They work for bar tender
MRANDMRS 8 The bride and groom
HISSES 6 Shows disapproval
SEGO 4 Utah's state flower
AMMAN 5 Capital of Jordan
LIQUOR 6 A Pink Squirrel contains this
ASST 4 Helpful indiv.
OBTAIN 6 Succeed
PANTHER 7 It's pink in Peter Sellers movies
FLAMINGOS 9 Some are pink lawn ornaments
ATONE 5 Expiate
FORE 4 Duffer's warning
OAHU 4 Diamondhead location
PHONE 5 Bell's ringing success
STAN 4 ___ The Man Musial
FLOP 4 Complete failure
SETAS 5 ___ an example
SCAPE 5 Flower stalk
ERROR 5 Baseball scorecard notation
WAGON 5 Paddy or station
ETUDE 5 Piece of practice music
REEL 4 Spool for film
CAESAR 6 Type of salad
OWL 3 In literature Pussycat's friend
ARE 3 Exist
TYPEO 5 Blood group
FEAR 4 Expect with alarm
RANI 4 Rajah's wife
ARTE 4 Comedian Johnson
USSR 4 Cold War adversary
HEN 3 Female lobster
ESTEEM 6 Self respect
LID 3 Eye cover
MAIL 4 Postal system
AULD 4 ___ lang syne
LAYS 4 Deposits
ONES 4 Change for a five
ACRE 4 Brazilian state
NESS 4 Military meal
ALMS 4 Charity
CORE 4 Basic part
CRAG 4 Steep rock
RENO 4 City on the Truckee
SAHARA 6 Large portion of Africa
TWIN 4 Matching
IRAQ 4 Neighbor of 46 Across
SMU 3 Coll. in Dallas
MOPSUP 6 Militarily clears all resistance
LII 3 Weeks in a Roman year?
INNOF 5 ___ the Sixth Happiness
ATTHE 5 ___ drop of a hat
SHOOT 5 Strive for with at
SENNA 5 Herb used medicinally
TREES 5 Balsa and birch
OFFS 4 Departs
BLOT 4 Remove with an absorbant
TARA 4 Mitchell's novel setting
AMEN 4 Corner at Augusta
NAPS 4 Snoozes
GAL 3 Four qts.
OHO 3 Exclamation of surprise
UPEND 5 Overturn
HERA 4 Wife of Zeus
POOR 4 Destitute
TAMER 5 More domesticated
ELUL 4 Hebrew month
ARCH 4 Chief: prefix
ANITA 5 Loos or Ekberg
NELL 4 Dickens girl
TITO 4 Josip Broz
HER 3 That woman
GINGERBREAD 11 Xmas man
ALLAY 5 Relieve
ISOLDE 6 Tristram's lover
PISTIL 6 Flower organ
AGAL 4 ___ in Calico
ODEON 5 ___ a Grecian Urn
EACH 4 Every
OER 3 "___ the ramparts ..."
PEPPERMINTPATTY 15 Charlie Brown's friend
SAT 3 Posed
EIRE 4 Hibernia
AMINE 5 Nitrogen compound
MOLL 4 Gangster's gal
FRACAS 6 Brawl
ASSURE 6 Give confidence to
SMITH 5 Metalworker
NUTMEGSTATE 11 Connecticut
EBB 3 Period of decline
GRAB 4 Snatch
ANON 4 In a short time
RODEO 5 Cowboy show
SELL 4 Broker's word
TONE 4 Atmosphere
RIDER 5 Bill attachment
TREE 4 Corner
EWES 4 Lambs. moms
ELATE 5 Make happy
UTAH 4 Beehive State
PANE 4 Window section
EMIR 4 Arabian prince
NET 3 Snare
DRAGLINE 8 Excavator
HENNA 5 Dye
ELEGY 5 Lament
RULE 4 Line
ALLRIGHT 8 Uninjured
PATROL 6 Reconnaissance unit
ORIEL 5 Bay window
OCTAD 5 Group of eight
RHODE 5 ___ Island
ILL 3 Bad
BSA 3 Boys. org.
ATOP 4 Above
POPS 4 Fathers
IDEA 4 Brainchild
SEPT 4 Calendar abbreviation
ACNE 4 Teenager's skin problem
EMIL 4 Jannings or Nolde
AIR 3 Broadcast
OTIC 4 Of the ear
ETNA 4 Lab burner
RYES 4 Deli breads
RELEGATE 8 Classify
PARTERRE 8 Ornamental flower garden
AMAH 4 Indian housemaid
MUMBLE 6 Speak indistinctly
ORE 3 Mine find
FIT 3 Ready
ANGST 5 Feeling of anxiety
SURER 5 More certain
STALE 5 Passe
STONE 5 An Oliver
MANES 5 Spirits of the dead
SNOW 4 Winter blanket
EDDA 4 Old Norse poems
BEET 4 Borscht ingredient
BORE 4 Dull person
OIL 3 Lubricate
QUAY 4 Wharf
CARED 5 Was concerned
ACRE 4 Realtor's unit
EAVE 4 Roof overhang
ELITE 5 Size of type
ROUX 4 Gravy ingredient
DRESSRIGHT 10 Drum major's command
KALE 4 Curly cabbage
HISS 4 Sound from a snake
ROSTER 6 List of those on duty
FATTEST 7 Most corpulent
PUN 3 Jeu de mots
ORT 3 Table scrap
ABRADE 6 Wear away
MYSELF 6 Reflexive pronoun
MOATS 5 Castle protectors
SOLO 4 Diva's performance
OPEN 4 Like some tournaments
EDIT 4 Work for a magazine
SPOOR 5 Hunter's guide
NAPA 4 California valley
DELL 4 Small ravine
WARN 4 Sound the alarm
IDIOM 5 Style of expression
BEGINS 6 Starts
BLONDE 6 Strawberry shade
SAL 3 Gal of song
ENS 3 Printer's measures
SAINTED 7 Holy
ABATED 6 Let up
PISA 4 City on the Arno
LAZE 4 Take it easy
LANDSCAPES 10 Constable creations
ASEA 4 On a cruise
EMILE 5 Novelist Zola
LAVA 4 Volcanic output
DERM 4 Skin: prefix
DANES 5 Copenhagen natives
APEX 4 Summit
QED 3 Letters after a proof
UAR 3 Former Mideast fed.
AVE 3 Hail!
YES 3 Affirmative reply
CERISE 6 Bright red
ALIST 5 Most popular party guests
RIGS 4 Big trucks
ETH 3 Ordinal suffix
DETRUSOR 8 Muscle that pushes down
ARKS 4 Big boats
COATOFPAINT 11 Wall application
RULER 5 Measuring device
EXERT 5 Put in action
SHEDS 5 Molts
ONE 3 Low number
FAMED 5 Like a celebrity
ABODE 5 Residence
TRAILBLAZER 11 Pioneer
TATTLE 6 Tell secrets
PYLON 5 Race marker
MOORS 5 Tracts of wasteland
LONDON 6 Big Ben's city
SPANS 5 Goes across
EPODE 5 Horace's verse form
NAMED 5 Designated
SWINDLED 8 Cheated
ILIAC 5 Pertaining to the hipbone
GEE 3 Command to a horse
BASSES 6 Choir members
SALAD 5 Place for spinach
ABASE 5 Humiliate
SIDLE 5 Move carefully
TEAM 4 Heat or Hurricanes
PNIN 4 Nabokov novel
AMA 3 Physicians. org.
ALA 3 Carte or mode preceder
PAP 3 Mush
EVE 3 Night before
SAX 3 Wind instr.
PACT 4 Covenant
WRINGS 6 Squeezes forcibly
ZOO 3 Menagerie
ECHO 4 Canyon phenomenon
ENTIRE 6 Uncut
OBI 3 Yum-Yum's sash
PEARLBAILOR 11 Singer doing legal work
NEL 3 ___ Blu Dipinto Di Blu
ARMCO 5 Noted name in steel
SET 3 Bullheaded
EASE 4 Good life
PHYLLISTILLER 13 Comedienne doing farm work
BAL 3 Chateau gala
SAO 3 ___ Paulo
ODE 3 Poem of devotion
ERA 3 Newsworthy time
MBAS 4 Wharton grads.
EMCEE 5 Host a roast
ELIZABETHTAILOR 15 Actress doing sartorial work
TONAL 5 Of sound quality
SHEA 4 Mets. stadium
INN 3 Tourist establishment
IER 3 Front end?
ALB 3 Mass robe
ESE 3 Language suffix
GEORGEFIREMAN 13 Boxer doing stoking work
AXLE 4 Car bar
VIN 3 Media's Scully
OTTOS 5 Preminger et al.
MUD 3 Strong java
PETULACLERK 11 Singer doing office work
IDI 3 A mean Amin
ARISEN 6 Greeting the day
ALAI 4 Ball game finale?
NEE 3 Maiden designation
TENETS 6 Certain opinions
SENT 4 Faxed
PEPA 4 Salt .N. ___
ACER 4 Sampras at times
CHAMPLAIN 9 French explorer
TORCH 5 Olympics symbol
WEB 3 Electronic page
RNA 3 Genetic letters
ITISI 5 Reply to "who's there?"
NILES 5 Frasier's TV brother
GROTTO 6 Hidden cave
SER 3 Sun. talk
ZONAL 5 Of an area
OBESE 5 Rotund plus
OILER 5 Slick vessel?
LOYS 4 Myrna and family
ELEMI 5 Perfumery resin
LAMB 4 Elia
LOBES 5 Earring sites
IDEA 4 Brain flash
BEET 4 Borscht ingredient
ARLO 4 Woody's boy
ATH 3 Fig. at 44 Across
SHEAR 5 Cut off as wool
CLIENTELE 9 Patrons collectively
EONS 4 Untold centuries
ERNE 4 Fish hawk's cousin
ZAIRE 5 Belgian Congo for a while
ALEG 4 Without ___ to stand on
TALE 4 Whopper
REVERE 6 April 18 rider
BMOC 4 Interfraternity pres. e.g.
GAMIN 5 Street urchin
EXUDE 5 Discharge gradually
OLDIE 5 Blast from the past
FITIN 5 Assimilate
INUSE 5 Occupied
ATLAS 5 Rand McNally work
ORAN 4 The Plague locale
SKIT 4 Playlet
PAT 3 Show appreciation for
LET 3 Tennis do-over
ANS 3 RSVP action
ARMOR 5 Mail
ETCH 4 Make a lasting impression
SPAS 4 Health resorts
PEALE 5 Painting family name
NERO 4 Foolish fiddler
CASH 4 Johnny or Rosanne
TONIC 5 Cocktail ingredient
LEAN 4 Emulate Pisa's tower
ASTO 4 Concerning
YOUCANFOOLTOO 13 Start of James Thurber quote
ORO 3 Barcelona's gold
ROC 3 Mythical bird of prey
TRADERS 7 They hang out at the NYSE
TOFU 4 Soybean product
MISSES 6 Demoiselles
HUTS 4 Shanties
ANT 3 Emmet
DIAPER 6 Baby's binding?
ETHEL 5 A Barrymore
GIG 3 Acting Young
STERE 5 Cubic liter
REESES 6 Della and Pee Wee
LIP 3 Cup feature
EONS 4 A long long time
NESTLE 6 Snuggle
SPIT 4 It's used to cook the roast
APOSTLE 7 Follower
BAT 3 Swing
LES 3 Liszt's ___ Preludes
MUCHOFTHETIME 13 End of quote
ALTO 4 Choir section
ITER 4 Cato's way
GATOR 5 Croc's cousin
ISEE 4 Expression of understanding
SLIT 4 Skirt feature
ELOPE 5 Run off
NETS 4 New Jersey five
HERS 4 Towel word
RIOTS 5 Gassers
APT 3 Suitable
REO 3 Classic car
MANYOFTHE 9 Second part of quote
OLIO 4 Potpourri
RECUR 5 Echo
ENLACING 8 Intertwining
TEEN 4 Adolescent
CRAFTS 6 Arts. partner
HONORED 7 Panegyrized
SCALD 5 Burn with steam
PASTE 5 Cheap jewelry
ASTOR 5 John Jacob
SHOOS 5 54 Down homophone
COMA 4 Unconscious state
OASIS 5 Gobi green
OTHER 5 Tyron novel with The
ROUTE 5 66 e.g.
USES 4 Takes advantage of
STILT 5 Wading bird
ATES 4 Old-time actor Roscoe
PEOPLETOO 9 Third part of quote
ERNIE 5 Ford or Banks
RESTS 5 Takes ten
LENTO 5 Slow in music
GILBERTS 8 Roland and Stuart
SELFISH 7 Egocentric
PEAT 4 Variety of moss
SETTLE 6 Reconcile
AMAIN 5 With full force formerly
PULSE 5 Beat
OCTET 5 Group of eight
SHOES 5 Brogues
TIGER 5 Woods of the links
HEIR 4 He may be apparent
MALI 4 Bamako's country
OPT 3 Choose
RES 3 Legal thing
EWES 4 Flock members
SCAB 4 Plant disease
SHAPE 5 Configuration
ZERO 4 Love to Laver
ALGA 4 Sea lettuce
HOSEA 5 Daniel follower
RAID 4 DEA bust
DOER 4 Mover and shaker
OTTER 5 Fish-eating mammal
ARNOLDSDRIVEIN 14 Happy Days hangout
MULE 4 Army's mascot
DEL 3 Singer Shannon
HAS 3 Must with to
MEDICAL 7 The M in AMA
SRO 3 Sellout sign
OSAGE 5 Plains Indian
NOH 3 Tokyo entertainment
SLAP 4 Hockey shot
WHISTLESTOPCAFE 15 Fannie Flagg diner
DELA 4 Cr.me-cr.me link
USE 3 Employ
EIDER 5 Downy duck
YRS 3 Birthday count: abbr.
CISTERN 7 Reservoir
ERA 3 Historic period
AUG 3 Cal. page
SETA 4 ___ precedent
RUSSIANTEAROOM 14 New York City celebrity eatery
POSIT 5 Assertion
LOAF 4 Take it easy
MAKE 4 Fabricate
EVADE 5 Get around
ANTE 4 Opening wager
OTIS 4 Elevator man
REFER 5 Direct elsewhere
SEER 4 Tarot user
RHEA 4 Perlman of Cheers
EZRA 4 Poet Pound
WEAR 4 Tear's companion
ERIN 4 Leprechaun land
SODOM 5 Sinful city
SADDLE 6 Tack room item
CLOSED 6 Open's opposite
AGED 4 Like sharp cheddar
BARR 4 Roseanne once
SHOVEL 6 Snow implement
HOTEL 5 Arthur Hailey novel
ASTI 4 Italian wine center
PEEN 4 Hammer part
EAR 3 Corn unit
LUMET 5 The Verdict director
IDAHO 5 Gem State
HOWDY 5 Minnie Pearl's greeting
ASHER 5 One of the 12 tribes of Israel
SAILS 5 Regatta sights
INSET 5 Map within a map
COT 3 Foldaway bed
SLADE 5 Senator Gorton of Washington
RAFER 5 Decathlete Johnson
OPERA 5 The Magic Flute e.g.
GSA 3 Cookie gp.
SCI 3 ___ -fi
LUIGI 5 Louis in Rome
ESS 3 Sharp curve
PENTA 5 Five: prefix
CUSTER 6 Enemy of Crazy Horse
ESTATE 6 Graceland e.g.
REEFER 6 Sailor's jacket
ASIDE 5 In reserve
ARMOR 5 Galahad's garb
ROVE 4 Wander
USAF 4 Colorado Springs inits.
ALAS 4 Lackaday!
NONE 4 One minus one
OATH 4 Hippocratic for one
OKIE 4 Dust bowler
MESA 4 High plateau
PER 3 Apiece
SCRAP 5 Fight
STAB 4 Try
AMEN 4 Last word?
ELENA 5 Ceausescu's wife
ARIE 4 Indy winner Luyendyk
MIRO 4 Spanish artist of note
TIEIN 5 Connection
NINE 4 Baseball team
BLAB 4 Tattle
HOLLANDTUNNEL 13 NJ-NY connection
STORE 5 Put away
BRIBE 5 Sop
CIA 3 OSS successor
EVA 3 Peron
FHA 3 Home mortgage org.
PAL 3 Buddy
AMPULE 6 Small glass vial
BOO 3 Scare word
LEND 4 Make a loan
TAPPANZEEBRIDGE 15 East/West Hudson River connection
ERRS 4 Goofs
AID 3 Assist
BETELS 6 Indo-Malayan evergreens
REO 3 Classic car of yesteryear
ASP 3 Viper
WIT 3 Humor
SET 3 Tennis unit
STARR 5 Ringo or Bart
AHEAD 5 In front
CHICAGOSKYWAY 13 IL-IN connection
SOHO 4 Arty NYC section
OBOL 4 Ancient Greek coin
ELATE 5 Make happy
OVEN 4 Kitchen appliance
PURL 4 Knitting stitch
RADON 5 Gaseous radioactive element
BASE 4 Foundation
STAY 4 Remain
SNIPS 5 Cuts
SETH 4 After Cain and Abel
CLIO 4 Muse of history
REEL 4 Rod.s companion
ANILS 5 Indigo plants
PANATELA 8 Slender cigar
SANDRA 6 Actress Bullock
TRITE 5 Hackneyed
AINU 4 Hokkaido resident
BEEN 4 Existed
AMBER 5 Brownish yellow
MILLIPEDES 10 Diplopods
ERA 3 Period of note
NOB 3 Hill in San Francisco
NOVENAS 7 Prayer recitations
NBA 3 Hoopsters. org.
BANGLE 6 Anklet e.g.
ELDEST 6 Cain for one
CATERS 6 Ministers
IMARET 6 Turkish inn
APPROACHES 10 Nears
FOE 3 Enemy
HOBBIES 7 Pastimes
UPS 3 Boom periods
BED 3 Lodging
LIT 3 Ignited
ZIP 3 Kind of code
RETAKERS 8 Recapturers
ARI 3 Onassis to friends
WHOLLY 6 Exclusively
RHONE 5 French river of note
AGORA 5 Greek marketplace
DYLAN 5 Protest music name
COPS 4 Men in blue
ABUT 4 Lie adjacent
WADI 4 African streambed
ATOP 4 On the crest
YENS 4 Desires
SOB 3 Kind of sister
OVA 3 Caesar.s breakfast?
RHEA 4 Mother of Zeus
ABBA 4 Father: Heb.
WREN 4 Early English architect
EARL 4 Peer of the realm
ERIES 5 American Indians
RIFE 4 Rampant
BROKENCONTRACTS 15 Severed ties
SESAME 6 Seed plant
STEEPEST 8 Highest priced
LIMO 4 Bridal conveyance
ROI 3 Louis XIV e.g.
SPLITINFINITIVE 15 Contested verbal faux pas
TIA 3 Spanish aunt
EARN 4 Work for
LUBES 5 Automotive jobs
ONUS 4 Burden
SPASM 5 Muscular tic
PINT 4 Measure of volume
ACRES 5 Landed propery
AMIA 4 Mudfish
ZOE 3 Actress Caldwell
SHATTEREDDREAMS 15 Disillusionment
BIN 3 Receptacle
ENOL 4 Chemical compound
ATRANDOM 8 Haphazardly
ELAPSE 6 Pass
FRACTUREDSYNTAX 15 Grammatical mix-ups
RINK 4 Ice arena
RATES 5 Appraises
DANA 4 Carvey
OPTS 4 Chooses
ELSE 4 Other
SHEM 4 Son of Noah
REBS 4 Confederate soldiers
HARE 4 Rabbit relative
EROS 4 Greek love god
ALKALI 6 Soluble mineral salt
ARC 3 Curve
BIOS 4 Short life stories
BENT 4 Talent
ASTERN 6 Toward the back
WRAPITUP 8 Bring to closure
RICE 4 Texas university
EFTS 4 Small lizards
NEST 4 Haven
ENEMIES 7 Antagonists
EMIT 4 Give off
REOIL 5 Apply more lubricant
ONAPAR 6 Equal to
STOAS 5 Greek colonnades
PINCH 5 Tight circumstance
LAURA 5 1944 film
FRAME 5 Entrap
INSIDE 6 Like some jokes
IBIZA 5 Island resort
VENOM 5 Poison
ESTES 5 ___ Park CO
SETBACKS 8 Reversals
MADNESS 7 Lunacy
STINT 5 Be frugal
ENDURE 6 Stand
ROLY 4 Poly intro
ELANDS 6 African antelopes
AFRO 4 Black culture: prefix
TRIP 4 Stumble
RANT 4 Carry on
ORAL 4 Type of surgery
METS 4 New York team
PTAH 4 Egyptian god
SANE 4 Reasonable
EXAM 4 SAT e.g.
DEE 3 North Sea tributary
GATE 4 Airport exit
SHALL 5 ... . . I ___ not want..
OURS 4 Not theirs
OSHA 4 Factory inspectors for short
PALEO 5 Prefix meaning old
UNIT 4 Army outfit
LIAR 4 Polygraph failer
HIDEO 5 1955 Rookie of the Year Nomo
TONY 4 Theater award
FANNIEFARMER 12 The Boston Cooking School Cook Book author
NRA 3 Gun lobby gp.
LUCAS 5 Hoopster Jerry
DEBATE 6 Argue
RUMINATE 8 Chew the cud
ERODE 5 Undermine
SETA 4 ___ good example
SOS 3 Rival of Brillo
NATALIEMERCHANT 15 Carnival singer
ISH 3 Somewhat in the end
DRIP 4 Wet blanket
LEVEE 5 Flood control
SEEDCOAT 8 Testa
DEPART 6 Shove off
ERROL 5 First name in swashbucklers
ARA 3 Parrot
SUSANBUTCHER 12 Four-time Iditarod champ
UCLA 4 Home of the Bruins
ALIBI 5 Excuse
LIVE 4 Learn.s partner
SNAG 4 Hidden obstacle
LACED 5 Spiked the punch
ARIA 4 Opera highlight
ANTE 4 Pay to play
TREYS 5 Deuce toppers
WELL 4 Jack Benny.s reply
GOLF 4 Strange sport
ASIA 4 Korea.s continent
THAN 4 Holier- ___ -thou
EARN 4 Gross
SPHERE 6 Ball
HAIFA 5 Israeli seaport
ALDA 4 Burghoff.s TV co-star
LEER 4 Lecherous look
LOOM 4 Weaver.s device
OUTRUN 6 Surpass
UNO 3 Popular card game
RIN 3 ___ Tin Tin
STY 3 Boar.s abode
INTEL 5 Computer giant
ELI 3 Samuel.s teacher
CASAVA 6 Tapioca source
ATONER 6 Yom Kippur observer
SESTET 6 Sonnet lines
DENISE 6 Aerobics instructor Austin
ERASER 6 Pencil tip
BOTHER 6 Harass
ADA 3 DDS. group
REMIT 5 Forward as payment
UTEP 4 Texas Western today briefly
MAR 3 Disfigure
SERA 4 Blood fluids
IDO 3 Marriage vow
CLEAT 5 Shoe grip
HEP 3 With-it
DOSAGE 6 Measure of medicine
CLU 3 Actor Gulager
DRUIDS 6 Tree worshipers
ABBEY 5 Convent
SALT 4 Preserve pork
ALAR 4 Orchard spray
NICE 4 Polite
CLAW 4 Talon
HIRE 4 Charter
EVIL 4 Satan.s doing
REAL 4 Unimagined
USA 3 Olympics letters
CNN 3 MSNBC alternative
LAT 3 Caesar.s lang.
ECHO 4 Sound in an empty room
PHOT 4 Illumination unit
AVERT 5 Turn away
LOOK 4 Appearance
LAVA 4 Volcanic output
MANIA 5 Craze
BANANAREPUBLICS 15 Small one-crop nations
AXE 3 Woodsman.s tool
EGER 4 German river
GLIDES 6 Moves gracefully
SCUM 4 Pond coating
BLED 4 Ran together
SPRITE 6 Pixie
RAID 4 Foray
WBA 3 Pugilists. org.
POONA 5 Indian city
SASE 4 Free-lancer.s enc.
CHIN 4 Goatee site
LIMERICKIRELAND 15 Port on the River Shannon
ISIS 4 Mother of Horus
NOEL 4 Seasonal song
QATAR 5 Gulf state
TEC 3 PI
SCUD 4 Desert Storm missile
TUSSLE 6 Fight
SUIT 4 Business attire
SHAH 4 Peacock Throne occupant
DESERT 6 Gobi or Sahara
CURL 4 Twist
JOY 3 Happiness
ORANGEFREESTATE 15 Former British colony
RINSE 5 Washer cycle
DADA 4 Artistic cult
IDOL 4 Object of worship
MAKES 5 Earns
AWED 4 Overwhelmed
PEEL 4 Outer covering
ELBA 4 Italian island
COAX 4 Persuade
HONE 4 Sharpen
OKA 3 Volga tributary
PLAGUE 6 Divine punishment
HAREM 5 Group of wives
OVER 4 Finished
TAP 3 Shoe attachment
AMBLED 6 Walked casually
VALID 5 True
ENID 4 Tennyson heroine
RICE 4 Paella ingredient
TASS 4 Former news org.
NECTAR 6 Drink of the gods
UGLIER 6 Less attractive
SINES 5 Trigonometric ratios
BASIL 5 Fragrant plant
SPLIT 5 Fissure
POISE 5 Ease of manner
ROMIC 5 Phonetic notation method
RAKED 5 Collected clippings
WHATS 5 ___ New Pussycat?
BINAL 5 Twofold
ANDRE 5 Conductor Kostelanetz
SCOUT 5 Boy or Girl
CLASH 5 Disagree
INCITE 6 Goad
EQUALS 6 Peers
SURGES 6 Increases suddenly
THREAD 6 Needle filler
SENSE 5 Sight or hearing
SUEDE 5 Shoe material
DORM 4 Coll. residence
ERIA 4 Silkworm
SANK 4 Went under
CRAW 4 Crop
JADE 4 Shade of green
OTOE 4 Siouan tribe
YELL 4 Scream
FDA 3 Watchdog org.
TIP 3 Gratuity
RASH 4 Impetuous
COCK 4 Set awry
REFIT 5 Make usable again
ANTE 4 Chip in chips
ACHE 4 Twinge
EVENS 5 Makes level
COURTSHIP 9 Suitor.s heyday
HILDA 5 Fem. name meaning battle
END 3 Finale
UTE 3 Colorado tribesman
TRILLER 7 Warbler
SNORT 5 Vent contempt
ORLO 4 Flat plinth
POPLAR 6 Tulip tree
ALLEYWAY 8 Passage between buildings
AREAS 5 Belts
FLEES 5 Takes flight
SPA 3 Vichy for one
SING 4 Croon
HIKES 5 Treks on foot
CHAR 4 Scorch
TOM 3 Actor Arnold
REFER 5 Cite with to
THIRD 5 Diamond base
ENAMELER 8 Jewelry designer
ERUPTS 6 Spews lava
NAVE 4 Narthex neighbor
SCRUB 5 Clean vigorously
GOSLING 7 Little gander
ONE 3 A Chorus Line tune
CHO 3 Comedienne Margaret
APHIS 5 Sucking insect
OWNERSHIP 9 Possession
TRICE 5 Twinkling
BOAS 4 Scarves for RuPaul
EIRE 4 British Isles member
HYPED 5 Publicized
SENT 4 Launched
ACES 4 Earns an A
RACE 4 Kentucky Derby e.g.
ANON 4 Presently
STUD 4 Dress shirt fastener
HER 3 Part of HRH
CASTOR 6 Pollux. twin
OCHER 5 Autumnal hue
CHI 3 Ho ___ Minh
KEPT 4 Retained
REHIRES 7 Employs again
EVILLY 6 With ill will
FELLOWSHIP 10 Communion
INDE 4 Thence: L.
TSAR 4 Slavic sovereign
TUNAS 5 Albacores
ROLES 5 Impersonations
SLAG 4 Smelting refuse
TALKERS 7 Chatterboxes
PASTE 5 Stickum
ORION 5 Rigel.s constellation
PENMANSHIP 10 Calligraphy
LEER 4 Lascivious look
APART 5 Independently
YARDS 5 Textile quantities
FIFE 4 Flute.s kin
HELEN 5 Oscar winner Hunt
CHUB 4 Freshwater cisco
REVISED 7 Modified
TRUER 5 More accurate
MALICE 6 ___ aforethought
ERNEST 6 Borgnine
CONAN 5 TV.s O.Brien
GATH 4 Goliath.s hometown
OPRY 4 Grand Ole ___
GOBS 4 Oodles
CHIC 4 Voguish
HIRE 4 Give employment to
OPES 4 Unlatches in poesy
WOE 3 Melancholy
SEA 3 ___ of Azov
AMP 3 Band trailer item
APORT 5 To the left at sea
SMEAR 5 Political tactic
WAR 3 See 8 Down
RIDER 5 Horse.s burden
NERVE 5 Cheek
KNOCKEDFORALOOP 15 Astounded
WADES 5 Gets one.s feet wet
JAG 3 Sharp projection
DIO 3 God to Giovanni
AGUE 4 Chills and fever
LOMAN 5 Death of a Salesman name
FEDS 4 Some agts.
REC 3 VCR button
MARIN 5 Sausalito.s county
POSSE 5 Deputized group
DRE 3 Rapper Dr. ___
ARES 4 Son of Zeus
PAR 3 Golf scorecard line
RINGOFTRUTH 11 Convincing tone
COO 3 Murmur romantically
EROS 4 Winged Greek god
AGE 3 Request of a bar patron maybe
PIPER 5 Pickled-pepper picker
REEVE 5 Superman portrayer
NAV 3 Mil. group
INOR 4 Are you ___ out?
RODEO 5 Copland ballet
ADZE 4 Wood-shaping tool
ELM 3 Favorite oriole home
LAB 3 Research site
CRIER 5 Town employee of yore
COMESFULLCIRCLE 15 Reverses one.s position
EVENT 5 Meet segment
SETAT 5 Went after
ALS 3 Gore and Hirt
SELES 5 Two-time US Open winner
TESTY 5 Short
PET 3 Particularly cherished
AWKWARD 7 All thumbs
MANAGER 7 Dugout figure
PRODUCER 8 Movie credits title
ARKS 4 Secure places
PIE 3 Kind of chart
ODD 3 Strange
REF 3 Rink fig.
TROJAN 6 With 14 Across Agamemnon.s conflict
SNAG 4 Catch
MEL 3 Actress Harris
ERODES 6 Wears gradually
AVOIDS 6 Skirts
REPOSE 6 Tranquility
CEE 3 Bee follower?
RAN 3 Was in charge of
LARGO 5 Key ___
OREO 4 Layered cookie
MISFEED 7 Copier problem
FORT 4 Military structure
MANOR 5 Plantation house
PAUSE 5 Hesitate
PROVO 5 Brigham Young University site
ICER 4 Bakery employee
TREE 4 Pecan for one
HANDICAP 8 Disadvantage
GAZELLE 7 Graceful animal
EVEREST 7 View from Darjeeling
PIECES 6 Puzzle components
INLOVE 6 Smitten
POMMEL 6 Kind of horse
ROBUST 6 Hardy
RAF 3 Brit. fliers
ARR 3 Sheet music abbreviation
LSTS 4 WWII craft
CITY 4 ___-state
ENE 3 Chemical ending
LEE 3 Majors in acting?
LTS 3 Sgt..s superiors
CAT 3 Bird or scan
ACTS 4 Deeds
BRED 4 Brought up
TSARS 5 Russian emperors
BORE 4 Drilling tool
OOZE 4 Slime
SPIEL 5 Sales pitch sometimes
BOAR 4 Male pig
GORE 4 Al or Tipper
HOLLY 5 Actress Hunter
OKLAHOMARTIN 12 State bird?
TEAPOT 6 ___ Dome
ORGEAT 6 Cocktail flavoring
HUAC 4 Dies committee: abbr.
ANTENNA 7 Rabbit ears
ARSIS 5 Musical upbeat
HIFI 4 Sound system
AIR 3 Broadcast
NEWMEXICOCKATOO 15 State bird?
IDA 3 Actress Lupino
EVER 4 Always
ANENT 5 Regarding
METHANE 7 Fuel gas
EARN 4 Merit
ASSISI 6 Home of Saint Francis
COERCE 6 Force
ALABAMALLARD 12 State bird?
EMOTE 5 Act the ham
ERIC 4 Author Ambler
IDEE 4 ___ fixe
REVUE 5 Minstrel show
NISI 4 Taking effect legally
DION 4 Cowboys. Sanders
GRASP 5 Hold
DATA 4 Factual information
SONS 4 Male descendants
ABBOT 5 Monastery VIP
COOKE 5 Journalist Alistair
TRALA 5 Musical refrain
SERAPHIM 8 Angels
BOGOTA 6 Capital of Colombia
ROOM 4 Latitude
EZRA 4 Cornell or Pound
DEER 4 Forest denizen
TSHIRT 6 Beach souvenir sometimes
SPONGE 6 Kind of cake or bath
AIL 3 Feel bad
REL 3 Connected: abbr.
SLY 3 Clever
HOUSE 5 Mansion
TONIC 5 Quinine water
ENATE 5 Growing outward
ANION 5 Negatively charged ion
TAROT 5 Fortune telling card
CHIVE 5 Lily family member
AFORE 5 In front
ANIMA 5 The soul
REDES 5 Counsels
SWATS 5 Spanks
ICE 3 Diamonds
XENIA 5 Suburb of Dayton
KAROL 5 Pope John Paul II.s first name
ANNELIDS 8 Earthworm and leech
HIATUS 6 Break
ASLEEP 6 Sawing logs
ACACIA 6 Pea family member
RADIO 5 Wireless
CREON 5 Oedipus successor
EDENS 5 Chicago expressway
BEND 4 Curve
ARIA 4 Diva.s song
MIST 4 Light spray
ERG 3 Unit of work
MER 3 Mal de ___
OVA 3 Breakfast for Caesar?
ALOHA 5 Waikiki welcome
RARA 4 ___ avis
SHOP 4 Prepare for Christmas
SALAD 5 Tuna for one
ENOS 4 Adam.s grandson
PINE 4 Maine tree
AMIGO 5 Pal south of the border
LOST 4 Found.s companion
INCA 4 Ancient Andean
PEN 3 Type of knife
BEANCOUNTER 11 Accountant
TEXT 4 School book
ORR 3 #4 of the Bruins
SADE 4 Radio.s Vic and ___
TIME 4 Fourth dimension
ISLIP 5 Long Island resort
TMEN 4 Feds
ROA 3 Brown kiwi
SAHARA 6 Berber.s desert
AMBULANCECHASER 15 Lawyer
TAURUS 6 Sign of spring
ALA 3 Chicken-king link
SENT 4 E-mailed
ENTER 5 Become a contestant
POOR 4 Hard up
TREY 4 Deuce topper
ELO 3 Strange Magic rock group
NCAA 4 Fiesta Bowl letters
HASHSLINGER 11 Waitress
AHA 3 Eureka!
UCLA 4 Stanford.s rival for short
ASEA 4 Between ports
REBEL 5 Bull Run soldier
GROW 4 Increase
MOST 4 The M in MVP
OPERA 5 The Magic Flute e.g.
SEEK 4 Ferret out
ANTE 4 Pay up
WALES 5 It.s east of Eire
ASAP 4 On the double
LAME 4 Glittery fabric
OLIN 4 Lena of Romeo Is Bleeding
HAG 3 Beldam
ADOBE 5 Sun-dried brick
RELATION 8 Kinsman
ANON 4 By and by
ROSCOE 6 Heater
ASTOR 5 Last name in fur
SPIN 4 Type of doctor
HINT 4 Tip from Heloise
ONCE 4 Grimm beginning
PEAR 4 Juicy fruit
EXTRAS 6 Crowd scene actors
URIAH 5 Heep of fiction
TENURE 6 Professor.s goal
STATE 5 Put into words
AMMAN 5 Mideast capital
DEBUT 5 Broadway opening
MACAO 5 Portuguese territory
SHASTA 6 California county
LASER 5 Plymouth model
IRENE 5 Dancing Castle
PARTY 5 Wingding
SCARCE 6 In short supply
LURES 5 Tackle box items
ELONGATE 8 Stretch out
POISON 6 Strychnine e.g.
LLAMA 5 Dr. Dolittle.s Pushmi-Pullyu e.g.
ARROW 5 Pointer
HUGS 4 Kisses go-with
ACRE 4 Portion of the Ponderosa
SLOE 4 Blackthorn berry
HAWK 4 Atlanta hoopster
NEST 4 Tree house
ABEL 4 The third man
HERE 4 At this point
ALAS 4 Woeful word
EPA 3 Clean air agcy.
ERICA 5 Author Jong
ASAP 4 Make it snappy!
STAG 4 Party animal?
LEVER 5 Prier.s tool
MONA 4 ___ Lisa
OHIO 4 Major US river
SPELLBOUND 10 1945 film starring 25 Down
DEMO 4 Show tune?
LEA 3 Grazing area
PARLAYED 8 Increased the value of
ORGANS 6 Bach is played on them
MEA 3 ___ culpa
EDS 3 Koch and Harris
FERRETED 8 Searched about
SICA 4 Director Vittorio De ___
TAE 3 ___ kwon do
SEXES 5 Ladies and gentlemen
DORMS 5 Undergrad digs
EDGE 4 Breaking point
SANER 5 Better balanced
PLIE 4 Ballerina.s knee bend
NEONS 5 Diner signs
MIRED 5 In a rut
ILL 3 Unwelcome wind
ROAR 4 Pride.s sound
MATERNAL 8 Kind of instinct
DRY 3 On the wagon
REX 3 T. ___
ALIGNS 6 Positions correctly
RIPTIDES 8 Swimmers. concern
KIP 3 Undressed hide
AVER 4 Maintain
ONTHEBEACH 10 1959 film starring 25 Down
MACE 4 Mugger repellent
NOLA 4 Pianist.s theme
ESTEE 5 First name in cosmetics
ALKY 4 Skid Row type
ENOW 4 Plenty in the past
STEER 5 Dogie.s dad
ELS 3 Two help make lilies
REP 3 Tie type
IVE 3 ___ been had!
CELLAR 6 Wine site
ARLENES 7 Dahl and Francis
AMO 3 Roman form of love
SOUP 4 Starter course
ANNAM 5 H.e is its capital
PADRES 6 Tony Gwynn.s nine
SODA 4 Pop
THEYEARLING 11 1946 film starring 25 Down
AIMED 5 Intended
GOODS 5 Store stock
BASTES 6 Works on a turkey
LAID 4 Set down
OFTEN 5 At short intervals
READE 5 The Cloister and the Hearth author
GREGORYPECK 11 Actor born 4/5/16
EXAM 4 Final for one
DENIM 5 Twilled fabric
COP 3 Snatch
SERA 4 Red Cross supply
MILAN 5 Capital of Lombardy
SELLS 5 Convinces
ENO 3 Ambient music.s Brian
RETAKE 6 Shoot over on a set
SARI 4 Lahore garb
DELIBES 7 Coppelia composer
REDONE 6 Altered
RIPEST 6 Closest to bursting
DRAMA 5 Chekhov effort
RIVAL 5 Challenge
XENON 5 Inert gas
TREY 4 Low card
STLO 4 D-Day battle site
HAW 3 Coach driver.s command
ATE 3 Gorged on
CEE 3 Middling mark
HER 3 Part of HRH
BRAD 4 Mr. Pitt
BASE 4 Military installation
CAFE 4 Hard Rock for one
LUKE 4 Young Skywalker
ADAM 4 Giselle composer
ERROL 5 Mr. Flynn I presume
AMIS 4 French friends
ROLE 4 Proper function
QUARK 5 Tiny particle
TINKERBARDUMBMA 15 Bells
REED 4 Oboe attachment
RAM 3 Zodiac animal
AFGHAN 6 Knitted blanket
HOLYCOW 7 Gosh!
ROOST 5 Place to rule
SHOO 4 ___-fly pie
AKA 3 Pseudonymous initials
BOYHOPPEPPERJAR 15 More bells
OTE 3 Taxonomic suffix
LUXE 4 De ___: sumptuous
LOUPE 5 Jeweler.s magnifying glass
RENEWED 7 Kept the prescription
ADONIS 6 Aphrodite.s beloved
LOA 3 One of Hawaii.s Maunas
ABBE 4 Pr.vost or Lema.tre
LIBERTYDOORBLUE 15 And more bells
ENACT 5 Pass
AMOR 4 ___ patriae
RIGG 4 Emmy went to her Mrs. Danvers
EDITH 5 Head designer
LINT 4 Trousers fuzz
ORLO 4 Plinth
SOTS 4 Lushes
ETES 4 Hot times on the Seine
WAYS 4 Means partner
BLAT 4 Goat.s cry
RUMI 4 13th C. Persian mystic
AKIN 4 Analogous
DESK 4 Secretary
BARREN 6 Infertile
ADOBE 5 Pueblo material
SALAD 5 Caesar at the Waldorf
EMER 4 Urgent situation: abbr.
CRUMMY 6 Run-down
ARAB 4 Sharif e.g.
FORM 4 Questionnaire
ELKA 4 Housemate in Real World
EQUAL 5 Proportionate
ERATO 5 Muse of love poetry
DROOP 5 Slouch
ARBOR 5 Pergola
FOOTE 5 Playwright Horton
GOYEN 5 17th C. Dutch painter
HSH 3 Step up from HRH
HOPE 4 Kind of chest
CAJUN 5 Bayou cooking
OKAPI 5 Giraffe.s cousin
WARES 5 Goods
SPUD 4 1943 Yankee MVP Chandler
HEX 3 Charm
PLEAT 5 Pinch or knife
ELDER 5 Honeysuckle
ROO 3 Joey down under
ELECTS 6 Picks out
WORTH 5 Texas Fort?
ABORTS 6 Quells
ADMIT 5 Face up to
BOONE 5 Debby or Pat
LEES 4 Dregs
INDO 4 Before European or Chinese
BAIT 4 Heckle
YALE 4 New Haven university
BROW 4 It can be clear or clouded
LIRA 4 100 centisemi
UGLY 4 Quarrelsome
EGOS 4 Self-images
TAKE 4 Appropriate
EDENS 5 Idyllic places
BUST 4 Head-and-shoulders sculpture
EVIL 4 Injurious
FRATS 5 Groups with Greek names
ENTO 4 Prefix with derm
PICKAFIGHT 10 Start something
ARAL 4 Sea east of the Caspian
ILK 3 Type
DULL 4 Eliciting yawns perhaps
ARISE 5 Get up
DAB 3 Small amount
ISLEOFWIGHT 11 English Channel resort area
OTOE 4 Oklahoma native
PEON 4 Menial laborer
HEXES 5 Charms
SHELLGAME 9 Sleight-of-hand swindle
STET 4 Editor.s mark
STUNT 5 Movie double.s job
OCHO 4 Eight in Espa.a
THREATENS 9 Portends
PUTON 5 Spoof
ASYE 4 ... . . so long ___ both shall live?..
COTS 4 Portable beds
SEETHELIGHT 11 Start to understand finally
OMB 3 Gov.t. financial group
ALLEY 5 Way to the pins
DRAT 4 Phooey!
FAY 3 Wray of King Kong
WAIT 4 Hang on
OUTOFSIGHT 10 Groovy
ETTE 4 Novel ending
KNAVE 5 Scroundrel
WORE 4 Had on
DEES 4 Low grades
SAGES 5 Wise ones
ODES 4 Praiseful poems
TEPID 5 Lukewarm
AVILA 5 City WNW of Madrid
KICKBOXER 9 1989 Van Damme film
ELK 3 Wapiti
EFFUSE 6 Pour forth
DRILL 5 Carpenter.s tool
EAGLE 5 Birdie beater
NTH 3 High degree
SST 3 JFK arrival
BEARINGOUT 10 Substantiating
UNRIG 5 Strip of equipment
STASH 5 Squirrel away
TOLET 5 Flat sign?
ADIOS 5 Ciao Chico!
AWOL 4 Military truant
OPENS 5 Tournaments for amateurs and pros
FELT 4 Touched
TETEATETES 10 Intimate conversations
HST 3 DDE.s predecessor
ETH 3 Biblical verb ending
STEEL 5 Iron product
HUN 3 Follower of Attila
ACTSOFGOD 9 Uninsurable events
MHO 3 Former unit of conductance
EON 3 Quite a while
STYE 4 Eye trouble
ASHY 4 Pale
POTTS 5 Annie of Designing Women
CHAFES 6 Makes sore by rubbing
SAWED 5 Cut
ELATE 5 Cause rhapsody
ELITE 5 High-class
IDTAG 5 Dog collar attachment
GROVE 5 Orchard
MAHRE 5 1984 slalom gold medalist Phil
BYTES 5 Computer units
OKS 3 Signs off on
UNA 3 One overseas
IWO 3 ___ Jima
LAPSE 5 Failing
BREW 4 Concoct
PAPS 4 Soft foods
ARRAY 5 Clothe
LUGE 4 Olympic event
ETAT 4 Coup d. ___
STONEHENGE 10 Salisbury Plain monument
BADE 4 Said
TSP 3 Amt.
SIN 3 Do wrong
SKYBLUE 7 Heavenly hue
RONDO 5 Sonata movement
DOLLAR 6 Tip
EXHORT 6 Prompt
BLAME 5 Accuse
TRUCE 5 Respite
STAY 4 Word to Fido
BLOT 4 Fix as lipstick
TALK 4 Tell all
WARNS 5 Sounds the alarm
EURO 4 Mark.s replacement
EYAS 4 Baby bird
AGUE 4 Winter complaint
LARDY 5 Like suet
POSED 5 Arranged
GECKOS 6 Reptiles
CHURCH 6 Sanctuary for Esmeralda
EPOCH 5 Significant time
HABITAT 7 Place to live
OAT 3 Kind of meal
EPA 3 Regulatory agcy.
EBON 4 Like ravens
BOULDERDAM 10 Zane Grey novel
SLAG 4 Volcanic material
LANK 4 Lacking curl
RHINE 5 German wine
TATS 4 Makes edgings
EDDA 4 Norse work
NOTES 5 IOUs
LAST 4 Endure
ARTS 4 Areas of learning
PROP 4 Actor.s magazine
SAN 3 ___ Felipe
EYESORE 7 Ramshackle building e.g.
BLEND 5 Put together
RUN 3 Seek elected office
EGGS 4 Nest occupants
WEEKDAYS 8 Mondays e.g.
PEBBLEBEACH 11 Golfer.s spot
ATALL 5 In any way
PADUA 5 Livy.s birthplace
STEER 5 Direct
HINT 4 Beat around the bush
YOM 3 ___ Kippur
ROCKSPRINGS 11 Wyoming city
OBTRUDE 7 Butt in
ETTE 4 Kitchen finisher
XRAY 4 Hosp. procedure
HULA 4 ___ hoop
LANE 4 Mariner.s path
SAGE 4 Nestor for one
LURK 4 Hang about
ORDO 4 Catholic calendar
TOYS 4 Tops e.g.
WASHABLE 8 Label info
LECTERN 7 Speaker.s desk
OCT 3 Mo.
GOAD 4 Prod
CHEST 5 Thorax
HABLA 5 ___ usted Espa.ol?
UBOAT 5 WWI sub
POLKA 5 Bohemian dance
TOAD 4 Bufo
EDIT 4 Abridge
PANE 4 Window glass
AMES 4 Iowa city
UND 3 Sturm ___ drang
RHO 3 Follows pi
UAR 3 Prev. name for Egypt
ASIF 4 Presuming that
BARN 4 Streetcar shelter
ANDY 4 Actor Garcia
BRAVO 5 Well done!
ARIA 4 Song for Carreras
CHANDELIER 10 Ceiling fixture
LADS 4 Apt rhyme for tads
TAN 3 Brown hue
RIOS 4 Branco e Bravo
BALLET 6 Swan Lake e.g.
STATEN 6 New York.s ___ Island
AERO 4 Of planes: prefix
MAGICLANTERN 12 Early projector
TILED 5 Like many patios
SOAR 4 Rise
VIE 3 Compete
AMAN 4 To ___: everyone
USERS 5 Exploitive ones
VITA 4 Brief bio
XII 3 Seneca.s 12
NUDI 4 Naked: prefix
EELER 5 Angler of a sort
INCANDESCENT 12 Kind of lamp
REED 4 Donna or Rex
ANOINT 6 Consecrate with oil
COLDER 6 More gelid
GURU 4 Hindu sage
TOO 3 As well
OLEO 4 Butter substitute
FOOTLIGHTS 10 Theatrical field
AGER 4 Ripening agent
ULNAS 5 Limb bones
IOUS 4 Debt notices
LASS 4 Colleen
REES 4 British actor Roger
ATM 3 Cash machine initials
UNHAT 5 Doff one.s chapeau
ADANA 5 City in Turkey
RYN 3 Rembrandt van ___
ARLO 4 A Guthrie
SAIS 4 Old Egyptian capital
IVE 3 ___ Got a Secret
FORBEARS 8 Refrains from
BALLOT 6 Registered vote
ARAL 4 Asian sea
RIDE 4 Use a luge
NAST 4 Political cartoonist
ACTS 4 Emotes on cue
BEING 5 Human follower
DREAD 5 Foreboding
ARN 3 Prince Valiant.s son
TMEN 4 Feds
ALARIC 6 Visigoths. king
ISSUED 6 Published
COEDS 5 Some students
EVIL 4 Touch of ___
RITE 4 Baptism for one
NEAR 4 Nigh
TAXI 4 Convoy pre-takeoff
IMIN 4 Gambler.s assent
LAIC 4 Secular
UNDERFUR 8 Beaver.s coat layer
VETO 4 Power to reject
ENNUI 5 Boredom
ARDORS 6 Enthusiasms
NEE 3 Maiden name preceder
EARLS 5 Peerage members
ITHOT 5 Some Like ___
NOTUM 5 Insect.s dorsal plate
TOSS 4 Fling
COAL 4 Diamond in the rough
OLGA 4 Gymnast Korbut
LEES 4 Dregs
GONE 4 Absent
UTAS 4 Thespian Hagen et al.
OLE 3 Grand ___ Opry
GIA 3 Actress Scala
MESS 4 Base food
HOTEL 5 Reservation site
ABEL 4 J.accuse director Gance
ADIT 4 Collier.s route
ARRAS 5 Wall hanging
MALE 4 Buck or cob
SWEETHEARTDEALS 15 Valentine.s Day arrangements?
TINEA 5 Skin woe
GIN 3 Cotton separator
ARLES 5 Van Gogh setting
SNAPSHOT 8 Wallet insert
TRI 3 State or angle intro
TAN 3 Cure
OUTCAST 7 Pariah
KISSER 6 Face for 62 Across
EWE 3 Farm mom
AGIO 4 Currency premium
UTAH 4 Deseret today
DOLLS 5 Puppets
NEAT 4 Cool!
RENO 4 Town with a split personality?
INK 3 Publicity
DEARME 6 Egocentric thought on Valentine.s Day?
TREVINO 7 Lee on the links
RAE 3 ___ Dawn Chong
ENG 3 Memorable twin
PAYLOADS 8 Warheads. charges
CHALK 5 Poolroom purchase
TRI 3 Pod topper
EDDIE 5 Country singer Rabbitt
HONEYMOONBRIDGE 15 Valentine.s Day card game?
AMOR 4 Cupid
ALBEE 5 Playwright Edward
STIR 4 Hoosegow
DENS 4 TV rooms
WEEDY 5 Lean and scrawny
TONS 4 Heaps
MASTS 5 Seagoer.s sightings
EDWIN 5 Camera maven Land
SIENA 5 Tuscany town
STEEP 5 Dear
HAH 3 Surprise!
OREGON 6 Trail about 2 000 miles long
TRAIT 5 Mannerism
EARN 4 Take home
LST 3 Omaha Beach craft
AMERICANA 9 Colonial collection
BAAL 4 Canaanite deity
ELLE 4 Parisian girl
LESS 4 More to Mies
TASTE 5 Sign of class
DART 4 Move fast
HARDING 7 Scandal-ridden president
TUESDAY 7 Calendar listing
OWL 3 Barn resident
AGER 4 Antiquing device
SIAM 4 Thailand once
TOTE 4 Haul
KURT 4 Actor Russell
ITER 4 Route in old Rome
SANE 4 Rational
SHOVELERS 9 Earth movers
ELK 3 BPOE member
ONO 3 ..Sail ___ Ship of State..
EELER 5 Conger chaser
INKY 4 Dark
RAINED 6 Came down
PROBE 5 Investigation
ODIST 5 Horace for one
ADDTO 5 Enhance
DIGIN 5 Prepare to hold out
SEERS 5 Crystal ballers
CHAD 4 Libya.s neighbor
HOME 4 Heart site?
ANON 4 In a while
TOLE 4 Tin painting
MAW 3 Hillbilly address
BEY 3 Outdated Turkish title
ARAL 4 Asian inland sea
IWAS 4 ___ a Teenage Werewolf
STAFF 5 Nixon.s henchmen
SERE 4 Dry as dust
NAPA 4 California wine center
TATAR 5 Mongolian
ANTI 4 Not for
CREW 4 Henley gang
EMOTE 5 Ham it up
POSTMARX 8 Announce Groucho?
ZAPPED 6 Changed channels
MUSE 4 Erato or Clio
GILA 4 Arizona monster
ABDOMEN 7 It has a lot of guts
ANT 3 Myrmecologist.s topic
TIE 3 Popular Father.s Day gift
PORTS 5 Holes in the Titanic
HIGHJINX 8 Stoned person with bad luck?
ALAI 4 Jai ___
MEETS 5 Wrestling matches
ATLI 4 King of the Huns
CUFFLYNX 8 Slap a wildcat around?
ECLAT 5 Fanfare
EST 3 NY hrs.
IWO 3 ___ Jima
MONKEYS 7 Early astronauts
PEAS 4 Pod denizens
ERDA 4 Siegfried role
MALADY 6 Malaria e.g.
BRASSTAX 8 General.s duty?
AMIGO 5 Compadre
MAIN 4 Sinclair Lewis novel ___ Street
SOLE 4 ___ survivor
CAREW 5 7-time AL batting champ
RING 4 Where Tyson bit Holyfield
EGAN 4 Mystery writer Lesley
STERN 5 Imus rival
SLOE 4 Kind of gin
SANA 4 Capital of Yemen
ASAP 4 PDQ
RENO 4 City on the Truckee River
ARTS 4 Carney and Garfunkel
LEITMOTIF 9 Wagnerian melody
INCASE 6 If
WARREN 6 Controversial report of 1964
APEX 4 Summit
SAW 3 Adage
STEALTH 7 Type of bomber
TAMPA 5 Home of the Buccaneers
ATOP 4 Above
FATE 4 Atropos for one
FRED 4 Barney.s pal
MUMS 4 ___ the word!
ZINGS 5 Criticizes
GAIT 4 Canter for one
APACE 5 Swiftly
BOLUS 5 Horse pill
DRAFT 5 Board or horse
TITLE 5 Sir e.g.
INLAY 5 Gold filling
EXITS 5 Leaves the stage
HEX 3 Curse
JACKASSES 9 Blockheads
MYWAY 5 Frank Sinatra classic
ENOS 4 Seth.s son
LIEDOWN 7 Take a dive
ENDS 4 Completes
MERINO 6 Iberian sheep
ORANGE 6 Color on the flag of Ireland
PAGER 5 Doctor.s need
MACS 4 Fleetwood and Davis
AMAT 4 Amo amas ___
LIRE 4 Italian bread
BAIL 4 Appearance money
TOGA 4 Animal House costume
ALAN 4 The ___ Parsons Project
XENA 4 Warrior princess of TV
MRS 3 ___ Doubtfire
WBA 3 Pugilistic org.
SCH 3 Seminary or acad.
SAD 3 Kind of sack
BOA 3 Scarf
IRV 3 Author Shaw to friends
EREMITE 7 Religious recluse
ENS 3 Printers. measures
LYE 3 Soap component once
WOLFMANJACK 11 Deejay hybrid?
LANCE 5 Jousting need
DAIS 4 Lectern.s locale
ARES 4 Son of Hera
ANGORA 6 Cat rabbit or goat
ATOM 4 Smidgen
STEN 4 Weapon
CRANED 6 Extended one.s neck
BIS 3 Again in music
ONEOF 5 ___ of a kind
ISERE 5 French department
CROCODILEDUNDEE 15 Down under hybrid?
HONOR 5 Kind of bridge card
ALAMO 5 1836 battle site
ITS 3 ___ de-Lovely
MOSTLY 6 For the greatest part
WHAM 4 Sound of a heavy blow
RAMA 4 An avatar of Vishnu
SHEAVE 6 Gather and bind grain
ABIE 4 Rose lover?
EBOS 4 Lower Niger River people
ADLER 5 Psychiatrist Alfred
BUFFALOBILL 11 Hunter/showman hybrid?
SRI 3 Hindu title of respect
ELF 3 Pixie
RETIREE 7 Pensioner
EST 3 NYC time
SLY 3 Stallone to friends
MTS 3 Map elevations: abbr.
STY 3 Piggery
YES 3 Word of approval
WILLAS 6 Author Cather et al.
BRYANT 6 See 10 Down
AVENGE 6 Get even
SEWER 5 Norton.s workplace
CRO 3 ___ -Magnon
HELD 4 Embraced
SIMIAN 6 Ape
ATASTE 6 ___ of Honey
DEN 3 Out-of-the-way place
BEAR 4 With 2 Down an athletic director hybrid?
ONCE 4 As soon as
ASKS 4 Invites
MFA 3 Certain grad. degree
JAM 3 Tie-up
CONOCO 6 Shell or Exxon rival
ACED 4 Served perfectly?
ODIUM 5 Hatred
ROI 3 Vive le ___!
AFLAT 5 G sharp
BED 3 Part of B&B
IRE 3 Vex
SEE 3 Visit
NORMA 5 Actress Shearer
SNOWED 6 ___ under: overwhelmed
CHI 3 Letter from Crete
ROT 3 Garbage!
ONS 3 Switch positions
ELL 3 Pipe joint
DAYS 4 Dennis and Doris
OMELET 6 Denver or Spanish
SABOTS 6 Wooden shoes
HALSEY 6 With 58 Down a war hero hybrid?
AVERSE 6 Antipathetic
MERITS 6 Is worthy of
REF 3 Arena zebra
HALEY 5 Tin Man portrayer
ABES 4 Fortas et al.
BULL 4 See 51 Down
IFFY 4 Questionable
OBI 3 Kimono tie
SIRS 4 Dear ___
ARM 3 Branch
LET 3 Tennis term
RAPS 4 Spirit communication
SHIM 4 Leveling device
TORAS 5 Antelopes
ACRE 4 Brazilian state
LAND 4 Touch down
RAINY 5 Umbrella weather
STOCKINGSTUFFER 15 Leg
ESP 3 Intuition
NENE 4 Wild goose of Haleakala
RAITTS 6 Family of singers
MESA 4 Arizona city
PUNS 4 Word plays
BREATHCATCHERS 14 Lungs
BEARD 5 Santa.s trademark
ACHY 4 Sore
LAP 3 Racing circuit
ELBE 4 Dresden.s river
TALKS 5 Verbalizes
DIDO 4 Queen of Carthage
LOB 3 An arced throw
SEAM 4 Connecting stitches
SADAT 5 Former Egyptian president
TWISTERSPAWNER 14 Tongue
TAPE 4 Record
ALOE 4 Emollient ingredient
REVERE 6 Esteem highly
EYER 4 Surveyor
HUE 3 Tint
SLEEVEADORNMENT 15 Heart
VOILE 5 Semisheer fabric
GILT 4 Thin metallic layer
ERIC 4 ___ the Red
PINED 5 Longed
ETAS 4 Greek letters
ROTH 4 Author of Portnoy.s Complaint
RASE 4 Demolish: var.
ACTS 4 New Testament book
PROP 4 Support
SEC 3 Wine designation
SLIEST 6 Most devious
HANNAH 6 Actress Daryl
INGE 4 American playwright
MDS 3 Hosp. personnel
TRUANCY 7 Student misdemeanor
OAFISH 6 Clumsy
RIFT 4 Break in relations
ANET 4 Dill
SYRS 4 Damascans briefly
KNEAD 5 Manipulate dough
TRUTHS 6 Indisputable facts
MERE 4 Pond
PACK 4 Stow
BELOW 5 Under
RABBI 5 Jewish theologian
CALMS 5 Soothes
ELIDE 5 Pass over
RADAR 5 M*A*S*H character
SPOT 4 Discern
BELT 4 Encircling article
TEEPEE 6 Conical dwelling
AARE 4 Swiss stream
DANE 4 Borge e.g.
STARVED 7 Famished
SWORN 5 Like testimony
STEELE 6 Author of Their Town
PAYOLA 6 Bribe
ALERTS 6 Makes aware
RSVP 4 Invitation letters
ELOI 4 H.G. Wells. imaginary race
VEIN 4 Lode
EDIT 4 Redact
HERO 4 Leander.s love
UNIT 4 Entity
ETCH 4 Delineate
AGE 3 Stone or Iron
MER 3 Sea: Fr.
ROTA 4 Roster
HERO 4 The good guy
GESSO 5 Plaster of Paris
EPOS 4 Body of poetry
EXES 4 Where-to-sign marks
RNASE 5 Genetic enzyme
SEAT 4 Senator.s place
AIDA 4 Verdi heroine
EELER 5 Sniggler
INSHORTORDER 12 Quickly
DETECT 6 Notice
ENVOY 5 Emissary
ERY 3 Brew ender
TEST 4 Schick for one
LEASER 6 Short time user
INORDERTHAT 11 So
AHAS 4 Finder.s sounds
HUA 3 Mao successor
EARS 4 Cobs
CALLTOORDER 11 Meeting starter
ELMIRA 6 Historic NY city
OSTE 4 Bone: prefix
TAD 3 Tidbit
TAPAS 5 Spanish snacks
ENDIVE 6 Salad item
ONTHEORDEROF 12 Resembling
SLAVS 5 Croats and Poles
IRON 4 It can be cast
FACE 4 Stand up to
HIDEO 5 Pitcher Nomo
GIZA 4 Sphinx city
ODER 4 Stettin.s river
ALARM 5 Kind of clock
HEEL 4 The bad guy
GETS 4 Lays hands on
RESIDE 6 Live
OPENER 6 Kitchen gadget
TOASTY 6 Warm and comfy
ASTHE 5 ___ crow flies
HEARTEN 7 Encourage
EXIT 4 Way out
REDO 4 Have a new go at
OSAR 4 Glacial ridges
GREENER 7 More verdant
ENERVATE 8 Deprive of vigor
SAL 3 My Gal ___
SSE 3 Tucson from LA
OER 3 Above to a poet
OCTI 4 Fourth qtr. start
DELE 4 Galley word
OSHA 4 Worker.s protection org.
YEAR 4 Leap or lunar
SOHO 4 Westminster area
TRURO 5 Nova Scotia city
RTS 3 Some NFL folk
DADS 4 June honorees
ACE 3 King topper
HALT 4 Sentry.s demand
ALMA 4 ___ mater
SLIPOVER 8 Sweater sans buttons
TRANSOM 7 Crosspiece
OAST 4 Kiln
ETERNAL 7 Immortal
REND 4 Tear
TIRADE 6 Screed
AVOCET 6 Curlew.s kin
DEFERS 6 Relinquishes the floor
DEFOG 5 Remove moisture
HIGH 4 ___ five
ERIE 4 Eerie homonym?
OOZE 4 Move like flood mud
SHA 3 ___ Na Na
LIL 3 Liza Jane or Abner
ADA 3 DMD.s group
TANG 4 Piquancy
CIDER 5 Type of vinegar
BOOK 4 Get the order
ALOE 4 Cosmetic ingredient
ANOLE 5 Chameleon
UPON 4 Nursery rhyme word
CLOT 4 Coagulate
MUREX 5 Spiny-shelled gastropod
GAZE 4 Take a long look
IANS 4 Holm and Hunter
ERIC 4 Red leader?
PELEE 5 Martinique volcano
THESURESTWAY 12 Start of Alan Kay quote
ETA 3 O.Hare posting
ARENAS 6 Omni and Forum
CASTE 5 Class of a society
TOPREDICT 9 More of quote
ACT 3 Play part
SARIS 5 Ranis. wraps
NIA 3 Actress Peebles
THEFUTURE 9 More of quote
BRADY 5 Diamond Jim
SENORA 6 Toledo lady
EEE 3 Shoe size
ISTOINVENTIT 12 End of quote
LHASA 5 The Forbidden City once
AMOI 4 Mine in Marseilles
ERNE 4 Sea eagle
AUNT 4 Most of a taunt?
STALL 5 Stonewall
GALA 4 Fete
SLOE 4 Blackthorn
REGAL 5 Majestic
EDAM 4 Dutch treat
HAND 4 A good thing to give
IRONY 5 Satire
SEWS 4 Darns it
TACIT 5 Implicit
ALLAH 5 God in Islam
NOONE 5 Herman.s Hermits lead singer
GETSSET 7 Readies
CAMERA 6 Judge.s chambers
INURE 5 Harden
DORIS 5 A Day
ELECT 5 Put in office
REX 3 Actor Harrison
BUGEYED 7 Agog
OPAL 4 Gemstone from down under
OOZE 4 Seep
KNEE 4 Patella.s place
PARE 4 Peel
UTE 3 Salt Lake City coed
WARS 4 Trojan and Korean
NINA 4 Early visitor to our shores
ACID 4 Type of test
STAY 4 Command to a friend
CATS 4 Long-running Broadway hit
ACHE 4 Pine
STEN 4 Brit.s gun
TAU 3 Letter from Patrai
ORR 3 Hockey defensive great
PIE 3 Pizza order
STAT 4 ERA e.g.
FOISTED 7 Palmed off
URSA 4 One is Major the other Minor
BEE 3 Speller.s contest
RENEGES 7 Fails to follow suit in bridge
EVILLY 6 With malice aforethought
OATER 5 Western
IMAGO 5 Insect stage
NOLAN 5 Pitcher Ryan
TRADE 5 Some is fair
INLAW 5 Wedding acquisition?
TEAMS 5 Cougars and Lions
LASH 4 Secure
HULA 4 Island undulation
ANON 4 Soon
SRI 3 Lanka leader
TAPS 4 Good night for soldiers
SIC 3 ___ transit gloria mundi
BVDS 4 Some shorts briefly
ABETS 5 Countenances
CARP 4 Whine
LIRA 4 100 centissimi
UBOAT 5 RMS Lusitania .s nemesis
AGEE 4 James Philip Tommie
ATOM 4 Kind of smasher
TANGO 5 Jealousy for one
LOWERCASE 9 ... like these letters
ELBA 4 Portoferraio is its principal port
POKES 5 Prods
GODEL 5 1979 Hofstadter book ___ Escher Bach
KLINE 5 Franz Kevin
TORO 4 Matador.s opponent
OCEAN 5 Vast expanse
YAPS 4 Chats snappishly
BOZO 4 Lummox
ORANG 5 Borneo forest man familiarly
ELLE 4 Popular fashion magazine
AFOR 4 An ___ effort!
DONAT 5 1939 Best Actor Oscar winner
DEUX 4 Folie . ___
JOYCE 5 Author James ___
OASES 5 Refuges
STORM 5 Gale Tempest
IMRU 4 ___ Al-Qays 7th C. Arab poet
AIRHEADED 9 Scatterbrained
OSKAR 5 Kokoschka Werner Homolka
LEAN 4 7-time best director Oscar winner
RODE 4 Harassed
SAUCE 5 Velout. or b.arnaise
SPIN 4 Media word for political bias
YOGA 4 Hatha follower
ENDED 5 Finite
OILY 4 Smarmy
MEL 3 Ferrer Blanc Brooks
SODS 4 Clods
TAUT 4 Near the breaking point
ABBA 4 Angeleyes group
PEON 4 Drudge
STAGEDOORJOHNNY 15 Depp waiting in Shubert Alley?
SCALA 5 Milan showplace with La
IAGO 4 Verdi villain at 5 Down
CREW 4 Boat people?
BLACKEYEDSUSANS 15 Sarandon and St. James after a bullfight?
VITAE 5 Aqua ___ i.e. brandy
DROSS 5 Refuse
SAME 4 Kind of old story
STOLE 5 Boa
PEEPINGTOM 10 Hanks looking in the window?
RON 3 Silver Goldman
BLOODYMARY 10 AM quaff
GOOF 4 Snafu
ORZO 4 Soup pasta
KEANE 5 Mike Johnny Tom
LANA 4 Turner Cantrell
TBA 3 TV listing abbreviation
CROC 4 Gator relative
ALEE 4 Not aweather
PLUS 4 +
SEX 3 1926 Mae West play
ORE 3 Barite or beryl
AROSE 5 Sprang up
SIEPI 5 Legendary Met Giovanni
TRAIL 5 It can be lonesome
IDEAL 5 Exemplar
ALSO 4 ___ Sprach Zarathustra
DOOM 4 Something impending
EDGE 4 Move slowly sideways
KUDO 4 Accolade
ACED 4 Holed in one
REDS 4 Buttons and Skelton
DISC 4 The D in DJ
FROG 4 Former tadpole
EASES 5 Relieves
IDEA 4 Skull session exchange
REAL 4 Lifelike
ALLAH 5 God in Mecca
GLEN 4 Watkins ___ NY
ANTE 4 Pay up
GLARE 5 Bright light
SENDINTHECLOWNS 15 A Little Night Music song
ONCE 4 As soon as
YET 3 On the other hand
HAD 3 Suffered from
CORRECT 7 Grade as papers
LID 3 Box top
ARENA 5 Madison Square Garden e.g.
ALL 3 ___ thumbs: clumsy
PERU 4 Pizarro.s conquest
IMPOSSIBLEDREAM 15 Man of La Mancha song with The
FOOT 4 Yard section
ERA 3 Chapter in history
AORTA 5 Blood line
ART 3 Louvre display
STATLER 7 The ___ Brothers
YES 3 By all means!
LET 3 Tennis term
AVID 4 Gung-ho
MUSICOFTHENIGHT 15 The Phantom of the Opera song with The
ENTER 5 Join
IRON 4 Mesabi Range product
TREE 4 Orchard unit
ADAGE 5 Time is money e.g.
CART 4 Links rental
TIRE 4 Trunk item
NONET 5 New York Yankees e.g.
AMES 4 Iowa State University city
OMEN 4 Foretoken
DIGS 4 Apartment
IDLE 4 Run in place
SEEN 4 Caught in the act
CANDO 5 Motto of the Seabees
FRANCO 6 Film director Zeffirelli
RENTER 6 Lessee
OATH 4 Courtroom pledge
GLEE 4 Kind of club
EAGLET 6 Nestling
ALLOT 5 Divvy up
SLAW 4 Chopped cabbage
EARN 4 Pull down
SHES 4 Cows and sows e.g.
INCAS 5 Pizarro.s foes
CYCLE 5 Bike
HAIFA 5 Israeli seaport
ARMOR 5 Sir Galahad.s garb
DEPOT 5 Grand Central Station e.g.
RABAT 5 African capital
ELL 3 Hospital wing
LEERY 5 Skeptical
IRATE 5 Fit to be tied
DUMAS 5 The Count of Monte Cristo author
NOT 3 ..Oh bury me ___ . . ...
PRO 3 He.s paid to play
SETTO 5 Argument
IRA 3 Pension fund for short
DARIN 5 Splish Splash singer
SECRET 6 Under wraps
LAHORE 6 Pakistan city
EVENTS 6 The Academy Awards et al.
LIEGE 5 Feudal lord
DITTO 5 Same here!
MEAN 4 Nasty
UNDO 4 Nullify
STAN 4 Saxophonist Getz
FICA 4 Paycheck stub letters
TRAM 4 Cable car
GRIM 4 Bleak
HERE 4 Head count reply
TEEN 4 Adult-to-be
SAHIB 5 Hindu term of respect
ANGE 4 Heavenly being: Fr.
IRON 4 Mesabi Range deposits
OVOLO 5 Convex molding
BIAS 4 Prejudice
METE 4 Apportion
CONISSEURS 10 Artistic experts
ACTA 4 Proceedings
WEASELED 8 Reneged with out
TROOP 5 Scout unit
ARE 3 Surface measure
ESSEN 5 Ruhr Valley city
STARVE 6 Suffer from want
ANTATING 8 Adding commentaries
TESLA 5 Electrician and inventor
SLIER 5 More cunning
TIO 3 Spanish uncle
ORTS 4 Table scraps
ECLAT 5 Fanfare
FEET 4 Yard contents
OAR 3 Regatta equipment
PLEAS 5 Entreaties
PERCH 5 Roost
PHOGRAPH 8 Tape player predecessor
MANSES 6 Parsonages
MEANT 5 Intended
AIR 3 Mien
SPINY 5 Like hedgehogs
EMULATED 8 Copied
LUCE 4 Time Editor and publisher
TRIGOMETRY 10 Math course
OMAR 4 Khayyam
RETE 4 Network
ANTAE 5 Pilasters
GALA 4 Festive occasion
EDER 4 German river
STABS 5 Pierces
SOC 3 Pol. party member
AVOW 4 Acknowledge
HONE 4 Sharpen
ILIA 4 Hip bones
BOSSAVA 7 Samba relative
ABELE 5 White poplar
NIUE 4 New Zealand island
GARDENIAS 9 Prom posies
ESS 3 Feminine suffix
IMARET 6 Turkish inn
RECONITERS 10 Surveys militarily
OTTO 4 Klemperer
NEAP 4 Tide type
SERE 4 Dry
TSAR 4 Autocratic ruler
STET 4 Printing direction
STOOP 5 Condescend
TERAH 5 Father of Abraham
ASTROMICAL 10 Enormous
RLS 3 Scottish writer.s monogram
ALLAH 5 God of Islam
NIECE 5 Sibling.s daughter
GOTHS 5 Early Germans
SCEPTERED 9 Like Shakespeare.s isle
ELAN 4 Verve
FEN 3 Swamp
PRAY 4 Beseech
PARAMAS 7 Wide views
GENERA 6 Classes
MILO 4 Grain sorghum
AUGER 5 Boring tool
SLOG 4 Walk with difficulty
PUMA 4 Cougar
MITE 4 Arachnid
TENT 4 Camping gear
ETTA 4 Singer James
DRAB 4 Colorless
TRE 3 Due follower
YES 3 Positive response
CRIB 4 Cheat on an exam
BOLTS 5 Runs off
SIDE 4 Viewpoint
LADE 4 Put on cargo
AMAIN 5 At full speed
PRAY 4 Beseech
ENOL 4 Organic compound
NITRO 5 TNT core
LONE 4 Solitary
FILLINTHEBLANKS 15 Complete in a way
ERE 3 Before to Byron
BAY 3 Howl
OPT 3 Decide for
ARAMAIC 7 Language for Jesus
CAM 3 Engine part
CRUET 5 Condiment container
TANS 4 Prepares a pelt
OLIO 4 Hodgepodge
CONNECTSTHEDOTS 15 Comes to understand
USED 4 Took advantage of
RISE 4 Hilltop
EDUCE 5 Evoke
RED 3 Flushed
SECEDER 7 SC in 1860
THY 3 ..___ will be done.....
MUD 3 Your name is___: threat
DIE 3 Gambler.s cube
PIECEITTOGETHER 15 Integrate the facts
AGOG 4 Avidly eager
TROVE 5 Hidden treasure
HERE 4 Present
CONE 4 Dunce cap shape
EIDER 5 Sea duck
ERGS 4 Work units
ERSE 4 Gaelic
DOORS 5 Ways in
ROOT 4 Cheer for
CLEF 4 Staff sign
RANI 4 Indian princess
IDOL 4 Aaron.s golden calf
BELLE 5 Popular woman
BANNER 6 Pennant
OMIT 4 Leave out
LATH 4 Wood strip
TIRE 4 Whitewall
SNOBBISH 8 Uppity
SPLAY 5 Spread out
IRON 4 Inflexible
DANK 4 Unpleasantly moist
EYES 4 Gives the once-over
IRATE 5 Seething
LAC 3 Launcelot du ___
OCCUR 5 Take place
PROSE 5 Poetry alternative
TUNED 5 Adjusted the dial
ATTIC 5 Loft
MASSE 5 En ___: as a whole
ANTED 5 Fed the pot
CLOUT 5 Influence
AITCH 5 Gee follower
MOSEY 5 Saunter
END 3 Close
ODD 3 Unmatched
CREDITED 8 Ascribed to
EERIE 5 Spooky
SUE 3 Litigate
EDGERS 6 Gardeners. tools
MCGEE 5 Radio Fibber
ETHER 5 Certain anesthetic
PACE 4 Tempo
IGOR 4 Composer Stravinsky
EONS 4 Ages and ages
TRIO 4 Musical group
TODO 4 Fuss
OVER 4 Finished
HERO 4 Leander.s love
ERGO 4 Consequently
REST 4 Remainder
ADAPT 5 Modify to fit
CAPRA 5 1938 Oscar-winning director
MTG 3 Proc. of coming together
PURER 5 Less contaminated
ALLOT 5 Distribute
IER 3 One who is: suffix
TEMPE 5 Arizona State home
NEATH 5 Poet.s under
GPA 3 Coll. student.s concern
SABERTOOTHED 12 Like a prehistoric tiger
TAHITI 6 Papeete locale
TERMITES 8 They.re big grain eaters
ONA 3 ___ roll
EMS 3 Bad ___ Germany
SEP 3 Precedes Oct.
RAZORBACK 9 Arkansas mascot
OGRE 4 Fairy tale villain
AMEN 4 Prayer ending
OMANI 5 Native of Muscat
FRET 4 Ridge on a guitar fingerboard
HELM 4 Steering apparatus
SWORDFISH 9 Deep sea trophy catch
ABS 3 Workout target
TAW 3 Shooter marble
SEE 3 Bishop.s jurisdiction
EARRINGS 8 Lobe decor
NEATER 6 Not as messy
SCISSORTAILS 12 Central American flycatchers
TRA 3 ___ la la
HOARD 5 Store up as one.s own
LILAC 5 New Hampshire.s state flower
EEL 3 Lamprey
OZZIE 5 Baseball Cardinals. Smith
EDITH 5 TV.s Mrs. Bunker
ESS 3 Type of curve
PEEPS 5 Looks cautiously
DELTA 5 River deposit
APT 3 Likely
DUE 3 Payable
ARM 3 Supply weapons
PEPSI 5 Cola drink
TREATER 7 Halloween candy giver
CANE 4 Slender flexible stem
ALERT 5 Trouble indicator
PLATE 5 Cover metallically
ROTORS 6 Revolving blades
ATHOME 6 Not on the road
MIGHT 5 Power
TEPEE 5 Conical tent
GRADS 5 Yesterday.s srs.
BIMBO 5 Fellow: sl.
TIPOFF 6 Game starter
TORAH 5 Five books of Moses
ANAME 5 What.s in ___?
HAZEL 5 Light brown
SAMS 4 Houston and Uncle
ONMARS 6 Where Olympus Mons is
CAW 3 Cry of the crow
KNOT 4 Sheepshank or half hitch
GRIST 5 Matter for argument
RESEE 5 View again
ETHER 5 Upper regions of space
IRANI 5 Middle Easterner
DWELLED 7 Lived
BISHOP 6 Wine flavored with cloves
SNOOZE 6 Get some shut-eye
ESTEE 5 First name in cosmetics
ACRES 5 Broad expanse
RIALS 5 Money for 41 Down
GRAZE 5 Munch in the meadow
STRIP 5 Long narrow area of land
ASIDE 5 Away from others
ADES 4 Fruit drinks
LIL 3 Diamond
ATT 3 Bar mem.
CHA 3 Double it for a dance
PAM 3 Actress Dawber
CAMEL 5 Bedouin buggy
ASPEN 5 Vail competition
ALA 3 Pie ___ mode
ADELE 5 Die Fledermaus coloratura
WHALE 5 Blue or gray
PER 3 ___ capita
LOTSOFFOLKS 11 Beginning of a Kin Hubbard quote
AXIS 4 Allies. opposition
PEA 3 Pain for a princess
OUTSET 6 Beginning
OORT 4 Comet astronomer
COL 3 Below a gen.
CONFUSEBAD 10 Second part of quote
SCAB 4 Strikebreaker
ABETS 5 Drives the getaway car
NABS 4 Snares
TALL 4 Rangy
GETIT 5 Dig?
TRA 3 La-la lead-in
GENIE 5 Aladdin.s benefactor
ESTE 4 Renaissance family
ARON 4 Middle name for The King
LADES 5 Burdens
SEES 4 Understands
MANAGEMENT 10 Third part of quote
CUP 3 Stanley e.g.
REEL 4 Angler.s gear
ERASES 6 Wipes out
STA 3 RR stop
RAZZ 4 Bronx cheer
WITHDESTINY 11 Last part of quote
BOO 3 Casper.s cry
ESTEE 5 First name in mascara
DONNE 5 ..No man is an island.. speaker
RON 3 Actor Silver
SEUSS 5 Grinch creator
SWAYS 5 Rocks
ATE 3 Devoured
PAPA 4 Hemingway.s nickname
ALEX 4 Graham Bell, to friends?
MARIONETTE 10 Paris puppet
CAL 3 Oriole Ripken
ADOPTS 6 Takes on
METE 4 Distribute
ELSA 4 Born Free lioness
LEO 3 Guitarist Kottke
AWFUL 5 Terrible
SHOT 4 Whiskey measure
PALS 4 Buddies
ELKE 4 Screen siren Sommer
NEST 4 Cozy place
FOODS 5 Grocery store rows
SOFTIES 7 Wimps
RUST 4 Corrode
CABANA 6 Bathhouse
CAGES 5 Where goalies hang out
OBESE 5 High weigh
ENTRAP 6 Snare
BARON 5 Von Munchhausen for one
STEAMER 7 Mississippi riverboat
CANDELABRA 10 Prop for Liberace
ALIEN 5 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller
BLEST 5 ..___ be the tie that binds.....
GLEE 4 Type of club
AMUSE 5 Tickle
GRANNY 6 Little old lady from Pasadena?
CEDES 5 Surrenders
EWES 4 Rams. dams
RISE 4 ___ and shine
ATTU 4 Aleutian outpost
SHES 4 1964 Beatles. hit ___ A Woman
STOW 4 Pack away
TINA 4 Ginger of Gilligan.s Island
ZOOT 4 1940s suit
ZONE 4 The Twighlight ___
SDS 3 Radical .60s org.
YES 3 Close to the Edge band
STOVE 5 Household appliance
DARC 4 Jeanne ___
WEB 3 Network
CRUEL 5 Sadistic
OLIOS 5 Mixtures
ALE 3 Stout
AUSTENNYSON 11 Jane/Alfred
RIA 3 Inlet
MET 3 Encountered
GAS 3 Petrol
EPIGRAM 7 Terse satire
LAR 3 Malay gibbon
REPRESS 7 Block
IBSENDAK 8 Henrik/Maurice
REIN 4 Equine check
TRAIT 5 Characteristic
LAIC 4 Secular
TAFT 4 27th US president
CAN 3 Axe
HARRY 5 Bellafonte
URI 3 Swiss canton
HYDE 4 Jekyll.s alter ego
UREA 4 Fertilizer ingredient
MELEE 5 Free-for-all
BRAG 4 Blow one.s horn
LEWISTER 8 Sinclair/Owen
ECUADOR 7 South American republic
ARP 3 French artist and poet
TORSADE 7 Hat ornament
ELA 3 Guido.s note
SEE 3 Comprehend
NAG 3 Harass verbally
MENCKENNEDY 11 Henry Louis/William
ATE 3 Ingested
STARE 5 Regard fixedly
DIRGE 5 Funereal music
SIR 3 Knight.s title
SLID 4 Lost traction
ANTED 5 Paid up
SCAM 4 Fraudulent deal
TRUE 4 Quiz answer
OUST 4 Depose
VET 3 Fido.s doc
ELEGANT 7 Showing class
DONS 4 Oxford professors
ALY 3 Rita Hayworth.s ex
RISER 5 Stair section
COOPERCY 8 James Fenimore/Walker
WARRENAULT 10 Robert Penn/Mary
ELIAS 5 Inventor Howe
BEAMS 5 Rays
SNIPE 5 Sandpiper e.g.
NARD 4 Ointment
GRIT 4 Pluck
LEI 3 Garland
ITCH 4 Yen
BRAY 4 Donkey talk
SANDBURGER 10 Carl/Gottfried
ALAR 4 Winglike
KAREL 5 Capek
IRAE 4 Dies ___
FREE 4 Unshackled
TIER 4 Row
HUGODETS 8 Victor/Clifford
ERAS 4 Time periods
MIRANDA 7 Flamboyant Carmen
ESP 3 Intuition?
ADAMS 5 Tarkington.s Alice
WALE 4 Cloth ridge
ETNAS 5 Old heaters
COATI 5 Racoonlike mammal
RENAL 5 Kidney-related
EKED 4 Made do with out
SERT 4 Spanish painter
EDGE 4 Brink
EYED 4 Scrutinized
CRI 3 Dernier ___
NIN 3 Author of Little Birds
BLUTO 5 Popeye.s foe
ARIA 4 Oratorio solo
PSIS 4 Greek letters
EATIN 5 Like some kitchens
MINN 4 AL competitor of Det.
EASY 4 Opposite of 41 Down
BRUNSWICKANDULM 15 ..New.. cities to visit
OUR 3 My and thy
TISH 4 Mrs. Addams to Gomez
HORDES 6 Large crowds
PENPALS 7 Distant correspondents
EERO 4 Eliel.s son
AGE 3 Bio bit
INIT 4 ___ for the money
WED 3 Get altared
JERSEYANDMEXICO 15 ..New.. states to visit
ASIT 4 ___happens
MAE 3 Fannie of finance
ELHI 4 Curriculum range
CANAANANDLONDON 15 ..New.. cities to visit
KID 3 Put on
DOZE 4 Catnap
ONO 3 Lennon.s woman
FACE 4 Stand before
OPENPIT 7 Type of strip mining
LAGUNA 6 ___ Beach CA
PIES 4 Chart shapes
IRE 3 Tick off
ORLEANSANDHAVEN 15 ..New.. cities to visit
ONEL 4 Like Nash.s lama
DOCK 4 Cruise ship.s berth
ORONO 5 Town on the Penobscot
TONS 4 Quite a bit
OWES 4 Has bills
TATER 5 Spud
BEBOP 5 Dizzy Gillespie.s music
LARUE 5 Cowboy Lash
UTURN 5 Do a 180
TIN 3 Tenth anniversary gift
ONSTAGE 7 Before a theater audience
AMISS 5 Faultily
RICH 4 Highly caloric
INK 3 Seal as a deal
ANAHEIM 7 Disneyland.s city
PEDRO 5 Playwright Calderon
SAUD 4 Abdul Aziz ibn ___
ISLE 4 Sometime lighthouse locale
SYMS 4 Asylum star Sylvia
WILEY 5 Book publisher John
NORTE 5 Rio Bravo del ___: Rio Grande
PASTA 5 Shells and elbows
ENDED 5 Signed off
INANE 5 Cuckoo
WILD 4 Out of control
ECHO 4 Feedback
DOIN 4 Rub out
JACK 4 Auto lifter
ESAI 4 Morales of My Family
RIND 4 Cheese coating
AMAZE 5 Stupefy
XENON 5 Atomic number 54
ADANA 5 Turkey.s fourth-largest city
NOCANDO 7 Sorry that.s impossible!
LOPED 5 Gently ran
ONESHOT 7 ___ in a million
FUELS 5 Fills the gas tank
OINKS 5 Piglet pleas
PIVOT 5 Fulcrum
IRENE 5 Castle or Papas
TENOR 5 Purport
LOOT 4 Heist gain
ARNO 4 Ponte Vecchio site
GLEN 4 Lush valley
PACE 4 Manner of walking
SOW 3 Farm mother
ARA 3 Palindromic constellation
MAMBO 5 Rumba.s kin
PLAY 4 Kind of bill
BLOB 4 Amorphous mass
ALIEN 5 Space freighter film
ROTA 4 Papal tribunal
YORE 4 Long past
CONESTOGAWAGONS 15 Pioneer vehicles
TIS 3 Scale notes
ITO 3 Lance of court fame
MOTET 5 Sacred chorale
TONE 4 Timbre
EROS 4 Picadilly statue
LUXURYMOTORHOME 15 Fonda/Oates vehicle in 35 Across
IRENE 5 Goodnight girl
RACE 4 ___ With the Devil : 1975 film
CON 3 Lifer e.g.
BANG 4 Hairdo feature
STALK 5 Part of a rose
ATIT 4 Keep ___!: persevere
ENO 3 Brian of 26 Down
CHIN 4 Take it on the ___
SCARE 5 Alarm
LONGLONGTRAILER 15 With The 1954 Arnaz vehicle
ROTE 4 Repetition
RAND 4 Author Ayn
SLAIN 5 Murdered
VAN 3 See 3 Down
ODA 3 Seraglio unit
HARLEYDAVIDSONS 15 1969 Fonda/Hopper vehicles
EVIL 4 Evangelist.s target
EASE 4 Inactivity of a sort
DITKA 5 Saints. coach Mike
MADE 4 Netted
ABEL 4 Genesis name
ESSAY 5 Blue book question
MAC 3 It.s big at the arch
ALOT 4 Quite a bit
MINI 4 With 53 Across cheap transportation?
BEESTUNG 8 Red and puffy like an insect mark
ONS 3 Switch positions
PROTEM 6 Temporarily to Pliny
LOGO 4 Trademark
ATA 3 ___ glance
YAW 3 Veer
BYGOSH 6 Oshkosh ___!
LOOT 4 Pilfer
ORNE 4 Bay of Seine feeder
BEST 4 Utmost
TINY 4 Like 55 Down
AMORE 5 Dean Martin hit, with That's
ORE 3 Tram load
ETAL 4 List abbreviation
ROCK 4 See 41 Across
LIBEL 5 Kind of law
URANO 5 Heaven: comb. form
XENON 5 Gaseous element
ORANG 5 Endangered ape
OCTAL 5 Of a base-eight system
MOIRE 5 Watered silk
ENTER 5 Penetrate
SHOT 4 Kind of glass
TINE 4 Pitchfork part
ACIDOSIS 8 Low blood alkalinity
CLONE 5 Dolly for one
SAN 3 Saint in Seville
GRILLE 6 Fancy car front
TRAVEL 6 See title
RANI 4 Rajah.s consort
SHEM 4 Genesis ocean liner traveler
LAVA 4 Oahu outcropping
ARID 4 Saharan
VASE 4 Samovar
DOTS 4 Net address parts
ANKA 4 Songwriter Paul
YEA 3 Psalm starter
DAB 3 Smidgen
DDE 3 ETO commander
SAY 3 State
TEMP 4 Steno at times
BASIS 5 Foundation
AFRO 4 Woodstock sight
RAUL 4 Gomez on The Addams Family
AGENA 5 Booster rocket
COED 4 What Vassar became in 1969
ARIE 4 Formula 1 racer Luyendyk
SNACK 5 Between lunch and dinner?
TUNE 4 Name That ___
PRAISETHELORD 13 Beginning of a quote by William Maguire
STEW 4 Olla
IRS 3 Apr. 15 is their day
ATTEST 6 Certify
ZENO 4 Founder of Stoicism
QED 3 Latin initials
GRID 4 You.re working on it
AARON 5 Finished with 755 homers
USE 3 Employ
RIG 3 Semi
ANDPASS 7 Middle of quote
ATI 3 Panay native
ETE 3 Cezanne.s saison
TRAPS 5 Jack Nicklaus avoids them
ARES 4 Greek god of war
EER 3 Always to Keats
RAMA 4 Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With ___
FINEST 6 New York's ___: NYPD
SKI 3 What Alberto Tomba does well
SENT 4 E-mailed
THEAMMUNITION 13 End of quote
PEAR 4 Bartlett or Comice
OASES 5 Kalahari stopovers
QUIP 4 Repartee
HERR 4 Munich mister
ONSET 5 Beginning
USNA 4 Annapolis sch.
INKY 4 Black
GERRY 5 Leader of The Pacemakers
ETAL 4 Cousin of etc.
TRA 3 La-la lead-in
EARP 4 OK Corral gunfighter
MUIR 4 Famed American naturalist
PLEASED 7 Tickled pink
BASSET 6 Kind of hound
AGNEW 5 Resigned in 1973
SEAT 4 Can take it or leave it
INCH 4 2.54 centimeters
SAKE 4 For goodness ___!
ACTOR 5 Robert DeNiro for one
FOURSQUARE 10 Like a stand-up guy
REND 4 Tear apart
ODE 3 ___ On A Grecian Urn
ITS 3 ..___ Howdy Doody time!..
LIONS 5 Barry Sanders. team
AGREE 5 Give a thumbs up
TRITE 5 Banal
TIGERSHARK 10 Pacific prowler
ZAPPA 5 Composer of Joe.s Garage
ERAS 4 Paleozoic and Mesozoic
NOS 3 1-10 e.g.
ESTES 5 Politician Kefauver
DEIST 5 Believer in God
ADAM 4 First of all
ATRIA 5 Courtyards
NRA 3 Charlton Heston.s org.
ANTIQUE 7 Louis XV fauteuil
FEISTY 6 Full of pluck
INT 3 Accumulated by an IRA
KERRY 5 Irish county
SNEER 5 Scornful look
TEEN 4 Cause of old age?
MOOG 4 Type of synthesizer
MANE 4 Horse hair
USSR 4 Beatles. hit Back in the ___
OUST 4 Kick out
NINA 4 One of Columbus. ships
PHI 3 Key letter
PAL 3 Buddy
DIED 4 Conked out
LAMB 4 Symbol of gentleness
SCAM 4 Confidence game
INCA 4 Peruvian native
SOMEA 5 .Moses said to the people ___ distance away . . ..
THOU 4 Ten Commandments pronoun
STOW 4 Pack
TWANG 5 Vocal nasality
YENS 4 Cravings
CONNIECHUNG 11 TV journalist
VET 3 Animal doc
SLA 3 Hearst abductors of yore: abbr.
ONLY 4 Mere
PAC 3 Soft shoe
WAL 3 ___-Mart
SLUICES 7 Water gates
ALOMAR 6 Orioles star
DUD 3 Big flop
THAI 4 Siamese
VICAR 5 British cleric
RIM 3 Cup edge
WEARS 5 Puts on
ECOL 4 EPA concern
SAP 3 Patsy
POSSES 6 Oater search parties
DECLAIM 7 Speak grandly
PAR 3 Links standard
EDY 3 .60s sexpot Williams
HERD 4 Bunch of cattle
ART 3 Special knack
SPA 3 Rejuvenation site
CESARCHAVEZ 11 Activist
LONG 4 Yearn
CURSE 5 Imprecation
LIVE 4 Pre-videotape
AREA 4 Bailiwick
ARIEL 5 The Tempest sprite
EDER 4 Hesse river
YELL 4 Holler
READ 4 Peruse
FARO 4 Card game
DISC 4 Part of CD
INTO 4 ___ thin air
ECON 4 $ study
DAWN 4 Daybreak
LOWCAL 6 Diet food type
AMAH 4 Oriental nursemaid
MENU 4 List of options
BAGNOLD 7 National Velvet author
STY 3 Pigpen
CHEVYCHASE 10 Comic actor
AONE 4 Top notch
MUST 4 Requirement
STELAR 6 Re an inscribed pillar
ISWAR 5 This ___!
GNU 3 Hartebeest
LITES 5 Beers with less fat
PAVED 5 Smoothed the way
ALICE 5 Novelist McDermott
COCOCHANEL 10 Designer
SUM 3 Altogether number
EARED 5 Like some jugs
SISSY 5 Actress Spacek
MALLE 5 Atlantic City director
DIP 3 Quick swim
RAM 3 Aries symbol
WORTH 5 Value
SIDECAR 7 Brandy cocktail
PARCEL 6 Part of UPS
ARC 3 Rainbow
PARSED 6 Deconstructed grammatically
SLAY 4 Do in a dragon
PORE 4 Skin opening
SURE 4 Confident
ARIA 4 Operatic tune
ALEF 4 Hebrew letter
VIDA 4 Oakland great Blue
EVER 4 At any time
ZERO 4 Goose egg
GAL 3 Lassie
OLD 3 ___ Faithful
LEARN 5 Become informed
COOKE 5 Masterpiece Theatre host
WOO 3 Court
ERICA 5 Author Jong
OATER 5 Western film
LONGTERMPARKING 15 Air traveler.s first stop
SPURS 5 Eggs on
SPARS 5 Warms up in the ring
STS 3 Rd. atlas entries
STAGY 5 Histrionic
OAS 3 Western all. since 1948
BOARDINGGATE 12 Air traveler.s next stop
CCS 3 ER amounts
WOOD 4 Modeling medium
ETHAN 5 Patriotic Allen
RATS 4 Alley crawlers
LURES 5 Fishing devices
SARI 4 Draped garment
ISAAC 5 Composer Alb.niz
SIAN 4 Actress Phillips of Ivanhoe
BAD 3 Unfavorable
BAGGAGECLAIM 12 Air traveler.s next stop
ABA 3 Attorney.s org.
GNAWS 5 Works on as a bone
ALA 3 Chef.s catch phrase
FLUME 5 Ausable Chasm feature
DROPS 5 Leaves with off
RENTALCARPICKUP 15 Air traveler.s last stop
CIDER 5 Fruity quaff
LILAC 5 Whitman.s dooryard bloomer
EMU 3 Ostrich-like bird
HASTE 5 Dispatch
ADEPT 5 Skilled
NED 3 Actor Beatty
OWLS 4 Hooters in the night
LOOPS 5 Circular paths
DONUT 5 Coffee shop purchase
LETSGO 6 It.s time to leave!
ERE 3 Prior
AIRS 4 Affected manner
RCMP 4 Ottawa-based law enforcement gp.
NAPA 4 California wine valley
CORSAGE 7 Prom accoutrement
OAK 3 Acorn source
OTIS 4 He gave the world a lift
KENT 4 Smallville family name
ERGS 4 Work units
GRAB 4 Appropriate greedily
ARON 4 Elvis. middle name
YAWL 4 Two-masted vessel
SGTS 4 Bilko and Pepper: abbr.
ROUSE 5 Awaken
DORIC 5 Type of Greek architecture
IDEAL 5 Perfect
AHAB 4 Starbuck.s captain
TARA 4 O.Hara.s spread
ENID 4 City west of Tulsa
CRIB 4 Toddler.s hangout
CASA 4 Hidalgo home
STAG 4 Unaccompanied
SAGA 4 Tale
SNAG 4 Sticky problem
CABFARE 7 Urban traveler.s payment
GALL 4 Chutzpah
INDICT 6 Bring to trial
MARC 4 Artist Chagall
WOKEN 5 Gotten out of bed
SPUME 5 Froth
ARCH 4 Noted fast food symbol
LEIA 4 Star Wars princess
ANDS 4 Relatives of ifs
UCLA 4 11-time Final Four champs
MAID 4 Domestic employee
ERLE 4 First name in courtroom fiction
SPUD 4 Tater
TET 3 Asian holiday
PAP 3 Infant fare
BANAL 5 Insipid
BALM 4 Gilead soother
SETS 4 Fixes
UTICA 5 New York city
ELIA 4 Charles Lamb
HARP 4 Stringed instrument
DELIS 5 Sub shops
READ 4 Interpret
ASIA 4 Gobi.s locale
DAVYCROCKETT 12 King of the Wild Frontier
EGO 3 Psyche division
GIL 3 Lesage.s Blas
NOOSES 6 Snare configurations
MERINO 6 White sheep
BENDS 5 Crumples
CABCALLOWAY 11 King of Hi De Ho
HAH 3 So there!
ERIE 4 Great Lakes Indian
IWO 3 ___ Jima
FARE 4 Get along
EST 3 Superlative ending
EVELKNIEVEL 11 King of the Daredevils
TEENS 5 High school kids
ANYONE 6 Somebody
SKOALS 6 Toasts
AID 3 Red Cross forte
CAN 3 Tin holder
ELVISPRESLEY 12 The King
DIAL 4 Clock face
EARS 4 Maize units
POINT 5 Purpose
ANTE 4 A.M. word
RIME 4 Hoarfrost
TYLER 5 Tenth US president
NEED 4 Requirement
SLAT 4 Venetian blind piece
HOKEY 5 Mawkish
BUD 3 Nip site
ATE 3 Noshed
NIL 3 Zero
ACID 4 Tart
LASAGNA 7 Italian dish
BERYL 5 Gem stone
ALEC 4 Fish sauce
LIAR 4 Perjurer
MADONNA 7 Virgin Mary
SHAKOS 6 Military hats
EASES 5 Lets up
TRITE 5 Old hat
SPATS 5 Falling-outs
VIOL 4 Cello kin
CODY 4 Buffalo Bill
EMCEE 5 Host
GEARS 5 Motor parts
ORBIT 5 Circle around
ICE 3 Type of pick or pack
BOWLS 5 Plays tenpins
EWOK 4 Star Wars creature
LIEN 4 Mortgage security
HAVOC 5 Chaos
ARENA 5 Forum
HELEN 5 Troy damsel
FEY 3 Enchanted
EELS 4 Sushi fish
VESPERS 7 Evening service
NAIL 4 Join wood
INDEPTH 7 Not cursory
TAILED 6 Followed
SEDAN 5 Family conveyance
KLINE 5 Kevin in Dave
OVATE 5 Almost round
ASSET 5 Black ink item
RAIL 4 Train tracks piece
ERMA 4 Ms. Bombeck
YOYO 4 String toy
ILK 3 Sort
NEE 3 Formerly named
TRY 3 Test drive
PAWL 4 Mechanical device
ROPES 5 Rodeo needs
ABET 4 Help a felon
AGEE 4 Novelist James
IRATE 5 Furious
RALE 4 Breathing sound
CABINFEVER 10 Restlessness
AKIN 4 Similar
ALAE 4 Side petals
VALETS 6 Examples of 9 Down
LABORED 7 Worked with great effort
FAN 3 Cooling device
DEE 3 Scottish river
ADORES 6 Worships
TUNDRA 6 Arctic plain
RUINS 5 Archeological site
HUNT 4 Look for 63 Across
ELON 4 North Carolina college
ELLA 4 Singer Fitzgerald
SANDS 5 Beach
CAFE 4 Outdoor eatery
STET 4 Printer.s term
QUAY 4 Wharf
TASTE 5 Test the cooking
REBUTS 6 Contradicts
MASKED 6 Like some party guests
RAM 3 Part of a herd
RAE 3 ___ Dawn Chong
TARTANS 7 Highlanders. garb
ARARAT 6 Biblical mountain
RENO 4 Nevada city
JOKE 4 Comedian.s line
THEHOTZONE 10 1994 book about biohazards
AMEN 4 Prayer ending
EMEER 5 Mideast ruler
IBEX 4 Wild goat
HART 4 Antlered animal
ROLES 5 Parts
PILE 4 Heap
PAC 3 Lobbying org.
AGA 3 Moslem title
WEB 3 Internet
LEI 3 Hawaiian garland
RIFLES 6 Weapons
OREAD 5 Mountain nymph
PAVE 4 Cover a road
ETE 3 Summer on the Seine
SERVANTS 8 Domestic workers
ARAL 4 Sea that.s a lake
BAKEDALASKA 11 Cake and ice cream dessert
ELITE 5 Top quality
TENSE 5 On edge
NARES 5 Certain passages
AND 3 Common conjunction
LARES 5 Guardian spirits
ADULT 5 Insect stage
BOILERMAKER 11 Potent potable
ORNATE 6 Baroque
FUNDY 5 Bay off southeast Canada
TUNAS 5 Fishermen.s catches
RECAST 6 Put in new actors
HAUTE 5 Terre ___
OFTEN 5 Frequently
NEEDS 5 Has to have
SQUATTER 8 Illegal tenant
TAROT 5 Card game
BRA 3 Underwear item
MANORS 6 Stately homes
RAJAH 5 Indian prince
AROMA 5 Pleasant emanation
TEHEE 5 Snicker
RENT 4 Monthly expense
REEL 4 Lively dance
HMO 3 Insur. group
ZIP 3 Close a jacket
OBI 3 Sash
NEL 3 ___ Blu Dipinto Di Blu
EXE 3 English river
HATH 4 .Hell ___ no fury like . . ..
SEAMY 5 Unkempt
DART 4 Game piece
ILIA 4 Pelvic bones
MASSE 5 En ___: altogether
ERIE 4 Lake Indian
MOONLIGHTSONATA 15 Beethoven favorite
USUALLY 7 As a rule
NEPAL 5 Tibet.s neighbor
KNEE 4 Place for baby
GARB 4 Attire
SACKED 6 Off the payroll
MENU 4 Carte du jour
SAD 3 Downcast
ASIA 4 Land beyond the Urals
POETS 5 Versifiers
ECO 3 Author Umberto
LIGHTHORSEHARRY 15 Robert E. Lee.s father
ADA 3 Palindromic name
AISNE 5 River into the Oise
BAIL 4 It.s often posted
DER 3 ___ Alte: Adenauer
HESS 4 Pianist Myra
STRIDE 6 Long step
BIDE 4 Await
ATOI 4 Yours in Ypres
ASSET 5 Black ink item
STANDEE 7 SRO patron
THELIGHTBRIGADE 15 Tennyson subject
IOTA 4 Jot
AROAR 5 Noisy
EVER 4 Unending
POSY 4 Bouquet
MEATY 5 Substantial
DELI 4 Lunch spot
HIM 3 That guy
ALOU 4 Baseball family name
TIOS 4 Pedro.s uncles
HANUKKAH 8 Jewish festival
SMILED 6 Displayed pleasure
EAGLE 5 Two under par
ASHY 4 Wan
MST 3 Denver time zone: abbr.
YES 3 Right!
DENEB 5 Star in Cygnus
ARAP 4 Who gives ___?
RITA 4 Hayworth
TEAL 4 River duck
LANE 4 Highway division
ONRUSH 6 Rapid flow
GEESE 5 Sillies
ANTE 4 Chip in chips
SALAD 5 Bar offering
ASIDE 5 Stage whisper
CIGAR 5 Havana
MORNS 5 Poetic dawns
SERAI 5 Turkish palace
ACRID 5 Sour
DOYLE 5 Holmes. creator
POSSE 5 Oater group
TAHITI 6 Pacific paradise once
HIED 4 Made tracks
ABRIDGED 8 Cut
STARRY 6 Like cloudless nights
TONI 4 Author Morrison
BELAY 5 Make fast nautically
ATBAT 5 Ready for the pitch
ATIP 4 Expectant
SHOO 4 Scat!
SETS 4 Collections
STOA 4 Portico
EAVE 4 Chalet feature
EDEL 4 German nobleman
GAM 3 School of whales
HRE 3 Charlemagne.s domain briefly
ERI 3 ___ Tu : Verdi aria
OGRE 4 Fearsome fellow
ASTI 4 ___ spumante
VIGOR 5 Staying power
PIED 4 Variegated
CHIN 4 Goatee.s place
ERASE 5 Wipe out
AGED 4 Cheese e.g.
ROLF 4 Place kicker Benirschke
RAISE 5 Union demand
LILYLIVERED 11 Cowardly
LAD 3 Man-to-be
ADE 3 Citrus drink
AVIA 4 Grandmother to Caesar
GAVOT 5 Dijon dance
LIDO 4 ___ Shuffle
CRAB 4 Chesapeake catch
IBERIA 6 Spain and Portugal
NIL 3 Zero
RIDE 4 Roller coaster e.g.
SHRINKINGVIOLET 15 Shy one
MONO 4 The m in MSG
IRE 3 Indignation
EDSELS 6 Ford flops
ORAL 4 Not written
MIRE 4 Quicksand
ESSAY 5 Test format
EBBS 4 Subsides
SPA 3 Health heaven
GAD 3 Wander about
ROSECOLORED 11 Optimistic
ALIBI 5 Court excuse
TRON 4 1982 video game file
VICE 4 Police squad
LOVED 5 Had a crush on
EIRE 4 Home of Michael Collins
ACHE 4 Flu symptom
STATE 5 Put into words
METS 4 National League team
LOOM 4 Norma Rae machine
OPAL 4 Moonstone
GIGI 4 I Remember It Well musical
REEL 4 Fishing gear
EDDY 4 Countercurrent
ACRID 5 Bitter
SHOVEL 6 Toolshed item
TILE 4 Mah-jongg piece
INFRADIG 8 Beneath one.s dignity
VERDI 5 Rigoletto composer
IRA 3 Retirement fund for short
GAIL 4 Sprinter Devers
OSSA 4 Ribs: L
REED 4 Bamboo e.g.
LATIN 5 What Mr. Chips taught
EVOLVE 6 Develop
ACROSS 6 Puzzle direction
GISMO 5 Doohickey
ABHOR 5 Dislike
VERNA 5 Clint.s High Plains Drifter co-star
ORIOLE 6 Crow.s cousin
INNER 5 Type of tube
RILES 5 Rubs the wrong way
ADELA 5 ___ Rogers St. Johns
BETSY 5 Harold Robbin novel with The
AKIMBO 6 Arm position
IRISSTEM 8 Florist.s leftover
IDEAL 5 Best
ESCORT 6 Prom partner
BRIDE 5 Marriage participant
PONES 5 Johnnycakes
GALS 4 Line dancers
ALOT 4 Oodles
DIVA 4 Kiri Te Kanawa e.g.
ERIE 4 Sandusky sight
OVAL 4 Ellipse
RICO 4 Wealthy in East LA
ECHO 4 Canyon effect
DEEM 4 Reckon
BET 3 Lay it on the line
RELY 4 Count on
SLOTS 5 Casino lineup
IDES 4 Midmonth date
ERIE 4 I-79 terminus
PIVOT 5 Spin
HERA 4 Queen of the heavens
MONTGOMERY 10 Martin Luther King Jr. bus boycott scene
ALAS 4 Wistful word
ADE 3 Indiana town
LOIN 4 Kind of cloth
LAVISH 6 Ritzy
PENNANT 7 Baseball championship goal
CETE 4 Group of badgers
ODE 3 Poem of praise
ENTRANCE 8 Gateway
THEN 4 After that
REMO 4 San ___ NY
IDEAL 5 Perfect
HEAVE 5 Throw as a shot put
LOT 3 Building site
ARENA 5 Boston.s Fleet Center e.g.
ORRIN 5 Senator Hatch
ITEM 4 Gossip bit
EDEN 4 TV.s Jeannie
RENOVATE 8 Modernize
OVA 3 Fertility lab need
LOGE 4 Balcony section
BRAMBLE 7 Prickly shrub
REDEYE 6 Overnight flight
ARAM 4 Shem.s son
RUM 3 Baba ingredient
IRON 4 Michigan county
NOBELPRIZE 10 Award won by Martin Luther King Jr.
BMOC 4 Joe Paterno, e.g.: abbr.
TRIAL 5 12 Angry Men event
ANON 4 By and by
SAME 4 ..Sighted sub sank ___..
SEEDY 5 Rundown
TEND 4 Look after
REMAP 5 Update as an atlas
ERODE 5 Create a canyon
LINEN 5 Sheets and pillowcases
YET 3 Still and all
SPOONER 7 Blushing crow for crushing blow man
LIMIT 5 Speed ___
OVEN 4 Type of mitt
TOR 3 Rocky peak
STYLET 6 Sharp-pointed instrument
IHAVEADREAM 11 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. speech
DELI 4 Luncheonette
ERAS 4 Prohibition and Reconstruction e.g.
SASH 4 Waistband
GLAD 4 Jumping for joy
ATRIA 5 Places in the heart
NONVIOLENCE 11 Martin Luther King Jr. byword
CNOTE 5 Big bill: sl.
EMOTE 5 Chew the scenery
NEED 4 Have to have
CANE 4 Nursing home aid
ELAN 4 Vivacity
THOR 4 Skipper of the Kon-Tiki
HERE 4 Head count reply
EARN 4 Bring home the bacon
ELITE 5 Upper crust
ENVOY 5 Go-between
MORALLY 7 In a virtuous way
AGENTS 6 FBI operatives
VAMP 4 Temptress
BREAD 5 Food pyramid item
BRINE 5 Pickle juice
LUZON 5 Manila.s island
EMEND 5 Blue-pencil
RIBS 4 Barbecue entree
ERMA 4 At Wit.s End columnist
DOOM 4 Companion of gloom
ABIE 4 Rose Murphy.s man
ORE 3 Copper container
RAT 3 The Wind in the Willows character
TSAR 4 Peter or Paul
COBB 4 The Georgia Peach
CRAZE 5 Beany Babies perhaps?
OCTO 4 Eight: prefix
ABIE 4 Irish Rose.s lover
HOGAN 5 Hulk of wrestling fame
MATA 4 Spy Hari
REBA 4 Country singer McEntire
IMAGE 5 Public opinion
BLARNEYSTONE 12 It.s said those who kiss it are blessed
SPREES 6 Shopping forays
IRE 3 Pique
REV 3 Gun the motor
ROSETTASTONE 12 Tablet of hieroglyphics
AMP 3 Equipment for The Wallflowers
NERO 4 Fiery fiddler
EAGER 5 ___ beaver
LARA 4 Pasternak heroine
DROPS 5 Descents
GEMS 4 Amethyst and tourmaline
ACING 5 Scoring 100 on an exam
TAPE 4 Roger Bannister broke it
RYE 3 The Catcher in the ___
MAZARINSTONE 12 Sherlock Holmes adventure
OWE 3 Have markers out
OLE 3 Cheer for Manolete
NOSHOW 6 Broken engagement
ROLLINGSTONE 12 Jann Wenner.s magazine
SALEM 5 Capital on the Willamette River
SNEE 4 Dagger of yore
ATEE 4 To ___: perfectly
IRENE 5 Actress Dunne
ODER 4 River to the Baltic
TEAK 4 Furniture wood
SPEED 5 1994 Keanu Reeves film
NODS 4 Indicates approval
ELLS 4 Building additions
TOMBS 5 Final resting places
SCALP 5 Sell a Super Bowl ticket perhaps?
ATTAR 5 Rose fragrance
ROARER 6 Lion at times
CARESSED 8 Showed affection
OBEY 4 Go along with
BIBS 4 Baby gear
BEATIT 6 Scram!
CHINESE 7 Takeout order
ROME 4 The Eternal City
AGA 3 Turkish bigwig
ZAG 3 Sharp turn
ENE 3 Wind dir.
NEON 4 Las Vegas gas
ORA 3 Are you a man ___ mouse?
ROGER 5 Jolly ___
ENEMY 5 Axis to the Allies
VERSE 5 Stanza
ERR 3 Blow it
TOOTS 5 Restaurateur Shor
TAG 3 Playground game
ALAMO 5 Battle of 1836
MACAW 5 Amazon parrot
PRIZE 5 Gold medal
ANA 3 Santa ___
PAT 3 Perennial presidential candidate Paulsen
SPONGERS 8 Parasites
GROOMED 7 Poised for success
ENOS 4 Seth.s son
ILL 3 Ailing
NELSON 6 Move by 16 Across
ESTATE 6 Scarsdale home
HOTEL 5 Arthur Hailey novel
ONEAL 5 Shaquille
WEEKS 5 Days and days
RENE 4 Director Claire
INDO 4 ___-European
NEED 4 Requirement
SIS 3 Bro kin
ARP 3 Dada pioneer
LEE 3 Spike or Bruce
BUXOM 5 Zaftig
SARA 4 Mystery writer Paretsky
ANEW 4 From square one
OPERA 5 La Scala production
EVER 4 At any time
CETE 4 Group of badgers
LONER 5 Stay-at-home
RENE 4 Environmentalist Dubos
REAR 4 Backside
ANA 3 LPN.s group
SPACENEEDLE 11 Seattle landmark
SHAG 4 Kind of carpet
WAX 3 Janitor.s chore
ARMA 4 ..Cedant ___ togae..: Wyoming.s motto
ILLS 4 Misfortunes
UTTER 5 Absolute
SEEN 4 Caught in the act
RIO 3 ___ Rancho NM
GREENE 6 Football.s Mean Joe
STATUEOFLIBERTY 15 New York landmark
ERRAND 6 Gofer.s task
TON 3 Freight weight
TREE 4 Catbird seat
TOAST 5 Welsh rabbit need
ISAN 4 ..No man ___ island . . ...
HERS 4 Towel inscription
IAN 3 James Bond.s creator Fleming
NICE 4 Enjoyable
DEVILSTOWER 11 Wyoming landmark
CUP 3 Soup serving size
AVID 4 Gung-ho
COMO 4 Catch a Falling Star singer
ADORE 5 Like a lot
MICE 4 Nursery rhyme trio
ONER 4 Doozy
VERGE 5 Threshold
PLEA 4 No contest e.g.
TEND 4 Take care of
ELDER 5 Mormon official
BOLA 4 Cow catcher
UPON 4 Second word of The Raven
XENA 4 Lucy Lawless role
ORE 3 Mesabi Range output
MARSH 5 Wetland
SERAGLIO 8 Harem
AVEC 4 Opposite of sans
RENEWS 6 Continues as a subscription
ARENA 5 Sports center
ACRE 4 Real estate unit
NEED 4 Shortage
ETAL 4 List extender
WERE 4 Used to be
PAIRED 6 Matched socks
EXURB 5 Town outside of a city
SANTAS 6 ___ helper: elf
ASSET 5 Selling point
RETRO 5 Nostalgic look
MEARA 5 Ben Stiller.s mom
LOFTS 5 Converted apartments
TEETHE 6 Grow canines
TERRE 5 Louis. land
ENTER 5 Computer command
REYES 5 Point ___ National Seashore
GINNIE 6 ___ Mae: mortgage agency
UNTIL 5 Before
LOANWORD 8 Borrowed term
INTONE 6 Chant
ASCOT 5 Broad necktie
CRAVE 5 Hanker for
DAMP 4 Cellarlike
EVIL 4 Immoral
VICE 4 Police squad
IDEA 4 Brainchild
OMEN 4 Foreshadowing
CORD 4 Wood unit
URGE 4 Egg on
PEER 4 Juror
DEL 3 ___ Rio Texas
MEDICO 6 Doc in Durango
LEAP 4 Giant step
TIM 3 Tiny boy
ATONAL 6 Like Schoenberg.s music
ANNE 4 Meara
IRE 3 Dander
RESALE 6 Second-hand transaction
DATA 4 The facts
VOX 3 ___ populi
SEWING 6 Home Economics class
MARCONI 7 Nobel physicist
ACTONE 6 Moss Hart book
SALIC 5 Franks ___ law
TOKYO 5 ___ Rose
DELMONICO 9 Club steak
ORO 3 Gold in 13 Down
HOG 3 Farm animal
ANA 3 The facts
PALM 4 Tropical fruit tree
ATLAS 5 World book
LUST 4 Intense longing
AFL 3 Union inits.
ELS 3 Golfer Ernie
ZEE 3 Mark of Zoro
MAGNIFICO 9 Sublime: Sp.
AVIAN 5 Flighty?
USAGE 5 Employment
STABLE 6 Invariable
STROLLS 7 Walks slowly
DENIRO 6 Brazil actor
IRA 3 Writer Levin
DAUB 4 Slosh paint
DILUTE 6 Water down
CAN 3 Is able
EVER 4 Where ender
ICEDIT 6 Assured the win
OLD 3 Stale
DADA 4 .Hobby-horse. art
MODICO 6 Reasonable in 13 Down
MAR 3 Spoil
ETES 4 French summers
DOSE 4 Application
INAWAY 6 Sort of
CALICO 6 Catty fabric?
OLENT 5 Smelling like a rose
LAD 3 Kiddy
ENAMEL 6 Tooth or paint
ANTA 4 Theater grp.
PEARSON 7 Newsman Drew
TIVOLI 6 Denmark Gardens
IRONIC 6 Sarcastic
MEXICO 6 Gulf country
GODOT 5 Waiting For ___
CANAL 5 Waterway
NEGLECT 7 Ignore
TOP 3 Surpass
ORA 3 A man ___ mouse
KOL 3 ___ Nidre
MASS 4 Ordinary people
HALF 4 ___ a loaf
MANGO 5 Tropical fruit
ALOAD 5 Get ___ of: observe
UZI 3 Submachine gun
SEA 3 Barents is one
TEN 3 Prime time
FIELDED 7 Took as questions
MUSICO 6 Songwriter: Sp.
ASTRAL 6 Stellar
GARAND 6 Granddad of 40 Down
ISSUED 6 Emitted
ALNICO 6 Metal alloy
VEILED 6 Like some threats
BEDIM 5 Cloud
LAVA 4 Etna spill
RUDI 4 Topless designer ___ Gernreich
OTIC 4 Auricular
BRA 3 Olga design
ETO 3 Ike.s Eur. command
PLUM 4 Pick of the lot
DIRT 4 Malicious gossip
CAPRA 5 3 time Oscar Director
ROMA 4 ..Arrivederci ___..
ODOR 4 Redolence
ARRIS 5 Mrs. ___ Goes to Paris
YUAN 4 Dynasty founded by Kublai Khan
NEMO 4 Little fellow in comics
TOOTH 5 It comes after wisdom
THEAPPIANWAY 12 Famous Via
ARIA 4 La Femmine d.Italia e.g.
ISL 3 PR for one
SISTINECHAPEL 13 Much publicized restoration project
USO 3 Hollywood Canteen sponsor
EVER 4 Partner of anon
NIXED 5 Vetoed
PITA 4 Gyro bread
YEAST 5 Fermenting agent
COVE 4 Pirates. hideaway
ISERE 5 Rhone tributary
TOES 4 Sometimes they twinkle
TIN 3 Oz Woodman.s material
TREVIFOUNTAIN 13 Attraction for tourists. coins
ECO 3 Best-selling author Umberto
ONCE 4 With more it.s again
ROMANHOLIDAY 12 Vacation in Italy a la Peck/Hepburn film
EVANS 5 Dame Edith
LOBE 4 Place for a ring or two or three . . .
OPUS 4 Magnum ___
BANTU 5 African language group
EPIC 4 Opposite of lyric in poetry
NONO 4 Italian composer Luigi
SLEEP 5 Associated with REM
DESK 4 Set for Katharine and Spencer
EXIT 4 No ___ : Sartre
PRY 3 Ferret out
LOU 3 Costello or Gehrig
UMA 3 Thurman
MANTIS 6 Devout insect?
DONE 4 Not rare
IDEA 4 Brainstorm
ROMP 4 Cavort
TROPIC 6 Cancer or Capricorn
CATALAN 7 Salvador Dali for one
ARON 4 Elvis. middle name
PROW 4 Head as a vessel
RITA 4 Wife of Orson and Aly
ASHY 4 Pasty
HATE 4 Unpleasant kind of mail
ISH 3 Suffix meaning somewhat
ASSIST 6 Support
RIOTER 6 Violent demonstrator
IVY 3 Climber of hallowed walls
NEE 3 Maiden name introduction
ERATO 5 Muse of love poetry
PIC 3 Movie informally
EXOTIC 6 Recherch.
LEVINE 6 James of the Met
UPI 3 Reuters competitor
DEN 3 Thieves. hangout
ARE 3 All the Things You ___
SOU 3 It.s not worth much
TEN 3 Top rating on some scales
EVENSUP 7 Settles as a score
STOA 4 Greek portico
ICH 3 .. ___ bin ein Berliner..
FOOLED 6 Hoodwinked
ANYONE 6 Tennis ___?
REBS 4 Southern Johnnys once
OVAL 4 Speed skaters. course
MANE 4 Luxuriant head of hair
ANTE 4 Pay with up
LOPE 4 Easy stride
IBIS 4 Relative of the stork
DECK 4 It can be stacked
POX 3 Small or chicken
UNI 3 Start for corn or form
SOT 3 Lush
MAGI 4 Wise Men
CARPI 5 Wrists
IRKS 4 Annoys
EBAN 4 Israeli leader
UNCAS 5 J.F. Cooper character
MAIA 4 One of the Pleiades
MERCURYDROPPING 15 Line one of theme
STROKE 6 Caress
GRIND 5 Tedious routine
MAAM 4 Form of address
GOON 4 Hired thug
SKIESLOWANDGRAY 15 Line two
ARV 3 Opp. of depart
ELLIS 5 Island in New York Bay
EIRE 4 UK neighbor
ROAR 4 Jungle sound
SILLS 5 US opera singer
SANS 4 Without: Fr.
ANNE 4 A Bront.
ELECT 5 Put in office
NEO 3 Modernist
HEADFORASHELTER 15 Line three
WADE 4 Progress laboriously
SURE 4 Convinced
AROID 5 Arum family plant
SAVAGE 6 Feral
ASTORMSONTHEWAY 15 Line four
REED 4 Clarinet e.g.
ATLEE 5 Tamarisk
LOGE 4 Theater seat
PASS 4 Elapse
NADER 5 US consumer advocate
SLED 4 Winter conveyance
MEMS 4 Hebrew letters
ABET 4 Have a hand in
GARR 4 Actress Teri
INCOME 6 Financial resources
CUREALLS 8 Panaceas
ANY 3 Some
RCD 3 In possession of: abbr.
PAR 3 Equality
ISOGON 6 Plane figure
IMPINGES 8 Encroaches
RAIN 4 Pour
KIND 4 Genre
SAG 3 Droop
UKASE 5 Authoritative edict
PROD 4 Goad
MOLIERE 7 French playwright
GASLESS 7 Out of fuel
SARAH 5 Bernhardt
KRONE 5 Danish monetary unit
IVANA 5 Former Mrs. Trump
WILLA 5 Author Cather
RIANT 5 Laughing
ARNEE 5 Wild buffalo
YESOR 5 Question responses with no
REDWOODS 8 Giant conifers
SCHUSTER 8 Simon.s publishing partner
TERAH 5 Father of Abraham
FAIR 4 Mediocre
ODDMAN 6 He.s out
LEVELS 6 Flat surfaces
ASEA 4 On the deep
RTES 4 Hwys.
AWOL 4 Mil. no-no
GAGE 4 Revolutionary general
EYED 4 Scrutinized
ARP 3 Dadaism founder
STA 3 RR stop
OLD 3 Full of years
NEE 3 Born: Fr.
GEAR 4 Neutral or reverse
CHOP 4 Karate blow
POOH 4 Piglet.s pal
RIDE 4 Jinrikisha jaunt
HERO 4 Hoagie
PRUNE 5 Dehydrated plum
ALAN 4 Thicke of TV
ARON 4 Name after Elvis
ROTOR 5 Copter blade e.g.
BAGELSANDLOX 12 Deli offerings
STE 3 Fr. holy woman
OTTO 4 Director Preminger
ALYSSA 6 TV actress Milano
COE 3 Iowa college
ALI 3 Fistic Muslim
ELF 3 Pixie
COURTNEYCOX 11 Friends star
RIF 3 Moroccan range
OPRY 4 Grand Ole ___
CAT 3 Good mouser
GIGI 4 Leslie Caron musical
CII 3 102 to Titus
MICHAELJFOX 11 Film and TV star
ONE 3 Singleton
ACE 3 Crackerjack pilot
NOS 3 French pronoun
AGLARE 6 Blazing
DAWN 4 Daybreak
ADE 3 Iced tea alternative
BOSTONREDSOX 12 American League team
ADANO 5 Hersey.s hamlet
APIA 4 Samoan seaport
ENNE 4 Feminizing suffix
RAVEN 5 Poe crow
KELP 4 Seaweed.s relative
BEER 4 Lager or pilsner
AGER 4 Ripening agent
EYES 4 Needle apertures
TRET 4 Waste allowance
GRABS 5 Clutches
EILAT 5 Israeli port
ADAGE 5 Old saw
RENE 4 Russo of films
CHASTEN 7 Punish
HERAT 5 Afghan city
ORONO 5 Maine college town
POND 4 Little lake
PROXY 5 Voting power
OUT 3 Ump.s yell
ONO 3 Yoko
HER 3 Part of HRH
PROLIX 6 Long-winded
LOOT 4 Booty
LALO 4 Debussy contemporary
SERIF 5 I.s bottom line e.g.
SLIGO 5 Irish county
AFFIX 5 Fasten
CRY 3 Bawl
ACTA 4 Court records
COCOA 5 Hot chocolate
OPING 5 Unlatching poetically
URIEL 5 Archangel
ECCE 4 ___ homo: behold the man
YAH 3 Derisive sound
GJS 3 Indicting gps.
MAROON 6 Deep red
ICES 4 Frosts
ENWRAPS 7 Shrouds
LONE 4 The ___ Ranger
ABNER 5 Comics. Yokum
DOPEY 5 Disney dwarf
ANILE 5 Old ladyish
ASNER 5 Lou Grant portrayer
DONEE 5 Gift recipient
EXERT 5 Apply energy
TAKE 4 Seize
DEBT 4 Amount owed
ARA 3 Football.s Parseghian
DAG 3 Hammarskj.ld
AVE 3 ___ Maria
OFFER 5 Present
ENERO 5 January in Madrid
ABA 3 Arabian garment
PRIDE 5 Many lions
MEDIC 5 Doctor
LUG 3 Tote
TAXICABBAGE 11 Urban transportation?
TOE 3 Kind of dancer
SUET 4 Fat
ROOM 4 Space
LLOYD 5 1932 Academy Award winner
HEEL 4 Canine.s command
SLAM 4 Bridge coup
TIC 3 Spasm
TAILSPINACH 11 Nosedive?
OCHERS 6 Yellowish pigments
LOY 3 Hollywood comedienne
ATLE 4 Salt tree
PEASE 5 American astronomer
HAW 3 Hem.s companion
STOAS 5 Greek porticoes
INNS 4 Taverns
SUM 3 Total
STEEPS 6 Soaks
CICEROMAINE 11 Roman orator?
SSE 3 Dir.
ENID 4 Author Bagnold
SINS 4 Transgressions
JULEP 5 Minty drink
SHOP 4 Commercial establishment
ARGO 4 Jason.s ship
ERE 3 Before
ESCULENTILS 11 Edible mouthfuls?
TAR 3 Road coating
STAND 5 Endure
TINAS 5 Turner and others
ELY 3 English cathedral city
TENSE 5 High-strung
HEDDA 5 Ibsen.s Mrs. Gabler
OPTS 4 Chooses
FRAU 4 German family member
FIXE 4 Id.e ___
EDITH 5 Archie Bunker.s wife
REC 3 Kind of room
EMBOLI 6 Blood clots
NEBO 4 Biblical mountain
EDAM 4 Cheese
RIG 3 Getup
OCELLI 6 Eyelike spots
ALTOMATOES 10 Chorus singers?
BUOY 4 Float
AGED 4 Full of years
AREAS 5 Locales
LANATE 6 Woolly
ETRE 4 To be: Fr.
SPY 3 Mole
TOPIC 5 Theme
ICENI 5 Boadecia.s subjects
CHANCELERY 10 Church enclosure?
LLAMA 5 SA ruminant
SOW 3 Barnyard inhabitant
CLAPS 5 Applauds
HESSE 5 German writer
ESSENE 6 Early Jewish ascetic
HUM 3 Droning sound
STEN 4 Machine gun
SOD 3 Earth
SNIPE 5 Criticize
RIPEST 6 At its peak
ISOLDE 6 Tristan.s lover
SATIE 5 French composer
JETE 4 Ballet leap
URAL 4 Russian river
SCAN 4 Scrutinize
HUNS 4 Attila and followers
RIND 4 Cortex
GLAD 4 Like Pollyanna
OSSA 4 Mountain in Thessaly
STE 3 Jeanne d.Arc for short
NTH 3 Ultimate in degree
DIVE 4 Run-down bar
REVS 4 Races the engine
UBOAT 5 German sub of WWII
AMEX 4 NYSE competitor
UNIT 4 Military group
SALVO 5 Sudden outburst
KANT 4 German philosopher
TARO 4 Cocoyam
ALIEN 5 UFO occupant?
AGORA 5 Greek market place
MALI 4 Algerian neighbor
LORE 4 Accepted history
ROMANHOLIDAY 12 Peck/Hepburn film: 1953
STAR 4 Betelgeuse e.g.
DASHING 7 Splendid
ESS 3 Curve
NEB 3 Bird beak
SONAR 5 Detection device
FLYINGDOWNTORIO 15 Astaire/Rogers film: 1933
TONNE 5 Metric weight unit
PIE 3 Baker.s offering
ELS 3 They loop the Loop
SEESAWS 7 Playground equipment
LOCH 4 Scottish lake
APRILINPARIS 12 Day/Bolger film: 1953
DAMN 4 Condemn
YEAN 4 Bear young sheeplike
AWARE 5 In on
ORIEL 5 Bay window
RYES 4 Deli bread choices
IVAN 4 Lendl of tennis
REESE 5 Pee Wee of baseball
RUSE 4 Trickery
NETS 4 Snares
MANTA 5 Devilfish
APSE 4 Church recess
GLEE 4 Kind of club
DAKAR 5 Senegal capital
IMAGO 5 Adult insect
VENOM 5 Poison
EXTRAS 6 Bonuses
RUT 3 Pothole kin
ENAMORED 8 Captivated
VIRAL 5 Infectious
STOLID 6 Impassive
USA 3 Brother Jonathan: abbr.
BALLYHOO 8 Uproar
OLIO 4 Spiced stew
AVER 4 Declare
TONE 4 Sound
ANT 3 Picnic pest
IDA 3 Actress Lupino
HANG 4 Droop
ASST 4 Aide: abbr.
INRE 4 Concerning: abbr.
NAIL 4 Fastener
GROS 4 ___ Ventre: Snake River feeder
EFTS 4 Salamanders
SLOE 4 Blackthorn
SYNE 4 Auld Lang ___
BOP 3 Jazz form
INSANEST 8 Craziest
NEAP 4 Kind of tide
WILINESS 8 Cunning
NEON 4 Night light
WRY 3 Dryly humorous
SIERRA 6 Rugged mountain range
CPA 3 Numbers cruncher: abbr.
HAWING 6 Fumbling for words
LAYUP 5 Basketball shot
RAVEL 5 Complicate
IRATE 5 Mad
SENSE 5 Sometimes it's common
DORM 4 College lodging briefly
AREA 4 Location
MIEN 4 Appearance
LEA 3 Meadow
SEE 3 Observe
BRED 4 Raised as cattle
HAHA 4 Very funny!
SWAN 4 Graceful swimmer
EIRE 4 Ireland in the 1940.s
OWING 5 Unpaid
HART 4 Red deer
ACME 4 High point
MANTA 5 ___ ray
ETCH 4 Design using acid
SHIRLEYTEMPLE 13 Bright Eyes
TENSES 6 Present and past
DEE 3 Barely passing grade
REP 3 Workout unit briefly
SSE 3 Buffalo-to-Richmond dir.
SPED 4 Whizzed
STILTS 6 Clown props
UNIT 4 Part of a curriculum
AFOOT 5 Under way
JACKNICHOLSON 13 The Shining actor
BENCH 5 Park fixture
DEAN 4 Campus VIP
BEDIMS 6 Obscures
RITT 4 Norma Rae director
UGH 3 Ick!
CRY 3 Call with out
EAT 3 Consume
HOOPLA 6 Commotion
CORBINBERNSEN 13 A Brilliant Disguise actor
ATAD 4 Slightly
ELIEL 5 Architect Saarinen
SIAN 4 Actress Phillips of I Claudius
PIPE 4 Plumbing fixture
RENTA 5 ___-car
EDNA 4 Author Ferber
TAPS 4 Late notes?
SEAM 4 Geological stratum
TESH 4 New Age musician John
BEASTS 6 Coarse individuals
RICHES 6 Money in spades
ERMINE 6 Weasel relative
DEERS 5 Antlered animals
HOMESPUN 8 Rustic as humor
AWAY 4 With 15 Down sports schedule listings
HINT 4 Give me a ___
ANTED 5 Paid to play
SHEL 4 Author Silverstein
WATERLOO 8 Decisive defeat
ARC 3 Curved track
NTH 3 Final degree?
GAMES 5 See 6 Down
LES 3 Guitarist Paul
PETAL 5 Flower part
ETON 4 Shelley.s alma mater
PST 3 Hours in LA
ENID 4 Phillips University site
DICER 5 Kitchen gadget
IFS 3 Conditions
THAI 4 Bangkok resident
JEER 4 Taunt
ANDYCAPP 8 Reg Smythe comic strip
CCI 3 LXVII x III
KHMER 5 ___ Rouge
ONTHELAM 8 Like a fugitive
BBC 3 Eng. channel
SABER 5 Cavalry weapon
TOR 3 Rocky pinnacle
UPSIDE 6 Favorable as stock price potential
GLEANS 6 Gathers gradually
HANNAH 6 Hanks. Splash costar
TILES 5 3-point Bs e.g.
ONSET 5 Start
ODES 4 Poems of praise
NINE 4 Common starting time
BETA 4 Second in a sequence
APT 3 Liable
TIA 3 Spanish aunt
JELL 4 Become firm
RAIDS 5 Attacks
FOPS 4 Dudes
ARIA 4 Diva.s solo
IBSEN 5 Ghosts playwright
INRO 4 Obi receptacles
MARKOMEARA 10 38 Across in 1998
RAIL 4 Track part
STEEL 5 Material for 19 Across
LARRYMIZE 9 38 Across in 1987
REBEC 5 Stringed instrument
LEERED 6 Looked lustfully
NASSAU 6 Bahamian capital
DYAD 4 Pair
ORA 3 ___ pro nobis
TRAMA 5 Plant substance
URGE 4 Desire
MASTERSCHAMPION 15 Winner of a major golf tournament
ONER 4 Lulu
KILLA 5 To ___ Mockingbird
FRI 3 Part of TGIF
ARCS 4 Circle parts
SLATED 6 On the schedule
SPACER 6 Printer.s device
ECOLE 5 French school
NICKFALDO 9 38 Across in 1996
ORNIS 5 Birds
ASHE 4 Arthur of tennis
TIGERWOODS 10 38 Across in 1997
ITER 4 Brain passage
ELENA 5 Actress Verdugo
BLOT 4 Stain
LESS 4 It.s sometimes more
SASSY 5 Disrespectful
ELLS 4 Building additions
JAMS 4 Gets stuck
ERAT 4 Part of QED
LIRE 4 Turkish money
LAKERS 6 NBA team
RIM 3 Edge
ABELE 5 White poplar
ISAAC 5 Musical Hayes
DERR 4 Earl ___ Biggers
SNARLY 6 Tangled
FIRMEDUP 8 Got into shape
ONAIR 5 Where elated people walk
PRIZE 5 Award
SOLED 5 Put on a shoe bottom
OLEATE 6 Oily acid salt
YEA 3 Affirmative vote
BURR 4 Scottish accent
NOMO 4 1995 NL Rookie of the Year Hideo
ARAN 4 Islands in Galway Bay
SASE 4 Freelancer.s enc.
DAHL 4 Actress Arlene or author Roald
ASKS 4 Poses a question
MCI 3 Early 12th C. date
RIFT 4 Opening
GORE 4 Skirt part
ENID 4 Tennyson heroine
TRACKERS 8 Hunters who follow 51 Down
ALSO 4 Too
MALLOW 6 Hollyhock family
REF 3 NHL off.
CRATES 6 Big containers
AEROBE 6 Microorganism
SNAIL 5 Common gastropod
PISTE 5 Spoor
ACHES 5 Feels sore
EDGES 5 Advances gradually
COENS 5 Filmmakers Joel and Ethan
LILA 4 Oscar winner Kedrova
NOLL 4 Hall-of-Famer Chuck
IDOL 4 Object of worship
SSTS 4 Fast fliers
RAY 3 Bit of sunshine
SHAM 4 Pillow cover
SHAD 4 Bay of Fundy catch
LASSO 5 Cow catcher
LOBO 4 Albuquerque student
PONY 4 Yankee Doodle.s transport
ELOPE 5 Eschew the chapel
OPEN 4 Uncork
ARTE 4 Vissi d.___
ALDER 5 Birch tree
WILDERNESSROAD 14 Virginia-to-Kentucky route
ESTE 4 Kind of wind in Juarez
ANT 3 Kind of farm
AGE 3 Vital statistic
TATTERS 7 Ragamuffin.s attire
GAI 3 Moo goo ___ pan
RODEO 5 Cheyenne Frontier Days e.g.
ASA 3 White-ghost link
ALMS 4 Panhandler.s income
OLDSPANISHTRAIL 15 Santa Fe-to-LA route
SLIP 4 Camisole
LON 3 First name in horror
WEDGE 5 Golf club
EYE 3 Spud sprout
CANTATA 7 Bach piece
EOS 3 Dawn deity
AIM 3 Prepare to fire
DANA 4 Two Years Before the Mast author
LINCOLNHIGHWAY 14 NYC-to-LA route
CONGA 5 Line dance
PEEL 4 Compost deposit
EIRE 4 Where the Shannon flows
HATED 5 Despised
GARO 4 Yepremian of the Dolphins
ANNA 4 Palindromic woman
ENOLA 5 Town south of Norfolk NE
APER 4 Copycat
DEER 4 Cornfield feeder
SLOW 4 Deliberate
HOPI 4 Snake dance Indian
ABEL 4 The third man
MONDE 5 Cousteau.s world
SPARTA 6 In the Heat of the Night locale
HORNET 6 Stinger
ANTE 4 The A in AM
DYES 4 Prepares Easter eggs
LEARNS 6 Gets wind of
ALLOT 5 Divvy up
SODA 4 Root beer e.g.
SPED 4 Hurried
OER 3 .___ the fields we go . . ..
ESTOP 5 Legally hinder
SARAH 5 Duchess of York
AROSE 5 Cropped up
GOLLY 5 Gee whillikers!
EDDIE 5 Kendricks of The Temptations
TAINT 5 Sully
ESS 3 Story starter
GLADE 5 Clearing
AMIGO 5 Francisco.s friend
ISLES 5 British ___
ESP 3 Second sight
ARE 3 Exists
ALAMO 5 Texas shrine
NON 3 ___ sequitur
TWANG 5 Nasal tone
CICADA 6 Noisy insect
ADHERE 6 Stick
TAILOR 6 Garment District denizen
ANGEL 5 Perfect person
AHEAD 5 Out in front
LOAN 4 Student for one
INTO 4 Fascinated by
LPGA 4 Links letters
NEAP 4 Half-moon tide
WINE 4 Dine.s companion
ARNE 4 Jesse.s predecessor in Minnesota
YEAR 4 Graduating class
CHE 3 Evita role
THAN 4 Now more ___ ever
BEAN 4 Noggin
PRONG 5 Pitchfork tine
HOLE 4 Tiger Woods aims for it
OKRA 4 Gumbo ingredient
INFER 5 Surmise
ROOT 4 Cheer
HECK 4 What the ___
TAFIA 5 Jamaican rum
OFFTHESHELF 11 Stock item
SLY 3 Leader of the Family Stone
ESTEEM 6 Highly regard
DIANE 5 She played Annie
DRIFT 5 Snow bank
PLEASE 6 Goes with sugar on top?
WOO 3 Court procedure
BALAS 5 Orange spinel
LASER 5 Modern surgical aid
INFO 4 Data
NACHO 5 Acapulco appetizer
TORI 4 Actress Spelling
NAFTA 5 1992 pact
PIOUS 5 Devout
NEE 3 By birth
ONLINE 6 Type of chat
TOTEM 5 Northwest Indian creation
ISTLE 5 Carpet fiber
WREATH 6 Christmas decoration
MUM 3 It.s the word
OFFBROADWAY 11 Start of many a play
AVIAN 5 Of the birds
ALAR 4 Of wings
DARE 4 Draw a line in the sand
RETRY 5 Take another stab
TORK 4 Peter of The Monkees
LION 4 Bert Lahr role
KASEM 5 Countdown deejay
EWES 4 They like to gambol
ETTA 4 Jazz singer James
THROE 5 Pang
HOOFS 5 Walks a beat
ALOFT 5 In flight
NETTED 6 Cleared
BOHEMIAN 8 Avant-garde one
EKES 4 Barely makes do
ARCH 4 St. Louis sight
NAKED 5 The ___ and the Dead
PITFALL 7 Hazard
RNA 3 Genetic initials
OFFSEASON 9 Like a summer in Aspen
NEIL 4 Rocker Young
GRAY 4 Blue opponent
HERB 4 Trumpeter Alpert
LIP 3 Back talk
NEAT 4 Rad!
FLAP 4 Ruckus
TACIT 5 Implied
SERE 4 Dry as dust
ERIE 4 Border lake
WINO 4 Sot
ONAN 4 ___ even keel
OFFLIMITS 9 Forbidden
SHOO 4 Get outta here!
OTIS 4 Singer Redding
OUTWORKS 8 Performs better
ANTONYM 7 Hello to goodbye
SERA 4 Antitoxins
ELF 3 Santa.s helper
MEDDLE 6 Act like a yenta
EFATE 5 Hawaiian island formerly
AWAIT 5 Hang around
TAROT 5 Fortuneteller.s deck
HYENA 5 Serengeti laugher
MARK 4 Guitarist Knopfler
UVEA 4 The eyes have it
BLOW 4 Precedes in and out
RARE 4 Steak order
ARE 3 Jimi Hendrix. ___ You Experienced?
PUMP 4 Press for details
PERK 4 Bonus for short
LENTO 5 Slow musically
ASEA 4 Befuddled
OLEO 4 Bread spread
OCEAN 5 Liner type
NESS 4 Capone.s nemesis
SEAR 4 Scorch with a torch
ORATE 5 Mount the stump
DRASTICMEASURES 15 Radical actions
ASSERT 6 Maintain
SAME 4 Ditto
ASP 3 Cobra.s kin
INTACT 6 Whole
VALID 5 Legitimate
AEON 4 An eternity
OBOE 4 Bassoon.s cousin
ANYMEANSTOANEND 15 No holds barred
STEP 4 Dance move
LEST 4 For fear that
TIDES 5 Certain currents
TISSUE 6 Gauzy paper
OAT 3 Grain seed
BCDE 4 A followers
TIGHTS 6 Hose alternative
BYHOOKORBYCROOK 15 Whatever works
LAURA 5 Author Ingalls Wilder
WRAP 4 Foil for example
ABLE 4 Competent
OWLET 5 Screeching baby?
SOLI 4 Arias
SOLE 4 Flat fish
CLASS 5 Caliber
ERIC 4 Leif.s sire
PSST 4 Attention-getting sound
PANDA 5 Black and white mammal
USERS 5 Advantage-takers
MESAS 5 Flat-topped rises
PASSE 5 Old hat
POSITS 6 Presupposes
ELEC 4 Pwr. supply
REAMS 5 Paper units
KOREA 5 Divided land
LOOSEN 6 Give some slack
ECRU 4 Stocking shade
NEAR 4 Close
TATE 4 London gallery
ONES 4 Wallet bills
TRADE 5 Wall Street transaction
AMINO 5 Protein acid
PANE 4 Window feature
TONI 4 Beloved author Morrison
ABED 4 Retired for the night
CONE 4 Dunce cap shape
TEDS 4 Dries hay
VAST 4 Gargantuan
ANTI 4 Con
LYES 4 Soap-making ingredients
IMPS 4 Rascals
ESS 3 Snaking curve
OTTO 4 Bismarck
ALECK 5 Smart finish
ATTIC 5 Silverstein.s A Light in the ___
UBOATS 6 German subs
ATYPIC 6 Not the usual
DOWSE 5 Use a divining rod
ERROR 5 Blooper
GRASP 5 Understand
HOBOS 5 Drifters
TOLLS 5 Highway expenses
SKEET 5 Trapshooting target
BLOC 4 Coalition
YAWL 4 Ship.s small boat
HULA 4 Island dance
ORES 4 Smelter.s fodder
BALI 4 Java.s neighbor
REST 4 Take five
LETBE 5 Allow some privacy
POEM 4 Verse
ARCO 4 Bowed in scores
OSCAR 5 Grouchy Muppet
RUBE 4 Plowboy
BOOTLIQUOR 10 Booze in an MG.s trunk?
EZRA 4 Old Testament scribe
ADRIAN 6 Rocky.s beloved
BASSOON 7 Four-foot-long woodwind
TEENY 5 Bitty
STATIC 6 Interference
GOFORBAROQUE 12 Attempt an ornate style?
DAY 3 One Fine ___
URSA 4 Bear up above
TURK 4 Young upstart
INERTIA 7 Sluggishness
LOWTIDE 7 Bay of Fundy nadir
SITE 4 Home page e.g.
PICA 4 Type size
DUD 3 Flop
CLIQUEBEETLE 12 Elitist insect?
UPLAND 6 High ground
KNELT 5 Prepared for prayer
SEMINAR 7 Round table
PULSAR 6 Radio telescope target
HAIR 4 Kojak.s lack
PIKESPIQUE 10 Western explorer.s hissy fit?
ISEE 4 I like what ___
SUITS 5 Executives in slang
SURE 4 Certain
VEND 4 Offer by machine
EMMET 5 M. ___ Walsh of Blood Simple
TEAS 4 Genteel socials
RABAT 5 King Hassan II.s capital
ERODE 5 Whittle away
SCORE 5 Tally
TOTING 6 Lugging about
LOIN 4 Beef cut
ESQ 3 Bar member.s abbreviation
TCU 3 Rival of SMU
BAOBAB 6 Monkey bread bearer
ERRATA 6 Typos
PRESCOTT 8 Breed.s Hill hero
OUZO 4 Greek spirits
EBRO 4 River of Aragon
MEAN 4 Spiteful
LAYOUT 6 Compositor.s concern
SIR 3 Title for Hopkins
SOSA 4 McGwire.s homer rival
TRA 3 Song syllable
FRI 3 Part of TGIF
QUID 4 British buck
URDU 4 Lahore language
EKED 4 ___ out: scraped by
DISC 4 Frisbee e.g.
ANIL 4 Source of indigo
YETI 4 Shaggy Tibetan
REQUIRED 8 Compulsory
LIED 4 Told whoppers
OCT 3 Thanksgiving mo. in Canada
WALKUP 6 Elevatorless
PEN 3 Hoosegow
UPN 3 Moesha TV network
ELAPSE 6 Pass by
BARIUM 6 Element #56
ENLIST 6 Heed a recruiting poster
ESQUE 5 Arab or Roman trailer
LAURA 5 Fashion.s Ashley
TREES 5 Arborist.s interest
SHIV 4 Knife in 42 Down
EASE 4 Relaxation
MIEN 4 Demeanor
PSST 4 Hey buddy!
KIM 3 Delaney of NYPD Blue
ETE 3 Hot time for Jacques
ADDED 5 Kicked in
DONA 4 Lady of Seville
GAGS 4 Practical jokes
LOOSE 5 On the ___: at large
EGAD 4 Mild oath
ALAI 4 Jai ___
GRETAGARBO 10 Wanted to be alone in Grand Hotel
SIGN 4 Cancer for one
AIREDALE 8 Large terrier
RAGTAG 6 Unkempt
ESS 3 Slalom curve
PUT 3 Precedes off and on
SABU 4 Star of Elephant Boy
GAL 3 Moll
EMBEZZLE 8 Skim off the top
JAPAN 5 Land of the Rising Sun
EMIL 4 Erich Kastner.s boy detective
ZEAL 4 Fervor
UNIT 4 Army division
SABLE 5 Marten cousin
LUCK 4 Brought by a four-leaf clover
DOLL 4 Raggedy Ann for one
ISEE 4 Fortuneteller.s start
DESKS 5 Escritoire and roll-top
ENLISTED 8 Joined the Marines
OER 3 .___ the ramparts . . ..
NETS 4 New Jersey cagers
ATT 3 ABA member
STA 3 RR stop
HAGGAI 6 Old Testament book
ANTEATER 8 Echidna kin
AGOG 4 Eager
GIBSONGIRL 10 1890s woman
ZEBU 4 Kenyan ox
HALO 4 Nimbus
TENSE 5 Can be past present or future
ERIN 4 Land of the leprechauns
TMEN 4 Narcs
ESTES 5 Politician Kefauver
ALGAE 5 Pond scum
DORIS 5 A Day in Hollywood
DOERS 5 Movers and shakers
ESTE 4 Renaissance family
DEADPAN 7 Buster Keaton.s expression
DEALT 5 Passed out cards
OGRE 4 Grimm character
NAB 3 Pinch
ADORABLE 8 Cute as a button
GASGUZZLER 10 Politically incorrect car
ALIT 4 Touched down
GAGA 4 Infatuated
SING 4 ___ Along With Mitch
GAUL 4 Frenchman
ABE 3 Actor Vigoda
SMILE 5 Photographer.s request
GATLINGGUN 10 Civil War weapon
EMBED 5 Stick in the middle
ZEUS 4 God of Olympus
LACK 4 Deficiency
ELKS 4 Lodge members
JUDE 4 New Testament book
ANON 4 Primary Colors auth.
PILL 4 Little brat
EASES 5 Backs off
SITTIGHT 8 Hold your horses!
DETENTE 7 USA-Russia talks
SEA 3 Red or Black
OTTO 4 Director Preminger
ANSON 5 Potsie on Happy Days
STINT 5 Task
TERSE 5 To the point
ARLES 5 Place Van Gogh painted
HAZE 4 Jimi Hendrix hit Purple ___
AGER 4 Composer of Ain.t She Sweet?
GOBI 4 Mongolian desert
ABLE 4 Ready and willing companion
AGES 4 Iron and Bronze
IAM 3 Beatles. song ___ the Walrus
QUAD 4 Skater.s jump
OTIC 4 Aural
SOAPY 5 Like dishwater
ANNE 4 Actress Archer
NOTA 4 ___ bene
MARLA 5 Actress Gibbs
TIDE 4 Ocean phenomenon
EGER 4 European river
UTTER 5 Speak
ATE 3 Consumed
DIAMONDHEAD 11 Honolulu attraction
RESTED 6 Took a break
BOG 3 Marsh
ENACT 5 Pass
REAPED 6 Worked in a field
PLOTS 5 Forms a curve
ARAM 4 Composer Khachaturian
TETE 4 Head in Hyeres
FISHERMANSWHARF 15 San Francisco attraction
COLE 4 Cabbage
APSE 4 Church part
RELET 5 Get new tenants
SNORED 6 Made noise
SWAIN 5 Lover to a poet
VAS 3 Duct: anat.
STANZA 6 Poem part
HARBORPLACE 11 Baltimore attraction
OER 3 Poetic contraction
URIEL 5 Archangel
RAVE 4 Talk wildly
JOBS 4 Tasks
NEGEV 5 Israeli desert
AKIN 4 Similar
INRO 4 Lacquered receptacles
GASPE 5 Canadian peninsula
TEST 4 Exam
BEAN 4 Head
QATAR 5 Gulf state
UNITE 5 Bring together
ANDES 5 Aconcagua.s range
DEE 3 Scottish river
ONEIDA 6 Wisconsin tribe
TOGA 4 Loose garment
ITEM 4 List component
CAROB 5 St. John.s bread
SMUDGE 6 Fire in an orchard
OATH 4 Vow
ARTE 4 Comedian Johnson
PLEA 4 Entreaty
YARD 4 Gridiron measurement
DENSE 5 Thick
NORMS 5 Standards
TETHER 6 Restrain
CAMP 4 Bivouac
TRASS 5 Volcanic earth
ATHENA 6 Greek goddess
PEAL 4 Resound
ETRE 4 To be in Tours
DEFT 4 Skillful
PFCS 4 Certain soldiers briefly
LION 4 African mammal
OSLO 4 European city
ANEW 4 Once more
RADAR 5 Pilot.s aid
WRITE 5 Put on paper
EVOLVE 6 Change slowly
ASCENT 6 Rise
SPRAT 5 Herring family member
NOONE 5 Occupant of an empty room
ZEBRA 5 Striped animal
ARSON 5 Insurance fraud perhaps
HUNG 4 Attached to a wall
AREA 4 Zone
RIGS 4 Big trucks
BEEP 4 Sound on an answering machine
LAKE 4 Chad or Victoria
AVIS 4 Rara ___
JIB 3 Triangular sail
TESS 4 D.Urbervilles lass
STOLID 6 Impassive
URN 3 Coffee house?
OPEL 4 European export
ASPIRE 6 Seek ambitiously
NEE 3 Born
PONYEXPRESS 11 Early mail system
DES 3 ___ Plaines
ICIER 5 Less hospitable
SYS 3 Part of DOS: abbr.
THEFT 5 Unlawful removal
CHORAL 6 Kind of music
LIAR 4 Story teller perhaps
SSR 3 Georgia once
TIS 3 .___ folly to be wise.: Gray
VENISON 7 Deer meat
MOUNTEVEREST 12 View from Darjeeling
TRIO 4 Jazz combo
OON 3 Ball follower
DASH 4 Recipe amount
DENVERBRONCO 12 John Elway notably
SOCIALS 7 Church gatherings
MIL 3 Wire measure
VAL 3 Actor Kilmer
LESS 4 Not as much
BAHAMA 6 Grand ___ Island
ABUSE 5 Bad treatment
AAA 3 Motorists. org.
PACER 5 Track competitor
MAD 3 Alfred E. Neuman.s magazine
FORDMUSTANG 11 Chevy Camaro competitor
EKE 3 Manage with out
UNCOOL 6 Not mellow
ETRE 4 French 101 verb
NED 3 Composer Rorem
LASSIE 6 Timmy.s dog
DEAR 4 Letter opener
TOPICS 6 Areas for discussion
EPOCHS 6 Distinctive periods
SENIOR 6 Highest-ranking
SLYER 5 More crafty
SAX 3 Clinton.s instrument
TSPS 4 Cookbook abbreviation
OPRY 4 Grand Ole ___
LIES 4 Is situated
IRS 3 April 15th gp.
DESTINE 7 Preordain
UNDERSEA 8 Like much plant life
REEF 4 Coral formation
NEST 4 Bird house
ERATO 5 Poetry muse
HAIRDO 6 Coif
LIU 3 Bklyn. campus
LEV 3 My Name Is Asher ___
SNOBS 5 Nose-in-the-air types
VENOM 5 Spitefulness
OSS 3 WWII agency
NTH 3 Final degree?
MOVIES 6 Films
TOR 3 High peak
TDS 3 NFL scores
REO 3 Popular .20s auto
INCLUDED 8 Like batteries on occasion
EASEFUL 7 Quiet
RLS 3 Treasure Island author.s monogram
NIB 3 Penpoint
CLAPS 5 Shows appreciation in a way
VACATE 6 Get out of
AMENRA 6 Ancient Theban supreme god
LARGER 6 Of greater size
HATED 5 Detested
AMEN 4 Encouraging word
BAKE 4 Use the oven
ARCS 4 Pendulum paths
ADOS 4 Commotions
AMOI 4 Mine in Metz
ONA 3 Man-mission connector
ULE 3 Suffix with glob
PRIZE 5 Wheel of Fortune win
JAWS 4 Top-grossing movie of 1975
ICET 4 Popular rapper
RECON 5 Enemy survey
ERIE 4 Opera singer Mills
NOLO 4 ___ contendere
ODORS 5 Bouquets
DARN 4 Blast!
AMBO 4 Reading desk
MONBUSINESS 11 Mischief
POT 3 Haight-Ashbury weed
ARA 3 Macaw
SEESAWS 7 Teeter-totters
SKI 3 Alberto Tomba does it well
EXAM 4 Midterm for one
STET 4 Proofreader.s keep
INNS 4 Hostels
OPAL 4 Moonstone
TERSE 5 Short and sweet
NESIANECONOMICS 15 Source of many fiscal policies
SWELL 5 Groovy
SOLO 4 Napoleon of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
SOAP 4 Billy Crystal comedy series
CAVA 4 Vena ___
NAME 4 ___ That Tune
TRY 3 Attempt
COUSINS 7 Your uncle.s kids
ANT 3 Barbecue buttinsky
ARR 3 Part of ETA
NOTEADDRESS 11 Convention kickoff
ROIL 4 Vex
ROLL 4 Rock .n. ___
EATIT 5 1984 Weird Al Yankovic parody
ONTO 4 Aware of
ARIA 4 Pavarotti rendition
ADORE 5 Idolize
BOYS 4 The Hardy ___
KEEN 4 Vivid
RENEW 5 Keep Time
PROM 4 End-of-the-year dance
REDO 4 Change decor
ICON 4 Sacred image
ZORBA 5 ___ the Greek
ENSURE 6 Make certain
JEDI 4 Luke Skywalker trained to be one
ARAN 4 Galway Bay islands
WIRES 5 Hidden mikes
SENSES 6 Taste and touch
INA 3 One ___ million
COMPATRIOT 10 Colleague
ELBOW 5 Tennis ___
TOOTS 5 Cutie pie
SAXON 5 Anglo- ___
SETTO 5 Ruckus
SEEMS 5 Appears
SINS 4 Avarice and greed
KNEW 4 Understood
INSECURITY 10 Angst
APES 4 Planet of the ___
MACON 5 Georgia city
SILAS 5 Paul.s companion
LOLA 4 1970 Kinks hit
SCAR 4 Appendectomy reminder
ESPY 4 Chris Berman presents it
ALVIN 5 Cartoon chipmunk
NOMAD 5 Bedouin
ANORAK 6 Parka
ENDEAR 6 Ingratiate
CAROB 5 Mediterranean evergreen
ORONO 5 Home of the Black Bears
STORE 5 Precedes house and room
TRADE 5 Swap
ELIE 4 Novelist Wiesel
ALAN 4 M*A*S*H star Alda
ETON 4 School on the Thames
SIRE 4 Father
STEW 4 Bouillabaisse
LOS 3 ___ Angeles
REGT 4 Mil. unit
AVES 4 Birds
CARTE 5 A la ___
APRA 4 Site of an Allied landing
LIRA 4 Italian money
ANEAR 5 Poetic adverb
PEACHBOWL 9 Postseason game
ITALA 5 Early Bible
SEPTA 5 Nasal dividers
LIMERICKS 9 Examples of 46 Across
EIRE 4 Ireland
NOPE 4 Slangy refusal
TYE 3 Nautical rope
DESCENT 7 Elevator experience
NINE 4 Baseball number
ICH 3 First person in Vienna
STAT 4 GPA e.g.
TEMPLE 6 Place of worship
EROS 4 Love god
HOOCH 5 Bootlegger.s product
SLAG 4 Smelting refuse
MUTTER 6 Speak indistinctly
POEM 4 Verse
UVA 3 Fruit type
ALAS 4 Word of woe
STORMED 7 Attacked
AAR 3 Swiss river
ALIA 4 Inter ___
STAB 4 Try
GRAPPLERS 9 Wrestlers
OGLES 5 Looks at lustfully
LAZES 5 Takes it easy
SPEARMINT 9 Chewing gum flavor
EROSE 5 Ragged
TANS 4 Treats hide
ANNO 4 ___ Domini
TARTS 5 Dessert tray items
ADDS 4 Takes a total
NEAP 4 Tide type
RAPS 4 Hits
EPEE 4 Fencing weapon
GRAPESHOT 9 Cannon balls
TACTIC 6 Stratagem
ALB 3 Clerical tunic
VIOL 4 Stringed instrument
ERWIN 5 Field Marshal Rommel
SALMON 6 King or humpback
CAIRENE 7 Native of a world capital
ANTI 4 Foe
REACT 5 Take countermeasures
TALKY 5 Garrulous
ERASE 5 Correct a mistake
HARES 5 Lagomorphs
EPITHETS 8 Some titles
ENTHRALL 8 Fascinate
DIEM 4 Carpe ___
ECRU 4 Light color
TAO 3 Philosophical ideal
EMS 3 Printer.s measures
TOP 3 Summit
PLUMBLINE 9 Measuring device
LAVE 4 Wash
EGAD 4 Mild oath
STA 3 Depot for short
COS 3 Lettuce variety
ELAPSES 7 Passes
MOTOR 5 Car part
SIESTA 6 Nap
RAGMAN 6 Textile dealer
AGLET 5 Shoelace tip
ARARA 5 Black macaw
RAZOR 5 Barber.s tool
ARPAD 5 Hungarian monarch
PEST 4 Annoying person
SEND 4 Put in a mailbox
ENNA 4 Sicilian resort
STOP 4 Set of pipes
ASS 3 Hinny.s parent
HAM 3 Awful actor
ATOP 4 At the summit
STORE 5 Squirrel away
ODDS 4 At ___: disagreeing
CAME 4 Arrived
PAVER 5 Concrete mixer
LOLA 4 Singer Falana
COAT 4 Chesterfield e.g.
ATALL 5 To any extent
DRIVERSSEAT 11 Controlling position
LYE 3 Soap ingredient
SEVERE 6 Harsh
ARGUE 5 Wrangle
RATE 4 Rank
ILLSET 6 Poorly placed
SPA 3 Baden-Baden e.g.
TEETOTALERS 11 Abstainers
LAIC 4 Secular
RAG 3 Tabloid
ETNA 4 Lab burner
INDUECOURSE 11 Eventually
HER 3 Part of HRH
DEARTH 6 Scarcity
EPHA 4 Old Hebrew bushel
SHEDS 5 Molts
RECTOS 6 Versos. opposites
SAG 3 Droop
IRONCURTAIN 11 Information barrier
LILAC 5 Lavender hue
TALC 4 Bath powder
ELLA 4 Cinders of comics
ARENA 5 Yankee Stadium e.g.
ERIE 4 Old railroad name
DEEP 4 Not shallow
VENAL 5 Corruptible
REPS 4 Corduroy et al.
SRS 3 Last year.s jrs.
HOLDS 5 Clamps
ADORE 5 Think the world of
MDLIV 5 Ovid.s 1 554
ACCRETE 7 Grow by being added to
TAOS 4 Southwest art colony
OMASA 5 Bovine stomachs
PETER 5 ___ out: dwindle
SPATULA 7 Spreading utensil
TAT 3 Make doilies
OVAL 4 Date.s shape
RELY 4 Depend
ERLE 4 Perry tales author
SAVER 5 Passbook user
ERAT 4 Middle of QED
AGIT 4 Shake to a pharm.
ELLE 4 Supermodel Macpherson
EERO 4 A Saarinen
SETH 4 Adam.s third son
ERNE 4 Sea eagle
TSAR 4 Boris Godunov e.g.
SLID 4 Slithered
PANE 4 Glazier.s insert
AIDA 4 Verdi lass
TAU 3 Hellenic T
OGRE 4 Grimm villain
CURS 4 Mongrels
ETHICAL 7 Morally right
CHER 4 .87 Oscar winner
SPRUCES 7 Evergreens
EHER 4 Sooner: Ger.
ACTED 5 Chewed the scenery
DOTER 5 Idolater
SNARE 5 Entrap
TALES 5 Yarns
OILER 5 Houston lineman
SNAPS 5 Crisp cookies
SLAV 4 Belgrade native
AIRE 4 Yorkshire river
GLEN 4 Secluded valley
CLIP 4 What barbers do
ANA 3 Literary olio
SIEPI 5 Italian basso
AREA 4 Region
DRAM 4 Small amount
ORLON 5 Acrylic fiber
NARD 4 Ointment
EERO 4 Architect Saarinen
HOLIDAYPLANSDID 15 Line one of theme
ONE 3 Hamlisch hit
IRATE 5 Wrathful
EPODE 5 Lyric poem
AGA 3 Turkish official
ONO 3 Yoko ___
NOTCOMETOGETHER 15 Line two
ASHES 5 Volcanic residue
THURS 5 Calendar abbreviation
EGO 3 Self
ITES 4 Adherents: suffix
SUITE 5 Posh accommodations
PLED 4 Implored
LER 3 Celtic sea god
CEDED 5 Granted
AROSE 5 Came up
SOMEONEFORGOTTO 15 Line three
ANT 3 Emmet
AIM 3 Purpose
AWARD 5 Prize
LEAST 5 Minimum
SPA 3 Watering place
FACTORINWEATHER 15 Line four
ACTH 4 Pituitary hormone: abbr.
OMOO 4 Melville title
TAINT 5 Contaminate
ROSY 4 Copacetic
DOLL 4 Barbie for one
EMPTY 5 Vacuous
SOHO 4 Manhattan district
IRON 4 Mesabi Range product
ELLE 4 US magazine
POI 3 Hawaiian dish
INDIGOS 7 Shades of blue
ANYA 4 Writer Seton
RAPT 4 Enthralled
ERLE 4 Mystery writer.s name
ADA 3 Nabokov novel
DESPOT 6 Tyrant
REDO 4 Make over
ARID 4 Moistureless
MODE 4 Fashion
ARAM 4 Khachaturian
NENES 5 Wild geese
ACES 4 High cards
OGRE 4 Monster
NAILS 5 Brads
OSTEO 5 Bone prefix
THERM 5 Unit of heat
ETUDE 5 Chopin work
THIEF 5 Felon
OUTDO 5 Surpass
HELOT 5 Spartan serf
EGEST 5 Emit
RODEO 5 Western entertainment
SENT 4 Dispatched
PROM 4 Graduation function
CONDO 5 Apt.
AGITATE 7 Shake up
EARTHY 6 Down to basics
RASE 4 Level: Brit.
AFAR 4 At a distance
WACO 4 Texas city
ACTS 4 New Testament book
LIMO 4 Roomy conveyance for short
ENOL 4 Organic compound
AWOL 4 Military acronym
SHIP 4 Vessel
PENT 4 Confined
ARTY 4 Pretentious
ROD 3 Carew or Laver
TAM 3 Brimless headgear
LEMUR 5 Madagascar mammal
VETO 4 13 Down in a way
ABED 4 Not up
ALONE 5 Home ___
ERIK 4 Composer Satie
NAME 4 Monica or moniker
BOUFFANTCAVESIN 15 9:46 AM
NEE 3 Born to Bardot
REE 3 Female ruff
EMERY 5 Kind of board
ALAE 4 Wings to Cato
PERI 4 Persian sprite
SNARLBREAKSCOMB 15 11:52 AM
HIDES 5 Antonym for 38 Across
ALEE 4 Tiller locale
REO 3 Contemporary of TAE
APED 4 Impersonated
BARES 5 See 34 Across
SAAR 4 Essen.s basin
QUA 3 Sine ___ non
SERE 4 Dry to the bone
OUTRE 5 Bizarre
SPLITENDSAPPEAR 15 4:16 PM
NERO 4 Actor Franco
CLAP 4 Lend a hand?
AVAST 5 Hey you Bluto!
AOL 3 Net giant: abbr.
LAG 3 Trail
GIVESUPBUYSAWIG 15 5:53 PM
OVER 4 CBer.s go ahead!
MOLT 4 Shed
SNARE 5 Springe
NAST 4 Teapot Dome lampooner
PIES 4 Certain charts
STYLE 5 Fix hair
LAB 3 Water dog familiarly
ELON 4 Carolina college
MOUE 4 Pouty look
UNFEARED 8 Like God in the New Testament
REF 3 Kin of 58 Down: abbr.
VENEER 6 Outward appearence
ERTE 4 Russian-born designer
TIC 3 Mini-spasm
OKA 3 Orel.s river
ANEMIC 6 Insipid
BASE 4 Low
EMIR 4 Omani mogul
DENY 4 See 6 Across
ARAB 4 12 Down e.g.
VERSE 5 Poesy
LLS 3 Book rental cos.
PALE 4 Like Death.s horse
EKES 4 Gets by with out
SHAQS 5 Cager O.Neal and namesakes familiarly
NIPUP 5 Gymnastic feat
ADEAL 5 Let.s Make ___
EARED 5 Like otaries
ORATE 5 Pontificate
MEARA 5 Actress Anne
BORER 5 Shipworm
BEER 4 Kind of hall or bust
ARNO 4 Florence.s river
SUPPLANT 8 Take the place of
STETS 5 Cancels a dele
OPA 3 WWII agency
INSERT 6 Put in
SCOUTS 6 Outriders
ALLY 4 Associate
AGON 4 Theatrical conflict
VIVA 4 ___ Zapata!
AVES 4 Prayers
ABLE 4 Qualified
AWAY 4 Golfer.s position
GIRL 4 Kind of talk
UMP 3 See 5 Down: abbr.
POI 3 Taro treat
SSS 3 Old draft inits.
GEE 3 Gravity unit phonetically
NASA 4 Launch org.
ADULT 5 Mature
HASP 4 Lid fastener
IMPS 4 Pixies
SONAR 5 Sub detector
ELIS 4 Yale students
POLK 4 Taylor.s predecessor
CUTCORNERS 10 Skimp
SKI 3 Aspen runner
PESO 4 Cuban cash
MEREST 6 Least bit
THANE 5 Macbeth for one
OBEY 4 Follow orders
BEHIND 6 Losing
CROSSBAR 8 Jumping hurdle
LEAVE 5 Sailor.s respite
SHONE 5 Glistened
RIO 3 City in Brazil for short
ERIE 4 Cleveland.s lake
SEINE 5 Fish snare
TESS 4 Hardy heroine
AIR 3 Bearing
SALVO 5 Military salute
SHALE 5 Oil-producing rock
RESEMBLE 8 Favor
SHAKES 6 Milk drinks
LAOS 4 Myanmar.s neighbor
BLAND 5 Mild
ADDICT 6 Devotee
LOAD 4 Large quantity
AGO 3 In the past
CRACKABOOK 10 Read
KNOW 4 Grasp
TONI 4 Beloved author Morrison
GAUZE 5 Bandage material
ICON 4 Computer image
SPAT 4 Falling-out
ENDED 5 Wound up
MESS 4 Army meal
NIPS 4 Pinches
AMOK 4 In a frenzy
SPLITHAIRS 10 Quibble
ASK 3 Quiz
ASCEND 6 Climb upward
DOUSE 5 Put out
UNTO 4 .Do ___ others . . ..
LAC 3 Launcelot du ___
TROMBONE 8 Tommy Dorsey.s instrument
HENRYS 6 Eight English kings
ALEE 4 To shelter
SIRS 4 Gentlemen
PSST 4 Attention getter
REESE 5 Jazz singer Della
PANE 4 Window square
HIVE 4 Honey origin
ORONO 5 University of Maine city
BLEAR 5 Dim with tears
EERIE 5 Uncanny
CHIVE 5 Onion relative
BREAKDANCE 10 Gyrate to rap perhaps
AISLE 5 Theater passage
ROSES 5 Thorny blooms
SELLS 5 Merchandises
SABOTAGE 8 Deliberate subversion
THAN 4 Comparison word
SMACK 5 Punch or kiss
SHAD 4 Herring cousin
ELICIT 6 Draw forth
SLAKED 6 Quenched
BOOZE 5 Hard liquor
ACTS 4 Shows decisiveness
DROP 4 Word before leaf or kick
DANA 4 Comic Carvey
LOUD 4 Raucous
GOOS 4 Baby patter
OWNS 4 Holds deed to
BAN 3 Outlaw
KIM 3 Kipling lad
CLEF 4 Musical symbol
DORA 4 Dickens character
COROT 5 French landscapist
IOTA 4 Scintilla
EVAN 4 Novelist Hunter
EVADE 5 Stay away from
AXIL 4 Stem angle
VEIN 4 Lode
DUVET 5 Bed covering
OLDORDERAMISH 13 Very conservative sect
AFLOAT 6 At sea
AAR 3 Swiss river
SSE 3 Cairo-to-Khartoum dir.
FLAWLESSLY 10 Without a mistake
CHAR 4 Scorch
RAT 3 Common rodent
LEAH 4 Jacob.s wife
EDO 3 Tokyo.s former name
OPERA 5 Met performance
GEM 3 Briolette
ELCID 5 Legendary Spanish hero
OSS 3 Predecessor of 1 Down
BOSN 4 Petty officer for short
ADA 3 Tooth org.
JOVE 4 Roman god to a poet
CLAWHAMMER 10 Carpenter.s tool
ATE 3 Consumed
TAO 3 Philosophical ideal
ELAPSE 6 Pass
BORDERCOLLIES 13 Black-and-white herding dogs
BOGUS 5 Fake
ARIL 4 Seed covering
NILE 4 African river
ELECT 5 Put in office
LAZE 4 Take it easy
ATOM 4 Synonym of 14 Across
DESKS 5 Office furniture
SLAY 4 Eliminate
DEBT 4 Mortgage e.g.
CIA 3 Successor to 43 Across
LOX 3 Bagel accompaniment
ETIOLATE 8 Whiten
FALLOW 6 Pale yellow
DEVOTEE 7 Fanatic
OVER 4 Past
RAID 4 Sudden attack
ANNEAL 6 Temper
CEDAR 5 Fragrant wood
OVUM 4 Egg-shaped ornament
RAVISH 6 Enrapture
ODESSA 6 Black Sea port
TETHER 6 Restrain
DALLAS 6 Where Stars shine
RAYE 4 Funny Martha
AFRO 4 Hair style
FLAP 4 Pocket part
SAG 3 Hang down
SHEBA 5 Biblical country
COL 3 Mountain pass
DENALI 6 Alaskan national park
ROE 3 Caviar
MOW 3 Pile of hay
CAMPSITE 8 Place for tents
IDES 4 March 15
DARE 4 Challenge
SCAR 4 Surgery reminder
SHELLEY 7 Adonais poet
JABBED 6 Poked
OTOOLE 6 Actor Peter
VERGES 6 Enclosed areas
LOCALS 6 Slow trains
MAENAD 6 Priestess of Bacchus
TESTS 5 Exams
DUCK 4 Synonym for 16 Across
ORAL 4 Spoken
LIZA 4 Oscar winner Minnelli
LOB 3 Toss
EMT 3 Responder to 911
t 1 Painful
ig 2 Slangy refusal
1 1 Much about nothing
Mbl 3 Agitating offshore?
1 1 Poke
fhr 3 Part of 58 Across palindrome
hr 2 Curves
a 1 War god
Teecnsa 7 Spiro of the .70s
2 1 SWAT action
2 1 Kind of badge
rb 2 The chills
b 1 See 45 Across
a 1 Core
K 1 Twitted
do 2 Reverse offshore difficulties?
N 1 Aztec gold
oopsts 6 Becket actor
sts 3 Best Wishes writer
a 1 ___ -eyed
3 1 Eyed
Dnm 3 A Wolfe
nm 2 Down
AoMa_a.euraioia 15 The ropes
SnE 3 Wraps around
Eyt1M_m. 8 Shore patroller?
Su 2 1944 Nobelist
utCP 4 Memorable times
hyur 4 Ups one.s offer
rstiNiMrnn 10 Either one
oMa_a.euraioia 14 Kind of tint
a 1 Sodded
4ac 3 Roof component
C8 2 Mean Amin
#aaaeb 6 Diner fixture
Ma_a.euraioia 13 Computer card
1M_m. 5 Tail
.a1a 4 Fishbowl fish
r 1 Thrusting
1 1 Shore dinner
NiMrnn 6 Extreme
_m. 3 Actor Jack
A 1 Warm springs
m. 2 Manage with out
a 1 Ms. Gabor
euraioia 8 Ret. plan
s 1 Countermand
a 1 Misdid
1 1 Log problem
Oeoaa3 6 What ___ the odds?
fa 2 Isolation figuratively
22TnsaA 7 Mister in Messina
sl 2 JFK.s sister
a 1 The Man With a Hoe ?
S 1 Groovy?
TnsaA 5 Name
22 2 Effuse
ioia 4 Saarinen
doa 3 Spinner
dt 2 An Amerind
a3 2 Delicacy
2 1 Lizzie metal
TESS 4 Miss Durbeyfield
ESTOP 5 Bar legally
KANE 4 Welles role
AWOL 4 Desertion letters
SHOUT 5 Roller coaster reaction
ELAM 4 Jason of the Broncos
LEDA 4 Moon of Jupiter
SANTA 5 ___ Lucia
YORE 4 Long ago
CRABCAKES 9 Baltimore entree
ALICE 5 The Brady Bunch housekeeper
LYE 3 Drain opener
INCISOR 7 CanineĠs neighbor
ADOBE 5 Town north of Phoenix
REDEEM 6 Buy back
REVAMP 6 Modernize
REV 3 Gun
EDAM 4 Crackers go-with
LEEK 4 Vichyssoise ingredient
ADORE 5 Like a lot
PAGE 4 Knight-to-be
ORNE 4 Writer Sarah ___ Jewett
NOD 3 Doze off
RAIDER 6 Corporate pirate
DODOES 6 Extinct birds: var.
LEASE 5 Rental agreement
FORBEAR 7 Withhold
EAT 3 Dog-___-dog
OSIER 5 Wickerwork willow
JAMBALAYA 9 New Orleans stew
OSSA 4 Ribs to Cato
BASIL 5 Pesto herb
OVAL 4 Flattened circle
LIEN 4 Debt security
EMOTE 5 Chew the scenery
GOLD 4 See 51 Down
SENS 4 Tokyo pennies
ABNER 5 LumĠs partner
ONEA 4 Four-FĠs opposite
TALC 4 Soft rock
EWER 4 Water holder
SODA 4 Ginger ale e.g.
SLAB 4 Marble quantity
ESSAY 5 Homework assignment
SHAKER 6 ___ Heights Ohio
TONE 4 Whole step
OUTSIDER 8 New kid in town
PTA 3 School initials
KEYLIMEPIE 10 Miami dessert
ALOIS 5 Dr. Alzheimer
NARCO 5 Undercover cop
EMEER 5 Arabian prince
CLEM 4 Coach Haskins of Minnesota
ACE 3 Hotshot
NEVER 5 When hell freezes over!
ARLO 4 Woodstock performer
DEER 4 Cornfield feeder
OVEN 4 Type of mitt
BAKEDBEANS 10 Boston side dish
ERODE 5 Create a canyon
PANDA 5 World Wildlife Fund symbol
DADA 4 Crib cry
AGES 4 Years and years
MERE 4 Nothing more than
DOORJAMB 8 Where to attach a hinge
ALTA 4 Utah ski resort
OER 3 PoetĠs preposition
SEMITE 6 Israeli e.g.
FOOLS 5 Pyrite with 68 Across
OSSIE 5 RubyĠs mate
RISEN 5 Up and about
ABLER 5 More competent
ASON 4 Ò. . . and shall bring forth ___Ó
LOGO 4 YMCAĠs triangle e.g.
AVON 4 River to the English Channel
YALE 4 BrownĠs rival
ALDA 4 Frances Jeanne of the Met
BEA 3 She played Maude
JAMB 4 Window part
SPARE 5 Type of tire
AVOW 4 Maintain
EMIR 4 Middle East bigwig
KEVIN 5 Featured Bacon
PESO 4 Cordoba currency
SODA 4 Sandwich side
ELENA 5 Queen of Italy
STAR 4 Have top billing
TRAVELERSCHECKS 15 Last minute purchase frequently
SESAME 6 Open closer
TETE 4 Nice head
HAT 3 Toque or kepi
ITS 3 Sit in a different way
SLY 3 Stallone to his friends
SKISLOPES 9 A good place to hit
PEWEE 5 Tiny flycatcher?
EIRE 4 Ireland once
NAILS 5 Brads
TADS 4 Small boys
ETATS 5 French states
SNOWBIRDS 9 They flock to Florida in February
HOD 3 Coal scuttle
TIO 3 Barcelona uncle
ALA 3 Chicken/king connector
REDS 4 Cincinnati nine
TOPPER 6 Leo G. Carroll character
CARIBBEANCRUISE 15 A way to go hopping
EXEC 4 CEO or COO
ALLAH 5 Islamic god
CATS 4 Top Broadway hit
RENO 4 City on the Truckee
STEVE 5 An Allen
KNEE 4 PatellaĠs place
BRAN 4 Cereal ingredient
EASED 5 Assuaged
SORT 4 Ilk
JESTS 5 Banters
AMORE 5 FlorenceĠs love
MIDAS 5 He had a golden touch
BRAVA 5 Aria acclamation
SKELETON 8 RadiusĠs milieu
PELE 4 Former soccer great
AVERT 5 Ward off
RINSE 5 Washing machine cycle
ENACTS 6 Makes law
APSE 4 Church projection
VETCH 5 This may be bitter
OSAKA 5 Honshu port
WORST 5 Case for consideration
EMIL 4 Expressionist Nolde
HELP 4 Be a good Samaritan
SPAS 4 Health resorts
YETI 4 Abominable snowman
SEE 3 Understand
KIT 3 Baby beaver
IRA 3 SaverĠs device
SETH 4 He followed Cain and Abel
EIN 3 Drei less zwei
SLOT 4 Machine entry point
WAR 3 ChildĠs card game
EDD 3 Hall-of-Famer Roush
ESS 3 Highway curve
SWITCHED 8 Let there be light
SORB 4 Fruit of the rowan
BOOR 4 Bumpkin
DEBASE 6 Vitiate
ACERB 5 Sharp in taste
LAXER 5 More lenient
ARENA 5 Center of action
DELTA 5 Triangular alluvial deposit
SALES 5 Career choice
PUCKS 5 TheyĠre gathered by the goalie
PIANO 5 Type of bar
ESTER 5 Organic compound
RESET 5 Bowling alley button
ICON 4 Representation
NAVE 4 Wheel hub
TAMP 4 Pack down
BALMS 5 Ointments
OSLO 4 European capital
EPEE 4 Foil
ABOIL 5 Seething
REIN 4 Bridle strap
NODE 4 Leaf-to-stem joint
RECTO 5 Right-hand page
BENE 4 Nota ___
SLAPONTHEWRIST 14 Mild rebuke
ELL 3 Building wing
LASS 4 Miss
IOTA 4 Tiny bit
ROSIER 6 Less bleak
SST 3 Atl. flier
WHO 3 OwlĠs query
NODOFTHEHEAD 12 Approval
SWAT 4 Attack a fly
SEA 3 Bering or Salton
IDLE 4 Obey a stop sign
PATONTHEBACK 12 Praise
ANY 3 One or more
AHA 3 Triumphant cry
DOESNT 6 Refrains
PORE 4 Read attentively
ORDO 4 Church calendar
IOU 3 Chit letters
KICKINTHEPANTS 14 Prodding
TACT 4 DiplomatĠs forte
SETIN 5 Become established
LEIS 4 Fragrant necklaces
ALAE 4 Wings for Mercury
TREND 5 Vogue
AWOL 4 GI on the run
BELT 4 Smack
SORES 5 Sources of vexation
SYNE 4 Auld Lang ___
TENSER 6 Not as calm
APOLLO 6 Son of Zeus
MEDALS 6 Military decorations
PEEP 4 Nest noise
BARNARD 7 NYC college
ABETS 5 Helps with a heist
LOCHS 5 Ness and Lomond
MITE 4 Tiny bit
SLOWISH 7 On the poky side
ORBIT 5 PlutoĠs path
SEESAWED 8 Teetered
LINT 4 Fuzz
ONE 3 Ò___ if by land . . .Ó
OLEO 4 Bread spread
ROTE 4 Learning method
INTO 4 Rapt
STAB 4 Effort
HAL 3 Holbrook or March
ODE 3 Admiring poem
OSHA 4 Safety group: acron.
FEE 3 Professional charge
HIKE 4 Pull up
SPA 3 Fat farm
WAN 3 Pale
ATYPICAL 8 Out of the norm
NARK 4 DEA agent
THEISTS 7 Supreme being believers
ADDENDS 7 Numbers to be totaled
COOP 4 Poultry housing
SINEWY 6 Tough as meat
NOTION 6 Concept
TUSSLE 6 Roughhouse
OCTET 5 Singing group
OTTER 5 Web-footed mammal
RHINE 5 BonnĠs river
KALE 4 Leafy green vegetable
NERO 4 Roman emperor
ALAS 4 Word of woe
TAB 3 Bar bill
RAZE 4 Level
ERMA 4 Soul Sister Franklin from 1969
AGAPE 5 Brotherly love
OXEN 4 Draft animals
YUAN 4 Chinese dynasty
COPEN 5 Write together
MISSLEMON 9 M. PoirotĠs secretary
CAPRI 5 Augustus and Tiberius lived here
PST 3 WA and OR time
UFO 3 ETĠs vehicle?
SCULLED 7 Propelled by oars
BLUR 4 Smear
ISEE 4 ___ it all now
BACALL 6 Actress who said ÒYou know how to whistle donĠt you?Ó
LITERATE 8 Lettered
ACHES 5 They go with pains
PETER 5 BrittenĠs favorite tenor,
PETER 5 Eighty-six
YOUR 4 ItĠs ___ turn
PLAID 5 Black Watch or Glen Check
ANTE 4 CanĠt do it with a penny now
ORC 3 Mythical ogre
PEARS 5 See 34 Across
FRIAR 5 Laurence in Romeo and Juliet
UNKNOWNS 8 Like beginning actors
LUCENT 6 Shining
BASE 4 First second or third
FANS 4 Aficionados
TSETSES 7 Carriers of sleeping sickness
AUK 3 A great bird
DAB 3 A little one will do you
AERIE 5 Nest on a crest
HARRYLIME 9 The third man
MERVS 5 Griffin et al.
URGE 4 Exhort
ASIN 4 Softly ___ a Morning Sunrise
SKYES 5 Scottish terriers
NEON 4 Literary Rain Bible or Wilderness
CHEZ 4 With moi itĠs my place
ROMP 4 Sport
AXIS 4 WWII alliance
ZEST 4 Zip
ENS 3 Half the width of ems
EYEFUL 6 Attractive person
RUMOR 5 Scuttlebutt
MAO 3 Zedong
ANNS 4 Before Arbor and after Cape: pl.
ACCUSER 7 Namer of names
GOALER 6 Canadian hockey position
APPLEANNIE 10 1961 Bette Davis role
PERE 4 MereĠs mate
ENID 4 Bagnold or Starkie
LULLS 5 Placates
CITED 5 Stipulated
BAER 4 Max from Omaha
BAYOU 5 Ò. . . fun on the ___Ó
ACORN 5 Nut
CHUCKBERRY 10 Rock pioneer
LEARS 5 Norman Evelyn and Edward
ITIS 4 Pathological suffix
TITAN 5 Jet player before 1963
EXERT 5 Wield
PLAN 4 Blueprint
PEWEE 5 New World flycatcher
ARCS 4 Klieg lights
POSSESS 7 Bedevil
FUNKY 5 Like old-time blues with a beat
NATIVE 6 Indigenous
LAUREN 6 First name of 26 Across
FARGO 5 Coen brothersĠ 1996 film
TAMS 4 Renaissance berets theyĠve
TAMS 4 Aspire
SHUN 4 Skirt
DISH 4 Pan or rag preceder
AMIE 4 Actress Carey of Suburbia
BENZ 4 Mercedes follower
ARE 3 ___ there any more at home
ARE 3 La Dame du ___
SLAP 4 Sharp insult
ABOVE 5 On top of
FRET 4 Worry
HIGH 4 Lofty
LINEN 5 Sometimes itĠs dirty
LAME 4 Unsatisfactory
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
FOURSPADES 10 Game bid
MARE 4 Female horse
ASSAIL 6 Beset
ANT 3 Picnic pest
ABA 3 BankerĠs org.
GOURDS 6 PumpkinĠs kin
FIVEDIAMONDS 12 Game bid
IDA 3 Actress Lupino
MORAL 5 FableĠs lesson
SECTS 5 Religious factions
TOTO 4 1982 Grammy winner
NORSE 5 Scandinavians
SORE 4 Hurting
SLEPT 5 Caught some shuteye
SIEGE 5 Prolonged period
LIE 3 Prevaricate
THREENOTRUMP 12 Game bid
LASSIE 6 Movie dog
AIM 3 Goal
INC 3 Corporate ending
GREASE 6 Lubricate
ANNA 4 Held or Christie
FOURHEARTS 10 Game bid
LIEF 4 Readily
EDDA 4 Icelandic poetry
ASIAN 5 Far Eastern
TSAR 4 Russian despot
REST 4 Take a break
DEANE 5 Diplomat Silas
OTTO 4 Preminger
SHAM 4 Fraud
LIRA 4 Italian moola
AGGRAVATE 9 Make worse
PHOEBE 6 The moon
ALFA 4 ___-Romeo
BIOS 4 Short life stories
ONUS 4 Burden
VERA 4 Allen or Miles
ENSIGN 6 USNA graduate
FLA 3 GA neighbor
RADAR 5 Detection device
EMEND 5 Heavily edit
TESTS 5 Examinations
PLODS 5 Trudges
ADM 3 Navy VIP
USES 4 Employs
FITS 4 Meshes
IDOL 4 False god
ION 3 Charged atom
AROSE 5 Got up
MARIE 5 DonnyĠs sister
OLSEN 5 Merlin or Ole
COLUMNIST 9 Journalist of sorts
TRIM 4 Prune
SEEP 4 Ooze
OPTS 4 Chooses
EGO 3 Self-conceit
THIGH 5 Upper leg
ETA 3 Greek letter
REREAD 6 Scan again
RIALTO 6 Theatrical district
LIFER 5 Career soldier
ANODE 5 Positively charged electrode
SCUDS 5 Skitters
EASE 4 Facility
ARIA 4 DivaĠs song
STAN 4 Getz or Kenton
ESNE 4 Serf of yore
NEAT 4 Straight
AFRO 4 Hair style
RAT 3 Stoolie
SCAMP 5 Rapscallion
STAB 4 Attempt
MIRA 4 Sorvino of At First Sight
HAVER 5 June of Ġ40s musicals
HOSE 4 Stockings
ARAM 4 Faulkner title man
ATONE 5 Perform penance
OREL 4 Russian metropolis
DANA 4 Emmy winner Delany
WOW 3 Impress and then some
FROMAGEATOZ 11 All about cheese?
MEESE 5 ReaganĠs attorney general
ISMENE 6 AntigoneĠs sis
ASMARA 6 Eritrean capital
RAM 3 West Coast gridder
WHATSMYLINEAGE 14 AdopteeĠs query?
EONS 4 Ages and ages and . . .
EEL 3 Slithery swimmer
LOCO 4 Wacky
ROUGHAGESKETCH 14 Drawing of high-fiber foods?
NOS 3 Digits: abbr.
ANTHEM 6 Patriotic tune
OHIOAN 6 Buckeye
APNEA 5 Temporary breathing stop
BUMSTEERAGE 11 Shipboard accommodations for stowaways?
AMP 3 Elec. guitar attachment
EMIL 4 ___ and the Detectives
SLOP 4 Swine chow
CANOE 5 Paddle boat
LODI 4 New Jersey city
TIME 4 Luce founded it
ALATE 5 With wings
IRON 4 Dewrinkle
YEAR 4 Calendar contents
PETER 5 Gabriel of music
SHAW 4 Pygmalion playwright
CATO 4 Roman orator
AVOW 4 Claim
MEN 3 Bishop and pawn
PREFERS 7 Likes better
SHOOS 5 Gets rid of Puss
TORME 5 The Velvet Fog
ASEA 4 Sailing
BELGIAN 7 Waffle variety
MADAM 5 Polite palindromic address
IRATE 5 Up in arms
RANON 5 Rambled aimlessly
AMAZE 5 Stupefy
REAM 4 Clean a pipe
ESME 4 Salinger story girl
MATSU 5 Taiwanese island
AWE 3 Overwhelm
SHOR 4 Restaurateur Toots
MANO 4 ___ -War
RILE 4 Stir up
YEAS 4 Affirmative votes
LEG 3 Section of a journey
ALETA 5 Prince ValiantĠs lady
GOTH 4 Ancient German
ECCE 4 ___ homo!
OHM 3 Unit of resistance
GNAT 4 Minuscule pest
HONESTY 7 ScoutĠs hallmark
SANG 4 Warbled
KNEECAP 7 Patella
OBELI 5 Diacritical daggers
HUMOR 5 Patch Adams specialty
IMIDO 5 Certain organic compound
OSLIN 5 Singer K.T.
AROMA 5 Bouquet
PAPER 5 Paint alternative
ELIE 4 Nobelist Wiesel
ANAT 4 Premed course
MOTE 4 Dust speck
PEER 4 Juror in theory
ALE 3 Stout relative
SCAPA 5 ___ Flow
BOGS 4 Marshes
SAAR 4 European river
PANED 5 Like 40 Across
ALEC 4 Actor Baldwin
WNBA 4 Where Comets shine
INTER 5 Bury
TINA 4 Grammy winner Turner
ICUS 4 Where RNs work
TURKISHDELIGHT 14 Candy in cubes
ETA 3 Greek letter
ATE 3 Had 46 Down
RANSOMS 7 Pays for freedom
SELENE 6 Greek goddess
EARN 4 Make money
REM 3 Dream time
SILENT 6 Noiseless
BENE 4 Nota ___
RUSSIANROULETTE 15 Game of chance
ONCE 4 Formerly
DORMER 6 Attic opening
SPA 3 Sauna site
STOL 4 Mil. plane
BAMBOO 6 Panda fodder
SENATOR 7 Trier of fact in 1999
ORD 3 California fort
AMB 3 UN representative
ENGLISHSADDLES 14 Equestrian equipment
OLIO 4 Musical mixture
LEEK 4 Welsh emblem
ORALE 5 Papal veil
PENN 4 Actor Sean
ERMA 4 Humorist Bombeck
GATES 5 Openings
EDGY 4 Unquiet
TSAR 4 Former ruler
SWATS 5 Hits
SPITES 6 Annoys maliciously
CANUTE 6 Eleventh C. ruler
ANTRAL 6 Pertaining to a cavity
PEEK 4 Quick glance
ADRIANII 8 Ninth C. pope
BATHE 5 Swim
OLID 4 Foul smelling
GENERATOR 9 SurvivalistĠs machine
SCALAR 6 Mathematical quantity
SWIGS 5 Nautical tackles
ANCHORET 8 Recluse
ABUTMENT 8 Arch support
RAS 3 Ethiopian prince
STELA 5 Engraved pillar
INN 3 Resting place
SMEE 4 HookĠs henchman
ESSE 4 Being: L.
ENROL 5 Join
ENDORSERS 9 Supporters or signers
BERM 4 Ledge
ROSS 4 Diana or Marion
UNPEELED 8 Like fruit on the tree
SCANNING 8 Using a beam of light
UMBRA 5 Planetary shadow
LEADDOGS 8 Iditarod pacesetters
STL 3 NL cap monogram
TOILET 6 Loo
BALATA 6 Gutta-percha alternative
OMELET 6 Brunch item
OBSESS 6 Haunt
AGONY 5 Cause for contortions
OSKAR 5 Late actor Werner
HEMA 4 Prefix for tite or thermal
DRAW 4 Deflect a cricket ball
OPE 3 Poetic verb
FARM 4 Cultivate as land
DIEM 4 Carpe ___
SHEET 5 Word with cake or music
OLIO 4 Stew
INRI 4 Crucifix acronym
OUTGO 5 Expenses
GOAL 4 Objective
ALIS 4 Some Kuwaitis
INTER 5 ___ alia
PLASTICSURGERY 14 Talk show topic
SOON 4 Any time now
TREE 4 Hickory or larch
GLASSMENAGERIE 14 With The Tennessee Williams play
RARE 4 Like some coins
ITE 3 Manhattan ending
MAP 3 Tourist guide
AYES 4 Senate votes
ASSES 5 Crche animals
SEGO 4 Utah lily
BUN 3 Hair style
ATE 3 Corroded
PALL 4 Get old
PAPERAIRPLANES 14 Toy gliders
ALOT 4 ___ you know!
ORAN 4 The Plague setting
ALUMINUMSIDING 14 TelemarketerĠs pitch
WANED 5 Lost popularity
TOTE 4 ___ bag
ACRE 4 Building site
OVULE 5 Immature seed
ETES 4 Summers in Burgundy
RAIN 4 Kind of god
LAMAS 5 Monastery dwellers
SORT 4 Alphabetize
DADA 4 Tristan TsaraĠs term
FOG 3 Confused state
ALOP 4 Droopy
RIAL 4 Brazilian currency
MOLASSES 8 Kind of cookies
DIATOM 6 Microscopic algae
INLINE 6 ___ skates
ERIC 4 Musician Clapton
MISSTATE 8 Fudge
SOIREE 6 Party
HUNGER 6 Craving
ETTE 4 Feminine suffix
EGER 4 Elbe tributary
TORY 4 Labour opposition
SOS 3 Distress signal
URGES 5 Says go for it
GRAB 4 Get all you can get
LAYUP 5 Two-pointer
ARENA 5 GladiatorĠs stage
NISEI 5 Some first-generation Americans
IMEAN 5 To put it another way
EAGLE 5 Golf score
POLS 4 Party-goers?
AARON 5 Brother of Moses
STATUTES 8 Laws
SPANIARD 8 Quixote for one
PAMELA 6 Richardson novel
ELIDES 6 Drops gĠs
ROSTER 6 List
PRIEST 6 Mass celebrant
LAD 3 Groom
AWOL 4 Military acronym
LAVA 4 ___ lamp
UNUM 4 E pluribus ___
MOTO 4 Marquand detective
NCAA 4 Pac-10 overseer
GRID 4 Layout as a football field
ENA 3 BambiĠs aunt
SEIS 4 Hidalgo half-dozen
BALL 4 DebĠs dance
SLACK 5 ItĠs taken up during tightening
TACH 4 Dash instrument briefly
ONEA 4 Most eligible
HEIDI 5 The ___ Chronicles
ASIA 4 China setting
ADAM 4 First man
EFREM 5 StephanieĠs actor dad
LICKETYSPLIT 12 Rapidly
ELLEN 5 Actress Burstyn
SELFISH 7 Not at all generous
RYE 3 Sandwich selection
EBAN 4 Abba of Israel
BAIRNS 6 ScotĠs tots
IRISES 6 Plants with showy flowers
EMIT 4 Send out
INNOTHINGFLAT 13 Rapidly
SLUR 4 Disparage
ELATED 6 On cloud nine
RENEGE 6 Go back on oneĠs word
SPOT 4 Ad
OSS 3 CIA predecessor
ASSAULT 7 Onslaught
EARTH 5 Third rock from the sun
LIKEWILDFIRE 12 Rapidly
ACRID 5 Bitterly pungent
NADA 4 None to Juan
TOOK 4 Stole
DANTE 5 Divine Comedy poet
STEP 4 Dance component
ELKE 4 Actress Sommer
STAYS 5 Overnights
ETAS 4 TWA estimates
REEL 4 Projector attachment
STALER 6 Less fresh
EASILY 6 Without a hitch
ICICLE 6 Eaves dropper?
SHAKE 5 Informal deal clincher
BOAT 4 Gravy holder
ANDY 4 One of the singing Gibbs
LEAS 4 Grazing areas
LAMPS 5 Reading aids
SHEILA 6 1962 Tommy Roe hit
LEFTFIELD 9 The blue so to speak
AIR 3 Make public
CDE 3 B-F connection
KIM 3 Darby of True Grit
ENERO 5 Ao beginning
LEB 3 Isr. neighbor
IRMA 4 ___ la Douce
SNIT 4 Agitated condition
HST 3 President after FDR
BIT 3 Chomped
ASHE 4 Connors adversary
NEILS 5 Armstrong and Sedaka
INREALITY 9 Actually
SNAP 4 Flip out
ILES 4 Seine sites
NUNS 4 Sisters
GTO 3 Ġ60s Pontiac model
FETED 5 Honored as with a big party
SRA 3 Madrid Mrs.
GUIDES 6 Tour leaders
ELK 3 Wapiti
ORIOLE 6 1969 World Series competitor
STROKE 6 CoxswainĠs call
SHEKEL 6 Israeli monetary unit
TENSE 5 Past or present
AFTER 5 Not before
WATT 4 Interior Secretary under Reagan
IDEA 4 Concept
LAPS 4 Spots for tots
ADS 3 Program interruptions
CAT 3 Abyssinian for one
RNA 3 Genetic material
OCHRE 5 Yellow pigment
SCOP 4 Old English poet
MAD 3 Zany
CLOUT 5 Influence
ELATE 5 Delight
ORE 3 Metallic rock
COMMONSENSE 11 Mother wit
SEA 3 Vast expanse
USE 3 Utilize
NOSED 5 Pried
VITAL 5 Necessary
REPS 4 Sales pers.
DEVICES 7 Strategems
LAO 3 Asian people
NECESSITY 9 InventionĠs mother
ELANDS 6 Antelopes
SER 3 Sun. dissertation
URIS 4 Exodus author
DUNDEE 6 Scottish port
ELAINE 6 May for one
ANET 4 Dill
ROS 3 County in Ireland: abbr.
SENDER 6 Transmitter
MATRIARCH 9 Dignified woman
ACE 3 Score well on
ACCLAIM 7 Praise
ESSE 4 To be: L.
OKAPI 5 African ruminant
ARRAS 5 Wall hanging
CPL 3 Noncom
LID 3 Top
CONVENTHEAD 11 Mother Superior
ELI 3 Yale student
LADES 5 Takes on cargo
LANCE 5 Spear
OTT 3 Mel of baseball
EROS 4 Cupid
OTTER 5 Aquatic mammal
OCCUR 5 Happen
CLOSE 5 Intimate
HOMEPLANET 10 Mother Earth
RUM 3 Toddy base
ETON 4 British school
SLEEVES 7 Record protections
CANDICE 7 Actress Bergen
OTS 3 Mil. school
PEEVES 6 Grievances
MOST 4 Majority
AREA 4 Locale
DEAL 4 ItĠs often struck
ESSEN 5 Ruhr city
NOD 3 Acquiesce
ISSUANCE 8 Official publication
SANDTRAP 8 Golfing hazard
CERES 5 Goddess of agriculture
ODE 3 Lyric poem
IRIDESCENT 10 Mother-of-pearl
TINE 4 Prong
YSER 4 Belgian river
EDAM 4 Dutch cheese
LUNA 4 Moth type
SERAC 5 Glacial pinnacle
LEA 3 Meadow
ORLANDO 7 Florida amusement site
SCARVES 7 Fashion accessories
ICICLE 6 Eave adornment
HIRES 5 Employs
MAN 3 Supply with workers
SPACE 5 Elbow room
ELDER 5 Statesman qualifier
OLEO 4 Spread
KILT 4 Scottish garb
ADIT 4 Mine entrance
STLO 4 WWII town
OAR 3 Regatta equipment
HAT 3 Fedora
SAONE 5 Rhone feeder
LAPEL 5 Jacket feature
BOB 3 Fem. haircut
EPPIE 5 Ann Landers bio
ORATE 5 Take the dais
ERA 3 Geologic time
THECREWCUTS 11 Top 40 barbershop quartet?
WES 3 Unseld of NBA
OREOS 5 Cream cookies
PASSAGE 7 Enactment
ORE 3 Tram load
STORE 5 Outlet
EROS 4 Son of Venus
WIT 3 Dim ending
PERMANENT 9 Coiffure that will endure?
LST 3 WWII craft
ALAI 4 Jai follower
ARS 3 ___ gratia
MARCELMARCEAU 13 Coiffed pantomimist?
AAM 3 MilneĠs monogram
ALTO 4 Kind of horn
CRI 3 Dernier ___
WHIZBANGS 9 Topnotch coiffurists?
IBM 3 Computer giant briefly
RENO 4 Clinton Attorney General
AEONS 5 Eternities: var.
DAP 3 Cast fishline lightly
EXTRACT 7 Pull out
THORN 5 Prickler
TAE 3 Edison monogram
CURLTHEHAIR 11 Send shock waves?
CNN 3 Cable network for short
AROID 5 Calla lily for one
ANITA 5 Santa ___ Racetrack
HET 3 ___ up: excited
DENTS 5 Lasting impressions
NONET 5 Nine-liner
SET 3 Salon purchase
APHORISM 8 Terse saying
OPERETTA 8 Light musical
NICE 4 Genteel
EEROS 5 Architect Saarinen et al.
LOW 3 Gear setting
ARC 3 Curve
PAUPER 6 Poorman
ETTA 4 Henri follower
LESS 4 Not as much
BEWARE 6 Keep alert
OREGON 6 Roll-call state
BASEST 6 Most ignoble
EST 3 NY time
SENSE 5 Judgment
OWL 3 Night bird
OPAL 4 Black or harlequin
REIMAGE 7 Display data anew
MART 4 Shopping center
ARCO 4 Bow musical passage
ACAB 4 Hail ___
LEMA 4 Memorable golfer Tony
RAZOR 5 Barbering item
ALSO 4 Furthermore
ACIDRAIN 8 Harmful fall
URBANITE 8 Man-about-city
IMP 3 Troublemaker
WRETCH 6 Unhappy camper
HEXANE 6 Soluble fuel
INTENT 6 Purpose
NATRON 6 Means of NFL Chargers
NTH 3 Degree of sorts
SHEAN 5 Mister Galagher and Mister ___ : Follies song
ACAD 4 Part of USMA: abbr.
CURE 4 Remedy
OHNO 4 CommodoresĠ Top 40 hit
LIT 3 On as a lamp
TDS 3 Scores by 48 Down
RAT 3 Coiffure pad
ROSES 5 ValentineĠs Day gift
SAME 4 Ditto
SATE 4 Overfill
ONTAP 5 Available
ELAM 4 Jason of the Broncos
AMID 4 Between
PEETE 5 Calvin of the links
TIKI 4 Kon - ___
FEED 4 Oats e.g.
ERA 3 Chapter in history
COTTONCANDY 11 Amusement park treat
METRO 5 The first M in M-G-M
EAR 3 Listening device
SCORER 6 Home plate crosser
MANDIBLE 8 Jaw bone
ERROR 5 Misnomer
FORCE 5 The F in USAF
UAR 3 One-time Mideast alliance for short
NAGS 4 ___ Head NC
ALLIE 5 Jane Curtin role
EMMA 4 Mrs. Peel of The Avengers
OVA 3 Reproductive cells
SNEAD 5 Masters master
CAPES 5 Hatteras and Horn e.g.
RENTACAR 8 Airport offering
REVERE 6 Boston suburb
IRE 3 Bad temper
RULER 5 School tool
FERRISWHEEL 11 Amusement park ride
CUD 3 BossyĠs chew
ASIA 4 One of the Olympic rings
TAIL 4 PeacockĠs pride
INANE 5 Mindless
LAND 4 Get as a job
OLLA 4 Stewpot
SERIN 5 CanaryĠs cousin
LUKE 4 Bible book
RELY 4 Bank with on
TESTY 5 Cantankerous
ROPE 4 Macram material
ONER 4 Lollapalooza
STEAMORGAN 10 Amusement park instrument
EAT 3 Chow down
SPECTER 7 Haunted house feature
SETTO 5 Argument
ALIT 4 Came down to earth
MAKO 4 Denizen of the deep
EMINENCE 8 CardinalĠs title with Your
SAFARI 6 SurfinĠ __
AMEN 4 Billy GrahamĠs sign-off
TIED 4 Neck and neck
EDDY 4 Water whirl
ORR 3 1972 Stanley Cup MVP
CADE 4 Motor add-on
EROS 4 Greek Cupid
SENOR 5 Man of La Mancha
CRAVE 5 More than desire
MOLAR 5 Back tooth
ARID 4 Parched
BUMPERCARS 10 Amusement park attraction
LAMER 5 Less convincing as an excuse
ERASE 5 Use correction fluid
FLEA 4 Kind of collar
ANCESTOR 8 Kunta Kinte to Alex Haley e.g.
EAVE 4 Mansard extension
SARI 4 Calcutta clothing
CELLIST 7 Yo-Yo Ma e.g.
TIRADE 6 Angry outburst
RUE 3 Have second thoughts
RELAY 5 Pass on
FALL 4 Collapse
ESAU 4 IsaacĠs eldest
RINK 4 PittsburghĠs Civic Arena e.g.
WALE 4 Corduroy ridge
HILL 4 Mole chaser
UNIT 4 Textbook division
DENY 4 Turn down
NEE 3 Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham
HEAT 4 Track meet round
TASS 4 Russian news agency
DEBAR 5 Exclude
AERO 4 Dynamic beginning
HIKE 4 Go backpacking
ITALY 5 Country on the Adriatic
WREN 4 Small songbird
ODIN 4 Norse god
SALSA 5 Spicy dip
KINGSRANSOM 11 Riches
EON 3 Lengthy period
SEASON 6 Add herbs
ERATO 5 Poetry muse
LYRE 4 Strings for 25 Across
BLUFFS 6 Poker deceptions
TEMPO 5 Beat
ACTI 4 PlayĠs beginning
RHEA 4 Perlman of Cheers
IDEA 4 Concept
STOAT 5 Brown weasel
BALK 4 Refuse abruptly
PIGS 4 Gluttons
TELL 4 Blab
BOYLE 5 Gas law physicist
STATUE 6 Sculpture piece
ECHO 4 Reverberate
BANNS 5 Proposed marriage proclamations
AWARDS 6 Oscars or Emmys
GNU 3 African antelope
COOLMILLION 11 Riches
LOCAL 5 Express route alternative
YEAR 4 Date part
ELLA 4 Actress Raines
ANKLE 5 Low down joint
AVID 4 Eager
PEEK 4 Sneak a look
DESIS 5 Arnaz and son
SILO 4 Farm structure
HYDE 4 JekyllĠs alter ego
HAWKS 5 Warmongers
EERIE 5 Weird
ARENA 5 Bout site
TONGS 5 Grasping device
THORNY 6 Full of difficulty
AIDA 4 Verdi work
SKIN 4 Potato covering
SENSE 5 Meaning
DISMAL 6 Gloomy
ETA 3 Greek vowel
BALEOFHAY 9 Riches
ALSO 4 Likewise
RYAN 4 SpielbergĠs Private
SOLO 4 Go it alone
ORBIT 5 PlanetĠs path
TURBO 5 Start for jet or prop
RATE 4 Have importance
ECOLE 5 PierreĠs school
FELL 4 Toppled
SAKE 4 Japanese rice beverage
TIPS 4 Gratuities
EDIT 4 Prepare copy
MEGABUCKS 9 Riches
PASTA 5 Ziti for example
TALC 4 Baby powder
STENO 5 Office pool member
BOWL 4 Roll at the alley
UNCLES 6 Sam and Remus
HAIRDO 6 Coif
SOYAS 5 Tofu legumes
ALEPH 5 Hebrew alphabet start
RILEY 5 Life of ___ : carefree time
DOLED 5 Meted out
SNAKE 5 Boa
GLAD 4 Joyful
NONE 4 Zero
LEVI 4 Jeans maker Strauss
MAIL 4 KnightĠs suit
ALI 3 The Greatest
TROT 4 Jog
ICBM 4 Cruise missile e.g.: abbr.
HENS 4 Rooster mates
CRETE 5 Greek island
SHOO 4 Go away!
ASEA 4 On the briny
AUSTRALIANCRAWL 15 Swimming stroke
DETERRENT 9 Big stick is one
AMUSE 5 Titillate
RAG 3 Scold
ESME 4 Salinger character
CAP 3 Head cover
COTS 4 Barracks beds
INGEST 6 Consume
EXILE 5 Banish
REGS 4 Rules briefly
LAIR 4 Warren
LINUS 5 Peanuts character
ICE 3 Diamonds
BUGLE 5 Trumpet kin
EATS 4 Diner sign
BOHR 4 Danish physicist of note
RELAY 5 Kind of race
BLOTTO 6 Intoxicated
EMMA 4 Jane Austen novel
ESS 3 Curve
EPIC 4 Narrative poem
ONT 3 Can. province
ABODE 5 Domicile
SKINDIVER 9 Scuba gear user
JAPANESELANTERN 15 Decorative illumination
ALAN 4 Alda or Arkin
LURE 4 Enticement
ELLIS 5 Island near Manhattan
RILE 4 Make angry
MESS 4 Disorder
WEAK 4 Fragile
TRUE 4 Quiz choice
REST 4 Take a break
OTTER 5 Aquatic carnivore
TERRACES 8 Patios
ISLE 4 Wight or Man
CHINESECHECKERS 15 Popular board game
BOATS 5 Fishing vessels
MON 3 Calendar abbreviation
HARM 4 Cause injury
ESAU 4 JacobĠs twin
NEWS 4 Current events
SALE 4 Garage or fire
CAD 3 Scoundrel
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
CAEN 4 French seaport
MIS 3 Lead or led lead-in
CELEB 5 Star for short
AXIAL 5 Pivotal
PINTO 5 Kind of bean
TRIO 4 Small musical group
GLUE 4 Paste
EAGLE 5 Two under par
SILAS 5 Deane or Marner
TREYS 5 They beat deuces
LUST 4 Overwhelming desire
GERM 4 Microbe
BRANDNEW 8 Right off the assembly line
BOP 3 Jazz form
TEEN 4 Young adult
MONA 4 ___ Lisa
ISSUE 5 Question
TITLE 5 Name
AJAR 4 Slightly open
BALI 4 The Jewel of the East
OPAL 4 Girasol
DANE 4 Jutland countryman
ILES 4 Seine sights
VELA 4 Southern hemisphere constellation
ERIK 4 Estrada of CHiPS
RNS 3 Hosp. employees
ELM 3 Shade tree
PULE 4 Whimper
SLITS 5 Narrow openings
LAMP 4 Oil burner maybe
ANAT 4 Med. school course
HITUP 5 Ask as for a loan
AVER 4 Say with confidence
RICH 4 Well endowed?
AMANA 5 Big name in the kitchen
ZANY 4 Slapstick
SQUIRRELAWAY 12 Stash for the future
OUNCE 5 Prevention amount
SNUBBED 7 Ignored
NEA 3 TeachersĠ gp.
BASH 4 Lively affair
STORED 6 Put away
BELIED 6 Contradicted
NERD 4 Social misfit
WOLFBLITZER 11 Noted CNN reporter
ABRA 4 East of Eden role
SPREES 6 Indulgent periods
STERNS 6 Backs of junks
STAB 4 Pang
XES 3 Signs in a way
SUNDAES 7 Parlor treats
RIFLE 5 Ransack
WHALEOFATIME 12 Ball so to speak
JAVA 4 Island south of Borneo
DARLA 5 Hood of TVĠs Our Gang
CLOD 4 Blockhead
ARAL 4 Uzbekistan sea
OTTER 5 Aquatic mammal
HERE 4 In this place
MINK 4 Valuable fur
GEESE 5 Boobs
YSER 4 River to the North Sea
PARSON 6 Rector
UNIQUE 6 Unmatched
LACUNA 6 Gap as in a logical argument
ETHIC 5 Morality
SHAR 4 ___-pei
LIME 4 Rickey ingredient
ITAL 4 Stressed in a way: abbr.
TUNAS 5 Bluefin and yellowfin
SPAWNS 6 Gives rise to
LAZYBONES 9 Do-nothings
AVA 3 Gardner of On the Beach
MEN 3 Fellows
PRY 3 Use a crowbar
REBEL 5 Counterculturist
AUT 3 Prefix meaning self
BRER 4 Title in a kidsĠ story
EER 3 Mountain add-on
DDD 3 Letters on a CD
ALF 3 FranklinĠs 1936 opponent
SIBS 4 Bro and sis
HELPS 5 Assists
BOARDWALK 9 Its houses cost $200 each
DIRT 4 Grime
WREN 4 Small songbird
TEA 3 Black or green
ZEBRA 5 Striped beast
ASS 3 Biblical beast
BTU 3 Heat meas.
NAH 3 Turndown: sl.
SEADOG 6 Old salt
XFILES 6 Cases for Mulder and Scully
ELMORE 6 Get Shorty novelist Leonard
SEEDER 6 Planting apparatus
SLATE 5 List of candidates
ITCHY 5 Restless
ERTE 4 Art deco designer
OLES 4 Bullfight shouts
FARE 4 It buys you the right of passage
JAM 3 Spot
ARI 3 Exodus hero
VAN 3 Moving vehicle
AMPS 4 Electrical units
DABS 4 Small globs
LAYER 5 Torte tier
DORE 4 ___ mi fa . . .
ELIA 4 Director Kazan
AVERS 5 Alleges
OREG 4 Neighbor of Nev.
CARD 4 Ace or deuce
GIANT 5 Goliath e.g.
BACONANDEGGS 12 McKinleyĠs favorite entree
ELI 3 Yalie
INS 3 OutsĠ companions
NAOMI 5 WinonaĠs mom
PSST 4 Attention-getting sound
SPAR 4 Shadowbox
ANA 3 Literary olio
CCIII 5 CaesarĠs 203
SWORDFISH 9 ReaganĠs favorite entree
ORTS 4 Table scraps
TIS 3 ÒMy country ___ . . .Ó
ONEO 4 BasieĠs ___ ĠClock Jump
QUAILHASH 9 EisenhowerĠs favorite entree
PATTY 5 Hamburger e.g.
SET 3 Scheduled
IONS 4 Particles
SILO 4 Grain storehouse
LEANN 5 Singer Rimes
EAT 3 Gobble
PRO 3 Expert
BOILEDSALMON 12 RooseveltĠs favorite entree
ASSOC 5 Prof.Ġs rank
OLDS 4 Auto pioneer
EAST 4 The Orient
KEANU 5 Actor Reeves
OBIE 4 Off-Broadway prize
ASIA 4 JapanĠs locale
ASYET 5 To this point
NEED 4 Food for one
STEP 4 Staircase part
ADOBE 5 Sun-dried brick
MORAL 5 FableĠs teaching
PRECIPITATE 11 Bring on
SEGO 4 ___ lily
DECANT 6 Rebottle wine
ALANS 5 Bates and Alda
BIRD 4 Peacock e.g.
SADE 4 The Sweetest Taboo singer
LAGGARD 7 Dilatory one
AVISO 5 Dispatch boat
YEA 3 Affirmative vote
ERN 3 Sea eagle
RST 3 Queue after Q
NISI 4 Unless: law
GNAR 4 Growl
MAINTOPMAST 11 Part of a ship spar
INSET 5 Detail map e.g.
SISI 4 Spanish ayes?
SWISS 5 ___ chard
POSH 4 Ritzy
AHOY 4 HelmsmanĠs call
COQS 4 French roosters
CRUEL 5 Unkind
STAN 4 Laurel or Getz
FOAL 4 Colt
LINOCUT 7 Linoleum-block print
HONI 4 Start of Order of the Garter motto
PITA 4 Pocket bread
SASSED 6 Talked back
ABONE 5 Be ___ of contention
EDDIE 5 Van Halen
ROSIE 5 OĠDonnell of TV
ONTAP 5 In reserve
LOON 4 Crazy as a ___
ELBE 4 North Sea feeder
LEAS 4 Meadows
AKA 3 Alias initials
SES 3 French pronoun
SAY 3 ___ cheese!
SLAV 4 Ruthenian e.g.
ESTE 4 Italian arts patron
APHID 5 Plant insect
AARE 4 Swiss river
CHAT 4 Small talk
TRADE 5 Occupation
STIR 4 To-do
CORNFLOWER 10 Blue
SHAMBLE 7 Move awkwardly
ALASKAN 7 Nome resident
IRE 3 Wrath
USE 3 Function
OPALESCENT 10 Milky white
ASS 3 BalaamĠs beast
VALID 5 Legitimate
INEE 4 Arrow poison
ADIT 4 Mine entrance
ALTO 4 Choir member
SNOWS 5 Kilimanjaro weather
RIGA 4 Latvian capital
TEEN 4 Numerical suffix
ACLE 4 Ironwood
AGENT 5 Representative
ERR 3 Be human
CHARTREUSE 10 Green
ASH 3 Ember follower
INN 3 Caravansary
ONESTEP 7 Ragtime dance
EMOTERS 7 Weepers
HELIOTROPE 10 Purple
IDOL 4 Object of worship
MALAR 5 Cheek related
ODER 4 Baltic tributary
NINA 4 1492 vessel
SPANK 5 Inflict punishment
ADES 4 Fruit drinks
ETAT 4 State: Fr.
SASS 4 Talk back
LATH 4 Wood strip
ARIA 4 Opera staple
VERMILION 9 Red
ECCLES 6 OT book
SHOE 4 Pump
TAR 3 Sailor
ETNA 4 Sicilian landmark
ATLAS 5 Geographical aid
PROSE 5 Unmetrical language
HAWK 4 War advocate
IDEA 4 Concept
DERN 4 Bruce or Laura
FLUTES 6 Wind instruments
BRED 4 Engendered
OVATE 5 Egg-shaped
PALER 5 More ashen
ALTER 5 Redo
CINCH 5 Guarantee
ENOLA 5 ___ Gay
NEWER 5 More up to date
ADIEU 5 Farewell
SIGNS 5 Indications
STATE 5 Aver
ARGENTINE 9 Silver
SACHET 6 Aromatic powder packet
ARNO 4 Italian river
TIMERS 6 Stopwatches
ASIAN 5 Chinese e.g.
STORK 5 Wading bird
OHMS 4 Electrical units
NEAP 4 Wagon tongue
ELLA 4 Fitzgerald of song
PROA 4 Malay canoe
EPEE 4 Fencing foil
EDIT 4 Redact
RONA 4 Writer Barrett
SLAT 4 Bed support
ODD 3 Some numbers
BARBS 5 Stinging remarks
ADLIB 5 Impromptu
BOW 3 ViolinistĠs need
ORALE 5 Papal vestment
PIECE 5 Kind of work
ROO 3 Baby marsupial
BIZETBODIES 11 Gossips musically
AZO 3 Dye type
SLEETED 7 Rained ice
SLOSHED 7 Floundered
PLEAD 5 Entreat
ATOM 4 Mighty mite
IBSEN 5 NoraĠs creator
RIN 3 A third of a movie dog
TSAR 4 Peter or Paul
ERA 3 Historic chapter
RETARD 6 Hold back
TARO 4 Poi base
PACTS 5 Treaties
RIO 3 Cruise port briefly
GOWER 5 A Champion
ITHE 4 SpillaneĠs ___ Jury
TUNNEL 6 Holland or Lincoln
ANY 3 ÔÔHave you ___ wool?ĠĠ
CETA 4 Ġ73 Federal labor law: acron.
HEE 3 Haw lead-in
MANYA 5 ___ New Day : Oklahoma
ORAE 4 Old English money
DEANE 5 Patriot Silas
LEBANON 7 IsraelĠs neighbor
DICTATE 7 Lay down the law
INA 3 One-million center
GRIEGLETTER 11 Rho or eta musically?
MOC 3 Indian shoe for short
LENYA 5 WeillĠs wife
ALAND 5 ÔÔ___ flowing with milk and honeyĠĠ
ASH 3 Pulverized lava
EMEER 5 Moslem bigwig
TERSE 5 Succinct
BOBS 4 Hairdos
ARIL 4 Seed coat
RAZE 4 Level
BLEEPS 6 Censorship of a sort
SETTLERS 8 Pioneer group
APODA 5 Order of animals
DID 3 Accomplished
LEIS 4 Oahu garlands
ICELAND 7 AkureyriĠs locale
BESOT 5 Infatuate
BRAHMSAWAY 10 Air Force war cry musically?
OOZE 4 Seep
WOOD 4 Xylem
BEENE 5 Designer Geoffrey
SOTTO 5 ___ voce
DRAINED 7 Out of pep
IRATE 5 Piqued
BACHTOBACH 10 Adjacent musically?
IRON 4 Mashie for one
ARENA 5 Bout site
RORY 4 Actor Calhoun
EPIC 4 Monumental
TRUE 4 Quiz answer
TEARA 5 Ò. . . ___ passion to tattersÓ: Hamlet
GLANCEAT 8 Look
THEOREM 7 Axiom
EMAIL 5 Letter substitute
NETTLE 6 Provoke
ANGLE 5 Acute or obtuse
EDGAR 5 Mystery award
LIMA 4 Bean choice
ENOS 4 Slaughter
NINE 4 Team number
ATAR 4 Salieri opera
TENS 4 Change for a twenty
ERDE 4 MahlerĠs Das Lied von der ___
EYE 3 Hurricane center
CLAMP 5 Compression device
SOIL 4 Loam
GILA 4 Lizard
YAHOO 5 Boor
WALE 4 Cloth ridge
ROOM 4 Space
STOWTHEFLAGAWAY 15 Line one of theme
TEY 3 Brat Farrar author
HODS 4 Coal scuttles
EVANS 5 Shakespearean actor
WORE 4 Had on
SANE 4 Rational
UNTILANOTHERMAY 15 Line two
NOOSE 5 Lariat end
NEAT 4 Undiluted
ODE 3 PindarĠs forte
CITE 4 Issue a summons
MEETS 5 Athletic events
BOLA 4 GauchoĠs equipment
USE 3 Application
JUDO 4 Self-defense ploy
SARIS 5 Indian garbs
SYMBOLOFTHEDEBT 15 Line three
AHEM 4 Attention getter
ROVE 4 Wander
SWORN 5 Like some statements
SERE 4 Dry
ADD 3 Ritalin target: abbr.
WENEVERCANREPAY 15 Line four
AITS 4 Small islands
BOAT 4 Skiff e.g.
ARENA 5 Action center
TROT 4 Fox follower
BINS 4 Containers
LADEN 5 Weighted down
CYST 4 Bodily sac
LATE 4 Deceased
AHOY 4 Nautical cry
MOW 3 Barn area
POTHOLE 7 Road hazard
SWEDEN 6 NorwayĠs neighbor
OAFS 4 Louts
ILL 3 Under the weather
LEA 3 Pastureland
GRAVER 6 More serious
IOWA 4 Hawkeye State
LOAN 4 Monetary transaction
AMYS 4 Alcott and Irving
HORA 4 Israeli dance
GENET 5 French dramatist
WISE 4 Sagacious
STET 4 Printing directive
AHAS 4 Exultant cries
UNCUS 5 Hooked anatomical part
NOISY 5 Boisterous
TOTEM 5 Clan symbol
ONEOF 5 ___ Ours : Cather
MOORE 5 American poet
ADLIB 5 Off the cuff
YEAST 5 Leaven
MULE 4 Stubborn one
EDOM 4 Son of Isaac
BADE 4 Ordered
JOHNV 5 7th C. pope
SEVERAL 7 Quite a few
BAREST 6 Least
TREATS 6 Picks up the tab
HORN 4 Antler
SWAT 4 One kind of team
WEIR 4 Dam
ONTO 4 Atop
SCAN 4 Look over
APED 4 Parodied
DANE 4 Borge for one
DYAN 4 Actress Cannon
EBB 3 Recede
ROI 3 Louis XVI
ERA 3 Historical period
LOST 4 Misplaced
AMMO 4 ShooterĠs need
PARTS 5 RepairmanĠs inventory
OKIE 4 Depression-era migrant
LAOS 4 Asian nation
AWARE 5 Cognizant
SARABANDS 9 Spanish dances
SATAN 5 Old Harry
RAMIE 5 Natural fiber
STREWS 6 Scatters
ICE 3 SkaterĠs surface
MOLLYCODDLE 11 Pamper
MOMBASA 7 African city
EARS 4 Corn servings
AREA 4 Zone
ETNA 4 Alcohol burner
SAP 3 Sugar source
MARSHALLISLANDS 15 Northern Pacific republic
SLY 3 Sneaky
IBIS 4 Tropical bird
FALA 4 White House dog
SPUN 4 Made thread
FRACTAL 7 Geometrical structure
MONASTERIES 11 Religious residences
HIM 3 That man
AGENTS 6 Representatives
ELATE 5 Make happy
GRATE 5 Fireplace
PATRICIAN 9 Aristocratic
METER 5 Poetic rhythm
IDEE 4 ___ fixe
HOLY 4 Sacred
ASHES 5 Residue
NERD 4 Computer whiz perhaps
ONYX 4 Layered agate
LOS 3 Word before 5 Down
OKA 3 Volga feeder
SIR 3 Masculine title
TEAR 4 Rip
ALAMOS 6 Trees with soft wood
MANILA 6 Asian city
MODEL 5 Work on a runway
OSS 3 CIA forerunner
PASTORAL 8 Rustic
AWARDS 6 Oscar and Edgar
RATED 5 Evaluated
TRAWL 5 BoatĠs attachment
SENSE 5 Perceive
BAMA 4 Tuscaloosa sch.
SCANS 5 Determines 60 Across
IMAMS 5 Moslem priests
CORAL 5 Atoll material
EMERY 5 Granular corundum
YETI 4 Hairy creature
BAS 3 Roulette bet
ELS 3 Urban transport
SNATH 5 Scythe handle
ADLAI 5 IkeĠs opponent
PSALM 5 Sacred song
HIPSTERS 8 Beatniks
ABUTS 5 Ends at
LINE 4 Type of dance
AFC 3 SteelersĠ org.
SANTEE 6 South Carolina river
FILTER 6 Lens attachment
REARED 6 Brought up
ASTI 4 Wine region
MAGMA 5 Molten rock
OGRES 5 Monsters
NEATH 5 PoetĠs preposition
READE 5 English novelist
ECHO 4 Reverberate
PIN 3 Cotter or rolling
ION 3 Charged particle
ALY 3 ___ Khan
NYX 3 Greek goddess
DUMAS 5 The Black Tulip author
ARES 4 MarsĠ counterpart
USER 4 Computer operator
IRISH 5 Celtic
SAVE 4 Conserve
NERO 4 Roman despot
MIDNIGHTEXPRESS 15 1978 thriller
SIEPI 5 Italian basso
TRENTS 6 Senator LottĠs namesakes
RAGE 4 Craze
ROOF 4 Mansard for one
STE 3 Jeanne dĠArc for short
HINDENBURG 10 1975 disaster film with The
HARPO 5 A Marx brother
VAS 3 Anatomical duct
TOLE 4 Lacquered metal
ICILY 5 With hauteur
ILE 3 French land mass
AEDES 5 Poisonous mosquito
NICE 4 French resort
EAR 3 Musical aptitude
IDEAS 5 Conceptions
TAXIDRIVER 10 1975 De Niro film
ONE 3 Almost nothing
IDAS 4 Lupino and Tarbell
EXPT 4 Pro or ace: abbr.
KRUGER 6 South African statesman
ALUMS 5 Grads
YELLOWSUBMARINE 15 1968 animated feature
LAVA 4 What makes Hawaii grow
ILKA 4 TV panelist Chase
NITER 5 Explosives and fertilizer substance
ERAS 4 Time periods
NYET 4 Russian negative
ENTER 5 Become part of
DIM 3 Faint
URIS 4 Exodus author
MIDI 4 Southern France
ASNER 5 Mary Tyler MooreĠs boss
SHIPAHOY 8 1942 MGM musical
ASH 3 Hardwood
RAT 3 Deserter
EVE 3 Dusk
SEXTON 6 Church custodian
UNREFUTED 9 Not found erroneous
SEEN 4 Visible
ERST 4 Formerly once
ROSS 4 Antarctic explorer
GIGI 4 Leslie Caron role
PROB 4 Likely: abbr.
ENVIERS 7 Covetous ones
RESERVE 7 Coolness
SHIN 4 Leg section
TACIT 5 Understood
ERICA 5 Writer Jong
DALAI 5 ___ Lama
RODEO 5 Where cowboys shine
GLEAN 5 Gather
PLEXIGLAS 9 Transparent plastic
ESSE 4 Common Latin infinitive
AIRPLANE 8 1980 Paramount comedy
IDEO 4 Thought: prefix
DARWIN 6 Evolutionist
EXAM 4 School bugaboo
TURIN 5 City on the Po
KYLE 4 Race car driver Petty
REAR 4 Back
ULVA 4 Sea lettuce
MITT 4 CatcherĠs equipment
SNEE 4 Dagger
SLY 3 Cunning
UKE 3 Hawaiian instr.
BAT 3 Belfry resident
ERR 3 Stray
FOAL 4 Young equine
SOLED 5 Finished the brogues
ROAD 4 Start for a runner
ESTE 4 Italian noble family
UNITE 5 Join
ELLA 4 Scat singer
SLOT 4 Machine entry point
LEERS 5 Ogles
MIEN 4 Bearing
TOMMYTUNESTUNES 15 Some were heard on Broadway
EARP 4 OK corral combatant
EHS 3 Expressions of confusion
FRISKY 6 Playful
PARR 4 Catherine who married Henry
ASP 3 CleoĠs downfall
AONE 4 First-rate
TRITE 5 Banal
RIA 3 Spanish estuary
TIGERWOODSWOODS 15 They might be found in a golf bag
ELL 3 Building addition
EINES 5 Berlin billfold fillers
VALE 4 Valley coursed by a stream
SSE 3 El Paso-to-Mexico City dir.
GLIM 4 Candle: arch.
STEREO 6 Double hi-fi
TAD 3 Small boy
SAAR 4 German industrial region
PEARLBUCKSBUCKS 15 What she got for The Good Earth
ARMY 4 ArnieĠs followers
OLLAS 5 Earthernware pots
SELL 4 BullĠs command
TIES 4 Cravats
ANILE 5 Old-womanish
ELEA 4 XenophanesĠ birthplace
SENT 4 Transmitted
RAIDS 5 Forays
STEP 4 PetsĠ reversal
FEST 4 Gala
OSLO 4 Christiania today
ATOM 4 Mighty mite
LETMESEE 8 ChildĠs demand
SULTRY 6 Hot and humid
ONEUP 5 Outdo
LIEN 4 Legal claim
ETRE 4 To be in Toulon
DESSERTS 8 Tortes and tarts
REMUS 5 Fabled uncle
OLIN 4 Ken or Lena
ALEE 4 Not aweather
DANS 4 Blocker and Rather
YAK 3 Wild Asian ox
THREW 5 Made a pass
FATES 5 Destinies
ROILS 5 Irritates
INGLE 5 Fireplace
PROEM 5 Introduction
AIDS 4 Provides roadside service
AROAR 5 Like the pounding surf
SIDLE 5 Advance furtively
PASEO 5 Easy stroll
TONI 4 Singer Tenille
REGAL 5 Majestic
WILDBOAR 8 Hog ancestor
OVERUSES 8 Makes trite
SASSES 6 Talks back
TAB 3 Bar bill
TRYST 5 Rendezvous
SKALD 5 Medieval Scandinavian poet
PATS 4 Taps gently
ERIE 4 NY canal
AMEN 4 The last word?
ULNA 4 RadiusĠ neighbor
CLII 4 XIX times VIII
CELT 4 Prehistoric ax
KLEE 4 Twittering Machine artist
SLAP 4 Shot by Gretsky
MODEM 5 Computer/telephone transmitter
CLAP 4 Show approval
HOST 4 Synonym of 16 Across
EBONY 5 Heavy wood or its color
HALE 4 Golfer Irwin
ARMY 4 Synonym of 10 Across
LORDSTANLEYSCUP 15 Trophy awarded every June
DEM 3 Neither Republican nor Ind.
TAPE 4 Package sealer
ROTATE 6 Turn
NILE 4 CairoĠs river
JAKE 4 Barnes in The Sun Also Rises
NCAACOLLEGE 11 With 42 Across annual June event in Omaha
LIP 3 Rim
OLDMAN 6 Actor Gary
ALE 3 Barley brew
BANE 4 Cause of ruin
MODEL 5 Runway worker
CPL 3 Mil. rank
PENAL 5 Code or colony
AVES 4 Birds
MOE 3 Skier Tommy
ARRANT 6 Notorious
RED 3 Primary color
WORLDSERIES 11 See 25 Across
DANK 4 Unpleasantly wet
ETTA 4 Singer James
SAFEST 6 Most secure
INRE 4 Memo words
CSA 3 Fed. set up in 1861
NBACHAMPIONSHIP 15 Title bestowed every June
ALTO 4 Choir member
NASA 4 Pathfinder org.
SEIZE 5 Grasp
PEAR 4 Juicy fruit
AXEL 4 SkaterĠs jump
ENTER 5 Go in
MELD 4 Pinochle score
OBOE 4 Woodwind
DORM 4 Campus housing for short
END 3 Tight or dead
MYSTICAL 8 Spiritually important
CHAPEL 6 Where some marry
LANE 4 Walkway
ALL 3 The whole enchilada
PEERAGE 7 Nobles
HASTE 5 What some marry in
ORCA 4 Killer whale
SMUT 4 Plant problem
TYPE 4 Use a word processor
TALON 5 Part of a lock
YOKE 4 Part of a dress
NAMES 5 Cher and Madonna e.g.
JELL 4 Take definite form
NOMAR 5 1997 AL Rookie of the Year Garciaparra
CLOVE 5 Baked ham insert
ADDED 5 Summed
LAPEL 5 Part of a jacket
LANAI 5 Hawaiian island
INANE 5 Mindless
PELTS 5 FurrierĠs material
BERRA 5 Hall-of-Famer Yogi
CORK 4 Bottle insert
PRETENSE 8 Sham
MONTANA 7 Home of Lewis and Clark National Forest
ASTRO 5 Houston athlete
WASH 4 Do laundry
DENIAL 6 Negation
DECOR 5 Furniture draperies etc.
SNAP 4 Hand off a football
ABLE 4 Talented
FATA 4 ___ Morgana
IPSE 4 ___ dixit
CHIT 4 Voucher
SIZE 4 Capacity
APER 4 Mimic
MAX 3 Hall-of-Famer Carey
SEN 3 Japanese coin
SPELL 5 Trance
SAM 3 Playwright Shepard
SCOFF 5 Mock
ALTAI 5 Mongolian mountains
PGA 3 David DuvalĠs org.
HALLE 5 Actress Berry
PATOBRIEN 9 Boys Town actor
ARIES 5 Sign of the Ram
STA 3 B&O stop
RENE 4 Russo of Outbreak
BLENDS 6 Mixes up
DANA 4 Comedian Bill
MALE 4 Adam was the first one
CARROLLOCONNOR 14 Archie Bunker portrayer
FUNNY 5 ___ Girl
AVOW 4 Declare
ORO 3 El DoradoĠs treasure
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
EBSEN 5 Buddy of The Beverly Hillbillies
STAB 4 Attempt
NIL 3 Zip
ELIS 4 Boola-boola boys
SAILS 5 Leaves port
GEORGIAOKEEFFE 14 New Mexico painter
EGOS 4 Freudian topics
ABLE 4 Ready and willing companion
SLIGHT 6 Snub
ARAL 4 Inland sea
STE 3 Sault ___ Marie
EERIE 5 Weird
RYANONEAL 9 Barry Lyndon star
ANIMA 5 Jungian self
YET 3 Not ___!
FEELS 5 Senses
NOSED 5 Snooped around
ESE 3 Wind dir.
FENCE 5 Recipient of stolen property
SAPS 4 Dupes
PLAT 4 Survey map
ETTA 4 Jazz singer James
LAO 3 Mekong River Buddhist
LIBRARY 7 Source of information
SPINAL 6 This Is ___ Tap
AGEE 4 Night of the Hunter author
MAN 3 British isle
SHALLOW 7 Superficial
CAREEN 6 Swerve about
OLIN 4 Musicologist Downes
FLED 4 Took off
FESS 4 Parker of Daniel Boone
RENO 4 Las Vegas competition
BACON 5 Part of a BLT
DRNO 4 James Bond adventure
MOVE 4 Chess maneuver
CURIE 5 Chemist Marie
ANGLO 5 ___-Saxon
LASSO 5 Riata
NOTIF 5 ___ I can help it!
ORALE 5 Papal cape
ROBS 4 Rips off
FANG 4 Werewolf weapon
ELIOT 5 Ash Wednesday poet
BIAS 4 Voltage: elect.
SAFE 4 UmpireĠs call
EGGHEAD 7 Highbrow
SELLOFF 7 Dump stocks
REGIME 6 Administration
KARATE 6 Jujitsu cousin
EBAN 4 Abba ___
SEAN 4 Actor Penn
LENO 4 Two over Paar?
IRIS 4 Fleur-de-lis
AYES 4 Parliamentary votes
SEEN 4 Spotted
TALC 4 Baby powder
ELSE 4 Besides
RYE 3 The Catcher in the ___
NEE 3 By birth
CRAB 4 Fiddler for one
AHAS 4 Epiphanic cries
ABELE 5 White poplar
HELL 4 High waterĠs partner
SOFT 4 Opposite of 16 Across
RIGID 5 Unbending
OBIE 4 Theatrical award
KNEE 4 Patch place
CLARE 5 See 23 Across
WATERFOWL 9 Swimming birds
ALDEN 5 Colonial suitor John
POOR 4 With 19 Across convent dweller
EDDY 4 Turning point?
ASA 3 Naked-jaybird connection
ERRS 4 Blows it
REJECT 6 Send back
GOLFS 5 Uses a driver
OISE 4 River into the Seine
OMAR 4 General under Dwight
LATI 4 Sol-do bridge
ALLOW 5 Sit still for
EASE 4 Good life
EVER 4 Starter for glades and green
ALOU 4 1994 NL Manager of the Year
SLITS 5 Dress features
TERSER 6 More breviloquent
STLO 4 Manche capital
LES 3 ___ Miz
TAPE 4 VCR insertion
HEAT 4 Preliminary race
SLANT 5 Italics have it
SUPERBOWL 9 Annual January event
CANOE 5 Bark boat
THOR 4 Red-bearded god
OPIE 4 Aunt BeeĠs charge
ASTER 5 Fall-blooming flower
ERLE 4 PerryĠs progenitor
NANA 4 Peter Pan dog
NEELY 5 1992 Pulitzer author Mark
EYED 4 Used binoculars
ELON 4 North Carolina college
CHOW 4 ___ mein
REBA 4 C&W singer McEntire
ALIT 4 De-bused e.g.
BLEEP 5 Sign of censorship
ASKFOR 6 Request
HONORROLL 9 DeanĠs list
AFEW 4 ___ Good Men
STELE 5 Inscribed pillar
ARCADE 6 Roofed-in gallery
BILLYJOEL 9 Uptown Girl singer
EGAD 4 Holy Toledo!
LIRE 4 Parmesan bread
EDEN 4 AdamĠs arboretum
ROES 4 Some deer
DREW 4 Comic Carey
AGLET 5 LaceĠs end
SOAVE 5 White table wine
ALTER 5 Do tailoring
SILOS 5 Countryside cylinders
EMAIL 5 Terminal correspondence
CASTE 5 Worker bee in a way
TRESS 5 Haircut discard
FIRSTNOEL 9 Yuletide song with The
SOUTHPOLE 9 AmundsenĠs quest
AARP 4 Over-50 org.
SOAR 4 What hopes may do
EATERY 6 Cafeteria for one
LEERED 6 Gave the glad eye
ESTEE 5 Lauder of makeup fame
TBONE 5 Steakhouse order
SCAN 4 Read bar codes
LASE 4 Emit coherent light
ANTE 4 Chip in chips
UHRY 4 Driving Miss Daisy playwright
OPAL 4 Fiery gemstone
WINO 4 Lush
LEAN 4 Show partiality
CLOT 4 Phlebitis problem
SLOB 4 Oscar Madison e.g.
HELLS 5 ___ bells!
HIVE 4 DroneĠs home
PEKE 4 Little lapdog affectionately
AVAIL 5 To no ___
EDEN 4 AdamĠs arboretum
HARE 4 Fast one
RALLY 5 Make a comeback
FOREVERANDADAY 14 Eternally
TERN 4 Sea swallow
ESE 3 Lansing-to-Detroit dir.
SAP 3 Fall guy
RESORTS 7 Vacation destinations
BED 3 Seed extension
AMASS 5 Stockpile
PIE 3 Symbol of simplicity
ERSE 4 Highland tongue
LICKANDAPROMISE 15 In a slipshod way
ANTI 4 The A in ABM
OIL 3 Watercolor alternative
LUNAR 5 Moonlike
DOS 3 Computer acronym
CRASHED 7 Came uninvited
EYE 3 Size up
GYM 3 Campus building
EXEC 4 Bill Gates e.g.: abbr.
WINGANDAPRAYER 14 In a precarious way with on a
AARON 5 TennisĠ Krickstein
CEDE 4 Yield
POPE 4 Bishop of Rome
PRIME 5 Meat grade
AMOR 4 Love Spanish style
ERIE 4 AshtabulaĠs waterfront
RESET 5 Bowling button
AINT 4 ___ We Got Fun?
DECK 4 Set of cards
CHEF 4 Burt Wolf e.g.
LIDO 4 ___ Shuffle
OVER 4 Walkie-talkie word
TENET 5 Palindromic principle
SPHERE 6 Basketball e.g.
LEARNS 6 Is tipped off
OKRA 4 Creole vegetable
BEEN 4 Existed
HARASS 6 Pick on
EVADE 5 Avoid capture
LALA 4 Song syllables
LILY 4 Type of pad
SLY 3 Underhanded
VERSA 5 Vice ___
DETER 5 Frighten off
SALAD 5 Tuna for one
AMINO 5 Essential acid
PACTS 5 Covenants
OPALS 5 Fiery gems
RIP 3 Kind of cord
BRINE 5 Pickle juice
ESSAY 5 Homework assignment
DEERE 5 Plow pioneer
SKI 3 Hit the slopes
EMU 3 Down under bird
NORMA 5 Actress Shearer
DIA 3 Durango day
OLDER 5 More mature hopefully
CYGNET 6 The Ugly Duckling e.g.
HEADON 6 Kind of collision
EXPERT 6 Pro
GNOME 5 Grimm character
CAPED 5 The ___ Crusader
WARE 4 Word with hard or soft
IRIS 4 Spring flower
NCAA 4 Rose Bowl letters
DEMI 4 Actress Moore
YORE 4 Yesteryear
EPIC 4 Monumental
REEK 4 Smell strongly
APR 3 Credit card letters
SHAG 4 Chase flies
BLOCS 5 Purposeful groups
SARA 4 Poet Teasdale
TOLL 4 Car payment
ADORN 5 Bedizen or bedeck
AVER 4 Declare
PUTONESFOOTDOWN 15 Stand firm
SEVER 5 Cut off
CRO 3 ___ -Magnon
WOE 3 Trouble
BERET 5 ArtistĠs cap
SQUEAKERS 9 Close games
AMES 4 Singing brothers
FLUS 4 They may give you chills
ADDS 4 Puts in
GAG 3 Silence
ALAI 4 Jai ___
ISH 3 Exit: Scots Law
NOTGIVEANINCH 13 Stand firm
REP 3 Demo presenter
TMAN 4 IRS employee
HAD 3 IĠve been ___!
TRIO 4 Chamber group
NEON 4 One of the noble gases
LOPE 4 Easy gait
HANDIWORK 9 Characteristic quality
PEPPY 5 Vigorous
ETC 3 List ender
NAB 3 Apprehend
DANSE 5 Saint-Sans ___ Macabre
STICKTOONESGUNS 15 Stand firm
ILSA 4 RickĠs love
EDDIE 5 WWI aviator Rickenbacker
TEES 4 Sports shop items
SEED 4 Plant starter
RYDER 5 GolfĠs ___ Cup
HYDE 4 StevensonĠs maniacal Mister
STP 3 The RacerĠs Edge?
HOUSEMAN 8 The Paper Chase Oscar winner
ALTEREGO 8 Clark Kent for one
GLOVES 6 Kid ___
BAER 4 Max
LDS 3 MormonsĠ gp.
OOF 3 Pained exclamation
CROCUS 6 Spring bloomer
SNORE 5 Sleep sound
SAD 3 Down in the dumps
AVOWED 6 Declared
REWORD 6 Edit in a way
ARNESS 6 Gunsmoke actor
NET 3 Bottom line
TOA 3 Ode opening possibly
BAG 3 Carryall
SLAV 4 Serb or Croat
QUIETER 7 More peaceful
KAHN 4 Comedienne Madeline
FLIP 4 Diving board maneuver
AGE 3 Mature
INAN 4 ___ instant
SIN 3 First mistake?
TROD 4 Walked on
AMOK 4 One way to run
CHOPSUEY 8 Chinese-style concoction
HAPPENED 8 Went down so to speak
DEY 3 L.A. Law actress
THESIS 6 Graduate degree requirement perhaps
RATTLE 6 Disconcert
INCISE 6 Cut into
NOBODY 6 StarĠs opposite
LENGTH 6 Linear dimension
INK 3 SquidĠs defense mechanism
WATER 5 DinerĠs request
PAS 3 ___ de deux
DEER 4 Roadside grazer
CAD 3 Blackguard
ODD 3 Strange
NIE 3 Never in Nuremberg
SSE 3 Cleveland-to-Wheeling dir.
TEAR 4 Droplet
PLATTE 6 Nebraska river
EDA 3 Author Le Shan
ANNE 4 British princess
EASIER 6 Less demanding
VAN 3 Moving vehicle
JOYCEKILMER 11 Trees poet
ERG 3 Unit of work
YIN 3 YangĠs partner
MAPLES 6 Bowling pin trees
MARINES 7 Armed service members
TRYST 5 Secret meeting
TALONS 6 EaglesĠ claws
PINION 6 Shackle
HYING 5 Hurrying
TABAC 5 French cigarette filler
WET 3 Damp
ABCS 4 Rudiments
RANIN 5 Arrested
CASE 4 Perry Mason enigma
WEE 3 Miniscule
VAPID 5 Flavorless
MOUSE 5 Computer adjunct
CRIMES 6 Arson and murder
REAGAN 6 40th president
SWOON 5 Faint
HEALTHY 7 Physically well
ERODES 6 Becomes worn
ACE 3 Hole in one
TIP 3 Pointer
GENETIERNEY 11 Laura film star
UTE 3 Colorado tribe
ARISEN 6 Ascended
ANTE 4 Chip in chips
PER 3 ___ diem
REBORE 6 Drill through again
TEAS 4 Hyson and bohea
TAJ 3 Mahal preceder
ENO 3 Composer Brian ___
ANY 3 Some
REC 3 Kind of room: sl.
PEKINS 6 Large ducks
LAINE 5 Songstress Cleo
ASL 3 US sign lang.
TIM 3 Actor Daly
TEEM 4 Rain pitchforks
ERRATIC 7 Irregular
EVELYNWAUGH 11 The Loved One author
DARES 5 Ventures
ANGST 5 Gloomy anxiety
EYING 5 Giving the once-over
PRO 3 Expert
MAYBE 5 Perhaps
ALICECOOPER 11 SchoolĠs Out singer
RONS 4 Silver and Howard
SPANISH 7 Romance language
THAW 4 Melt
IBID 4 Footnote abbreviation
NAN 3 A Bobbsey twin
TAPE 4 Record
ESSAY 5 Composition
TEEN 4 High-schooler
RAM 3 Shove forcibly
COAT 4 Chesterfield e.g.
VINEGAR 7 Salad dressing ingredient
MELEE 5 Riot
ROD 3 Divining ___
RACINE 6 Wisconsin city
SETUP 5 Plan of action
WRITE 5 Jot with down
EATER 5 Jack Horner e.g.
SERE 4 Withered
NIB 3 BirdĠs beak
ESO 3 Inner: prefix
RAT 3 Hair piece
NNE 3 Northerly dir.
ETA 3 Greek H
YES 3 You bet!
MUSH 4 Porridge
SALEM 5 West Coast capital
ADAM 4 Rocker Ant
ASEA 4 Ocean-borne
ELITE 5 Upper crust
VETO 4 Annul
YETI 4 Himalayan mystery creature
RIGHT 5 Errorless
ECRU 4 Beige
FEATHERBRAIN 12 Dolt
SPRANG 6 Stemmed
TREE 4 Orchard unit
LAD 3 LassieĠs man
ALE 3 Porter relative
ELIA 4 Lamb to readers
SRO 3 Smasheroo BĠway letters
MATE 4 Partner in a way
INS 3 Electees
RACED 5 Entered the Iditarod
BIRDSOFAFEATHER 15 Common-interest group
ANODE 5 Battery pole
FAS 3 Scale syllables
SORE 4 Taking umbrage
ARF 3 Comment from a kennel
ETCH 4 Delineate
MIA 3 Ex of Andr
ALL 3 Bag and baggage
IRMA 4 ___ la Douce
HEAPED 6 Put in stacks
FOURFEATHERS 12 Beau Bridges television movie with The
TIRE 4 Tax
NOHOW 5 Some wayĠs antonym
SAGA 4 Account
ERIN 4 YeatsĠ land
CREPE 5 Suzette or myrtle leader
AXEL 4 Icy feat?
REDO 4 Freshen up
HIRED 5 Brought in
YELP 4 See 47 Across
MAY 3 Writer/comic Elaine
USE 3 Application
SET 3 Clique
HAIFA 5 Port of Israel
SERAGLIO 8 Harem
ALIT 4 Chanced with upon
LIGHTASAFEATHER 15 Hardly hefty
ETHER 5 Firmament
METRES 6 Gallic yards
AVER 4 Maintain
DECAL 5 Transferable image
ATRIA 5 Central patios
MOUND 5 Hillock
ENE 3 Nashville-to-DC vector
BERRA 5 Quotable ex-Yankee
SAMBA 5 Dipping dance
PLAIN 5 Homespun
RETRO 5 Rocket starter
INF 3 Part of USIA
OATS 4 Cookie grain
EDDA 4 Norse literary classic
CHOMP 5 Attack dentally
EERIE 5 Eldritch
DREAD 5 Recoil from
SERIF 5 Letter line
FAT 3 Falstaffian
ESCHEWED 8 Gave wide berth to
FRENCH 6 Kind of cuff
HER 3 Take ___ SheĠs Mine
AFTER 5 Behind
LOIRE 5 Bay of Biscay feeder
LURID 5 Like much pulp fiction
MAORI 5 Native New Zealander
ASSAY 5 Examination
RENO 4 Cabinet Janet
HOPE 4 Pie in the sky
AXE 3 Hewer
GEL 3 Dentifrice option
ALP 3 European peak
CHIN 4 Wag the jaw
SMALL 5 Word before 75 Across
CHAT 4 Converse
LALA 4 Tra-___
RODEO 5 Ranch skills contest
RAZE 4 Demolish
AHEM 4 Psst relative
ODDER 5 Weirder
ANTA 4 Pier
WAXED 5 Beautified the floor
ERSE 4 Gaelic
FOES 4 Enemies
POISE 5 Grace
NOTICE 6 Observe
PSALMS 6 Biblical book
SPAR 4 Box
IOWA 4 The Hawkeye State
LESE 4 ___ majeste
ENORM 5 Huge of yore
CHATTER 7 Jabber
PALAVER 7 Parley
TOYER 5 Dabbler
OPES 4 Uncloses: poet.
NENE 4 Hawaii state bird
USSR 4 Russia formerly
HOTROD 6 Specially-built speedster
WICKET 6 Croquet thruway
ASYOU 5 ___ Like It
ARON 4 Elvis ___ Presley
ESTH 4 Lett neighbor
OCTET 5 Group of eight
CERO 4 Mackerel-like sport fish
ELTON 5 Entertainer John
KAMA 4 Volga tributary
KNEW 4 Had learned
DELVE 5 Dig into
ERIN 4 Emerald Isle
YARN 4 Spin tales
SWEET 5 Same definition as 5 Across
TALK 4 Vocalization
CLAW 4 Talon
HAHA 4 Guffaw
ILEX 4 Holly
NAMEPLATE 9 Identification plaque
SRO 3 All seats filled: abbr.
MODES 5 Styles
ADDRESS 7 Speak to
LEES 4 Dregs
LORENA 6 Romance author McCourtney
CRAFT 5 Skill
HANOI 5 Vietnam capital
AZTEC 5 Montezuma for one
TEASE 5 Backcomb hair
DOM 3 Entertainer ___ Deluise
ISLE 4 37 Down is one
OREL 4 Oka River city
PICT 4 Photo: abbr.
SOHO 4 Lower Manhattan district
AWAY 4 Go ___!
PEPE 4 Guitarist ___ Romero
EROS 4 Cupid
NANTUCKET 9 Whaler home port
OVER 4 Same definition as 30 Down
RENO 4 Las Vegas rival
MRED 4 Vocal TV equine
TRUE 4 Actual
ASHY 4 Gray
PRATTLE 7 Babble
STEEDS 6 Fine horses
OOO 3 Tick-tack-toe feat
WACKY 5 Daffy
IRENA 5 Cookbook author Chalmers
CORER 5 Apple processor
KNOWN 5 Identified
SHOVE 5 Thrust
SLEW 4 Veer: var.
TARA 4 GWTW plantation
EMIL 4 Biographer ___ Ludwig
TANK 4 Artificial pool
NET 3 Tennis must
ZEAL 4 Fervor
CADRE 5 Close team
DAMS 4 Aswan and Kariba
ALMA 4 Soprano Gluck
HARES 5 Jackrabbits
ALIT 4 Landed
PIED 4 Splotchy
ERIES 5 Members of an Ohio native people
ROTO 4 Sunday paper part of old
SANDPEOPLE 10 They attacked Luke
THEN 4 Once upon a time
ERNS 4 Sea eagles
OHARE 5 WorldĠs busiest airport
CLONES 6 Produces an exact copy
MERV 4 A Griffin
LETUP 5 Moderate
CHEWBACCA 9 HanĠs Wookie companion
ADIT 4 Mine entrace
BOONE 5 Pat or Debby
DRAB 4 Brown color
MACEWINDU 9 Jedi master
MEESE 5 Former AG
GATE 4 Track take
SOREST 6 Most irritated
ALOUD 5 Verbally
CATO 4 Pompey supporter
TURN 4 Type of coat?
QUIGONJINN 10 Obi-Wan KenobiĠs mentor
IGOR 4 Composer Stravinsky
UNTIL 5 Prior to
ALEE 4 Not aweather
LENA 4 Siberian river
ADELE 5 Ms. Astaire
MIST 4 GorillaĠs milieu?
TROY 4 Detroit suburb
DOSES 5 Apothecary measures
BESS 4 First lady 1945-53
ZAPS 4 Dispatches the fly
ELIA 4 Lamb
AMEN 4 The last word?
LADD 4 Cheryl or Alan
CHEERS 6 Famed Boston bar
AARON 5 MosesĠ brother
DRIPS 5 PlumbersĠ problems?
REEL 4 VirginiaĠs dance
ESSE 4 Latin being
DARTHVADER 10 Anakin as an adult
ALOHA 5 Island farewell
MITER 5 Liturgical headdress
STONE 5 Variety of crab
PEEP 4 Coop call
ORB 3 Night sky sight
CLAM 4 Quahog
LEDA 4 Queen of Sparta
OTIC 4 Aural
NUTEGUNRAY 10 He led the invasion of Naboo
MENU 4 Bill of fare
EWE 3 Cote denizen
CONE 4 Ice cream holder
HOD 3 Coal scuttle
CREE 4 Algonquian language
CASS 4 Comedienne Peggy
ABET 4 Fence the loot
BIT 3 Jot
WAD 3 Billfold filler
MOON 4 See 24 Down
STOLES 6 Wraps
ATILT 5 Like PisaĠs tower
LUGER 5 Olympic racer of a sort
ORONO 5 Maine college town
CITES 5 Uses for authority
AGILE 5 Nimble
QUAD 4 University feature
UNDO 4 Important PC command
JAMB 4 Door part
ILIE 4 Nastase of tennis
NESS 4 Headland
NETS 4 New Jersey five
TAR 3 Kind of pit
FALSE 5 Test answer
HERS 4 Guest towel word
OLES 4 RicardoĠs rah-rahs
ORION 5 Heavenly hunter
AMAT 4 One of a Latin trio
RICH 4 Well-heeled
LEANS 5 Sags
NOTE 4 Be aware of
ROLLAROUNDTHE 13 With 49 Across circle Big Ben on blades?
SLEEPY 6 Semi-comatose
REE 3 Female ruff
EEL 3 Moray
TEARS 5 Benders
OKA 3 OrelĠs river
PARRY 5 Deflect a sabre
EAT 3 Bolt down
ADA 3 Oklahoma city
EAR 3 Talent for tones
THEHARDROLLCAFE 15 Eatery known for its stale pastry?
AMI 3 French friend
ARM 3 Branch
HAL 3 FalstaffĠs friend
DERMA 5 Skin: prefix
ETA 3 Sched. guess
CLOCK 5 See 20 Across
ERE 3 Before to bards
TAN 3 Ecru to you
FAIRTO 6 ___ middlinĠ
ROCKINGSTONES 13 With The display gems during an earthquake?
IDEA 4 Inspiration
NITER 5 Chilean export
NEIL 4 Simon
DENY 4 Repudiate
ANENT 5 Concerning
SODA 4 Kind of jerk
ESTE 4 This: Sp.
SENSE 5 Feel
FAX 3 Send in a way
TOR 3 Craggy peak
ALI 3 The Greatest
RECREATE 8 Pursue a hobby e.g.
FOLLY 5 SewardĠs ___
AREA 4 Zone
LIAR 4 Jim Carey film role
SONORA 6 State of Mexico
ENSUE 5 Follow
HAND 4 Applause
EMOTER 6 Actor at times
RATHER 6 Quite
STEELY 6 Hard cold or grey
SHOER 5 Smithy at times
LPS 3 CD predecessors
NEPAL 5 TibetĠs neighbor
STET 4 Cancel a dele
LEAH 4 Wife of Jacob
ODD 3 Eccentric
KARAT 5 GoldsmithĠs unit
ARC 3 Shot put path
ARI 3 JackieĠs man
ELM 3 It may be slippery
HAM 3 See 10 Down
AMATI 5 Cremona craftsman
ORA 3 . . . man ___ mouse?
AHORSEOF 8 ___ another color
FACT 4 Datum
ELKO 4 Nevada city
DERIDE 6 Disparage
ERODES 6 Wears down
RECENT 6 Modern
ENGINE 6 Turbine
CAN 3 Axe: sl.
LIENS 5 Property claims
ANNAS 5 Magnani et al.
FORTE 5 Strength
KAYE 4 Comic Danny
STEN 4 TommyĠs tommygun
TENS 4 Scale leaders
IDA 3 Lupino
LAX 3 Derelict
DABS 4 Applies makeup lightly
CLAMP 5 Gripping device
IMOK 4 Happy post-accident statement
HULA 4 Dance for Leilani
HIRER 5 Personnel director often
MIRO 4 Muralist Joan
ADAR 4 Sixth Jewish month
ANAGE 5 ÔÔHe was not of ___ but for all time!ĠĠ: Jonson
PCBS 4 Some industrial pollutants: abbr.
BIZARREBAZAAR 13 Strange fundraiser?
ITE 3 Suburban trailer
ETAS 4 Hellenic Hs
FLOWN 5 Disappeared
TBAR 4 Leg up for skiers
ATTACHE 7 Slim case
ALFIE 5 1966 movie or song hit
ABA 3 LawyersĠ org.
HIM 3 Not her
SURPLUSSURPLICE 15 Extra ecclesiastical vestment?
ICI 3 Here to Ren
REP 3 Training unit
ALPHA 5 A as in Athens
ARCADIA 7 Suburb of Los Angeles
BAUD 4 Unit of data transmission
NEALE 5 Novelist Zora ___ Hurston
SUBS 4 Undersea prowlers
ATA 3 One-time link
SLIGHTSLEIGHT 13 Minor deception?
GASP 4 Shocked response
AERIE 5 Home on high
FREE 4 Word after duty and scot
USER 4 AOL addict
PLIES 5 Ballet movements
FETA 4 GoatĠs milk product
THEO 4 KojakĠs first name
SMART 5 Quick-thinking
YEAR 4 Wine list datum
DHABI 5 See 29 Down
AUDIT 5 Thorough check
BLAZE 5 Fire engine destination
SARA 4 Gilbert of Roseanne
CHARTA 6 Magna ___
LINEAR 6 One-dimensional
ARABS 5 Graceful steeds
MEGA 4 Phone intro
PREZ 4 Hail to the Chief chief briefly
IMPALA 6 African ranger
MICROCHIP 9 Silicon Valley device
ORB 3 Spinner in space
KOS 3 TysonĠs specialties
REBEL 5 Nonconformist
AFT 3 Direction for Drake
WHICH 5 Every ___ Way But Loose
NEMEA 5 Site of HerculesĠ first labor
TIP 3 Reward for waiting
ABU 3 With 1 Down United Arab Emirates capital
TAR 3 Defile
ASIAN 5 From Korea
LUCRE 5 Filthy money
FRICASSEE 9 Stewed-meat dish
ASP 3 Deadly biter
URI 3 That feller Geller
SEA 3 Overwhelming amount
PAUSE 5 Exercise button
LLD 3 Deg. for 34 Across
ALLPRO 6 Best of the best
DEI 3 ___ gratia
BUSIER 6 Less free
ABLEST 6 Most practiced
STRIA 5 Narrow furrow
AGREE 5 Think alike
THETA 5 Eighth in a series
ATEAR 5 On ___: hitting well
GAPS 4 Disparities
HELM 4 ShipĠs tiller
IFFY 4 Dubious
GUT 3 Source of feeling maybe
ASH 3 Eruption fallout
BLAB 4 Tattletale
BETH 4 Feminine nickname
STRAP 5 Chin or boot follower
AERO 4 Relating to aircraft
PLEA 4 Kind of bargain
POISE 5 Put into readiness
SPEAKEASY 9 Talk with a low-key bartender?
REMIT 5 Send
SENTA 5 ___ message
PTS 3 Eight to a gal.
IDEAS 5 Brainstorms
ORA 3 Mouths: L.
LAS 3 ___ Vegas
TON 3 Vogue
SINELANGUAGE 12 What the math teacher uses for communication?
ATTEND 6 Look after
ACE 3 Half a blackjack
BILL 4 Cap visor
MARNE 5 It flows into the Seine
STK 3 The S in NYSE
MODEM 5 Signal converter
ANAS 4 Collections of anecdotes
ITE 3 One who is: suffix
BIASES 6 Prejudices
HAVEANAXCENT 12 What distinguishes lumberjacksĠ speech?
SKI 3 Water or snow runner
LET 3 Allow
USA 3 Can. neighbor
GRAFT 5 Implant tissue
RHO 3 17th Greek letter
EASEL 5 Supporter of art
RECUR 5 Happen again
WITHDRAWL 9 How the southern banker talks?
OPERA 5 Verdi creation
ASHE 4 1968 MenĠs US Open tennis champ
AGEE 4 1958 Pulitzer Prize winner for letters
GODLY 5 Divine
YSER 4 Belgian river
BERN 4 Swiss capital
BASSO 5 Low deep voice
LEPER 5 Person shunned
ARENA 5 Sports setting
BOAT 4 Gravy holder
BPE 3 Wash. DC money maker
ELAPSE 6 Slip away as time
TEST 4 Examination
HAYSTACK 8 NeedleĠs hideout
SPRING 6 Mattress coil
TOED 4 Angled a nail
RIME 4 Frost
ASIA 4 Laos or Lebanon locale
PETS 4 TeachersĠ favorites
KALINE 6 Tiger in the Baseball Hall of Fame
AND 3 Noun connector
ONE 3 WeĠre number ___!
SENSE 5 Taste or smell
LATEX 5 Synthetic rubber
UBOAT 5 German sub
AIDS 4 Support devices
GLEE 4 Merriment
ELMS 4 Large shade trees
AMAH 4 Chinese nurse
TANA 4 Source of the Blue Nile
TRAV 4 Kind of agt. or bureau
STAIRWAY 8 Steps taken to get higher
MINTED 6 Worked for pennies?
INK 3 Red or India
BEE 3 Spelling contest
ASTRAY 6 Misdirected
CLOTHE 6 Add apparel
USAGE 5 Manner of treating
SEWER 5 Waste conduit
ALLEN 5 Steve or Gracie
GROG 4 Alcoholic drink
REPO 4 Sometimes offered for resale
ACED 4 Made a hole in one
FURL 4 Roll tightly
HISS 4 Disapproval sound
ARAB 4 Native of Riyadh
HER 3 Feminine pronoun
ASTER 5 Composite plant family member
SHAD 4 Food fish
CBER 4 Trucker at times
PARMA 5 The Charterhouse of ___
TUNE 4 Song
ORNE 4 Sarah ___ Jewett
AROID 5 Wake-robin for one
AMES 4 Iowa State site
VETO 4 Presidential option
CAULIFLOWEREAR 14 PugilistĠs souvenir
ENT 3 Tolkien creature
ODER 4 European river
RANKED 6 Seeded but not sown
AMI 3 French friend
STY 3 HogsĠ home
NCO 3 Sgt. e.g.
PEAJACKETS 10 SailorsĠ garb
NEON 4 Element discovered in 1898
ALLAN 5 Edgar ___ Poe
ORE 3 Mine output
HECTO 5 Prefix for gram or liter
SEER 4 Oracle
CORNHUSKER 10 Nebraska athlete
TCU 3 Western Athletic Conf. school
OAK 3 Place for 35 Down
ANT 3 Formicary resident
ATTEND 6 Go to
MELT 4 Feel the heat
DAD 3 Parent
RICEUNIVERSITY 14 Institution renamed in 1960
FOAL 4 Equine offspring
CALI 4 Latin American city
ELATE 5 Make happy
EDNA 4 Best woman
ETAL 4 List ending
SONAR 5 Underwater device
ZEST 4 Gusto
IONS 4 Certain particles
STARS 5 Pentacles
APACE 5 Fast
SARAN 5 Thermoplastic resin
TROUT 5 Alternative to 12 Down
EMIL 4 Actor Jannings
RADIOMAN 8 Technician or operator
STALE 5 Old
HUMOR 5 Comedy
ANEW 4 Once more
DESERTS 7 Mojave and Gobi
COVEN 5 WomenĠs group?
BREAKNECK 9 Too fast
ENTRECOTE 9 Beef course
REO 3 ___ Speedwagon
FDIC 4 Protection org.
RAY 3 Skate
DONOR 5 Fund raiserĠs target
AJAR 4 Not closed
STEN 4 Weapon
PASTA 5 Food of many shapes
ELECTRODE 9 Battery part
ALEUTIANS 9 KanagaĠs chain
KOOK 4 Weirdo
ERR 3 Make a mistake
NEST 4 Structure in 43 Across
HUNTRESS 8 Epithet for 49 Down
CADUCEI 7 Professional symbols
HALE 4 In good shape
ONE 3 I
ECLAT 5 Fame
MILAN 5 Site of a famous cathedral
EVILS 5 Causes of suffering
DIANA 5 ArtemisĠ Roman counterpart
ATTAR 5 Rose product
DYERS 5 Textile workers
NATO 4 Defense grp.
SLOT 4 Designated place
FEZ 3 Cap
SHAH 4 Former Iranian ruler
MAST 4 Sprit
APSE 4 Church alcove
ABLY 4 With competence
MISER 5 Scrooge for one
MINX 4 Pert female
COLDTURKEY 10 Abrupt withdrawal?
PEEP 4 Bird sound
RED 3 Vermilion
SMOG 4 Inclement weather
CEO 3 Head honcho: abbr.
ATTACH 6 Make a connection
UNSERS 6 Racetrack relatives
PRO 3 Expert
HOTPOTATO 9 Tricky business deal?
POUR 4 Decant
LOUT 4 Oaf
WEFTS 5 Cross threads
LUGE 4 Sled
ETTAS 5 Singer James and others
ECRU 4 Light beige
ETHAN 5 Frome or Allen
EURO 4 Wallaroo
LAUD 4 Praise
CREAMPUFF 9 Used car perhaps?
KEA 3 New Zealand parrot
CHOSEN 6 Selected
TAVERN 6 Inn
REO 3 Vintage car
DODO 4 Extinct bird
IRE 3 Wrath
ELKE 4 Actress Sommer
REDHERRING 10 Misleading clue?
ELIA 4 Kazan
ALIAS 5 Assumed name
BLUE 4 Forlorn
PEER 4 Equal
KENT 4 American painter
SETT 4 Paving stone
SAC 3 American Indian
HBO 3 Cable channel
ALL 3 Sum total
HYDRA 5 Water serpent
MIR 3 Russian space station
ASKS 4 Inquires
SEEM 4 Appear
TRYOUT 6 Test performance
AMP 3 Electrical unit
PIECEOFCAKE 11 Cinch?
SNEER 5 Contemptuous look
EXPOS 5 Large public shows briefly
MUDHOLE 7 Road hazard
TECH 4 Scient. school
GNAW 4 Chew on
APPLE 5 Macintosh e.g.
TROUT 5 Freshwater fish
TOUGHCOOKIE 11 Stubborn individual?
STEEL 5 Guitar type
TOTEM 5 Clan emblem
PUTUP 5 Construct
OTARU 5 Japanese city
REARS 5 Raises
TRUER 5 More authentic
SUDAN 5 Region of Africa
SOFTIES 7 Sentimentalists
NEED 4 Requirement
ANORAK 6 Parka
FARR 4 Klinger of M*A*S*H
CREEP 5 Move stealthily
HELLE 5 Girl of Greek myth
VERBS 5 Parts of speech
DELE 4 Take out
ODIN 4 Norse god
EAR 3 Something to lend
HAT 3 Fedora
ILE 3 Seine landmass
NUT 3 Enthusiast
GET 3 Acquire
MAKER 5 God to some
SEAT 4 You can take it or leave it
DIAL 4 ___ M for Murder
IRENE 5 Forsyte Saga heroine
ETTU 4 ÔÔ___ Brute!ĠĠ
ENNA 4 Resort in Sicily
DEADCENTER 10 Smack dab in the middle
AVID 4 Enthusiastic
ANT 3 Barbecue buttinsky
ILSA 4 RickĠs love in Casablanca
NICELY 6 In a pleasing way
SAS 3 Stockholm flier
PIE 3 Blueberry or cherry
AARON 5 He finished with 755
DEADOFWINTER 12 A cold December night?
ANDES 5 Machu Picchu location
MAAS 4 Author of The Valachi Papers
IRE 3 Pique
CAIN 4 The bad brother
SCARY 5 Like a haunted house
BOIL 4 Heat up
EMS 3 German spa
SHUN 4 Avoid
SUNNY 5 Cheerful
DEADTORIGHTS 12 Red-handed
GHOUL 5 Hobgoblin
RUR 3 CapekĠs futuristic play
MAT 3 Pin cushion?
SPRAWL 6 Urban growth
GAGA 4 Infatuated
ARI 3 Exodus hero
LEER 4 Snidely Whiplash look
DEADENDJOB 10 No chance to advance
ITEM 4 Bit of gossip
ERIE 4 Sandusky lake
GOOSE 5 Gaggle member
MESA 4 Western Colorado feature
RAND 4 Atlas Shrugged writer
EGRET 5 Heron
MIDAS 5 Man with a golden touch
ARENA 5 SeattleĠs Key
KEATS 5 Hyperion poet
END 3 Final word
RECIPES 7 Julia uses them
SENSED 6 Felt
ETTA 4 Jazz singer James
ATE 3 Dined
TURNAWAY 8 Deflect
DEACON 6 Church leader
INVENTION 9 Computer e.g.
ANIL 4 Blue dye
LADY 4 My Fair ___
ELIA 4 On the Waterfront director Kazan
IRIS 4 Fleur-de-lis
AFAR 4 From a distance
DEN 3 Where Daniel met the lions
OMANI 5 Muscat resident
ERIN 4 Land of Molly Bloom
RELY 4 Depend
ACED 4 Scored 100 on an exam
NAME 4 ___ That Tune
DISAGREES 9 DoesnĠt go along with
SHOULDER 8 Place to cry?
CURL 4 Body builder rep
BUS 3 Commuter ride
STOW 4 Arrange aboard
STRANGE 7 1967 Doors hit People Are ___
DHARMA 6 Teachings of Buddha
GRADED 6 Left a mark?
HUGE 4 Gigantic
MAJOR 5 CaptainĠs superior
AROSE 5 Got up
TIBET 5 Home of the Dalai Lama
SLIM 4 Meager
PETE 4 Tennis star Sampras
GAIN 4 No pain no ___!
ERA 3 Paleozoic or Mesozoic
DOG 3 ManĠs best friend?
SATYR 5 Sylvan deity
SPAT 4 Squabble
JUDO 4 Bruce Lee forte
AGREE 5 Concur
POPE 4 The Rape of the Lock author
OVER 4 Done with
SHALT 5 Commandment word
OPEN 4 Undone
LENA 4 Musical Horne
HAPPYHOURS 10 Tavern enticements
LAST 4 Ultimate
PALL 4 Lose effectiveness
ELYSEE 6 Champs in Paris
FLUMES 6 Water chutes
ADDER 5 Abacus often
ROTE 4 Learning method
TORI 4 Aaron SpellingĠs daughter
AORTA 5 Main artery
AWARDED 7 Bestowed
RIDGIER 7 Less smooth
NEHRU 5 Type of jacket
OUTS 4 Inning enders
EPEE 4 Fencing piece
YEARN 5 Pine
SHREDS 6 Tatters
CRAWLS 6 Moves slowly
AGUE 4 Chills and fever
HIFI 4 Audio system
SMILEYFACE 10 Upbeat icon
AVID 4 Eager
AIDA 4 Verdi masterpiece
DOLOR 5 Anguish
TARO 4 Poi base
ICED 4 Cooled down
ARENA 5 Forum
SLEW 4 Did in a dragon
LADE 4 Put on cargo
YESES 5 Affirmative responses
SASH 4 Bathrobe tie
AGHA 4 Eastern potentate
TRAP 4 Entangle
YELP 4 Cry of discomfort
RETYPE 6 Edit follow-up
SPOOL 5 Thread bearer
POPULAR 7 Well-known
APER 4 Copycat
TENSED 6 Prepared to spring
JOLLYROGER 10 Pirate pennant
UVEAS 5 Iris parts
DENSE 5 Not too bright
ORATE 5 Mount the soap box
HASTE 5 Waste cause
LEAD 4 Vanguard
FRAN 4 OllieĠs pal
LOWE 4 Rob in WayneĠs World
UTAH 4 Jazz home
MERRYWIDOW 10 Lehar waltzer
DIRT 4 Poor descriptive
ODOR 4 Nose alert
RIPE 4 Mature
TEED 4 ___ off: irked
ARES 4 Greek war god
DUEL 4 Hamilton-Burr contest
ISSUE 5 Put forth
UNAIDED 7 Solo
ASSAIL 6 Strike at
HEYDAY 6 Time of greatest prosperity
CHATS 5 Chews the fat
RIVAL 5 Equal
AFIRE 5 Blazing
GLADE 5 Forest clearing
MICA 4 Isinglass
FORE 4 Links warning
ALES 4 Brewed beverages
CONE 4 Dunce cap shape
ERAS 4 Periods
HERA 4 Wife of Zeus
PRIM 4 Straight-laced
SPEAR 5 PoseidonĠs prop
AWOL 4 Desertion letters
EIRE 4 Land of the leprechauns
TETRA 5 Aquarium fish
SETA 4 Caterpillar hair
SCAN 4 Read rapidly
ACTON 5 Take steps
PROMETHEUSBOUND 15 Aeschylus play
OGLE 4 Wolfish look
ELS 3 Trains to the Loop
CAB 3 Car for hire
RESPADE 7 Prepare to plant again
ODD 3 ___ man out
OBESE 5 On the heavy side
ACE 3 Crackerjack
ALOE 4 Burn balm
MIGHTYAPHRODITE 15 1995 Woody Allen film
EDIE 4 What Am I singer Brickell
OVA 3 Gametes
NEVER 5 When hell freezes over!
TEN 3 Sawbuck
SKEWERS 7 Shishkebab rods
ESE 3 Computer add-on
GNU 3 Serengeti sight
LEEK 4 Vicchyssoise ingredient
ANDROMEDASTRAIN 15 Michael Crichton novel
CORER 5 ChefĠs tool
YETI 4 Hairy Himalayan?
ISLE 4 Maui e.g.
IRATE 5 Fit to be tied
REED 4 Cattail e.g.
LILA 4 Wallace of ReaderĠs Digest
DAMES 5 Women of distinction
ERSE 4 Highland tongue
LAST 4 Kind of call
HASP 4 Diary lock
EWER 4 Antique store item
ROTO 4 ___ -tiller
ALAMO 5 Texas shrine with the
PESTLE 6 MortarĠs go-with
RICHES 6 Wealth
IRAE 4 Dies ___
MENU 4 Remote button
STABLE 6 Belmont building
PECOS 5 CarlsbadĠs river
ETTU 4 You too to Caesar
ARON 4 Graceland middle name
RAND 4 Atlas Shrugged author
EGRET 5 Gulf Coast creature
SEDER 5 Ceremonial meal
COMET 5 Hale-Bopp e.g.
ABIDE 5 Put up with
BEGIN 5 Kick off
PAPAW 5 Custard apple
ACH 3 ___ du lieber!
OLIVE 5 Healthy oil
DOTES 5 Mollycoddles with on
DEERE 5 Plow pioneer
SHE 3 Thelma or Louise e.g.
ADE 3 Orange punch
YOKUM 5 Dogpatch name
AVE 3 Ancient greeting
ONSET 5 Get-go
SNORES 6 Saws wood
ELATES 6 Puts on cloud nine
RESIDE 6 Put down roots
GRETE 5 Marathoner Waitz
KRILL 5 NarwhalĠs nosh
ACID 4 Battery fluid
NORA 4 MyrnaĠs role in The Thin Man
DRAM 4 1/8 ounce
EYRE 4 Bronte heroine
DEER 4 Apple yard feeders
ASIA 4 ItĠs on the map
ILLS 4 Problems
NEAT 4 Like Felix Unger
SPEC 4 On ___: at risk
BAR 3 Side or cross
PAUSE 5 Hesitate
MOTH 4 Clothes pest
ACE 3 Pack card
ABZUG 5 Mod hatter Bella
OUTOFTHEFRYING 14 With 27 Across from bad to worse
GRAPE 5 Soda favorite
ELLIS 5 Island in New York Bay
ITO 3 How was ___ know?
ASS 3 Donkey
HET 3 ___ up: indignant
PANINTOTHEFIRE 14 See 16 Across
POM 3 Small dog
DOOR 4 Entry
SACRA 5 Rota Romana ___
ELIE 4 Nobelist Wiesel
ROAST 5 Honor goodnaturedly
TKOS 4 Ali stat
ALGER 5 Rags-to-riches author
CLAN 4 Group with a common ancester
ORE 3 Mine find
COOKEDTHEBOOKS 14 Duped the stockholders
HIS 3 Hers other
MAR 3 Deface
DUMP 4 Munitions place
OBIE 4 Emmy cousin
AERIE 5 High nide
HARDBOILEDNESS 14 Dispassionate quality
ORIEL 5 Picture window
RAW 3 Disagreeably damp
TEMP 4 Fill-in
GABLE 5 House feature
EYE 3 Red or dead
OKEY 4 ___-doke: all right
SMOG 4 Weather word
POUR 4 Rain down
ETTA 4 Singer James
CHOPIN 6 Minute Waltz composer
BAT 3 Hit
ACHE 4 Throb
REEL 4 Spool
PARISH 6 Kind of priest
ABYSSES 7 Infinite depths
UZI 3 Gun
SUN 3 Weather word
EGG 3 Head start?
FETID 5 Noisome
FLAT 4 Off key
ONOR 4 ___ about: of dates
HICKOK 6 Wild Bill
ERRORS 6 Bloopers
TEASE 5 Pick on
POLLOI 6 Hoi ___
AMIGOS 6 Friends: Sp.
TOO 3 Also
ORACH 5 Spinachy plant
FAT 3 Food component
PEACH 5 Swell person: sl.
EEK 3 Mouse shout
SLED 4 KaneĠs Rosebud
TABU 4 Forbidden
REMODEL 7 Make over
NOMAD 5 Wanderer
DABBLE 6 Splash
TRIO 4 Kingston group
OPENTO 6 ___ the public
EIRE 4 ErinĠs homeland
REEK 4 Fume
ISME 4 Woe ___
ESPY 4 Catch sight of
HOG 3 Monopolize
ARA 3 HeĠs a Parseghian
RIB 3 AdamĠs cage
LAY 3 ___ of the land
EWE 3 ShepherdĠs charge
MINIS 5 Seen at a fashion show
MAMA 4 Member of a Ġ60s singing group
PACT 4 Successful negotiation outcome
ARECA 5 Tropical palm
ORAN 4 Algerian port
ERIE 4 PA port
RAGED 5 Emulated one bull
GENT 4 Gallant briefly
AGAR 4 Culture medium
ITEM 4 News piece
SUNLITROOM 10 A good place for reading
NEVERPLAYCAT 12 Start of quote by columnist Don Addis
NER 3 SaulĠs grandfather
GRAND 5 10 Cs
HAM 3 JapethĠs sibling
NOUGAT 6 Crunchy confection
EPEE 4 FencerĠs foil
ANDMOUSEGAMESIF 15 More of Addis quote
LILA 4 Lee in 1922 Blood and Sand
TERESA 6 1979 Nobel prize winning Mother
ELY 3 English cathedral town
FLIRT 5 Coquette
MAC 3 London rainwear briefly
YOUAREAMOUSE 12 End of quote
FILTERDOWN 10 Supply side economic theory
ONUS 4 Travail
OMOO 4 Early Melville novel
GOBI 4 Mongolia/China desert
ALIAS 5 Wanted sign entry
RAND 4 Atlas Shrugged author
ERIN 4 Actress Gray
STOVE 5 Hot spot
AMID 4 In the center of
DENG 4 Former Chinese leader
HONES 5 Sharpens
MARIN 5 CA county
IRATE 5 Steaming
NEGEV 5 Region of Southern Israel
ICEMEN 6 Early air conditioners?
SAD 3 Type of sack
MOGUL 5 Lion of Tinsel Town
ARENA 5 Spectacle milieu
MANLY 5 Virile
ANTIC 5 End of gig
PEARTREE 8 Place for a partridge
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
CIAO 4 Florence farewell
TERM 4 Insurance alternative
SPROUT 6 Burgeon
TAG 3 ChildĠs game
RENO 4 City on the Truckee
APSE 4 Church recess
NEIL 4 Oft-requested Diamond
DEFY 4 Challenge the system
HALF 4 Fair share frequently
ANIL 4 Blue dye
MDLI 4 DXVII x III
USE 3 Take unfair advantage of
GER 3 ItĠs south of Den.
AGE 3 Consent e.g.
TASMAN 6 Explorer Abel Janszoon
MARYTODD 8 Mrs. Lincoln
MAAM 4 Yes ___
TOE 3 Digit
COOLTO 6 Lose enthusiasm
URGED 5 Lit a fire under
ADORE 5 Adulate
ROBIN 5 A Hood
EWING 5 HeĠs a big man in Gotham
UNION 5 College of Schenectady
SUAVE 5 Urbane
ESSES 5 Highway curves
FORA 4 Gathering places of ancient Rome
IMAM 4 Mosque prayer leader
LONI 4 BurtĠs beloved
ASH 3 Fireplace residue
ACT 3 Take steps
MASH 4 Prepare potatoes
ATBAT 5 Waving the willow?
LAIC 4 Secular
AREA 4 Common code
MAUVE 5 Violet or lilac
ONTO 4 Not fooled by
CORD 4 Woodpile quantity
ANNEX 5 BuildingĠs building
FOURTHOFJULY 12 A day that will live in fame
TESSIE 6 Comedienne-singer OĠShea
RIALTO 6 Theater district
ANTS 4 Unwanted carpenters?
AGE 3 Generation
AIM 3 Fire preceder
KINGGEORGE 10 Foe of 1776
LILA 4 Wallace of ReaderĠs Digest renown
ARIES 5 Sign of spring
LEE 3 Signer of 1776
SANER 5 Better balanced?
PANS 4 Knocks
PICNICKERS 10 Celebrants of 20 Across
UTE 3 Southwestern brave
BAD 3 ___ dog!
AROE 4 Islands near New Guinea
TERROR 6 Blood curdler
ALMOST 6 Close
INDEPENDENCE 12 Desire of 1776
ALIGN 5 Put in order
TORI 4 Actress Spelling
ASAP 4 Make it fast! briefly
BATHE 5 Clean up
ALGA 4 Stonewort or rockweed
DELE 4 Strike out
SCOTT 5 Today weatherman
LOON 4 Winged diver
TEE 3 Beginning of time?
ALOFT 5 Walking on air?
CANOE 5 Camp craft
TITUS 5 ___ Andronicus
MACHETE 7 Jungle clearer
AROO 4 Buck follower
SERF 4 Slave of yore
HADJ 4 Mideastern pilgrimage
AMALIE 6 Charlotte ___
TANYA 5 Songstress Tucker
BUN 3 Dog holder
AVE 3 NeroĠs farewell
TEX 3 Short ranch hand?
CORSAGES 8 GirlsĠ prom wear
TINGS 5 Little bell sounds
URGE 4 Prompt
LAINE 5 Frankie or Cleo
TILER 5 Flooring specialist
OMARS 5 Bradley and Sharif
SOLID 5 Dependable
AGENA 5 Space vehicle
KAPUT 5 Ruined
IRATE 5 Bugged
NINER 5 Forty- ___
REC 3 Hall of activities
LAKEMEAD 8 Hoover Dam reservoir
SCOLD 5 Take to task
PARD 4 Buddy to 12 Down
IRANIAN 7 Mashhad citizen
BONNET 6 English driverĠs hood
RIGHT 5 Yes!
ONSET 5 Beginning
SCALE 5 Clean fish
TEPEE 5 Pole-supported home
ETAL 4 Roundup ending
POLO 4 Upscale sport
ERGO 4 Hence
ABS 3 Pride of Muscle Beach for short
LAC 3 Resinous substance
ITO 3 Figure-skating queen Midori
JAWS 4 Top grossing film of 1975
ACTS 4 After John
SABRA 5 Native Israeli
ALIT 4 Touched down
PLOP 4 Settle into an easy chair
ARRAN 5 Firth of Clyde island
ROSE 4 Finished with 4 256 hits
PANE 4 Piece of glass
REACT 5 Jerk oneĠs knee?
THECRYINGGAME 13 1992 Stephen Rea movie
PRO 3 ___ forma
DNA 3 Genetic initials
OPT 3 Choose
OVID 4 Metamorphoses poet
PSYCHO 6 1960 Hitchcock thriller
AIRE 4 Yorkshire river
ARIA 4 La Traviata tune
SALAD 5 Jenny Craig recommendation
SNIVELINGCOWARD 15 Yellow-belly
TUNIC 5 Toga alternative
SERA 4 Antitoxins
SITE 4 Location
SPELLS 6 Incantations
RARE 4 Steak order
MER 3 DebussyĠs La ___
IKE 3 I like ___
REP 3 Local theater for short
WEEPINGWILLOW 13 Riparian tree
YELLS 5 Hollers
ELIA 4 Director Kazan
APED 4 Copied
ELISE 5 BeethovenĠs Fr ___
RUNG 4 Ladder step
ZASU 4 Ruggles of Red Gap actress Pitts
STEED 5 Silver to the Lone Ranger
OTOE 4 Sioux Indian
ALTO 4 Choir member
JAR 3 Grate
ALOT 4 Thanks ___!
WISH 4 A genie grants it
STEEP 5 Precipitous
APPROVAL 8 Thumbs up
CLAY 4 Statesman Henry
TONI 4 Writer Morrison
SPEND 5 Pass as time
SARGASSO 8 Atlantic sea
AREA 4 Length x width
BRAM 4 Dracula author Stoker
RACE 4 Indy 500 for one
ANT 3 Barbecue buttinsky
CRO 3 ___-Magnon
GNP 3 Govt. statistic
OASTS 5 Hop kilns
PINUP 5 Betty Grable to a GI
TRINE 5 Father Son and Holy Ghost
IRIS 4 Fleur-de-lis
DINER 5 Where Flo worked
YAWS 4 Frambesia
CLAIM 5 Assertion
HARTE 5 Ah Sin playwright
ODDER 5 More strange
EVIL 4 Agatha ChristieĠs ___ Under the Sun
AGRA 4 Home of the Taj Mahal
ECLIPSED 8 Obscured
CARRIAGE 8 Baby buggy
SKI 3 Tomba does it well
EEL 3 Conger
ENERO 5 Calendario opener
PLAZA 5 ___ Suite
WELT 4 Fight reminder
ELIE 4 Novelist Wiesel
ELSE 4 Besides
GLUT 4 Oversupply
WINO 4 Sot
OPAL 4 Fall birthstone
WEST 4 Batman portrayer Adam
YES 3 Roundabout band
DUO 3 Jan and Dean e.g.
SAFER 5 More secure
LEFT 4 Remaining
AQUA 4 Blue-green hue
AWARE 5 Knowledgeable
ICER 4 Picnic essential
BUSH 4 41st president
BALES 5 Bundles
QUEENBEES 9 Demanding types
OSS 3 CIA precursor
PIUS 4 Papal name
AER 3 Chalice veil
THERETO 7 Legalese
ASA 3 ___ matter of fact
MBA 3 Wall St. passport perhaps
ACEREPORTERS 12 Pulitzer recipients
TRACTS 6 Pamphlets
WON 3 Got the gold
OTIS 4 Cornelia ___ Skinner
AEGIS 5 Auspices
KID 3 Joke around
SUEDE 5 Shoe material
CMON 4 You gotta be kidding!
GIN 3 Martini maker
SECRET 6 Not generally known
KINGSENGLISH 12 Proper speech
STY 3 BabeĠs place
END 3 Throw in the towel
ALTERED 7 Not the same
ORE 3 Copper source
ISLE 4 Capri for one
ALA 3 ___ creole
JACKFROST 9 A really cool guy
RIVAL 5 Competitor
AGAR 4 Petri dish medium
IDEE 4 ___ fixe
CRETE 5 Mediterranean island
BETA 4 Precedes gamma
CARD 4 Cutup
EASES 5 Abates
SABOT 5 Wooden shoe
AWASH 5 Inundated
FALSE 5 Faux
ERE 3 Palindrome
RESPECTS 8 Courteous expressions
LIQUOR 6 Old West anesthetic?
ECUS 4 French coins
FEE 3 Charge
TREASON 7 SpyĠs transgression
ABBR 4 Sch. e.g.
QUE 3 Por ___?: Sp.
USE 3 Exploit
AHS 3 Responses
NEAR 4 Close but no cigar
ITES 4 Residents: suffix
RACING 6 UnserĠs field
APOD 4 Amoeba for one
METER 5 Kind of maid
BRIDE 5 June in June
ASSET 5 Car or house
EWING 5 Southfork family
TOUCHE 6 You win!
TACKS 5 Fastens
REMIT 5 Send
AGONY 5 Extreme emotion
KIND 4 Category
SESTERCE 8 Roman silver coin
GENERIC 7 Cheaper product?
SILL 4 Where youĠll find 58 Down
SERF 4 Pre-Soviet peasant
LASTED 6 Endured
RAVES 5 Plaudits
ELATE 5 Make happy
DALES 5 Valleys
OKRA 4 Gumbo ingredient
ISER 4 Elbe tributary
JAB 3 Smart remark
AGE 3 Qualifier sometimes
CAT 3 Family companion
ODA 3 Harem chamber
IRA 3 GeorgeĠs brother
TOPAZ 5 1969 Hitchcock thriller
SOFA 4 Larger than 24 Across
SHED 4 Where tools are kept
ALAMO 5 Battle of 1836
AMID 4 In the thick of
HIVE 4 Busy place
KEVINKLINE 10 Star of The Ice Storm
ETON 4 School on the Thames
ESE 3 Wind dir.
KEATS 5 Hyperion poet
DESKS 5 Escritoire and roll-top
BEND 4 Curve in the road
SETTEE 6 See 6 Across
SOLAR 5 Clean power
DANISH 6 Pastry
ALAN 4 M*A*S*H actor Alda
CAUSES 6 Flag-waving occasions
ELK 3 Moose cousin
KINGKAMEHAMEHAI 15 Former Polynesian ruler
SOD 3 Turf
EDITED 6 Used a blue pencil
RAND 4 Atlas Shrugged author
LODGES 6 Log cabins
JOYED 5 Over- ___: tickled pink
LOUNGE 6 ___ lizard
OPUS 4 Mr. HollandĠs ___
IMBUE 5 Permeate
ROGER 5 007 portrayer Moore
WHO 3 Quadrophenia band
TABS 4 Flaps
KUBLAIKHAN 10 Mongol tyrant
RHEE 4 Syngman of Korea
ILIE 4 Tennis bad boy Nastase
SEIZE 5 Grab
EARS 4 DumboĠs wings
DEED 4 Title
TYPES 5 Inputs
TAKE 4 Precedes in and out
OLES 4 Corrida cheers
PAVE 4 Lay asphalt
AMI 3 What Kind of Fool ___?
ZONKER 6 Doonesbury character
SALAD 5 Jenny Craig offering
OMIT 4 Leave out
FINS 4 Shark signs
ADE 3 Summer cooler
SHEETS 6 Three ___ to the wind
HITSTHEHAY 10 Turns in
EVOKE 5 Bring to mind
DENSE 5 Dimwitted
KEN 3 Writer Kesey
DEISM 5 Belief in God
BANG 4 Big ___ theory
SNEAD 5 Sam of the links
SAKS 4 Fifth Avenue store
OLIO 4 Gallimaufry
LANDLUBBER 10 Hardly a mariner
DUETS 5 Jan and Dean and Chad and Jeremy: arch.
ASHE 4 1968 US Open champ
CADGE 5 Beg
AMIE 4 Cannes confidante
LANE 4 BeatlesĠ song Penny ___
KIDD 4 Pirate Captain ___
KEDGE 5 Anchor
EROS 4 AphroditeĠs son
ONUSES 6 Burdens
JURIST 6 William Rehnquist for one
LITRE 5 London quart
OMAHA 5 Larger than Lincoln
OGLED 5 Gawked at
PEA 3 Princess tormentor
RULE 4 The Golden ___
OBIE 4 Off-Broadway Tony
WHIP 4 Crop
HAZE 4 Jimi Hendrix hit Purple ___
ONES 4 Change for a five
KID 3 Billy the ___
KEY 3 Where a center plays
SCARE 5 Frighten
WAIT 4 Time until seated
LEOS 4 Durocher and Frank
ARLES 5 Van Gogh setting
ATNO 4 ___ extra charge
ISBN 4 Letters on the back of a book
NUMBERTWOPENCIL 15 Item brought to the SATs
DIOS 4 MariaĠs God
HEARING 7 Pretrial event
ESS 3 Curve
LIRR 4 Train to the Hamptons: acron.
COULEE 6 Grand ___ Dam
DETAIN 6 Hold
ASSAILS 7 Attacks
INAJAM 6 Unfortunately situated
ASP 3 Nile snake
CIRCLEABCDORE 13 Task given at SATs
BOA 3 High society neck warmer
BASALT 6 Dark rock
ENGROSS 7 Transfix
SIESTA 6 Mexican afternoon nap
ANOINT 6 Promote
FLIX 4 TV movie channel
LON 3 Silent films actor Chaney
PLEBIAN 7 Commoner
AINT 4 ___ MisbehavinĠ
APPLYFORCOLLEGE 15 Next step after the SATs
FREE 4 Liberated
FAME 4 Alan Parker film
ISSUE 5 Volume
COZY 4 Comfortable
IRAS 4 Lyricist Gershwin et al.
VOTED 5 Marked a ballot
SANDED 6 Smoothed wood
CRUISE 6 Risky Business actor
ALMOST 6 Barely
REBS 4 Southern fighters in short
ESE 3 Nationality suffix
WATER 5 Feed plants
ATWAR 5 Fighting
INOR 4 ___ out?: poker question
TOPICS 6 Areas of discussion
LINGUA 6 ___ Franca : literary journal
ESC 3 Computer key
OBI 3 ___-Wan Kenobe
SNL 3 Late night comedy show: acron.
RHINAL 6 Of the nose
ENOS 4 Baseballer Slaughter
LINC 4 16th president to his friends?
LIAR 4 Perjurer
ELSE 4 Other
ESP 3 ClairvoyantĠs gift
AIR 3 ___Jordan
AMBS 4 Foreign diplomats: abbr.
JEBS 4 Governor Bush et al.
AAA 3 Slim battery type
CONN 4 State south of Mass.
IAGO 4 Othello villain
CASINO 6 Gambling locale
DLIX 4 CCXLII + CCCXVII
OTE 3 Taxonomic suffix
BEA 3 Actress Arthur
RIPLEY 6 Sigourney Weaver in Aliens
ONLY 4 ___ the Lonely
STEFFI 6 TennisĠ Graf
SLIEST 6 Most cagey
TONGUE 6 Speech instrument
ANTEED 6 Started the pot: var.
FIRMA 5 Terra ___
LACES 5 Ties up
BOAR 4 Wild hog
ALSO 4 Including
AFC 3 JetsĠ conference
PRO 3 Veteran
PEZ 3 Candy in a dispenser
LIV 3 Actress Tyler
RADAR 5 Fastball measurer
ALAS 4 LoserĠs lament
AWOL 4 Leatherneck on the lam
ELOPE 5 Eschew the chapel?
RICH 4 Loaded
LIVE 4 Energetic one with 11 Down
BOUTS 5 Prize fights
ELMO 4 Sesame Street muppet
BRAN 4 Fiber
SUB 3 Benchwarmer
CENTERFIELD 11 Ken Griffey Jr.Ġs position
LAURA 5 1944 Gene Tierney film
TIN 3 ___ Pan Alley
ELEVEN 6 New York Jets e.g.
LACROSSE 8 NCAA sport
TEPID 5 Between hot and cold
FUGUE 5 Bach specialty
TUB 3 Rustbucket
HALS 4 Laughing Cavalier painter
BONET 5 TVĠs Denise Huxtable
LOGE 4 Box office request
EVA 3 Uncle TomĠs Cabin girl
PURGE 5 Clean house
SOLAR 5 Type of system
REYNOLDS 8 Pop musicĠs Hamilton Joe Frank and ___
DESERT 6 Gila monsterĠs home
ASK 3 Pop the question
SIREN 5 Ambulance warning
PINCHHITTER 11 NonstarterĠs role
BOB 3 Two-time Cy Young winner Gibson
UTAH 4 Four Corners state
EDIE 4 Singer Brickell
ADAGE 5 ÒIt is always darkest before the dawn Ó e.g.
MEMO 4 Interoffice note
ALMA 4 ___ mater
TESLA 5 Famous physicist
AMES 4 Billy SundayĠs birthplace
DEEM 4 Reckon
EMEER 5 Mideast prince
REBS 4 Graycoats
ALOU 4 Last name in baseball
DOUBLEPLAY 10 PitcherĠs best friend?
APT 3 Prone
RESCUED 7 Played the relief pitcher
ARENA 5 Stadium
LILT 4 Pleasant tune
ACME 4 Summit
SHORTCUT 8 Timesaver
ALBINO 6 White rabbit
WIRE 4 See 16 Across
OVAL 4 AvocadoĠs shape
LEND 4 BorrowerĠs word
ERN 3 Bald eagleĠs kin
FIRE 4 DragonĠs breath
AVIS 4 Bird to Brutus
ETHER 5 Bygone anesthetic
LEAVE 5 The L in AWOL
LUNGS 5 RunnerĠs asset
AGEE 4 Tommie of the Mets
STOLENBASE 10 SB in the box score
SUGAR 5 Pantry staple
EBERT 5 Chicago Sun-Times critic
FORD 4 Cross as a creek
BULKHEAD 8 SailorĠs wall
LOSE 4 Fail to score
POSH 4 Elegant
SERRATE 7 Like a bread knife
NACHOS 6 Shea snack
DIE 3 ToolĠs partner
STEAM 5 Cook crabs
PUMA 4 Mountain lion
ITEM 4 Line ___ veto
NAME 4 Lineup entry
IDLE 4 Not playing
TIME 4 Use a stopwatch
OGLE 4 SatyrĠs stare
BEAR 4 ___ claw: pastry
DEM 3 LBJ e.g.
TASK 4 Use to the limit
FLIP 4 Mr. Wilson
ABBE 4 XavierĠs wife
ESTOP 5 Prevent in law
WOVE 4 Zigzagged through
NORA 4 IbsenĠs doll?
MEATANDPOTATOES 15 Down to earth twosome?
PAROLE 6 Release conditionally
ERRS 4 Wanders from the path
TRY 3 Court-martial
SWABS 5 Cotton-tipped sticks
YOKES 5 Couples
TBA 3 TV schedule abbreviation
CUPS 4 In these oneĠs tipsy
LEGATO 6 Smooth musical line
RIN 3 ___ Tin Tin
ELENA 5 Mme. BlavatskyĠs first name
DANES 5 Some are Great
ADDS 4 Makes 1 + 1 = 2
ACERB 5 Harsh
NDAK 4 Where Fargo is: abbr.
CESAR 5 Romero or Chavez
KRIEG 5 Bears QB Dave
SSA 3 Sr. citizens agency
ENTRAP 6 Lure into illegality
DAYR 4 ___ az Zawr Syria
AER 3 Preface to ate or ial
RADAR 5 Screen with blips
NOEND 5 ThereĠs ___ in sight
INI 3 System file extension
OLEG 4 GeneĠs husband once
NEEDLE 6 Stylus
DAPHNISANDCHLOE 15 Twosome of classic myth
LIEU 4 Stead
NILE 4 MemphisĠ river
EREDE 5 Met conductor Alberto
ELSE 4 Besides
GNAT 4 Midge
USES 4 Exploits
TEMP 4 Office worker briefly
ASEA 4 Ò. . . against ___ of troublesÓ: Hamlet
STARSANDSTRIPES 15 Sousa twosome
KOTOW 5 Act of submission: var.
FWD 3 Send on: abbr.
LOPE 4 Canter
IVORY 5 Tower above it all
PETROL 6 Fuel to a Brit
ANT 3 Fire or honey
BOOTSANDSADDLES 15 Wild West twosome
BRER 4 Joel Chandler HarrisĠ Fox
EASY 4 Word with come and go
PALACE 6 SF place for a cow?
NEBULA 6 Sci-Fi award
ASKED 5 Appealed
SPECK 5 Mote
EGAN 4 Wilco guitarist Bob
TRACE 5 Delineate
BIDEN 5 Delaware Senator
SNERD 5 Radio dummy Mortimer
TEASE 5 Dally
OSKAR 5 Schindler
ARIAN 5 Spring baby?
SARA 4 Ethnic group in Chad
BEYOND 6 Over and above
RADON 5 Atomic number 86
GREECE 6 Defeated Persia in 5th C. BC
PALING 6 Picket fence
RESIN 5 Balm-of-Gilead i.e.
NEHRU 5 First PM of India
IDLE 4 Kind of curiosity
NAIL 4 Partner of tooth
GALA 4 Celebration
LODE 4 Mother for one
EEES 4 Widest shoe sizes
HUE 3 Outcry
NET 3 After taxes
ERICA 5 No-fly Jong
CASCA 5 Character in Julius Caesar
ELM 3 Common shader
GAMUT 5 Entire range
ALTAR 5 Sky ___
NEA 3 EducatorsĠ org.
ONAJETPLANE 11 How Peter Paul and Mary are leaving
TAN 3 Sunning result
ORR 3 Great Bruin
YRS 3 Many wks.
ARA 3 See 15 Across
AFT 3 On ship area
RAILROADING 11 Casey Jones job?
PRESENT 7 Gift
PULSE 5 NurseĠs concern
TACT 4 Sensitivity
SST 3 Certain transport
PER 3 Each
THEWAYWARDBUS 13 SteinbeckĠs transport
FEM 3 A gender: abbr.
ABA 3 Onetime hoop org.
ANIL 4 Indigo
ASAFE 5 . . . ___ and sane 4th
LIONIZE 7 Treat importantly
TAXIDANCERS 11 Cab Calloway gals?
TEE 3 ElĠs kin
LII 3 OvidĠs 52
COO 3 BillĠs partner
ITA 3 Seor ending
ALL 3 Everyone
TROLLEYSONG 11 This ditty might send you
SOL 3 The sun
RISES 5 The Sun Also ___
ATRIA 5 Central courts
TRA 3 Before la
IDEST 5 That is to Livy
KOOKY 5 Eccentric
EGO 3 Selfhood
RAN 3 Exercised
IMA 3 Ò___ Yankee . . .Ó
CUJO 4 King thriller
ATERRE 6 Ballerina position
CAP 3 Lid
ALLYL 5 Chemical group
STARR 5 Belle or Ken
CANSO 5 Cape of Canada
ARE 3 Common verb
ENTAIL 6 Necessitate
LEARNS 6 Finds out
MANAGE 6 Supervise
TRANSAM 7 Airways transport
APT 3 Liable
FRAT 4 Kind of house
TECH 4 Cal. school
ITSY 4 ___-bitsy
APED 4 Did Little
DURBAN 6 Natal seaport
STEFFI 6 Grand Slam Graf
TWA 3 Airways transport
PRAIRIE 7 Kind of schooner
WEED 4 Rag or sea
ABLE 4 Fit
UNIT 4 Apartment
SIZE 4 Magnitude
LEE 3 On ship area
ATLAST 6 Finally
SAILOR 6 Shipman
AXILLA 6 Armpit
OSTYAK 6 Nomadic Finn
ACRID 5 Bitter
NOOSE 5 Slipknot
COLES 5 Mustard plants
ASTO 4 Concerning
TRI 3 Kind of plane
LST 3 WWII craft
ORO 3 Gold in Venezuela
NIK 3 Beat ending
GAY 3 Enola ___
HART 4 Male deer
CLIP 4 Cut off
DRAFT 5 Current of air
OLIO 4 Hodgepodge
HERA 4 Sister and wife of Zeus
AERIE 5 EagleĠs nest
GEORGIAONMYMIND 15 1960 Ray Charles hit
SETTO 5 Start in
KNEES 5 Leg joints
ADS 3 Madison Ave. output
ERA 3 Period of note
SLATS 5 The ribs: sl.
OFF 3 Switch position
EFT 3 Salamander
STANZAS 7 Poem divisions
SLIM 4 Skinny
RAD 3 Unit of energy
BROACH 6 Mention for the first time
CALIFORNIASUITE 15 1976 Neil Simon play
AMELIA 6 Earhart or Barr
ALL 3 Every
TROD 4 Walked on
REDNESS 7 Rubescence
ELM 3 Shade tree
ENS 3 USNA grad
ELIOT 5 T.S. ___
SIT 3 Pose
USA 3 ___ Today
DACHA 5 Russian villa
REESE 5 Della of song
VIRGINIACREEPER 15 Woodbine
ELLEN 5 Burstyn or Goodman
ANTI 4 Against
TEAR 4 Rip
ALONG 5 In accordance with
LEAD 4 Direct
HEMS 4 Dress seams
HOGS 4 Monopolizes
ALEE 4 Toward shelter
RIOT 4 Melee
TORTE 5 Rich cake
CHI 3 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
LEAK 4 Outflow
IRONS 5 Presses
PANELS 6 Committees
DAYSTARS 8 Suns
REM 3 Sleep movement
ARIA 4 DivaĠs song
FIND 4 Locate
TEDS 4 Kennedy and Danson
GORE 4 ClintonĠs Veep
MEATBALLS 9 Spaghetti accompaniment
AFROASIAN 9 Of two continents
SNOUT 5 Animal nose
OSCAR 5 Hollywood statuette
FLAME 5 Girlfriend: sl.
FILED 5 Put away
TAR 3 Sailor
ZAIRE 5 Belgian Congo recently
ACTON 5 Move decisively
SHEDS 5 Lean-tos
MILNE 5 Winnie the Pooh creator
DNA 3 OJ trial letters
FIELDING 8 Placing in competition
ILE 3 Seine sight
SOCIAL 6 Tea
MIRE 4 Bog
THANE 5 Scottish baron
TEETH 5 Molars
UVEA 4 Eye layer
SILL 4 Window base
ARLO 4 WoodyĠs boy
ACTA 4 Historical record
EPEE 4 Fencing sword
SEAM 4 Sewing line
ERRS 4 Goofs
GEN 3 Army VIP
RID 3 Free from with of
ADAMS 5 Sixth US president
OFAKIND 7 Three ___: poker hand
VIOLIN 6 Bowed string instrument
MONITOR 7 Student assistant to a teacher
IDOIDO 6 1966 musical with Mary Martin
JAPANESE 8 Osaka native
PAR 3 Average
WOMAN 5 Female
GREW 4 Became larger
CRITIC 6 Panner sometimes
SHS 3 Library warnings
SPOOF 5 Mocking imitation
SKATE 5 Move in-line
GOS 3 Green lights
CAUSED 6 Effected by force
STAMPOUT 8 Eliminate
ANNE 4 CharlesĠ sister
OTOES 5 Sioux Indians
ALTO 4 Voice range
LETSDOWN 8 Disappoints
HOLDER 6 Tenant
PLY 3 Layer
OMAHA 5 College World Series site
DEERE 5 Inventor of farm equipment
RES 3 Legal matter
OFCORN 6 Can ___: lazy fly ball
ATEE 4 Suit to ___
ALTAR 5 Place to worship
GAP 3 Mountain pass
DELAWARE 8 First state
DOSAGE 6 Prescribed amount
ALLMALE 7 Stag
GUITAR 6 KingĠs instrument
MEASLES 7 Childhood disease
ESTER 5 Fragrant compound
AIDA 4 Verdi heroine
DOORCOUNTY 10 Scenic attraction in Wisconsin
ALI 3 Onetime heavyweight champ
MIDWIFE 7 Delivery person?
SNOOT 5 Treat with disdain
OMAN 4 Muscat locale
FOP 3 Vain one
ANA 3 Collection of sayings
KINGS 5 Chess targets
ITER 4 Passage to the brain
NOSE 4 Horse race victory measure
DREW 4 Attracted
VIP 3 Bigwig
JACKSONHOLE 11 Scenic attraction in Wyoming
MIS 3 Wrongly: prefix
ROSES 5 Popular Pasadena posies
STASH 5 Hide away
HEM 3 Garment bottom
SCALP 5 Portion of the head
PANEL 5 Comic strip
ATE 3 Used up in a way
GOLDENGATE 10 Scenic attraction in California
OUTER 5 Ear or space
STORE 5 See 23 Down
DOOMS 5 Condemns
PALER 5 Not as bright
TWA 3 Sky line?
DOE 3 Female rabbit
ODOROUS 7 Aromatic
AFT 3 Behind
REAMS 5 Paper measures
CADGE 5 Beg
ADAM 4 Eden dweller
TELE 4 Graph or phone starter
ELLA 4 Fitzgerald of scat
ARES 4 Greek god of war
AGAR 4 Jelling agent for food
PER 3 Apiece
WAL 3 ___ -Mart
ALE 3 Stout in a mug
SIT 3 Pose
ARUM 4 Flamingo lily e.g.
BAFFS 5 Poor golf shots
ESSE 4 Fin ending
ZENO 4 Paradoxical Greek?
ALLAH 5 MuslimĠs god
AVAL 4 Of grandparents
ABED 4 Out for the night
SKATE 5 Rollerblade
TENK 4 Popular foot race
LOVEMAYBEBLIND 14 Pre-wedding advice: Part 1
ERE 3 Prior to to Prior
ALL 3 Give it your ___
ANGLE 5 ConniverĠs quest
ANNEX 5 Architectural afterthought
SCALP 5 Resell at inflated prices
AOL 3 Chat room initials
TIM 3 TVĠs toolman
OLE 3 Pamplona cry
BLTS 4 Triple-deckers perhaps briefly
BUTMARRIAGEIS 13 Advice: Part 2
LENA 4 Actress Olin
REF 3 Sports off.
PEA 3 Stew morsel
END 3 Sign off
MIXUP 5 Checkroom problem
TVSET 5 Console perhaps
ACERB 5 Tart
ICU 3 ER setting
AXE 3 Give the boot
AREALEYEOPENER 14 Advice: Part 3
ASAP 4 Hurry!
ABUTS 5 Juxtaposes
ATME 4 Look ___!
REGO 4 ___ Park NY
VALET 5 GentlemanĠs gentleman
REPS 4 Exercise units for short
TYES 4 Sailing ropes
ANERA 5 End of ___
LETA 4 Ò___ smile be your umbrellaÓ
AZALEA 6 Kind of rhododendron
REBORN 6 Spiritually regenerated
UNEVEN 6 Like 1 3 and 5
MODE 4 Fundamental
BASAL 5 Intrinsic
ALKYLS 6 Hydrocarbon groups
FLAB 4 JazzercizerĠs target
FATE 4 Fortune
SHEB 4 Purple People Eater singer Wooley
EATIN 5 Skip dinner reservations
SVENGALI 8 Crafty persuader
SANDLOTS 8 ChildrenĠs playing areas
ELK 3 Caribou cousin
MAXIM 5 Stock saying
LAP 3 SitterĠs creation
ELS 3 Loop loopers
ETTA 4 Warbler James
CORFU 5 Ionian island
ALI 3 Poetic pugilist
LEAP 4 Take a bungee jump
MARI 4 Husband: Fr.
BEAV 4 WallyĠs little bro
BENCASEY 8 Ġ60s TV doctor
UNDERAGE 8 Shortfall
REX 3 Stout fellow
GETUP 5 ___ and go: just do it!
LEA 3 Grazing ground
MBA 3 Wharton grad.
PIETER 6 Flemish painter Brueghel
SANTEE 6 Dakotas Indian
EXEMPT 6 Nonliable
TERESA 6 Singer Brewer
REPOS 5 Used cars perhaps
COSTA 5 ___ Rica
LAVA 4 Maui beach base
EBAN 4 My People author
YULE 4 Gift-giving time
EARL 4 CountessĠ counterpart
ART 3 Canvasses sometimes
SADAT 5 Former Egyptian leader
LPS 3 Phono records
HOOF 4 Equine foot
ALAMO 5 Texas Franciscan mission
ILEA 4 Lower torso parts
ABRI 4 Hillside dugout
NEWORLEANS 10 War of 1812
IOTA 4 Tiny quantity
ASSUME 6 Take on
GOT 3 Acquired
PEST 4 Nuisance
NET 3 Seine
URIAH 5 DickensĠ Mr. Heep
SCOT 4 Glaswegian
THEARGONNE 10 World War I
ULM 3 City on the Danube
TEAS 4 Social events
ONAIR 5 Fun place for walking
MOANERS 7 Complainers
GORGING 7 Overeating
ATHOS 5 A Musketeer
SARA 4 Poet Teasdale
LEO 3 Zodiacal sign
CHARLESTON 10 Revolutionary War
PSST 4 Attention getter
MALTA 5 Mediterranean island
EMU 3 Flightless bird
SODA 4 Kind of cracker
ERR 3 Goof
RAETIA 6 Ancient Roman province
IVAN 4 The Terrible
GETTYSBURG 10 Civil War
LEND 4 Offer temporarily
YALE 4 Ivy League school
OLPAE 5 Greek flasks
TREY 4 Three-spot
KEY 3 Musical tonality
NOISE 5 Ruckus
SANA 4 YemenĠs capital
ALES 4 Malt beverages
DAWS 4 Grackles
AMOUNT 6 Quantity
TORME 5 Singer Mel
LIE 3 Prevaricate
PLAGUES 7 Pestilences
SENORA 6 Madrid Mrs.
HAIPHONG 8 Vietnam War
OBOE 4 Woodwind instrument
ORTS 4 Scraps
FIAT 4 Decree
ASTIR 5 Up and about
LETTER 6 Missive
AGORA 5 PlatoĠs marketplace
SUMAC 5 Cashew family tree
CLOTH 5 Fabric
OMAHA 5 Siouan tribe
HAS 3 Possesses
NAILS 5 Tool box items
NINES 5 Enneads
ERGOT 5 Plant disease
TESLA 5 US physicist
NORMANDY 8 World War II
GAO 3 Gov. department
ORNERY 6 Stubborn
STARTLE 7 Catch off guard
ELEGY 5 Lament for the dead
STREAK 6 Vein
PUEBLO 6 Colorado city
MASON 5 Stone worker
SILT 4 Earthy sediment
OVER 4 Finished
DANE 4 Copenhagen native
TUPI 4 American Indian grouping
IRAS 4 Gershwin and Levin
AGEE 4 Pulitzer literary winner
TEY 3 Inspector Grant creator
DOTE 4 Be overly fond of with on
URSA 4 Celestial bear
RASED 5 Demolished in Devon
ITEM 4 News note
NELL 4 DickensĠ Little ___
ELENA 5 Actress Verdugo
THAI 4 Certain Asian
SMOG 4 Kind of pollution
SANDY 5 Like the beach
TESTTHEWATERS 13 Be cautious
ORE 3 SmelterĠs supply
RODS 4 Angling gear
REMAND 6 Return to custody
LADY 4 Gentlewoman
POD 3 Whale group
TOE 3 Piggy for one
ALTOS 5 Choir members
FRO 3 ToĠs partner
LION 4 DisneyĠs The ___ King
WEIGHTHEOPTIONS 15 Be cautious
FAME 4 Notoriety
WOE 3 Misfortune
RANEE 5 Indian royalty
USE 3 Take advantage of
FAD 3 Current rage
BOAR 4 Luau food
LESSON 6 Learning experience
TAMP 4 Pack down
ASP 3 CleopatraĠs undoing
HEDGEONESBETS 13 Be cautious
AWARD 5 Grant
OPAL 4 Hyalite
ARIA 4 Opera highlight
BARGE 5 Flat-bottomed boat
NINE 4 CatĠs lives
SILL 4 Window part
CHEER 5 Root
SCAT 4 Scram
SEEM 4 Give the appearance of
DITTO 5 Same
OTHER 5 Alternative choice
TEASE 5 Tantalize
EMIT 4 Give off
UNSHOD 6 Barefoot
REMEDY 6 Medication
SLOWS 5 Brakes
ALGA 4 Tiny pond plant
RESEED 6 Beef up the lawn
ALARM 5 Burglar deterrent
SENSATION 9 Marvel
END 3 Close
DAY 3 When the sun shines
TRASH 5 Refuse
TROOP 5 Scout group
NOONE 5 Not a soul
DENSE 5 Compact
LOGE 4 Theater section
PRO 3 Whiz
AWFUL 5 Horrific
LEASE 5 Real estate contract
TIMESHARE 9 Variety of 32 Down
FEE 3 Links charge
LIAR 4 Storyteller?
TWANG 5 Pluck a guitar
HOD 3 Brick carrier
TRAPS 5 Come-ons often
FODDER 6 Cattle food
BANANA 6 Appealing fruit?
OMELET 6 Breakfast menu item
SERGE 5 Suit material
TOPIC 5 Subject matter
AERIE 5 Home on high
STILE 5 Fence steps
PSALM 5 Work of DavidĠs
EONS 4 Ages and ages
BASS 4 Largemouth
ABC 3 First letters
WAH 3 Bawling sound
MOCS 4 Amerind shoes
LEADS 5 Tec clues
DEEP 4 Not shallow
AROW 4 Lined up
AESOP 5 Greek fabulist
UGLI 4 ___ fruit
ZOLA 4 Nana author
INIGO 5 English architect Jones
CASE 4 Packing crate
ENBLOC 6 As a whole group
TINKLER 7 Little bell
DOYLE 5 Sherlock creator Sir Arthur Conan ___
ZEALOT 6 Ardent advocate
ONEERG 6 A millionth joule
HAITI 5 West Indies republic
ANEW 4 Once more
TUE 3 After Mon.
TOILER 6 Hard worker
GOATEES 7 Vandyke beards kin
COWLICK 7 Unruly curl
ATTARS 6 Floral aromas
ZAG 3 See 42 Down
HAHS 4 Eureka-like shouts
RESIN 5 Pine gum
WINONA 6 Mississippi River city
LINAGE 6 Written rows
AIMTO 5 Strive
CONCEAL 7 Cover up
ZEROIN 6 Focus on
OLEO 4 Ersatz butter
ORALE 5 Papal cape
COLE 4 Merry old king
LIRA 4 Italian currency unit
MULES 5 Strapless slippers
USER 4 Employer
TOOT 4 Whistle
ISLET 5 ___ of Langerhans
TEDS 4 Businessman Turner and Poet Hughes
MAZED 5 Puzzled
ORONO 5 Maine U. site
COLBY 5 A mild cheddar-type cheese
SWALLOWTAILCOAT 15 Full-dress outer garb
LAIC 4 Secular
EEN 3 Twilight poetically
ASI 3 ___ was saying . . .
DOGTAG 6 Soldier identification
SPOIL 5 Loot
DUCKTAILHAIRCUT 15 Once a popular coiffure
EGAL 4 Equal to Etienne
ELSE 4 Otherwise
PIER 4 Pillar
OEN 3 Wine: prefix
NOHOW 5 Not at all
ZEUS 4 Ruler of Greek gods
ERE 3 Before
ETES 4 Caen summers
ILIA 4 Greek province
TECH 4 Skilled one for short
IRKS 4 Angers
AGAR 4 Culture medium
NOTE 4 Observe
EATS 4 Dines
TOGO 4 Lom is its capital
ERNIE 5 Hall-of-Famer Banks
CANE 4 Sugar source
ZIG 3 Swerve back and forth with 42 Across
WALRUS 6 ___ mustache
NAE 3 Ayr no
NAOMI 5 Author Judd
MOOSE 5 Elk kin
TILED 5 Paved sort of
ONERS 5 Rarities
COLT 4 Filly counterpart
OLIO 4 Hodgepodge
NERO 4 Sleuth Wolfe
ZEST 4 Gusto
ALL 3 Every
LEE 3 Grant foe
RAFT 4 Naval emergency vehicle
CAPO 4 Guitar bar
SOWED 5 Scattered seed
OVER 4 Completed
ALAN 4 A.A. MilneĠs first name
ECOLE 5 La Sorbonne e.g.
METE 4 Dish with out
NINE 4 Three squared
TERSE 5 To the point
PREAKNESSSTAKES 15 Pimlico event
TRON 4 1982 Jeff Bridges film
TEN 3 GymnastĠs goal
ASP 3 Egyptian cobra
INSPIRE 7 Touch off
BUS 3 Subway alternative
CORAL 5 Deep pink
ADA 3 Ohio Northern University city
ELLE 4 She in Cherbourg
TRIPLECROWNRACE 15 20 Across is one
ORCA 4 Willy e.g.
LYE 3 Drain opener
EASED 5 Reduced the tension
RYE 3 Ham holder
YIDDISH 7 German-Jewish dialect
TRY 3 Venture
SOT 3 Otis Campbell e.g.
NERO 4 Pianist Peter
BLACKEYEDSUSANS 15 20 Across award
LUCRE 5 Moolah
ALIA 4 Inter ___
CLAW 4 FalconĠs feature
APRIL 5 Earth Day month
LIAM 4 Novelist OĠFlaherty
AIDA 4 O Patria Mia singer
BEEPS 5 Pager sounds
LANE 4 Rustic road
REAP 4 Pick pears
ROMP 4 Easy win
AVER 4 Declare with confidence
FETE 4 Wine and dine
TREAT 5 Pick up the tab
CANNON 6 Civil War weapon
ALIENS 6 UFO crew
PANS 4 Partner of pots
ONES 4 Snake eyes
SETTEE 6 Parlor piece
OCEAN 5 One of seven
WORK 4 Join the rat race
ELSE 4 Or ___!
DEES 4 MiddleĠs middle
KRILL 5 Moby DickĠs diet
STRAW 5 Hat material
ACTOR 5 Waiter often
SORRY 5 Oops!
PRICE 5 Comparison shopperĠs concern
PARED 5 Removed the rind
IDO 3 BachelorĠs last words
BLAST 5 Use 5 Down
ULCER 5 WorrywartĠs woe
SEEDY 5 Down at the heels
APA 3 Dr. HartleyĠs group
ERA 3 Bullpen statistic briefly
ELITE 5 Upper crust
CYD 3 First name in dance
NEHRU 5 IndiraĠs dad
YOKELS 6 Country bumpkins
INDIAN 6 Kind of club
SESAME 6 Falafel seed
SCRIP 5 GIĠs money
OSCAR 5 Neil Simon slob
BLAB 4 Spill the beans
LUPE 4 Velez of Mexican Spitfire
ACRE 4 Part of a pasture
YALL 4 Southern contraction
ELIA 4 Charles Lamb
ALIE 4 ThatĠs ___
NADA 4 Nothing in Nogales
SWAP 4 Type of meet
MASS 4 Word with media or transit
ROAR 4 Circus sound
PENAL 5 Kind of code
ARLO 4 Woodstock performer
ELLE 4 Fashion magazine
ALONE 5 Like a hermit
SEAL 4 Make airtight
VISA 4 Jet-setterĠs need
RANTS 5 Sounds off
HAWAIIVOLCANOES 15 Vacation destination
ROSE 4 Pasadena bowl
ODD 3 Eccentric
NEZ 3 ___ Perce
TERRACE 7 Place for a barbecue
SHE 3 That girl
AMEBA 5 Microscopic organism
ORO 3 Nogales gold
PIES 4 Slapstick props
CARLSBADCAVERNS 15 Vacation destination
RIOT 4 Urban unrest
RYE 3 Ham holder
IRENE 5 Goodnight girl
ELS 3 Overhead trains
WINOVER 7 Persuade
SAX 3 Paul DesmondĠs instrument
ARE 3 Butterflies ___ Free
INGE 4 Pulitzer playwright
PETRIFIEDFOREST 15 Vacation destination
EVENT 5 All-star game e.g.
BREA 4 La ___ tar pits
ALOE 4 Lotion additive
GENIE 5 Magic lamp spirit
ELON 4 North Carolina college
SLUE 4 Backwater
ORDER 5 LawĠs partner
TEST 4 Dry run
EARN 4 Bring home the bacon
MASH 4 Prepare potatoes
AREA 4 Sector
SLAW 4 Popular side dish
SOLAR 5 Type of system
REVISE 6 Touch up
OLIVER 6 Consider Yourself musical
ALSO 4 To boot
REAL 4 True to life
PARADE 6 Independence Day event
ELAND 5 Safari sight
NONO 4 Forbidden fruit
ANTE 4 Penny follower
LESS 4 Minus
IOTAS 5 Minute amounts
COCOA 5 Hot chocolate
NACRE 5 Mother-of-pearl
EMAIL 5 Internet letters
ZEROS 5 No-hitter line score
RODEO 5 Isuzu model
ARC 3 HorseshoeĠs imprint
SIRES 5 Begets
HENNA 5 Hair coloring
ESSEX 5 NewarkĠs county
BLT 3 Deli order
PER 3 Daily with diem
BRIEF 5 To the point
AYN 3 Arabic letter: var.
VIRGO 5 Summer sign
WRITER 6 John Grisham e.g.
VIDEOS 6 VH1 viewing
ENFANT 6 ___ terrible
ARNIE 5 Linksman Palmer
ERASE 5 Wipe out
PEGO 4 ___ My Heart
EVER 4 At any time
TEND 4 Watch over
IBET 4 Yeah sure!
ERLE 4 PerryĠs creator
ELLA 4 Governor Grasso
SOUR 4 Tart
TEEN 4 Bobbysoxer
BATCH 5 On-line quantity
MEARA 5 Stiller partner
HOD 3 Coal scuttle
LEROY 5 Big Bad ___ Brown
ELVIS 5 Famed hipster
OLE 3 HeĠs a Bull
TRUMPETFISH 11 Marine band member?
REA 3 Crying Game name
SOKIND 6 ItĠs ___ of you!
DECANAL 7 Of a deanery
COIFS 5 Hairdos
ARENT 5 ___ we all?
BATTLE 6 Fight it out
ENID 4 ___ OK
OCULI 5 Eyes
OARS 4 Boat pair
AFAR 4 Way out there
OIL 3 Part of OPEC
COWBELL 7 Bovine ringer
RIO 3 Rita or Muni
PALM 4 ___ off: foist
UNIT 4 Apartment
AMORE 5 Con ___: with love
FAIR 4 Exposition
RAGBAG 6 HousewifeĠs sack
ALIGN 5 True the wheels
DRIED 5 Toweled off
RADIATE 7 Beam
SLIEST 6 Most foxy
ODD 3 Strange
WOLFWHISTLE 11 Lupine come-on?
MEL 3 Ex-Giant Ott
ALLIE 5 Ex-Yankee Reynolds
NOTED 5 Famed
ANE 3 Wheel buy
YEARS 5 A long time
GNAWS 5 Affects a worrier
BLTS 4 Deli sandwiches briefly
AERO 4 Kind of dynamics
TRUK 4 WWII island
COMICAL 7 Very funny
HYPNOTIC 8 Kind of spell
MET 3 Encountered
ELF 3 SantaĠs other self
AVID 4 Gung ho
RISE 4 Get up
ASHCAN 6 Trash receptacle
HORNEDFROG 10 Ranine tooter?
OLEAN 5 NY address
DEALT 5 Gave all a hand
EDIT 4 Fix errata
ARIA 4 Norma solo
FLOWN 5 Sent by plane
SEABIRD 7 Gannet is one
BULLFIDDLE 10 Bovine instrument?
ESL 3 Eng. to a Latino
OOP 3 ComicsĠ Alley ___
CIA 3 GovĠt. agency
RETAR 5 Fix roadways
AIR 3 Televise
ROE 3 Umpire Rocky ___
OUR 3 Mine and thine
LABELING 8 ItĠs on cans
MAGI 4 Three kings
MADISON 7 A NYC Square
INAWAY 6 Sort of
GISH 4 Actress Lillian
AROMA 5 Sweet smell
LADEN 5 Put in the hold
TOLE 4 Enameled metalware
ELLA 4 Scat name
ETTA 4 Ms. Kett
SLEW 4 Seattle horse
TEDS 4 Weems and Mack
FIR 3 Douglas tree
WES 3 Hoopster Unseld
HORS 4 ___ dĠoeuvres
SKAT 4 Three-handed card game
HARTE 5 The Outcasts of Poker Flat author
ALOT 4 Scads
PINE 4 Maine tree
OPERA 5 Word with horse or soap
DESI 4 Babaloo singer
ABER 4 But in Bonn
TREAT 5 Halloween handout
JOHNBROWNSBODY 14 Stephen Vincent Benet poem
TEES 4 Pro shop supply
TEN 3 First down yardage
SAG 3 Lose tension
ASHAMED 7 Red-faced
ABS 3 BodybuilderĠs pride
ALIEN 5 Not native
IRE 3 Ill temper
UTAH 4 Canyonlands National Park place
LIFEOFEMILEZOLA 15 1937 Best Picture winner with The
ANTE 4 Pre-deal payment
AVE 3 Hail Caesar!
MINER 5 Molly Maguire e.g.
DES 3 ___ Allemands LA
STEERED 7 Handled the helm
ERE 3 Afore
AHA 3 BrainstormerĠs cry
AREA 4 Wilderness for one
EDSULLIVANSHOW 14 Long-running TV variety program with The
ORION 5 Lake ___ MI
IRIS 4 TennesseeĠs state flower
HOME 4 Diamond destination
AGENT 5 Word with free or press
MANE 4 Horse hair
EPEE 4 Olympic blade
TOTES 5 Shopping bags
ONER 4 Bobby dazzler
SEND 4 E-mail command
HADJ 4 Islamic pilgrimage
OLEO 4 Bogus butter
ROSH 4 ___ Hashanah
STINT 5 Brief job
SPARES 6 Goes easy on
KIBOSH 6 Put the ___ on
ANEW 4 Once more
TERN 4 Small gull
HOTBED 6 Breeding ground
APRON 5 Pinafore
REED 4 Willis of the Knicks
TRAY 4 CarhopĠs aid
EAT 3 Finish a fast
BEANO 5 Gambling game
STEEL 5 Type of wool
SALAD 5 Egg or ham e.g.
ALINE 5 MacMahon or Murray
GIFTS 5 Wedding reception display
AIMEE 5 First name in evangelism
MRI 3 Diagnostic letters
ATONE 5 Make up for
BALER 5 HaymakerĠs shed mate
SHARE 5 Divvy up
EEE 3 Wingtip width perhaps
UZI 3 Submachine gun
FATAL 5 Toxic
EVE 3 Gloaming
EMDEN 5 Saxony seaport
SHUNTS 6 Heart-lung machines
RAVINE 6 LAĠs Chavez ___
ERASER 6 PuzzlerĠs precaution
ASONE 5 In unison
ASHES 5 Ring Around the Rosie word
ERGO 4 In that case
DIET 4 ___ for a Small Planet
LIMO 4 VIPĠs vehicle
IRAN 4 Caspian Sea country
HOPE 4 Rhode IslandĠs motto
OMEN 4 Portent
WEED 4 HerbicideĠs target
OAT 3 Meal starter
MUSS 4 Undo a do
JANE 4 Before Doe or after Plain
ABHOR 5 Antonym of love
ONCE 4 Eddie Van Halen song
EXIT 4 Side or rear follower
DRAMA 5 Noh for one
AFAR 4 ___ cry
RIGA 4 Capital of Latvia
DIVAN 5 Place for an odalisque?
TILEFISH 8 Weighted-down swimmer?
RECENT 6 Like yesterday
STENO 5 Office temp at times
THANK 5 Part of TGIF
ERMA 4 ArethaĠs younger sister
ODDBALL 7 Character
SAL 3 Dali to amigos?
TAHINI 6 Hummus ingredient
AGEE 4 African Queen scriptwriter
OPEC 4 Oil acronym
SONIC 5 Big boom
TENT 4 Dress style
LEAR 4 Kingly part
TRINAL 6 Doc additive
DOS 3 Partner of donĠts
EXPOSES 7 Brings to light
GLAD 4 Some rags
CERES 5 Largest known asteroid
CENTS 5 Two not worth much
DARKLY 6 Not lightly
CLAYFEET 8 Vulnerable arches?
AGAPE 5 Wide open
PAIR 4 Lowest hand
APSE 4 Choir hider
YUKON 5 Sergeant Preston locale
ALOT 4 Mucho
MALE 4 I Was a ___ War Bride
SAUTE 5 Brown
ZANY 4 Kinetic comic
ELAL 4 Conveyance to Tel Aviv
MOATS 5 Zoo confines sometimes
UNFIT 5 Rejected draftee condition
SCALE 5 Major or minor
SERENE 6 August
JERI 4 7 of 9 actress Ryan
AXIS 4 On what the earth turns
NIGHT 5 End of a hard day
ETA 3 Spartan letter
ADDEND 6 3 or 4 in 3 + 4
BRICKBAT 8 Heavy equipment for Sosa or McGwire?
HAVE 4 ___ you heard?
OMAN 4 Muscat is its capital
RANT 4 Carry on
FORT 4 Wayne or Worth
RADICAL 7 Kind of chic
HONING 6 Perfecting
MASTERY 7 Outcome of practice
AHORSE 6 ___ of a different color
AGED 4 Antiquated
LENO 4 Gauze weave
LETS 4 Shall we?
SOLE 4 Flatfish
APEX 4 Vertex
LEAP 4 TVĠs Quantum ___
INI 3 Computer system file extension
CROCKPOT 8 Cranky cooker?
LACY 4 Like some spiderwebs
SELENE 6 LunaĠs Greek counterpart
DEFAME 6 Blacken oneĠs name
SCALA 5 DivaĠs ascent with La
NEPAL 5 It shares Everest with Tibet
TESLA 5 EdisonĠs rival
STEEL 5 Shaquille OĠNeal film
DAYS 4 They make up our lives
AGUA 4 Water to Pablo
RAKU 4 Tea ceremony ware
LION 4 Broadway King
ARTY 4 Pretentious
PAZ 3 1990 Nobelist
ARCH 4 St. Louis draw
MAPLE 5 Sugar or silver e.g.
STAG 4 Dateless attendee
ROUE 4 Casanova type
ALIEN 5 Sigourney Weaver flick
PHIL 4 Ex-Bulls coach Jackson
TARA 4 Skater Lipinski
NOTED 5 Much-touted
REDO 4 Encore
REDSQUARE 9 Military parade site
EKES 4 Scrimps
LAUD 4 Pay homage to
AWARDS 6 Honors
SALINE 6 Salty solution
DERIDE 6 Give the Bronx cheer
AMEND 5 Tack on
WAXEN 5 Pallid
MBA 3 Grad. degree
NONE 4 Zilch
GAZED 5 Eyeballed
FLED 4 Flew the coop
SKI 3 Snow runner
ELVES 5 Diminutive beings
TRIAD 5 Group of three
NAVIES 6 War fleets
FIENDS 6 Up-to-no-goodniks
BASKET 6 CagerĠs target
EIRE 4 Ireland poetically
LUTE 4 Pear-shaped instrument
CHERNOBYL 9 Atomic faux pas
IRON 4 Burly folk pump it
HALVE 5 Tie a golf hole
EEOC 4 Civil rights agcy.
NAME 4 Moniker
ELLIS 5 ImmigrantĠs isle
ETNA 4 Italian peak
DEBS 4 Young soc. women
SLANT 5 Partiality
SIGN 4 Taurus or Libra e.g.
ART 3 Honeymooners Ġ Carney
ROAR 4 LionĠs two cents
CURE 4 Panacea
HEADLINE 8 DailyĠs top billing
MANQUE 6 Unsuccessful
ALOUD 5 Audibly
PITA 4 Sliced bread alternative
LEER 4 Lascivious glance
ENDEARED 8 Won over
SPREAD 6 Peanut butter for one
THEKREMLIN 10 Fortress within a city
AIDED 5 Pitched in
GLOSS 5 Give a shine to
SAND 4 Lelia author George
WIN 3 ___ lose or draw
SANS 4 Without equal: ___ pareil
AMOK 4 Madmen run this way
LENINSTOMB 10 Marxist resting place?
DAZES 5 Stuns
EXES 4 Former spouses
WAVE 4 Whitecap
BEAD 4 Globule
ADDS 4 Sums up
GLITCHES 8 Bugs in a computer program
FREEBEES 8 Drinks e.g. to high rollers
EVE 3 Night before
TIRO 4 Novice: var.
AKENES 6 Small one-seeded fruits
FINEST 6 New YorkĠs ___: policemen
BLIND 5 HunterĠs enclosure
AURAE 5 Astral bodies
ERVIN 5 Watergate investigator Sam ___
HALL 4 Mutiny on the Bounty author
ELLA 4 Singer Fitzgerald
YETI 4 Himalayan terror
LONG 4 Verbose: ___-winded
CAN 3 Fire
JABS 4 Punches
ZULU 4 African language
GAMMA 5 Greek letter
ETRE 4 To be in Toulon
ANON 4 Soon
ALAIN 5 Actor Delon
STOW 4 Put away
GULF 4 Big space
BOSSY 5 Like some employers
TIGERSMAULBUCS 14 Detroit beats Pittsburgh
ELUDE 5 Artfully dodge
RAY 3 Devilfish
AIM 3 Goal
RAE 3 ___ Dawn Chong
MEANLY 6 In a disrespectful way
OGLE 4 Look at lustfully
DINGO 5 Australian animal
PANES 5 Frame fillers
BIRDSDEVOURFISH 15 Baltimore defeats Florida
IDEAS 5 Thoughts
APSES 5 Recesses
NOSY 4 Very inquisitive
MASSIF 6 Block of earthĠs crust
LIP 3 Edge
ELI 3 Biblical priest
PAL 3 Chum
AGANA 5 Pacific capital
ASRATTLEDBACKS 14 Oakland bested Arizona
ATTAR 5 Essential oil
MAXI 4 Long skirt
LUIS 4 Hall-of-Famer Aparicio
WROTE 5 Became an author
ALAR 4 Winged
ANNE 4 ___ of Green Gables
LYRES 5 Small instruments
NOME 4 Alaskan city
SAGS 4 Droops
JESTER 6 Professional fool
ATTILA 6 King of the Huns
BROGUE 6 Accent or shoe
SEWED 5 Made curtains
ZAGS 4 Moves erratically
UNUM 4 E pluribus ___
LOLA 4 Ms. Falana
UNFURL 6 Open
GABBY 5 Talkative
ALOU 4 Manager Felipe
MASCAGNI 8 Cavalleria Rusticana composer
MISSILES 8 Scuds
ANY 3 Some
REMISS 6 Careless
LAY 3 Not clerical
MESH 4 Fit together
END 3 Finish
AGE 3 Period of time
NOVAS 5 Celestial phenomena
OAFS 4 Louts
DDAY 4 June 6 1944
PREFAB 6 Like some houses
BINE 4 Winding stem
IDOLATRY 8 Excessive admiration
RESISTOR 8 Electrical device
OPS 3 SaturnĠs wife
USI 3 Evansville sch.
MAT 3 Wrestling surface
ALTMAN 6 Director Robert
LACUNA 6 Gap
INKING 6 Coating a roller
PASSES 6 Gets a C
PARES 5 Cuts
GALAS 5 Fancy parties
RATE 4 Evaluate
LALO 4 Composer Schifrin
EXAM 4 Test
DIRE 4 Horrible
AWL 3 Pointed tool
ARABIC 6 Language of the Koran
SAG 3 Reagan was its president: acron.
LOCH 4 Lomond for one
NOLENS 6 ___ volens
TRA 3 La la leader
ASHE 4 Ġ75 Wimbledon champ
ANITRA 6 Peer Gynt dancer
IMMERSED 8 Ducked at the shore
CAMEO 5 Type of film role
DROMEDARY 9 Caravansary visitor?
ESE 3 Chin or Siam follower
MAO 3 ___ Tse-tung
RARE 4 Steak order
NEEDLE 6 Haystack dweller?
IRENE 5 Castle or Dunne
ASTA 4 Nick and NoraĠs dog
ALSACE 6 French region
LOB 3 Stroke by 16 Across
HEAT 4 Microwave output
NOTRE 5 Our to Pierre
MESA 4 Arizona city
ERR 3 Make a boo-boo
NOPETS 6 LandlordĠs edict
AMEN 4 Egyptian deity
MAYBE 5 Perhaps
SETTLE 6 Agree
ARES 4 Greek god of war
RAI 3 Ray to residents of Dijon
NHL 3 GretzkyĠs grp.
VISIONARY 9 Impractical oculist?
RATIO 5 Proportion
IRONSIDE 8 Burr role
PARADE 6 Easter event
NILE 4 Shade of green
AID 3 Help
INURES 6 Hardens
OSES 4 Sugar endings
CEO 3 Corp. bigwig
SATYRS 6 Mythical goat-men
ANACE 5 Item up a gamblerĠs sleeve?
RONAS 5 Barrett and namesakes
ALIMENTARY 10 Very busy canal?
BETE 4 Bugbear: ___ noire
INROME 6 ÒWhen ___ do as the . . .Ó
CSA 3 LeeĠs org.
STIR 4 Cookbook word
ARMOR 5 Helmet gorget greaves etc.
GAMMA 5 Type of globulin
LARDER 6 Pantry
OSSA 4 Pelion topper?
CHER 4 ChastityĠs mom
HEDY 4 Actress Lamarr
EERIE 5 Weird
DOLLOP 6 Blob
ADANO 5 Bell town
EAT 3 Chew
ESTES 5 Kefauver
ELEMENTARY 10 Word to Dr. Watson
NOSE 4 Cone or dive leader
EBAN 4 Diplomat Abba ___
AHEM 4 Attention getter
SERA 4 Antitoxins
ARTERY 6 Important vessel
CESTA 5 Jai alai basket
MAL 3 ___ de mer
NEROS 5 Pianist Peter and a fiddler
BAINES 6 The B in LBJ
TIRANA 6 Albanian capital
ENIAC 5 Early computer
SADIE 5 Thompson of Rain
HIDER 5 SeekerĠs target
LOESS 5 Loamy deposit
VINO 4 PlatoĠs In ___ veritas
IRIS 4 Eye part
SOLE 4 Fish
REDO 4 Start all over
ARUT 4 Stagnant: in ___
PIS 3 Greek letters
BEN 3 Big ___
AVISO 5 Dispatch boat
ASTR 4 Star combiner
ONO 3 ÒSail ___ ship of state!Ó
LICIT 5 Legal
DARE 4 Bell the cat
ADRAMACRITICIS 14 Start of a comment
TIMES 5 New York ___ : source of the comment
ORT 3 Table scrap
ATE 3 Downed
EVAS 4 Peron and Braun
BOSSY 5 Overbearing
ONLY 4 GoldenĠs ___ in America
REL 3 Reluctance unit
DRAPE 5 Arrange in folds
ALGER 5 Author Horatio
LIETO 5 Be stationary at sea
GRILSE 6 Young salmon
AMANWHOLEAVES 13 More of the comment
GRADES 6 Report card features
NIOBE 5 Mythical weeper
RACER 5 Indy 500 entrant
BEADY 5 Like some eyes
GBS 3 Monogram of the commentĠs speaker
ICAN 4 Yes ___ : Sammy Davis Jr.
MADRE 5 Sierra ___
ALOU 4 Brothers of baseball
SHR 3 NYSE purch.
TIN 3 Kind of soldier
STERN 5 Resolute
NOTURNUNSTONED 14 End of the comment
INAN 4 ___ instant: quickly
ENATE 5 Maternally related
DAR 3 ___ es Salaam
DIME 4 Thin coin
RIPUP 5 Tear
ALY 3 ___ Khan
BOATER 6 Straw hat
ENDIVE 6 Salad item
NORMAL 6 Standard
ALMS 4 Charity
VIA 3 By way of
ICC 3 Government agcy.
SIR 3 Title for Galahad
OTIOSE 6 Lazy
ADIT 4 MinerĠs way in
SAC 3 Pouch
TRIANGLE 8 Percussion instrument
RESTLESS 8 Antsy
AES 3 Loser to DDE
TRY 3 Attempt
EYRE 4 Fictional Jane
BREWS 5 Makes tea
OATH 4 Pledge
SPOONED 7 Used a ladle
OLIVE 5 Kind of drab?
DINER 5 Eatery
ARABY 5 The Sheik of ___
LADEN 5 Burdened
GEODE 5 Hollow crystallized rock
ARACHNID 8 Spider for one
MACARONI 8 Pasta
LIAR 4 Tale teller
GRIS 4 Gray in Grenoble
BANNER 6 Flag
GLENDA 6 Actress Jackson
BOREAL 6 Of the north wind
SUNDRY 6 Various
MIR 3 Russian village
ATO 3 From ___ Z
TUNE 4 Air
STEP 4 One or two follower
TAM 3 Highland headwear
UNI 3 Cycle start
NAP 3 Forty winks
STU 3 Udall or Erwin
AMOS 4 OT book
ESS 3 End of a count
STREWN 6 All over the place
BATE 4 Moderate
AHA 3 Exclamation
PEORIA 6 How will it play in ___?
ACHE 4 Throb
VAN 3 Popular vehicle
ACTING 6 Temporary substitute
SHEPHERDSCHECK 14 Plaid fabric
HORSE 5 Gymnasium apparatus
EPEES 5 Duel tools
ACEIT 5 Breeze through
HMOS 4 Health plans briefly
WARDOFTHECOURT 14 Tennis-playing Sela?
CHLOES 6 DaphnisĠ love et al.
RIPLEY 6 Believe It or Not man
GUARDIANANGELS 14 Flock watchers
SPRY 4 Energetic
TELEG 5 Western Union missive: abbr.
STEAL 5 Appropriate
IDEST 5 That is to Livy
BROTHERSKEEPER 14 Your ___: what you are hopefully
PIERRE 6 SD capital
ETA 3 Greek vowel
MOVE 4 Relocate
ELENAS 6 Helens: Gr.
SAL 3 Gal of song
IDEA 4 Think piece?
REDEYE 6 Midnight flight
TRE 3 Die face in Vienna
TENT 4 Canvas
ABASH 5 Shame
MACHO 5 He-mannish
OTHER 5 Different
SEEPS 5 Oozes out
EAVE 4 Jetting overhang
SHAREEF 7 Islamic title: var.
SANDPIT 7 NIMBY no-no
SPACE 5 Room
TECHS 5 Cal and Texas
ROTE 4 By heart
ERIC 4 Norseman
WINK 4 Tiddly follower
NAG 3 Slow 23 Across
HEADED 6 Governed
SETH 4 Genesis name
COSI 4 MozartĠs ___ fan tutte
HOPE 4 Middle of a trio
MULL 4 Think about with over
ORES 4 Bank deposits
STY 3 Sloppy place
WHUP 4 Defeat a la Ali
ALAR 4 Winglike
RORY 4 Actor Calhoun
ERNE 4 Atlantic bird
CIGGIE 6 Slangy smoke
CGS 3 Centimeter gram second: abbr.
ATEE 4 Exactitude
NEAREST 7 Horseshoes point
ALLSTAR 7 Dream team pick
STRAY 5 Dogie
THESE 5 At hand items
DEMIT 5 Relinquish
EPODE 5 Lyric poem
SEVEN 5 Ted WilliamsĠ number
TREAT 5 Deal with
BILE 4 Peevishness
REED 4 Clarinet for one
ORNE 4 Sarah ___ Jewett
KALE 4 Slangy money
PER 3 Each
ROBOT 5 Automaton
LEAP 4 Spring
SPES 4 Goddess of hope
AMINO 5 Acid type
AGIO 4 Exchange discount
TITO 4 Former Yugoslav leader
CATTLECALL 10 Audition summons
AGAR 4 Culture medium
ERE 3 Poetic palindrome
EVEN 4 Tied
LOLITA 6 Nabokov novel
ADES 4 Beverage endings
ROWAN 5 Mountain ash
BECKON 6 Lure
GOINGAPE 8 Running wild
ELOI 4 Patron saint of artists
TARO 4 Edible tuber
PAL 3 Crony
LAWN 4 Sheer fabric
SPITS 5 Equipment for barbecues
LODI 4 Napoleonic battle site
OTC 3 Some stocks: abbr.
REST 4 Musical symbol
OKRA 4 Stew ingredient
WHOLEHOG 8 Without reservation
AGREES 6 Is in sync
LOREN 5 1961 Oscar winner
INRE 4 Concerning
SALAAM 6 Islamic greeting
ARCA 4 Alms box
SPA 3 Health resort
LIED 4 Prevaricated
MONKEYSUIT 10 Fancy get-up
URGE 4 Inclination
ERNE 4 Sea bird
ERECT 5 Upright
EYED 4 Observed
DEED 4 Legal document
RISKY 5 Perilous
RACE 4 Marathon
OMAR 4 Khayyam
BITE 4 Food morsel
ONT 3 Canadian prov.
TOLEDO 6 Lake Erie port
LACES 5 Intertwines
EGAN 4 Alaskan governor
AIL 3 Be under the weather
POLLOI 6 Hoi ___
STALAG 6 German prison camp
PIGINAPOKE 10 Blind purchase
ETAT 4 State: Fr.
SORA 4 Rail bird
EVENTS 6 Happenings
OWN 3 Possess
AKIN 4 Related
ROOTS 5 TVĠs 1977 special
BELOW 5 Under
ELATH 5 Israeli seaport
COWCOLLEGE 10 AggieĠs alma mater
GRIEG 5 Norwegian composer
PADRE 5 Military chaplain
ELIAS 5 Inventor Howe
APRON 5 Stage floor section
STANCE 6 Position
LORE 4 Tradition
LOADED 6 Like some questions
ERA 3 Time period
HEMMED 6 Companion of hawed
GRAYER 6 More dismal
IRKED 5 Annoyed
SLUE 4 Swerve
AIRY 4 Well ventilated
ANNE 4 A Bront
SUES 4 Takes to court
PICK 4 Select
ATTY 4 Lawyer for short
ORE 3 Metal source
SRI 3 Hindu title
MAJOR 5 See 49 Down
SLOE 4 ___ gin fizz
BLAB 4 Spill the beans
AGORA 5 Greek marketplace
TONY 4 Running back Dorsett
RARE 4 Like an onside kick
GREEN 5 Color of the Philadelphia Eagles
EPEE 4 Pentathlon sword
ERIE 4 Fred BiletnikoffĠs birthplace
IAM 3 Sum in Òcogito ergo sumÓ
CHEERLEADER 11 Sideline sight
OTHER 5 Additional
INK 3 Press coverage
VENEER 6 Overlay
HANDSOME 8 Graceful
INTER 5 The I in ICBM
BORES 5 Party poopers
RAD 3 Awesome!
STAN 4 Humphries of the Chargers
CAPER 5 Escapade
PANG 4 Twinge
TEN 3 First and ___
SELES 5 Palindromic tennis star
TINGE 5 Smattering
ARACHNID 8 Cellar dweller
RANGER 6 D-Day commando
OUT 3 See 41 Down
DENSE 5 Crowded
QUARTERBACK 11 Bart Starr e.g.
BAH 3 Fiddlesticks!
URIS 4 Trinity novelist
ROAN 4 Two-toned horse
ADOBE 5 Building block
ISLE 4 Presque ___ ME
EPIC 4 Like Super Bowl XIII
ROWER 5 Oarsman
PAST 4 Time out of mind
DELE 4 Strike out
DELTA 5 Space shuttle wing
MAGI 4 Amahl and the Night Visitors night visitors
AGRA 4 Site of the Taj Mahal
JOEMONTANA 10 Three-time Super Bowl MVP
ORE 3 Mesabi Range product
RANCHER 7 Ben Cartwright e.g.
STEER 5 Bum ___
LOPE 4 Easy gait
ONER 4 Doozy
EYELINER 8 Cosmetic for 21 Across
BREAKS 6 Runs through a tackle
LARD 4 Shortening
ARIE 4 Indy champ Luyendyk
BEER 4 Super Bowl beverage
HER 3 That girl
ENDS 4 Teammates of tackles
TEEN 4 Bar Mitzvah boy
VISTA 5 IowaĠs Buena ___ University
ENTER 5 Become a contestant
HOPED 5 Crossed oneĠs fingers
ARES 4 Iliad god
ORANGEBOWL 10 Site of Super Bowls II III V X and XIII
MANGE 5 Pet problem
EDGER 5 LandscaperĠs tool
BALI 4 Indonesian resort
CENTERED 8 Snapped as a football
PINS 4 Partner of needles
SHUT 4 Prevent from scoring with 46 Across
TANKARD 7 Container for 13 Down
CORSET 6 Whalebone garment
REC 3 Room for viewing the Super Bowl
DANCE 5 End zone celebration
QUIP 4 ÒIt ainĠt over till itĠs over Ó e.g.
URSA 4 Bear in the air with 1 Across
AILS 4 Has a bug
ROPE 4 Tug-of-war need
BAIL 4 Rescue with out
ABET 4 Help a hood
HERA 4 Mother of 30 Down
DOE 3 Female kangaroo
PALM 4 Beach or Desert
PREYS 5 Plunders with upon
PAAR 4 Preceded Carson
ALOU 4 Prolific baseball family
TENET 5 Doctrine
ALDA 4 With 2 Down Hawkeye portrayer
PACKSADDLE 10 Gold carrier
CAIN 4 The bad brother
ANKLE 5 Place for a bracelet
SPANKING 8 Form of discipline
UNTO 4 Biblical preposition
SLUR 4 Speak like a sot
PACKSACK 8 Hiking gear
STARTS 6 Begins
RUR 3 CapekĠs futuristic play
ESTES 5 Politician Kefauver
STORE 5 Nordstrom or MacyĠs
IRA 3 RosemaryĠs Baby author Levin
KAYAK 5 NanookĠs canoe
BID 3 Action at SothebyĠs
ZAPPA 5 Composer of Weasels Ripped My Flesh
LUGES 5 Olympic rides
ONA 3 Not ___ bet!
ESSAYS 6 School papers
PACKITIN 8 Give up
CETE 4 Band of badgers
SKIT 4 Burlesque bit
COCKSURE 8 Overconfident
FARGO 5 1995 Frances McDormand film
ABLE 4 Ready and willing partner
PACKOFLIES 10 Several untruths
SOUR 4 In a bad mood
OTHER 5 Remainder
ICET 4 Popular rapper
SEES 4 Comprehends
ROONE 5 ABC boss Arledge
CORE 4 Delicious leftover
PAPA 4 John Phillips once
ALAN 4 See 16 Across
LOCK 4 Hammer ___
MUKLUK 6 Eskimo boot
PTA 3 Mom and Pop org.
RED 3 Comedian Skelton
ENDS 4 Completes
YELPS 5 Pomeranian barks
STEALS 6 Rips off
PACKRAT 7 String-saver
ALAI 4 Jai ___
ADIN 4 Tennis score
RANG 4 You ___?
SENSE 5 Taste for one
NUTS 4 1987 Barbra Streisand movie
TASK 4 Job
OCTAL 5 Like a stop sign
PRIZE 5 Pulitzer e.g.
AURAS 5 Mystiques
CRAPS 5 Las Vegas game
KEYUP 5 Get excited
ROBOT 5 Isaac AsimovĠs I ___
TRINI 5 Singer Lopez
SEDAN 5 French city
SAGAS 5 Epic tales
KECK 4 Wild chervil
PACKERS 7 Winners of Super Bowl I and II
AYES 4 The ___ have it
SKIFF 5 Flatbottom boat
STUPOR 6 Lethargy
ITALIC 6 Type type
ERATO 5 MiltonĠs muse
CASS 4 Mama Elliott
OBOE 4 Hautboy
CLUE 4 Game with Professor Plum
ECHO 4 Sound rebound
RICO 4 Puerto ender
GEER 4 Actor Will
OSTE 4 Elbe feeder
KEN 3 Boxer Norton
ORE 3 Hematite or pitchblende
SEAS 4 Salton and Sargasso
DEANS 5 College bigwigs
ICED 4 Readied the bubbly
TARE 4 Biblical weed
IDIOT 5 ___ savant
MATE 4 Chess triumph
OGLE 4 Leer
SITAR 5 ShankarĠs instrument
AFAR 4 At a distance
KEEPTHECHANGE 13 Big spenderĠs declaration
ERN 3 Fish-catching eagle
ROSH 4 HashanahĠs head
BOOTES 6 ArcturusĠ constellation
KEN 3 Understand
NOR 3 Common conjunctive
ERE 3 Before to a bard
CASE 4 DAĠs assignment
OISE 4 Belgium/France river
MARAT 5 CordayĠs victim
APPEARSTOVANISH 15 Gets lost in the fog
POINT 5 Tapered end
LENA 4 Chanteuse ___ Horne
NAES 4 Highlands denials
ORR 3 Defensive hockey great
ILE 3 French map dot
RHO 3 Letter from Athens
STABLE 6 Even-tempered
LAMA 4 Buddhist monk
MIA 3 Actress Farrow
LITTLEBIGHORN 13 Site of CusterĠs last stand
ARIL 4 Seed cover
HEMAN 5 Macho
EVES 4 Holiday forerunners
BANK 4 River feature
AVAST 5 Nautical command
RENE 4 President Coty
EGGS 4 Early birds?
LINES 5 Queues
OREL 4 Pitcher Hershiser
STOKE 5 Feed the fire
EAGER 5 Type of beaver
ARLEN 5 Over the Rainbow composer
SEEP 4 Ooze
DISHONOR 8 Infamy
EDIES 5 Adams and Brickell
AITCH 5 8th of a series
NOAH 4 Ark architect
STRABO 6 Famed Greek geographer
IMAGO 5 Insect stage
CAFETERIA 9 Self-service eatery
ETA 3 See 48 Across
DER 3 Aachen article
TRE 3 Uno y due
NORMA 5 Rae of fiction
ERASE 5 Expunge
SETHS 5 Warner and Boyden
KEEN 4 Ululate
NEON 4 Broadway sign
CAPOS 5 Mafia leaders
APORT 5 Toward the shipĠs left side
SPIRALING 9 Like prices during inflation
ISLE 4 Ait
STE 3 French saint
ANNO 4 ___ Domini
ATILT 5 PisaĠs towerĠs position
VARMINTS 8 Skunks raccoons etc.
LETHAL 6 GloverĠs ___ Weapon
HAG 3 Shrew
BILKS 5 Fleeces
LEMAN 5 GenevaĠs lake
ABASE 5 Degrade
MOVER 5 Van proprietor
IRENE 5 Goodnight girl
ANSEL 5 First name in photography
LEVI 4 One of the tribes
HERO 4 Deli delight
ABE 3 An honest man
RAG 3 Start of a tag?
SERF 4 Villein
SALS 4 Maglie and Mineo
PLUSH 5 Luxurious
TIER 4 Stadium row
ANEW 4 Once more
GENOA 5 ColumbusĠ birthplace
ARIE 4 Indy winner Luyendyk
LIMO 4 Airport transportation
ANTIS 5 Those against
GENERATORS 10 Energy converters
SILT 4 Alluvium
HAMANDCHEESE 12 Filling in 36 Across?
MALAWI 6 Nyasaland today
TOES 4 Gout targets
EDEN 4 Biblical garden
SPATE 5 Outpouring
SEA 3 Ross or Bering
SANDWICHISLANDS 15 Hawaii formerly
AMA 3 DoctorĠs org.
AVAIL 5 Help
BANK 4 Pile up
OLIN 4 See 28 Down
STUPAS 6 Buddhist topes
CHICKENSALAD 12 Filling in 36 Across?
RENT 4 Lease
DICTAPHONE 10 Voice recorder
ALLAH 5 God in Islam
NOOK 4 Cozy corner
AXEL 4 Ice skating maneuver
PEEVE 5 Gripe
GONE 4 Absent
BECK 4 CallĠs partner
ENTER 5 Stage direction
SPED 4 Hastened
INKS 4 Signs
STAG 4 Kind of party
EIRE 4 Hibernia
REIN 4 Check
FREEHAND 8 Type of drawing
SALAMI 6 Filling in 36 Across?
ANITA 5 Novelist Loos
LEMON 5 Iced tea topper
SWORDTAIL 9 Aquarium fish
PGA 3 Ernie ElsĠ org.
LENSES 6 Contacts e.g.
UNTIE 5 Loosen
SOILS 5 Dirties
HASTE 5 It makes waste
RAW 3 Uncooked
SCOTS 5 Edinburgh residents
HEEL 4 Shoe part
MESA 4 Suburb of Phoenix
ADAM 4 Sandler or West
LENA 4 Havana costar with 43 Across
SCANNINGS 9 Ultrasounds
PHI 3 After upsilon
SNAP 4 Break
EDNA 4 ___ St. Vincent Millay
ASKS 4 Inquires
WALK 4 Stroll
IVIED 5 Like CornellĠs walls
ABUDHABI 8 Arabian sheikdom
OCTAVE 6 Group of eight
SLAKED 6 Quenched
TAP 3 Beer outlet
CRAPE 5 Kind of myrtle
HELEN 5 Actress Hayes
INLET 5 Cove
SCOOP 5 Dipper
ATONE 5 Make amends
OXEN 4 Beasts of burden
NECK 4 Narrow margin
ELKS 4 BPOE members
HER 3 LBJĠs dog
GERM 4 ___ of an idea
CLASS 5 Type of act
ATOP 4 At the summit
AREA 4 Realm
AORTA 5 Principal pathway
PAGE 4 Use the beeper
BIDS 4 Nods at the auction
LOCAL 5 Not long distance
AXLE 4 Kind of shaft
SCOTTISHTERRIER 15 Vermin hunter
SUP 3 Enjoy a repast
SIT 3 Command to a canine
ODE 3 Poem of Pindar
THERETO 7 Thither
GEE 3 Command to a mule
ROAST 5 Rib or shoulder e.g.
TARA 4 OĠHara home
YARN 4 You can spin one
ENGLISHFOXHOUND 15 ReynardĠs pursuer
ONLY 4 ___ When I Laugh
PETS 4 Caresses fondly
AUDIO 5 TV without the tube
SEE 3 BishopĠs bailiwick
CORSETS 7 Waistline reducers
YEW 3 English longbow wood
AIR 3 Send out
ETA 3 Info at LAX
BELGIANSHEEPDOG 15 Guardian of the flock
ARIA 4 La Scala special
DEPOT 5 Station
RIDE 4 Anchor attachment
LISP 4 Have trouble with esses
IRENE 5 Goodnight girl
INON 4 Privy to
METE 4 Apportion with out
COWER 5 Grovel
LORE 4 Conventional wisdom
GABS 4 Yaks
ERIC 4 ___ the Red
REDO 4 Change the decor
MASTS 5 Sail supports
CALIPH 6 Moslem ruler
LOOS 4 LadiesĠ rooms in Leeds
ARCH 4 Word with rival or support
STAT 4 ERA or RBI
SALESTAX 8 Retail add-on
APART 5 Except with from
TAXI 4 Airplanes do it
OGLE 4 Give the eye
PEER 4 Look closely
TUTTI 5 Half of an ice cream flavor
RIO 3 Sugar Loaf site
OREOS 5 They go with milk
DONNE 5 English poet John
EAGLE 5 Philadelphia footballer
ETHER 5 Firmament
RAFTS 5 Flat floaters
EROSE 5 Chewed up
GAUDY 5 Loud
ERNIE 5 Author Pyle
ENDOW 5 Provide funds for
SLY 3 Like Reynard
YOU 3 ___ dirty rat!
SPORADIC 8 Occasional
HASTE 5 It makes waste
CII 3 Second year of the second century
TEETER 6 Be unsteady
AGAPE 5 Wide open
APRIL 5 Time for a shower
BALM 4 Soothing salve
ERIE 4 SuperiorĠs inferior
LIST 4 Things to be done e.g.
NERO 4 Famous fiddler
SPEW 4 Erupt
HONE 4 Put an edge on
DINO 4 FlintstoneĠs pet
ODOR 4 Whiff
GENE 4 Krupa or Kelly
FIBS 4 Little white lies
ALLOT 5 Earmark
RAFT 4 Rapids conveyance
ORLO 4 Column support
COOTS 5 Old buzzards?
ELLE 4 Popular magazine
COOL 4 ___ out: relax
CROOKEDMAN 10 Holmes case subject
INCIDENT 8 Episode
CHANT 5 Plainsong
TUNE 4 Air
FACE 4 WhatĠs behind the mask
SAVANT 6 Idiot ___
DOGEARED 8 Like well-read pages
CUERS 5 Square dance callers
MOUE 4 Pouting grimace
DEAR 4 Letter opener
ADRY 4 ___ White Season : 1989 film
HOUND 5 Dog
ETTE 4 Luncheon follower
DISC 4 Compact item
EAST 4 US coast
EDIES 5 Adams et al.
STAYLATE 8 Work after hours
HELENS 6 Mount Saint ___
CUTS 4 Edited films
DORE 4 French illustrator of Dante
ATOLL 5 Bikini e.g.
BUOYANCY 8 ArchimedesĠ principle factor
DEVILSFOOT 10 Holmes case subject
GALA 4 Occasion of tribute
OLES 4 Comedian Olsen et al.
PLUME 5 Hat decor
USER 4 Druggie
SENT 4 Broadcast
ASTOR 5 Financier John Jacob
ETON 4 School founded by Henry VI
FOCI 4 Center points
IRON 4 Its symbol is Fe
BLOC 4 Kind of vote
SOLITARYCYCLIST 15 Holmes case subject
ACCENT 6 Stress
LORNE 5 NHL Blackhawks coach Malleken
LOOT 4 Boodle
OTO 3 Oklahoma tribe
TSK 3 Doubled itĠs a reproach
REDHEADEDLEAGUE 15 Holmes case subject
ALMA 4 Frau Mahler
FLAN 4 Custard dessert
TENT 4 Pup chaser
ECCE 4 Behold to Caesar
DUNS 4 Presses for payment
FOUNT 5 Source
AGED 4 Hoary
SCADS 5 Oodles
AUDIT 5 IRS threat
VERSA 5 Vice follower
DOUSE 5 Quench
RETIE 5 Link again
EATEN 5 Devoured
DRESS 5 Devil in a Blue ___
MOATS 5 Castle rings
HEAT 4 1995 Pacino/DeNiro film
EERY 4 Chilling: var.
LULL 4 Hiatus
HOOTER 6 Displeased audience member
DUOMO 5 Italian cathedral
ADOS 4 Splashes
TELE 4 Graph or gram attach to it
OVEN 4 Inferno
BOUT 4 Match
NAST 4 Magazine publisher Cond ___
CLEO 4 Grammy winner Laine
YARN 4 Boucl or crewel
SPA 3 Saratoga Springs e.g.
FLS 3 Elev. stops
DARER 5 Plunger
PSAT 4 Pre-coll. test
BALL 4 Lucille
ENOLA 5 ___ Gay
AWRY 4 Mixed up
OREO 4 Favorite cookie
ENDOF 5 ItĠs the ___ the line
NEIN 4 No in Nuremburg
ROAD 4 Sometimes itĠs not taken
DEEPFRIEZE 10 Profound artwork?
ESSE 4 OvidĠs to be
ELECT 5 Verb for voters
ODETS 5 Playwright Clifford
BID 3 2 hearts or 3 clubs e.g.
ELS 3 Golfer Ernie
CDEF 4 Alphabet string
ODESSA 6 Texas town
CREDENCE 8 Something lent?
LEAH 4 JacobĠs wife
CABOB 5 Barbecue dish: var.
EELY 4 Squiggly
DEFACERS 8 Spoilers
OCTAVE 6 Musical measure
RASE 4 Level in Liverpool
IRA 3 Savings instr.
RID 3 Get ___ of
TRAPP 5 Singing family
SNAPS 5 Ginger ___
EARP 4 Gunfighter Wyatt
KNIGHTMARE 10 LancelotĠs horse?
AREA 4 Location
AERO 4 Flying start
AIRES 5 Buenos ___
SEEN 4 Observed
TRET 4 Weight allowance
ILIAC 5 Sacro___
ERLE 4 PerryĠs creator
EONS 4 Ages
NEALE 5 FootballĠs Greasy
DEED 4 It may be good or bad
ANNE 4 Actress Francis
RODE 4 ___ into the sunset
ELOPE 5 Rush to wed
RAFFLES 7 Singapore hotel
PANICS 6 Loses control
SWEET 5 Sixteen preceder
ARIZ 4 Nev. neighbor
TYNE 4 Actress Daly
BOREDFEET 9 Worn-out walkers?
AROSE 5 Stood
LEAST 5 Smallest
LODES 5 Ore places
RELACES 7 Fixes a shoestring
OED 3 Major ref. work
BOLD 4 Daring
IDEE 4 ___ fixe
DEAF 4 Unhearing
CRO 3 ___-Magnon
DEBORAH 7 Kerr of film
SHARPPANE 9 Dangerous window feature?
CBS 3 Eye network
NEAR 4 Close
CLVI 4 Half of CCCXII
EYED 4 Spotted
ARE 3 All the Things You ___
CAP 3 Tam
CAPTAIN 7 Military leader
INGOTS 6 Gold bars
TEASE 5 Twit
RARER 5 More difficult to find
AREEL 5 Dizzy
SIREN 5 City sound
SMILE 5 Facial lighting
KATE 4 Cole Porter title character
NERO 4 Fiddler or pianist
ARIA 4 Battle song
REAL 4 Kind of time
ESCE 4 Phosphor ending
MESA 4 Plateau
AGE 3 Show growth
CROC 4 Gator cousin
ADAMSRIB 8 Comedy with Katherine and 13 Down
HERA 4 Companion of Zeus
SOFTPEDAL 9 De-emphasize
ALAN 4 Shepard of space
ESE 3 WNW opposite
DNA 3 Cloning matter
END 3 Terminus
SPAR 4 ShipĠs boom
NAY 3 Word of disagreement
UBANGI 6 Congo tributary
NAP 3 Davenport visit?
OCS 3 Acad. for leaders-to-be
RATTED 6 Informed with on
ITS 3 A mind of ___ own
FETA 4 Salad cheese
EST 3 Ultimate suffix
THEAFRICANQUEEN 15 Vehicle for Katherine and Bogie
IST 3 Adherent
TABU 4 Polynesian prohibition
ALE 3 Inn drink
SLIDER 6 PitcherĠs choice
RAE 3 See 5 Down
SAX 3 Alto or tenor ___
PINATA 6 Clay target at a fiesta
REC 3 Room for darts briefly
WENT 4 Withdrew
ANT 3 Crumb lifter
CLI 3 Fourth of DCIV
ASH 3 Bat wood
REEF 4 Ridge of coral
YODELLERS 9 Tyrolean warblers
SARI 4 Wrap for a rani
KEYLARGO 8 Nail biter with Bogie and 16 Down
ERNE 4 Bird of prey
IRE 3 Antagonism
BESS 4 Ms. Truman
BESS 4 Ms. Truman
MAS 3 Bell and Kettle
EDO 3 Tokyo of yore
SAFER 5 Not so rocky
AMTS 4 Short quantities
ARE 3 Era anagram
GIDDY 5 Frivolous
EBAN 4 Israeli statesman Abba
CHA 3 Half a dance
RELENT 6 Display compassion
ORANGE 6 Hot hue
CANDID 6 Open
SPENCERTRACY 12 KatherineĠs frequent costar
LAURENBACALL 12 BogartĠs partner
SNIT 4 State of agitation
PATH 4 Trajectory
APSE 4 Sanctuary section
ASTI 4 ___ spumante
BASQUE 6 Close-fitting bodice
ATTU 4 Near Island
OFFSET 6 Countervail
ACT 3 Maneuver
AIDA 4 Classic Met heroine
AARE 4 River at Bern
EASE 4 Smooth sailing
ELAN 4 Flair
NEXT 4 BarberĠs call
SPARSE 6 Meager
LINEAR 6 Sort of measure
INTERN 6 Apprentice
RIDER 5 Amendment
WHERE 5 ExplorerĠs query
LOKI 4 Norse god
SLAB 4 Monolith
FIE 3 Outmoded oath
EYE 3 Appraise
RGS 3 Gridiron positions: abbr.
SOS 3 A sea plea
ALEC 4 Herring
IRISH 5 Coffee or stew
ASAP 4 Letters on a rush order
CERO 4 Atlantic fish
MARIO 5 A Cuomo
TUNA 4 Salad fish
TERN 4 Aquatic bird
EVITA 5 1979 musical
FAIR 4 Unbiased
SOLESURVIVOR 12 1970 film
UNWIND 6 Relax
SIRENS 6 Alarms
PORGYANDBESS 12 Gershwin opera
BRONX 5 New York area
ARE 3 Be alive
ATTIC 5 Storage area
OTT 3 Hall-of-Famer Mel
NIL 3 Zero
AER 3 ___ Lingus
WHEAL 5 Skin peel
CEL 3 Cartoon frame
AFIRE 5 Eager
LIKESARDINES 12 Packed in ___: crowded
OCULAR 6 Of the eye
AULAIT 6 Coffee style
HOLYMACKEREL 12 The Kingfish expression
ARTE 4 Comic Johnson
IRATE 5 Furious
EPIC 4 Colossal
RARA 4 ___ avis
TENTS 5 Some pavilions
TARO 4 Edible tuber
ALAR 4 Wing-shaped
SWEET 5 Flavorsome
SHAD 4 Roe fish
ACT 3 Do something
LEE 3 Jeans name
ERR 3 Botch up
CONSIGN 7 Entrust
IMELDA 6 ManilaĠs Marcos
RAVE 4 Kind of review
IRIS 4 Blue flag
SITU 4 In ___
HOARSE 6 Gruff-voiced
ATFIRST 7 Initially
SUAVE 5 Sophisticated
ANION 5 An alkali salt
PARRS 5 Young salmon
ONYX 4 Jet black
VISA 4 Plastic card
UPBOW 5 Violin stroke
NORTH 5 Compass point
WROTE 5 Corresponded
NANCE 5 John ___ Garner
DRIES 5 Withers
BELLA 5 Donna start
TAINA 5 Actress Elg
IEREI 5 ÒAble was ___ saw Elba.Ó
CREST 5 Reach highest flood stage
ALLYEAR 7 January to January
LIAM 4 Writer OĠFlaherty
ADUE 4 Together in music
FILLETS 7 Deboned fish
KRAITS 6 Venomous snakes
RAREST 6 Most red
OHARA 5 Actress Maureen
CORAL 5 ___ Gables FL
ULTRA 5 Extreme
CREW 4 Boat people
KANE 4 Citizen ___
ETTE 4 Leather end
PAH 3 Cry of disgust
IRA 3 See 27 Across
COD 3 Atlantic fish
CAROM 5 Billiards shot
ELLS 4 Building additions
PLAT 4 ___ of survey
ARENA 5 Omni or Forum
NEAT 4 Without the ice
AURA 4 Nimbus
TONER 5 Copy machine additive
SACREDCOW 9 One can do no wrong
ONTIME 6 As scheduled
NEED 4 Requisite
IAN 3 JamesĠ creator
DONAT 5 The original Mr. Chips
AIRDRY 6 Clothesline purpose
GREASEMONKEY 12 Mechanic
HAT 3 Toque or tam
EROSE 5 Irregularly notched
EDGE 4 Finish the lawn
ENA 3 SpainĠs last queen
TOR 3 Rocky peak
RUN 3 Hosiery mishap
ALI 3 LionĠs share?
ETTA 4 Kett of the comics
ABELE 5 White poplar
REM 3 Sleep measure briefly
SPELLINGBEES 12 Star studentsĠ competitions
TAIPEI 6 TaiwanĠs capital
UDALL 5 Ralph Roister Doister writer
INN 3 Hostelry
AGAR 4 Culture medium
RIATAS 6 Lassos
LOANSHARK 9 Usurer
GREBE 5 Diving bird
EDNA 4 Ferber or Best
TREE 4 Entrap
EERIE 5 Unworldly
SEEP 4 Ooze
HEDY 4 Actress Lamarr
ESNES 5 Feudal serfs
CATO 4 The Censor
ARON 4 Irish playwright Geraldine
RENT 4 Big budget item
ONEIDA 6 Central New York lake
MARMOSET 8 Small clawed monkey of Central America
ENS 3 PrintersĠ measures
LEANTOS 7 Simple sheds
LACE 4 Thread through
STREAK 6 Winning ___
PAD 3 What a hippie gets for 3 Down
LUCID 5 Intelligible
AROAR 5 Like the pounding surf
TAWNY 5 Type of owl
EDIE 4 Singer Adams
ENERO 5 Ao opener
AMORAL 6 Without scruples
RYE 3 Deli option
GHEE 4 Indian butter
RANT 4 Engage in diatribe
ETAT 4 French state
NEREID 6 Sea nymph
DARE 4 Throw down the gauntlet
GLEE 4 Kind of club
EIMS 4 Shade providers
ULNAR 5 Relating to a forearm bone
NEGLIGEE 8 Peignoir
ASP 3 Eurasian viper
BLURRED 7 Beclouded
PEAS 4 Pod denizens
EIGHTH 6 Before ninth
BLARES 6 Strident sounds
TILES 5 RooferĠs material
ANODE 5 Battery terminal
INANE 5 Silly
AARE 4 Swiss stream
TERN 4 GullĠs cousin
ABIE 4 NicholsĠ hero
SEES 4 Understands
NAP 3 Cat chaser?
KEY 3 Florida feature
STAT 4 Photocopy briefly
INOR 4 Insignificant
AP 2 Bloke
LOSEONESMARBLES 15 M
EONESMARBLES 12 Potato source
ARBLES 6 Mystique
S 1 Go bonkers
DALLAS 6 BaseballĠs Mel or Ed
SHAVERS 7 Tidy
VERS 4 Texas city
SHE 3 Little ___: small fry
ASH 3 That gal
SH 2 SA sloth
SAMS 4 Bonfire remnant
MS 2 Waterston et al.
AND 3 Night table
TEL 3 Kind of committee
SCREWLOOSE 10 ___ Aviv
OOSE 4 Go haywire
ILIAD 5 Pub quaff
HERS 4 KnightĠs mount
S 1 Homeric epic
ARM 3 Towel inscription
HAN 3 Limb
AN 2 Letters after L
RAGTIME 7 Chinese dynasty
ME 2 Doctorow book
OARD 4 All ___!
BEOFFONESROCKER 15 ___ Wayne IN
NESROCKER 9 Educ. group
CKER 4 Go bananas
ELSE 4 Breton or Welshman
SPAS 4 Deal with a knot
TWEED 5 Otherwise
NEED 4 Health clubs
NEED 4 Scottish river
NEED 4 Requisite
SOLOS 5 Farm structures
TOOTH 5 Saw projection
AOSTA 5 Mont Blanc neighbor
MDNERS 6 Golf club part
IAEAS 5 Excavators
NHST 4 Brainstorms
OOM 3 Political cartoonist
CUBLES 6 Electrical resistance unit
HRLL 4 Touring production
AAEA 4 Wire ropes
OLOS 4 ShipĠs frame
IONEIDAS 8 Zone
ARAH 4 Bridge response
OS 2 Wisconsin Indians
NEIDAS 6 Super Bowl sound
ANE 3 Wind indicator
S 1 To the thing: L.
ATOI 4 Molt
SLED 4 Yours to Yves
SHAH 4 Arizona flattop
TALE 4 Winter transport
AVER 4 Former ruler of Iran
ACER 4 Yarn
CLINGTO 7 Allege
TOI 3 Earner of an A
HAH 3 Remain joined with
AH 2 Superior candidate
S 1 A Mongol people
MARRED 6 Columns of light
ARF 3 Defaced
INKLE 5 Sound from Sandy
MEESE 5 TVĠs OĠDonnell
EARED 5 Braided tape
ABCS 4 Reagan cabinet member
BEEP 4 Like some seals
OOLA 4 Rudiments
FETE 4 PagerĠs sound
NKLE 4 Alley OopĠs gal
BCS 3 Honor with a party
CS 2 Opposite of SSE
UT 2 100 yrs.
ACHE 4 Twinge
SHIM 4 Wedge
WORKS 5 Internal mechanism: sl.
MOAN 4 Lamentation
COME 4 Arrive
IRENE 5 Actress Dunne
OPTS 4 Chooses
RAPT 4 Engrossed
SITIN 5 Form of protest
SEC 3 NYSE watchdog
BOXERSHORTS 11 CA senator undergarment?
HEED 4 Notice
DOE 3 A pricketĠs sis
LOSE 4 Fail to win
CABLE 5 Wire
RENEGE 6 Bridge boo-boo
ARAL 4 Inland sea in Asia
BESOMS 6 Bundles of twigs
BAT 3 Belfry denizen
RECEDED 7 Ebbed
MEASURE 7 Size up
ASK 3 Inquire
UNBRED 6 Not instructed
ISLE 4 Wight or Man
HOURIS 6 Alluring women
MAHON 5 City on Minorca
AERO 4 Space lead-in
MEN 3 Some humans
RAMP 4 Roadway incline
BROWNBAGGER 11 Oakland mayorĠs grocery aide?
IMP 3 Rascal
BOULE 5 Pear-shaped gem
SLAP 4 Insult
ALOE 4 ___ vera
EDGES 5 Rims
TELL 4 Relate
DOPE 4 Idiot
SEEDS 5 Acorns e.g.
STAY 4 Remain
STEP 4 Phase
AMOS 4 AndyĠs sidekick
COPE 4 Deal with
HATCHBACK 9 Utah senatorĠs mid-sized car?
ENS 3 USNA grad.
SCROD 5 Catch of the day sometimes
HOAX 4 Deception
IMPEDES 7 Obstructs
METRONOMES 10 Musical timekeeper
WISH 4 Desire
ORIOLE 6 Baltimore bird
RETRO 5 Backward: prefix
KNITS 5 Joins closely
SENSE 5 Feel
BEE 3 Spelling event
SEEMED 6 Appeared
ELLE 4 Fashion magazine
CARA 4 Dear: It.
ARES 4 God of war
REDBREASTS 10 Robins
GSA 3 Young womenĠs org.
BENUMB 6 Make inactive
BUSHPILOT 9 Texas governorĠs aviator?
ARLO 4 WoodyĠs boy
TEEN 4 Young adult
DUO 3 Pair
SIAM 4 Thailand formerly
RINGLET 7 Tress
HOWLED 6 Wailed
MAR 3 Deface
ABBES 5 Monastery VIPs
ERODE 5 Wear away
ROUGE 5 Cosmetic
REPLY 5 Answer
NESS 4 Loch ___
GALA 4 Festive
MOPE 4 Brood
PEEP 4 Steal a glance
ADS 3 Madison Ave. output
BATS 4 Belfry denizens
HARP 4 Stringed instrument
ALIBI 5 Reason for acquittal
ARAL 4 Inland sea
AVER 4 Declare
GONER 5 Dead duck
REPO 4 Finance company acquisition
LIMO 4 Taxi alternative
HERAT 5 City in Afghanistan
KNIGHTSOFLABOR 14 Sponsors of 58 Across
LOOSE 5 Relaxed
RIO 3 S. American city
ACT 3 Play part
ESC 3 Computer key
FIRSTMONDAY 11 With 49 Across end of a long summer weekend
YEAR 4 Century division
CEE 3 Mediocre grade
HASTE 5 Dispatch
APEX 4 Summit
JUMP 4 Emulate 1 Down
REEVE 5 Use a shipboard rope
SOS 3 Distress signal
SASS 4 Show disrespect
INSEPTEMBER 11 See 28 Across
SAP 3 Sugar source
DST 3 Summer hrs.
ONE 3 I
OCHRE 5 Paint pigment
LABORDAYPARADE 14 Event first held September 5 1882
LATER 5 Not now
URAL 4 Mountains or river
AMID 4 In the center of
EVENT 5 Occurrence
RENO 4 Nevada city
NENE 4 Hawaiian goose
TESTS 5 Exams
EDGY 4 Nervous
EDER 4 German river
BARKLEY 7 Sir Charles
ARENOSE 7 Sandy
TAPIOCA 7 Dessert option
SLOGS 5 Wades through a swamp
HALT 4 SentryĠs command
AVIS 4 Rara ___
REMORSE 7 PenitentĠs sentiment
PROFIT 6 CapitalistĠs goal
AGHA 4 Moslem title
LOEB 4 Newspaper publisher
INROADS 7 Harmful encroachment
BEARCAT 7 Panda
IRT 3 NYC transport
HEF 3 Playboy founder for short
LOM 3 Actor Herbert
TYE 3 Shipboard rope
ICE 3 Rink surface
REX 3 MonarchĠs title: L.
OHM 3 Electrical resistance unit
NAPS 4 Rests
RAVE 4 Four-star review
PEP 3 Vigor
JOB 3 Paid work
USE 3 Employ
RID 3 Disencumber
ENSLAVE 7 Put in bondage
ESTATES 7 Homes for the wealthy
SMEARED 7 Spread thickly
ASHAMED 7 Feeling 7 Down
SARDINE 7 Fish in a can
SPEEDER 7 Ticketed motorist
TOR 3 High hill
ENDURE 6 Put up with
ROA 3 BookkeeperĠs abbreviation
CRANE 5 Wading bird
BENT 4 Stooped
ORTS 4 Picnic scraps
YANG 4 YinĠs counterpart
PLOY 4 Ruse
LET 3 Permit
SOFA 4 SloucherĠs couch
SANDS 5 Desert makeup
SOP 3 Token amount
APAT 4 ___ on the back
TREAT 5 Freebie
SCAR 4 ___face Al Capone
HENLEYRETA 10 GATless boat race
ETRE 4 To be in Paris
ARCADE 6 Penny-ante place
DECA 4 Denoting ten
ACE 3 Straight high
RAISE 5 Straight bet
EARYNOVEL 9 PISTOLless book
ATE 3 Brunched
NBC 3 TV letters
SNAILS 6 At a ___ pace
NESS 4 Stack role
ELIS 4 Yale men
UTAS 4 Ms. Hagen et al.
THEASTOME 9 RODless stadium
BEAU 4 Romeo e.g.
TRAP 4 Inveigle
RATE 4 Percentage
HORNET 6 NBA hoopster
RTE 3 Road map info
NON 3 Part of NCO
BURDYWINE 9 GUNless quaff
TRIPS 5 Getaways
ENA 3 Cinema organist Baga
SOTO 4 ÒAnd ___ bedÓ: Pepys
SCAMPI 6 Shrimp entree
ACTA 4 Deeds in law
WABASHBALL 10 CANNONless train
MEIN 4 Chow dish
ALERT 5 Vigilant
ATEE 4 An ess follower
RCA 3 VICTOR lead-in
YOLKS 5 Egg parts
TESS 4 Tec DickĠs girl
SAHARAN 7 Deserter?
OPERATE 7 Pull the strings
FANCIES 7 Believes to be
ATLAS 5 Agena mate
STYE 4 Eye problem
ARR 3 Part of ETA
NEEDA 5 I donĠt ___ thing
DATER 5 Romeo
STACYS 6 Keach et al.
SSE 3 Wind dir.
OCTAVIA 7 NeroĠs wife
PARCELS 7 UPS deliveries
REELS 5 Spools
EDEN 4 AdamĠs place
ANNUM 5 Per ___: yearly
ECLAT 5 Recognition
OATER 5 Horse show?
BEE 3 Spelldown
STAND 5 Grand band hand
ISR 3 Middle East count.
STARE 5 Look in a way
HUEYS 5 Long gone Long et al.
OPT 3 Take your pick
BOUNCER 7 Bad guy evicter
ERRATIC 7 Off the mark
ANIMATE 7 Vivify
TOPPLES 7 Bowls over
ENSILES 7 Puts away grain
HBEAM 5 Superstructure steel
TWOWAY 6 Marriage is a ___ street
ETCH 4 Burn in
ITALO 5 Calvino or Balboa
NOBEL 5 Coveted prize
RABAT 5 AnglicanĠs collar attachment
SSTS 4 JFK visitors
ANA 3 Wheel buy
ARK 3 Two-by-two boat
ELF 3 ShoemakerĠs assistant
SAC 3 Algonquian
COMIC 5 Zany
WOO 3 Seek sweetly
PROPS 5 Bookends e.g.
ARENA 5 KnicksĠ place
EGO 3 BraggartĠs burden
IMPRINTINGS 11 TotsĠ bonding patterns
ROTOR 5 Engine member
TILE 4 Plate
ODES 4 Choral works often
PROS 4 Tourney vets
NOBEL 5 Eponymous award
RARA 4 ___ avis: marvel
PIT 3 Fall or bull leader
REPLY 5 Countercharge in law
ERIN 4 YeatsĠ land
AMELIA 6 First name in flying
ROE 3 Anonymous plaintiff
FINGERPRINTKITS 15 Digital detectors?
IST 3 Devotee
LESSEN 6 Tone down
ANTE 4 Contribute at cards
TESLA 5 Coil inventor Nikola
DUE 3 Payable
UTES 4 Shoshoneans
AMAZE 5 Copy Copperfield
REAM 4 Pack of paper
OMAN 4 Qatar neighbor
REVS 4 Speeds up the motor
DIANE 5 Keaton of MarvinĠs Room
VOICEPRINTS 11 Speech signatures
KEG 3 Nail container
ADDED 5 Supplementary
OLIVE 5 Greenish-yellow
ERA 3 Gaslight time
LEERS 5 Gazes from gigolos
PAL 3 Compadre
ROD 3 Wand
EWER 4 Decanter
LOGO 4 Prince Albert for example
FOOTPRINTS 10 Sole signs?
SPIRO 5 Veep for Richard
ARM 3 Inlet
COPT 4 Egyptian Christian
CAT 3 Felix e.g.
ORIOLE 6 Blue jay foe
MEND 4 Rebuild
INGE 4 Picnic penner William
CASS 4 Mama Elliot
PRINTERSDEVIL 13 Ink-stained page?
SILO 4 Fodder repository
NEB 3 Beak
ORANG 5 Borneo swinger
SPARE 5 Surplus
ERAT 4 Part of QED or QEF
REFIT 5 Supply anew
ARISE 5 Crop up
IMPS 4 Puck and Loki
PRINTMAKER 10 Currier or Ives
LOTTE 5 Lenya of From Russian With Love
YESES 5 Confirmations
LIEU 4 Position
INNER 5 Within
ELAM 4 Kingdom east of Babylonia
KAUAI 5 Hawaiian island
LANCER 6 Cavalry soldier
ARP 3 Contemporary of Duchamp
ZERO 4 Absolute number
EDSEL 5 Motor City misfire
OVAL 4 Raceway
MODE 4 Method
AIDE 4 Helping hand
SNIP 4 Clipping
NERO 4 Mysterious Wolfe
EGAD 4 Horrors!
EDS 3 McBain and Harris
TVA 3 River control org.
LOCO 4 Nuts
SLASH 5 Cut drastically
BREW 4 Steep
AVOW 4 Make a pledge
COCOA 5 Hot chocolate
RATE 4 Have status
DAWNSEARLYLIGHT 15 Illumination for 35 Across
ELL 3 Building extension
ANNE 4 English princess
ABOIL 5 Seething
ACES 4 Makes the perfect shot
POTENCY 7 Strength
SHANKS 6 Bungles the drive
MALES 5 Cock and bull
AERO 4 Dynamic beginning
OATEN 5 Like some cereal
SHE 3 Female
FRANCISSCOTTKEY 15 American poet
EBB 3 Recede
EDITH 5 LearĠs Mrs. Bunker
SIRE 4 Royal address
FREES 5 Turns loose
SHADED 6 Colored in
MANLIER 7 More macho
SLUR 4 Insult
ALIAS 5 Pseudonym
OPEN 4 Up front
PER 3 For each
ROCKETSREDGLARE 15 Illumination for 35 Across
THEE 4 Quaker pronoun
ORANG 5 GorillaĠs cousin
IRIS 4 Eye feature
YARD 4 Football measure
TILDE 5 Spanish accent mark
DENT 4 Dimple
LADE 4 Move cargo
OVAL 4 Nearly round
COWL 4 Hood
OWN 3 Hold
SCENES 6 Spectacles
LOANS 5 Library transactions
ACRE 4 Pasture piece
SOL 3 Sun
HAY 3 Stable fare
BRIBES 6 Buys off
RAGON 5 Tease
ETHIC 5 Mores
WETLY 5 With slobbering
SACK 4 Give the pink slip
LATENT 6 Dormant
ANON 4 Soon
PATCH 5 Repair item
OLEO 4 Edible fat
SAFE 4 Vault
HERB 4 Dill or chive
ARAB 4 Saracen
MASTS 5 Schooner features
OSIER 5 Willow
SKID 4 Lose traction
HERE 4 Roll call response
EYED 4 Gave the once-over
CERISE 6 Cherry hue
IDEE 4 ___ fixe
TSAR 4 Ivan or Peter
FLAKED 6 Peeled perhaps
SLEDGE 6 Heavy hitter
HUNG 4 Suspended
MARTY 5 El Paso singer Robbins
ALOHA 5 Hawaii hi
NICER 5 More pleasant
SPEND 5 Blow a paycheck
ORAL 4 Spoken
PARE 4 Whittle down
ERIN 4 ___ go bragh!
REST 4 Remainder
TOT 3 Kiddie
SRI 3 ___ Lanka
LID 3 Eye cover
ASPS 4 Deadly wrigglers
LAZAR 5 Legendary Hollywood agent
AFAR 4 Off yonder
SHAH 4 Bygone leader
ALIVE 5 Effervescent
BILE 4 Irascibility
TORA 4 1/3 of a WWII movie
TENET 5 Palindromic principle
ERIC 4 Writer Hoffer
ROCKTHECRADLE 13 Yo-yo trick
OSHEA 5 Milo or Tessie
TRA 3 Singsong sound
SIC 3 [not my error]
ABABA 5 Addis ___
NITRO 5 Explosive liquid
MAC 3 Brief rain protector
SCALINGDOWN 11 Minimizing by degrees
ALLI 4 ___ Ever Need Is You
TBONE 5 Steak cut
ONIT 4 Tending to the problem
CLIFFHANGER 11 Suspenseful situation
ENE 3 Vane direction
ROMEO 5 Lover boy
EARED 5 Like many teacups
OTB 3 NYC betting parlor
TSE 3 ChinaĠs Lao- ___
ERICA 5 Author Jong
SNOWBALLFIGHT 13 Wintry fun event
ALOE 4 Lotion potion
AERIE 5 Home on high
ELIE 4 Nobelist Wiesel
DEUS 4 Saturn or Mars e.g.: L.
PRIZE 5 WinnerĠs winning
SONS 4 Family members
AGTS 4 PR persons
STEAK 5 Filet mignon e.g.
TOOT 4 Whistle sound
ASTRO 5 Houston ballplayer
SHOOS 5 Dispels
PARCH 5 Shrivel with heat
SHAKEA 6 With 65 Down Get going!
LATH 4 Slate substructure
ALEE 4 Downwind
ZINC 4 Brass component
AVERT 5 Stave off
RETAR 5 Apply more pitch to
ABEL 4 Third man
FIRESTONE 9 Industrialist Harvey
ALI 3 With 30 Down folktale hero
REC 3 VCR button
TABS 4 Filing aids
DANG 4 Durn it!
IRWIN 5 Professor Corey
CONTE 5 Imaginative tale
ACTH 4 Pituitary gland hormone: abbr.
BABA 4 See 12 Down
ALONE 5 Garbo-like
IDO 3 Yes in church
MACRO 5 Computer shortcut
ALLOT 5 Carve up
CLIMBSOUT 9 Escapes through a window
INGA 4 Actress Swenson
NEER 4 Opposite of always poetically
IFE 3 Nigerian city
FOTO 4 Snapshot: var.
REEF 4 Coral ridge
DRIEST 6 Least wet
SWAPS 5 Cashless deals
EBERT 5 Film reviewer Roger
IGLOO 5 Block house?
CHINO 5 Pants cloth
ATEST 5 Outlawed explosion
NESS 4 Legend-laden loch
ARIE 4 Artist Smit
LIZA 4 Cabaret name
LEEK 4 ScallionĠs kin
ADA 3 Actress Rehan
LEG 3 Part of a shipĠs course
PLOT 4 Sometimes it thickens
PASHA 5 Turkish bigwig
DADE 4 MiamiĠs county
AURA 4 Emanation
ACHOO 5 SneezerĠs sound
OLIN 4 Actress Lena
PLANETHOLLYWOOD 15 Glitzy global eatery
ALL 3 Ò___ I want for Christmas . . .Ó
REEDY 5 Like the voice of an oboe
USERS 5 Those who exploit
BANS 4 Taboos
MAME 4 Role for Rosalind
BAREST 6 Most exposed
SOFA 4 Common stage prop
ASH 3 Shade of blonde
ADELE 5 FredĠs vaudeville partner
PASA 4 Raisin in Segovia
ALEE 4 Nautical position
WORLDWIDERENOWN 15 Global recognition
DRAY 4 Horse-drawn cart
ASIS 4 Status quo
LIFER 5 Comitted one
YEN 3 Japanese coin
ARTE 4 Joker Johnson
PASTRY 6 Pound producer perhaps
ERMA 4 Writer Bombeck
MOPE 4 Have a long lip
FRANC 5 Currency in Cannes
CRASS 5 Churl fish
POE 3 The Raven creator
EARTHSHATTERING 15 Of global significance
AGEE 4 1958 Pulitzer winner James
PINTA 5 One of a famous trio
OSLO 4 1952 Winter Olympics site
TEAR 4 Get misty with up
YODEL 5 Tyrolean tune
BAYS 4 Moonlight and Montego
PAPA 4 Bear or Hemingway
LULL 4 Peaceful pause
ORAL 4 Type of agreement
TAN 3 Prepare pelts
PATENT 6 It may be pending
ACHES 5 Feels sore
SHOD 4 Put on horseshoes
HOLYMOSES 9 Yikes!
AOL 3 E-mail server
DOWSE 5 Use a divining rod
ALOE 4 Skin soother
DIOR 4 Last name in fashion
ENDS 4 MeansĠ partner
ERASED 6 Got the lead out
YUMA 4 Grand Canyon State city
BELLY 5 Word with flop or landing
AFAR 4 Way out
BAWDY 5 Risque
ADORE 5 Idolize
RERAN 5 Aired summer fare
SADIE 5 Ms. Hawkins
ALOFT 5 Place for a pilot
SEWER 5 Underground conduit
HENRY 5 The Fifth or The Eighth
PISTACHIO 9 Ice cream nut
ANISE 5 Ouzo or Pernod flavoring
WARM 4 Close in charades
ELAPSE 6 Pass away
ARCH 4 Chief: prefix
POSTAL 6 Word before clerk or service
ENTER 5 Computer command
MATTE 5 Soft finish
FEAT 4 Accomplishment
RAGE 4 Road ___
AREA 4 Bailiwick
RAND 4 Sally or Remington
PISA 4 Tower town
ONLY 4 Mere
EGOS 4 They may be inflated
SPY 3 Sort of plant
ROB 3 CarlĠs little boy
NAB 3 Arrest
ZAPPED 6 Microwaved: sl.
EPEE 4 Duel tool
ORO 3 Aztec gold
APOLLO 6 Handsome man
TOPS 4 The best
WAGONTRAIN 10 Ward Bond TV show
ELIS 4 New Haven guys and gals
IRONY 5 Vagarious writings
RIDES 5 Carnival fun
ICE 3 Kind of cube
SATE 4 Satisfy
CINE 4 Movie theatre
PATEN 5 Plate for 57 Across
ETA 3 Arr. listing
CAD 3 No-goodnik
SABINE 6 Texas border river
CONGA 5 Line dance
TRACES 6 Does detective work
PONYEXPRESS 11 Saddlebags of mail
FRESCO 6 Type of painting
ERASE 5 Get one out
LENTEN 6 Of a fast time
OTT 3 Polo Grounds star
DAR 3 Patriotic org.
ATTAR 5 Smell of roses
ESTA 4 This in Mexico
POLE 4 Track position
IRA 3 Retirement account: acron.
TANTE 5 La Plume de Ma ___
ARMED 5 Not clean
LAGS 4 Drags behind
STAGECOACH 10 Mark TwainĠs cradle on wheels
ECOL 4 Earth sci.
PRIEST 6 Cleric
ITO 3 Judge Lance ___
DENY 4 Controvert
SENSES 6 Has a feeling
NOT 3 ___ too shabby
NOWISE 6 Unacceptable
ARARAT 6 Ark park
BOGOTA 6 Colombian city
ZANY 4 Kook
APT 3 Bright as a pupil
PORRIDGE 8 Oatmeal is one
PLAIN 5 Homely
ELIDE 5 Skip a sound
DONE 4 Cooked
ETE 3 EtienneĠs summer
POLITICS 8 No-no at parties
EPICENE 7 Unisex
ESSENES 7 Scrolls finders
ONE 3 First number
SPAREST 7 Most lean
CANYON 6 Grand place
ABASE 5 Shame
CONCERT 7 Kind of violinist
STRATA 6 Layers
COSTA 5 ___ Rica
AXE 3 Send packing
PENTAGON 8 Arlington building
PROTEGES 8 Whiz kids?
FLAILED 7 Punched wildly
RETRACE 7 Backtrack
DOMAIN 6 Realm
ALECTO 6 TisiphoneĠs sister
REDHOT 6 On fire
ENTRE 5 ___ nous
STAIN 5 Varnish
PRO 3 Siding with
ASPS 4 AddersĠ kin
ACTS 4 Does something
SLY 3 On the ___: secretly
ESE 3 Japan finish
LEWIS 5 He explored with Clark
DELIS 5 HeroesĠ homes?
ELF 3 Tiny mischievous creature
ELENA 5 Queen of Italy
EVADE 5 Fail to pay taxes due
MAL 3 ___ de mer
ABAFT 5 Toward the stern
SEWER 5 Underground conduit
ONO 3 LennonĠs love
DALE 4 RoyĠs costar
DONNAFARGO 10 SINGER
TRAIT 5 Characteristic
DRYER 5 Laundry room fixture
JOHNSTOCKTON 12 BASKETBALL PLAYER
ELIOT 5 George ___ who was Mary Ann Evans
REAM 4 Paper purchase
TAB 3 Bar bill
SEES 4 Understands
CRONY 5 Pal
ARNE 4 Rule Britannia composer
TOR 3 Rocky peak
PLOW 4 Prepare for planting
WRITE 5 Sign on the dotted line
IRVINGBERLIN 12 COMPOSER
ELARA 5 Moon of Jupiter
LABEL 5 Moniker
JACKLONDON 10 AUTHOR
SIAM 4 Thailand formerly
ENO 3 Modern composer Brian
IVIES 5 Wrigley climbers
STONE 5 Gem
CAR 3 Start for a pool
NENES 5 Hawaiian geese
TENTS 5 OmarĠs offerings
TIN 3 Kind of foil
ENEMY 5 Nemesis
YESES 5 Ballot options
LEAD 4 Set the pace
ELBA 4 Site of NapoleonĠs exile
WEALTHIER 9 More affluent
INFERNOS 8 Conflagrations
SAT 3 Made a lap
DESOTO 6 He discovered the Mississippi
EVEN 4 All tied up
LAWN 4 Type of tennis
IDEA 4 Conception
SERFDOM 7 Vassalage
EMORY 5 Atlanta institution
LANGE 5 Hope or Jessica
FLOOR 5 Dumbfound
DIT 3 Part of MorseĠs code
ARN 3 Prince ValiantĠs son
AST 3 MST CST EST ___
JEST 4 Tomfoolery
OLEO 4 Bread spread
CROWN 5 Tiara
KEN 3 Understanding
TAY 3 Scottish river
TRILLIONS 9 The BIG bucks
ANTI 4 Against
BEEN 4 Existed
CLV 3 CC less VL
ROI 3 Louis XIV e.g.
ARRESTEE 8 He was apprehended
PRALINE 7 Nut-filled confection
WEB 3 One is worldwide
IRK 3 Badger
GLOSSY 6 Shiny
BAN 3 Prohibit
EJECT 5 Expel
LANAI 5 Veranda
ACORN 5 Variety of squash
OVEN 4 Kiln
NINE 4 Five after four
DEEM 4 Consider
ANTE 4 Feed the kitty
MESS 4 Pickle
STY 3 Pen
REMIT 5 Send payment
SAC 3 Animal pouch
CAPES 5 Superhero accessories
ENEMY 5 Foe
TRA 3 Singing syllable
AVAST 5 Word before ya swabs!
BITPLAYER 9 Movie extra
LANCE 5 Jousting weapon
ADA 3 Nabokov novel
ELM 3 Shade maker
ODE 3 Poem of praise
DOE 3 Anonymous John
PARTICLEBOARD 13 Compressed wood item
ASHE 4 Onetime Davis Cup coach
EELER 5 Conger catcher
LSTS 4 WWII craft
CHORD 5 MusicianĠs fake book notation
SURREY 6 Fringe-topped vehicle of song
SHROUD 6 Cover
YAMMER 6 Whine
BEAGLE 6 Snoopy for one
UPONA 5 Once ___ time . . .
AMBI 4 Both: prefix
LIENS 5 Bank claims
IVEY 4 Actress Judith
TRACEEVIDENCE 13 Clothing fiber at a crime scene e.g.
TBS 3 The Superstation
AYE 3 Sure CapĠn!
ORE 3 Vein pursuit
MBA 3 ExecĠs degree
ELIAS 5 Walt DisneyĠs middle name
SCRAPHEAP 9 Place for junk
SUCRE 5 Bolivian capital
UPS 3 Some market moves
ARNIE 5 Golfing rival of Jack and Gary
TESTS 5 Finals
PRE 3 Fix opening
LETTS 5 Riga natives
REBA 4 First name in country music
ENID 4 Vance Air Force Base locale
METAPHOR 8 Love is a rose for example
IMP 3 Troublemaker
TYLER 5 President before Polk
STYMIES 7 Blocks
ARE 3 ___ you serious?
CAROLER 7 December visitor
CALEB 5 Biblical undercover agent
AVA 3 Actress Gardner
PANDAS 6 Bamboo eaters
ESCORT 6 Accompany
STEEDS 6 High-spirited horses
ALTE 4 Der ___: Adenauer
DERRY 5 Robert Frost farm site
AEROBIC 7 Kind of exercise
CLU 3 Actor Gulager
OLYMPIC 7 ___ Games
ACS 3 Summer coolers briefly
SHH 3 Classroom caution
DUE 3 Payable
EAU 3 Mer contents
DALEY 5 Big name in Chicago politics
MOVEMENT 8 Sonata section
ENE 3 Copenhagen-to-Riga dir.
RAY 3 Back burner?
GIVESUP 7 Surrenders
LEI 3 Waikiki welcome
ENDORSE 7 Support
ATTEST 6 Say itĠs so
MRBLUE 6 1959 #1 hit for the Fleetwoods
BASICS 6 Something to get back to
SERA 4 Hospital supplies
EASES 5 Abates
NEPAL 5 Everest locale
BAIT 4 Fish fooler
APES 4 Large primates
ART 3 Paintings and such
CPR 3 EMTĠs skill
HRE 3 Dominion until 1806: abbr.
TOTER 5 Bag carrier
ELSA 4 One of AdamsonĠs 33 Down
SHAM 4 False
AGREE 5 Consent
TIPS 4 Lagniappes
POLO 4 Kind of pony
BLUEBONNET 10 Sad Easter headgear?
ELON 4 North Carolina college
LEE 3 Ward or way leader
AVATAR 6 Vishnu incarnate
ALTO 4 Choir voice
ERRATA 6 Printing boo-boos
ROCKY 5 Underdog victory film
DETERS 6 Prevents
ATHOS 5 Mount ___ Greece
PACA 4 King-size rodent
IRE 3 Choler
BROOKE 6 Actress Shields
ERA 3 HistorianĠs span
DOGWOOD 7 Pursue Grant or Natalie?
CAR 3 Nation lead-in
TILDEN 6 Early tennis great Bill
ORO 3 El Dorado yield
SKYE 4 Terrier type
SALEM 5 HawthorneĠs birthplace
SNAKES 6 Moves sinuously
AMIGO 5 Compaero
ENTRAP 6 Sting
LALA 4 ___ land: Hollywood
UNDONE 6 Ruined
EPA 3 Waste watchdog: abbr.
ERIN 4 Hibernian name
SNAPDRAGON 10 Photograph a monitor lizard?
WELD 4 Tuesday
TETE 4 ChapeauĠs site
GLARE 5 Hostile look
DAYS 4 ___ of Glory : Peck film debut
STAN 4 OllieĠs friend
YENTL 5 Streisand film
TABLE 5 Postpone
OGLER 5 Girl-watcher
TRUER 5 Less fictitious
EEE 3 Shoe size
REBATE 6 Legal kickback
ETNA 4 Alcohol lamp
LINT 4 WoolĠs nemesis
SPEARS 6 Neanderthal weapons
ASTRO 5 Prefix for physics
SPEAKTO 7 Address
HOLLYHOCK 9 BuddyĠs tarsal joint?
ALOT 4 Loads
MONO 4 Kind of tone
OVATION 7 Big hand
ADA 3 Oklahoma city
CARD 4 Disentangle fibers
ERG 3 Little bit of work
REWON 5 Took back a sector
OKAY 4 Validate
SERE 4 Ultra arid
PETS 4 See 6 Across
ARIA 4 La Scala solo
CALLALILY 9 Phone up Ms. Pons?
BOOKEND 7 Novel support?
DEMI 4 One of the Moores
ORA 3 Pro nobis lead-in
DEMANDS 7 Importunes
SST 3 High flyer
SONNET 6 Shakespeare work
ENERGY 6 Puissance
GUSTS 5 Sudden breezes
REGAN 5 CordeliaĠs sister
APORT 5 On the Nina Ġs left
PANEL 5 Jury
LEWD 4 Obscene
AREA 4 Sphere
DATA 4 Evaluation raw material
OPEN 4 Uncommitted
ALE 3 Stout
SCAM 4 Sting
SLAG 4 Steel mill byproduct
HOSED 5 Watered the plants
ALGA 4 Seaweed
PERI 4 Persian mythological beauty
ABUSE 5 Use beyond capacity
ROAR 4 ElsaĠs comment
AMID 4 At the center
ROMAN 5 Type of numerals
ITRY 4 Start of Elmore Leonard quote
TOLEAVEOUT 10 More of quote
SPUN 4 Made a web
ORE 3 Lode load
CHA 3 All the tea in China
ALA 3 Winglike structure
NESTLE 6 Cuddle
LANDLADY 8 Rent collector
THOSE 5 More of quote
ALTO 4 Choir part
SEATS 5 Does an usherĠs job
ARTS 4 Blakey and Buchwald
PARTS 5 More of quote
MALADIES 8 Ailments
SESTET 6 Two trios together
BIT 3 Morsel
SEE 3 Understand
ETH 3 Old English letter
UVEA 4 Eye part
THATPEOPLE 10 More of quote
SKIP 4 End of quote
RECAP 5 Post game summary
NEAR 4 Looming
CURE 4 Remove 46 Across
ARETE 5 Narrow mountain ridge
GATE 4 Track receipts
ODOR 4 Olfactory offense
POSED 5 Sat
SLED 4 Rosebud e.g.
TUNE 4 Adjust the viola
SARI 4 RaniĠs wrap
CLOT 4 Coagulate
AGAR 4 Culture medium
MARYS 5 Tyler Moore and Wells
SPATULAS 8 Kitchen implements
LEMONADE 8 Summer cooler
ARIL 4 Seed cover
GIDEON 6 Israeli judge
HARVEST 7 Reason for Thanksgiving
OBOE 4 Double reed
SUMO 4 Sapporo sport
ESAU 4 JacobĠs twin
DENT 4 Parking lot souvenir
ARE 3 Exist
PAL 3 Joey e.g.
CLAP 4 Express appreciation in a way
HALAS 5 Papa Bear George
ANTRE 5 Cavern
THAD 4 Writer Mumford
LORIS 5 Tailless prosimian primate
ESTEE 5 First name in cosmetics
DOTS 4 Morse code entries
YAM 3 Sweet potato alternative
ESSE 4 Latin being
TABULATE 8 Add up
SLIVERED 8 A way to buy almonds
STEPPED 7 ___ lively
ATE 3 Savored the sushi
ETE 3 Somme summer
THONGS 6 Beach wear for some
ASCOT 5 Horse race milieu
TRAP 4 Type of door
HERO 4 Deli offering
ACES 4 WWI flying heroes
TATE 4 London art gallery
PEAL 4 Ring
KUDU 4 African antelope
IRON 4 Press agent
PERE 4 ___ DavidĠs deer
DISC 4 Platter
CAPED 5 Like Superman
AMAT 4 He loves: L.
ONTO 4 Hep
ANEGO 5 On ___ trip
LANE 4 Fire or fast
WHAT 4 ___ else is new?
PILAU 5 Rice dish: var.
ANTE 4 Put up
ONEARMEDBANDIT 14 Slot machine
MUD 3 Thing to sling
SAO 3 ___ Paulo
LESAGE 6 Gil Blas writer
ASIAN 5 Of a culture
BAER 4 Boxing name
TER 3 Part of t.i.d.
PENNED 6 Written
ANT 3 Social insect
DENS 4 Comfy rooms
TWENTYONE 9 Blackjack
PAPA 4 Daddy
LOT 3 Job or odd
NOLESS 6 ___ than: equal to
UNO 3 Numero ___
TINY 4 Tim-sized
VISTA 5 Grand view
STRING 6 Second ___: sub
MIA 3 TisaĠs sister
TAT 3 Make lace
HITSTHEJACKPOT 14 Strikes it rich
EGAL 4 Sans ___: without equal
TREVI 5 Three coins spot
INEZ 4 Ms. Robb
RULE 4 Have the say
EMAIL 5 Modern message
NILE 4 Blue river
SASS 4 Lippy talk
DANNY 5 With 67 Across Noah portrayer
KAYE 4 See 66 Across
DOW 3 Average person?
INHOUSE 7 Publication type
STANDIN 7 Substitute
COTE 4 DoveĠs place
CAPRA 5 Mr. Deeds director
ANIMO 5 Ex ___: sincerely
PELE 4 Soccer great
EGAD 4 Hoople expletive
DOUBLETON 9 Bridge suit holding
ALANS 5 Alda et al.
MANDATE 7 Fiat
ANTIGEN 7 A stimulant of sorts
TEETERS 7 Reels
ASNEW 5 Good ___: fixed
AER 3 ___ Lingus
MAP 3 TravelerĠs guide
ANTA 4 Part of a column
BATTY 5 Eccentric
ANY 3 Whichever
DELIGHTED 9 Pleased
DELI 4 Short order store: prefix
NON 3 Negative
NOVAK 5 Evans partner
PUSHERS 7 NarcĠs quarry
ANTIGUA 7 One of the Leewards
PORTALS 7 Gates
ESTONIA 7 Where Tallinn is
STATELY 7 Majestic
SAT 3 Met
TNT 3 Big bang
ISLES 5 British ___
MAVIN 5 Expert: var.
ICILY 5 In a cool way
ERMA 4 Writer Bombeck
JEAN 4 Actress Stapleton
PINK 4 Pastel color
ZEE 3 Last letter
ITEM 4 News piece
ADD 3 Extend
DUTCH 5 From The Hague
TOGO 4 Carry out food order
MAE 3 Daisy or West
RETIRE 6 Start on fixed income
ORGANISM 8 Tiny animal musician?
ENAMEL 6 Shiny paint
BIGHORNSHEEP 12 Rocky Mountain musician?
ACE 3 Half of a blackjack
POE 3 The Telltale Heart author
ITE 3 Inhabitant of: suffix
TSE 3 A Confidential Clerk authorĠs monogram
ROWS 4 Uses oars
REF 3 NBA off.
HOED 4 Attacked the weeds
CLEAVE 6 Split
SLOPE 5 Ski area
TRUMPETERSWAN 13 Waterfowl musician?
LISLE 5 Strong cotton thread
TIESUP 6 Snarls as traffic
AFIT 4 Throw ___: rage
DES 3 ___ Moines
DIKE 4 Sea wall
LAO 3 People of Southeast Asia
ORE 3 Lode off the mine
PGA 3 WoodsĠ and KiteĠs org.
NEW 3 Mint condition
FIDDLERCRABS 12 Seaside musicians?
ORIOLE 6 Baltimore ALĠer
LYREBIRD 8 Feathered musician?
RENTAL 6 Amount paid on a lease
OER 3 Ò. . . ___ the rampartsÓ
AWAY 4 Out of town
DRESS 5 Attire
DRY 3 Arid
SOME 4 Unspecified number
ITO 3 Judge with TV exposure
TOR 3 High hill
EGG 3 Did it come first?
MOAB 4 Region of Jordan
AMIGO 5 Pal in Marianao
DASHER 6 One of SantaĠs eight
DEMO 4 Sales promotion briefly
DENSE 5 Crowded
UTAH 4 Beehive State
TIMETO 6 ___ call it quits
CREESE 6 Dagger with a wavy blade
HELPED 6 Assisted
RENT 4 Schism
NIP 3 Small drink
RIFLE 5 Plunder
ARC 3 Curved line
COLT 4 Young male horse
EWER 4 Pitcher
SAULT 5 ___ Ste. Marie
ESTEE 5 First name in cosmetics
HEWED 5 Used an axe
VMI 3 Coll. at Lexington
EPS 3 Records of the Ġ50s and Ġ60s
ORT 3 Table scrap
PSI 3 23rd Greek letter
ELDER 5 Church official
ASIN 4 A ___ apple
NUKE 4 Use the microwave?
PEW 3 The front one is usually avoided
ALFORD 6 IowaĠs new coach
FAIRER 6 More equitable
IODINE 6 Cut medication of yesteryear
SPRYER 6 More agile
OLLAS 5 Earthern jars
REEL 4 Film spool
GARRY 5 Shandling or Moore
ABE 3 Honest name
DOTS 4 They follow some music notes
CLOD 4 Lump of earth
SBAS 4 They were minted after the Ikes
IWO 3 ___ Jima
RAM 3 Weight for a pile driver
DYE 3 Change color
COAST 5 This may be clear
TACT 4 Sensitivity
NAPE 4 Ponytail site
OLDER 5 More mature
ALLA 4 ___ breve
OTOE 4 Native American
NEALE 5 Hall-of-Famer Greasy
SOUK 4 Mideast market
LAWN 4 MoleĠs target
JAPANESEBEETLE 14 Garden pest
OTT 3 Hall-of-Famer Mel
DLO 3 Place for undelivered mail: abbr.
SIDEARM 7 Pitching style
BESSIE 6 Bethlehem Steel on Wall Street
WONT 4 Habit
NSA 3 Spy org.
SENSED 6 Felt
ETAL 4 Final words?
AUSTRALIANCRAWL 15 Natatory motion
SPAS 4 Mineral springs
ASSERT 6 Declare
STL 3 NL cap monogram
IMPS 4 Brats
PAEANS 6 Songs of praise
NOVICES 7 MentorsĠ beneficiaries
FOB 3 Short chain
PEU 3 A little in Lyons with une
DANISHPASTRIES 14 Donut alternatives
SAGA 4 Topic for a miniseries
HOED 4 Tended the garden
RINDS 5 Natural covers
UTEP 4 Western Athletic Conf. school
ETRE 4 To be in Toulon
EAGLE 5 DufferĠs dream
BEST 4 Most qualified
DSMS 4 Mil. awards
ESSEX 5 Elizabeth and ___
CONJOB 6 Scam
OLEATE 6 Salt or ester
ADAPTS 6 Makes changes
SELA 4 Actress Ward
TRENDIER 8 More popular
TASSO 5 Italian poet
ALOE 4 Lotion ingredient
CLUBSODAS 9 Bar orders
TAKEIN 6 Perform 1 Down successfully
NOLTE 5 Actor Nick
ATALANTA 8 Hippomenes outran her
POWERSAW 8 CarpenterĠs tool
EEN 3 Poetic contraction
ELENA 5 Actress Verdugo
EDT 3 NYC hours
MALL 4 Place with tenants
SSTS 4 Planes
WEISS 5 Skating champ
SLAPSHOTS 9 Moves from a forward
ERTE 4 Romain de Tirtoff
ASSN 4 Org.
UPTODATE 8 Current
SALVAGES 8 Recovers 55 Down
NEPOS 5 Roman historian Cornelius ___
CRABTREE 8 Sour fruit source
ICI 3 Here in Hyeres
MESHED 6 Came together
APINGS 6 Imitations
NEEDLE 6 Pointed leaf
SUSSEX 6 East or West follower
INAPT 5 Not appropriate
FADES 5 Gradually weakens
PERM 4 Salon treatment for short
RIAS 4 Bodies of water
SUB 3 Mil. vessel
STAG 4 Men only
COTTA 5 Terra ___
SELF 4 EgotistĠs concern
CEDE 4 Relinquish
AFROS 5 Ġ70s hair style: pl.
ODOR 4 Air freshener target
ONDOWNTOTHEWIRE 15 Steadfast to the deadline
TEL 3 ___ Aviv
ACED 4 Made the perfect shot
METED 5 Assigned a measure
STEPHEN 7 King of horrors
SPIT 4 Barbecue item
OIL 3 Canola for one
CHEROKEE 8 Appalachian Indian
BISON 5 Buffalo
TAUT 4 Without a wrinkle
NOD 3 Doze off
ATTHELASTSECOND 15 Nearly to the deadline
SEA 3 Home for a junk
ARTS 4 Crafts companion
NEWSY 5 Full of gossip
EMBRACES 8 Hugs
AGE 3 Gain maturity
APES 4 Mimics
CRUSADE 7 Holy war
POETS 5 Odists
SAIL 4 Jib or lateen
MEW 3 Kittenish sound
INTHENICKOFTIME 15 At the deadline
TUNE 4 Adjust a piano
BRAES 5 Highland hillsides
IGOR 4 FrankensteinĠs helper
TSAR 4 Ivan or Peter
CANDO 5 IĠll handle it!
CONS 4 Dupes
SCOTS 5 Tartan wearers
TENET 5 Precept
ADDLE 5 Fluster
GEO 3 Graphic beginning
CANCEL 6 Annul
OFTEN 5 Frequently
TROD 4 Hoofed it
TOT 3 Little kid
ASH 3 Hardwood tree
SOWETO 6 South African region
EDIT 4 Prepare to publish
LORE 4 Folk wisdom
FRED 4 Mr. Rogers
WAHINE 6 Girl surfer
EMIR 4 Eastern potentate
POOH 4 Milne bear
SHUTS 5 Closes
PETS 4 Furry friends
CASTS 5 Angling maneuvers
KNOW 4 Comprehend
EONS 4 Ages
EDDY 4 Whirlpool
BASE 4 Army post
ITEM 4 News bit
STAB 4 Knife thrust
TARES 5 Biblical weeds
LACE 4 Shoestring
ENGULF 6 Overwhelm
CEES 4 So-so grades
RATHER 6 Instead with than
APSE 4 Cathedral feature
ARIOSO 6 Musical passage
CAKED 5 Encrusted
AMIGO 5 Mexican pal
DEMON 5 Fiend
EWERS 5 Water pitchers
PITT 4 Actor Brad
ONUS 4 Burden
ETNA 4 Lab burner
SCAN 4 Flip through
NBC 3 Peacock network
IRA 3 Roth account: acron.
TIC 3 Twitch
COIR 4 Coconut husks
AJAR 4 Slightly open
LOCAL 5 Slow train
ARNO 4 PisaĠs river
ROLE 4 Part
ALAMO 5 Texas landmark
SITU 4 In ___
GILA 4 Monster or river
HELIX 5 Spiral
HOUSTONSCHOOL 13 Rice
ELITE 5 Highest quality
HER 3 That woman
IMF 3 Finance org.
WET 3 Moist
NEAP 4 Tide type
LESSOR 6 Rent collector
TENSES 6 Past and present
OTOE 4 Native American
DIGITDISCOMFORT 15 Corn
ELAN 4 Synonym of 64 Across
STABAT 6 ___ Mater
LIVELY 6 Opposite of 46 Down
OTIC 4 Aural
GAL 3 GuyĠs counterpart
LAO 3 Asian language
OAS 3 IntĠl group
ATRIA 5 Courtyards
TOWNINNEWYORK 13 Rye
BATIK 5 Coloring process
ZEAL 4 Synonym of 43 Across
ROME 4 Trevi Fountain site
ABELE 5 White poplar
ERIS 4 Goddess of strife
OVER 4 Done
GASSY 5 Like a windbag
SOLE 4 Seafood item
LENS 4 Camera part
CASHEW 6 Expensive nut
ORIOLE 6 Baltimore bird
INTUIT 6 Sense
ROUST 5 Stir up
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
JOIN 4 Enrol
ALLS 4 Start of a Shakespearean title
REACH 5 Extent
LAHORE 6 Where to hear Urdu
OLEO 4 Margarine
CALLISTO 8 Nymph of Greek mythology
AMI 3 French friend
LOX 3 Salty fish
TENET 5 Precept
HEL 3 LokiĠs daughter
MOOR 4 Fasten as a boat
FRET 4 Banjo part
END 3 Finish
ASIS 4 BuyersĠ caveat
PESTO 5 Pasta topping
SOFT 4 Quiet
TINE 4 Fork part
SCAT 4 Get out!
DELL 4 Small valley
ILIA 4 Pelvic bones
GAVOTTES 8 French dances
OBI 3 Japanese sash
MACAW 5 Colorful bird
LOWKEY 6 Opposite of 45 Across
YAN 3 PBS chef
GROOVE 6 Slot
AIRMEN 6 Flyers
LAKERS 6 NBA team
SIZES 5 Large and small
TYROL 5 Alpine region
OILS 4 Some paintings
NERO 4 GalbaĠs predecessor
NAIL 4 Place for polish
ELSE 4 In addition
BAG 3 Infield attachment
ABA 3 LawyersĠ org.
LADD 4 Shane portrayer
HUSH 4 Kind of money
OMENS 5 Hints of the future
ALAI 4 Jai ___
ERIE 4 BuffaloĠs lake
ROBOT 5 Sci-fi character
PENNYANTE 9 Small-time
OZONE 5 Thunderstorm byproduct
SEEGER 6 Folksinger Pete
ELL 3 Architectural add-on
ANEW 4 From square one
BASS 4 Striped fish
EAR 3 Musical ability
QUARTERMASTER 13 Army storekeeper
MUTT 4 Mixed breed
REEFS 5 Buoy locations
LES 3 ___ Misrables
GEES 4 Turns right
BILLY 5 Idol of rock music
SIAM 4 Thailand once
MER 3 Nice view
CLAIM 5 State as fact
THRU 4 Not a ___ way: highway sign
NICKELCADMIUM 13 Kind of battery
USA 3 Dos Passos trilogy
CROC 4 GatorĠs cousin
BARR 4 Roseanne of Roseanne
KID 3 Jest
YOKELS 6 Bumpkins
ALOFT 5 Up yonder
DIMENOVEL 9 Cheap entertainment
RESEW 5 Hem again
EVER 4 Continuously
NINE 4 Prime time hour
SCHWA 5 Neutral vowel sound
SETS 4 Complete collections
SLOW 4 Sluggish
LAPS 4 Drinks like a dog
ALEE 4 Opposite of aweather
DANE 4 Great ___
DINGBATS 8 Ninnies
HEARST 6 Noted Ġ70s kidnap victim
URN 3 Coffee house?
SITE 4 Location
HEEL 4 Command to Fido
ORO 3 PizarroĠs quest
MOZART 6 The Magic Flute composer
EBON 4 Deep black in poetry
NONE 4 Zip
STEW 4 Disquieted state
YEAR 4 Same Time Next ___
LEAFY 5 Lettucelike
SERIAL 6 KingĠs The Green Mile e.g.
ASS 3 Bubblehead
QUEEN 5 Powerful chess piece
UTERI 5 Egg sites
RELIC 5 Museum piece
MELMAC 6 AlfĠs planet
ELIHU 5 1912 Nobelist Root
REARM 5 Supply with more weapons
MGM 3 Studio with a lion
SMU 3 The Mustangs of the WAC
BLEAK 5 Opposite of rosy
STICKONS 8 Some labels
CKS 3 Bank statement encs.
CURFEW 6 Time to come in
DRYERS 6 Household appliances
MOON 4 Satellite
BARS 4 Cell divisions?
ALEC 4 Actor Baldwin
ROSH 4 ___ Hashanah
IDES 4 Mid-month time
DIVE 4 Jackknife for one
EVIL 4 Wicked
LENO 4 Man who follows the news?
SLEW 4 Large number
TWA 3 American competitor
MET 3 Came upon
SCOLD 5 Chew out
ALSO 4 To boot
AQUA 4 Marine color?
TEPEE 5 Where GeronimoĠs heart was
NOOK 4 Private cubby
TUGS 4 Drags along
ACEVENTURA 10 Jim Carey role
HELP 4 Lift a finger
FIR 3 Christmas tree option
POETRY 6 Ezra PoundĠs forte
LEIS 4 Hawaiian island chains?
FLAMER 6 Blazer
YEMEN 5 Arab League member
ARMED 5 Word with dangerous
DOTAGE 6 Second childhood
CAKE 4 Wedding nourishment
ANON 4 In a little while
TENOR 5 Luciano Pavarotti for one
HOI 3 ___ polloi: the masses
ALDRICH 7 Spy ___ Ames
NOR 3 Neither here ___ there
ANNEX 5 Take over land e.g.
SIGH 4 Weary exhale
HENS 4 Egg makers
DEGREE 6 CollegianĠs goal
SHAME 5 Skeleton in the closet
DELLA 5 Vocalist Reese
PAYOLA 6 Hush money
SLAM 4 Put down slangily
IBISES 6 HeronĠs cousins
LOB 3 Tennis tactic
LEVI 4 Anthropologist Strauss
JACKLONDON 10 White Fang author
UNIT 4 Randy JohnsonĠs moniker: the Big ___
ASEA 4 Lost far from shore
NOISE 5 Hue and cry
MADE 4 Whipped up
HEST 4 Command
STEER 5 Be at the wheel
STAFF 5 The help
CECIL 5 Starmaker DeMille
OPERA 5 The Barber of Seville e.g.
LEV 3 War and Peace author Tolstoi: var.
DEEPER 6 Even more profound
ANTE 4 Poker dues
LOUT 4 Ill-bred fellow
SORRY 5 Full of regrets
OKAYED 6 Gave the green light
ATHLETE 7 Games player
QUEENANNE 9 Last of the Stuart monarchs
UGLI 4 Unattractive fruit?
ASPS 4 Small venomous snakes
NORMAL 6 Well adjusted
MAE 3 IĠm No Angel star West
MOTH 4 Street light frequenter
ENDS 4 At loose ___
DORIS 5 Pillow TalkĠs Day
GOON 4 Hockey tough guy
ERRS 4 Drops the ball
CHAD 4 North African republic
AONE 4 Good rating for steak
KINGDAVID 9 Goliath slayer
NIGH 4 Close at hand
AXEL 4 Eddie MurphyĠs Foley
CHAPEL 6 Place to exchange vows
EREMITE 7 Religious hermit
HEY 3 Attention getter
ELIJAH 6 Hebrew prophet
MASONS 6 Perry and James e.g.
ABASE 5 Take down a peg
OLDIE 5 Bygone song
LOOSE 5 Laissez-faire
ABNER 5 Doubleday or Yokum
SLUM 4 Poor part of town
LENA 4 Singer Horne
ICES 4 Gives the cold shoulder
SKAT 4 3-handed card game
NOT 3 ÒThou shalt ___ kill.Ó
MONA 4 Columnist Charen
CAVA 4 Vena ___: heart feeder
BOTCH 5 Foul up
ICET 4 New York-born rapper
HUED 4 Not black and white
ARRAY 5 Assortment
SEAL 4 Ice floe dweller
ORAL 4 Verbalized
TRAMP 5 Slog along
DARESSALAAM 11 Tanzanian port
NEO 3 Classical prefix
ONSALE 6 Red-tagged
IMAMS 5 Islamic leaders
SONIC 5 Part of SST
UNEVEN 6 Askew
FONTS 5 Typesetting options
TABS 4 Bills at the bar
LAMA 4 Tibetan holy man
IKE 3 Presidential moniker
HAARLEM 7 Center of HollandĠs tulip trade
AID 3 Assist
SAWS 4 Real cutups?
PLEA 4 It may be copped
YALTA 5 Ġ45 powwow site
TYCOON 6 Mega-mogul
WHELP 5 Canine offspring
ASYET 5 Heretofore
ROASTS 6 Cooks chestnuts
WAN 3 Pallid
SAARBRUCKEN 11 City near the French/German border
EXACT 5 Superaccurate
PURA 4 Aqua ___
HIRE 4 Take on
FLARE 5 Accident scene item
IBET 4 In your dreams!
ELSA 4 Bride of Lohengrin
TENOR 5 Kind of sax
REDA 4 Hester PrynneĠs mark
SLED 4 Go downhill in a way
MISDO 5 See 9 Across
OCEAN 5 The deep blue
NEARS 5 Comes in range
ATLEAST 7 No fewer than
CHOSEN 6 Selected
AURA 4 Vibes
VEAL 4 ___ chop
ADLAI 5 Foe of 39 Across
BATMAN 6 Masked superhero
ORR 3 Indiana governor 1981-89
TRANSVAAL 9 Orange Free State neighbor
CAME 4 Naked ___ the Stranger
HYPO 4 Injector for short
SLOSH 5 Wade with through
AMUSE 5 Tickle
MEL 3 Voice of Bugs and Daffy
ITAL 4 From Tuscany: abbr.
CAREW 5 Famed hit man Rod
EMIT 4 Throw off
NADA 4 Nothing in Nogales
FIST 4 Punch ingredient?
OKAY 4 Acceptable
NEWCANAAN 9 The Ice Storm setting
BLAH 4 Ho-hum
APNEA 5 Breathing disorder
MYLOU 5 Skip to ___
SOS 3 Signal of distress
APACHES 7 GeronimoĠs tribesmen
OYSTER 6 Pearl source
ERRATA 6 Goof list
TAPIR 5 Piglike animal
SKILL 5 Expertise
TERSE 5 Economical wordwise
SNEAD 5 1952 Masters champ
WEFT 4 WarpĠs counterpart
AXLE 4 Spot for cotter pins
RUBE 4 Hillbilly
BRED 4 Propagated
CRO 3 ___-Magnon man
SEEPS 5 Filters
ACE 3 Expert
SCOPE 5 Range
INFRA 5 Kind of structure
NAY 3 No way!
GAMAL 5 NasserĠs first name
DEFECTIVE 9 Faulty
TRAYS 5 Platters
ERE 3 Before
SEMI 4 Kind of finals
ANTI 4 Not with it
DOCS 4 Medics
COLLECTIVE 10 Aggregate
TOSH 4 Nonsense!: Brit.
USA 3 Letters on stamps
OPINE 5 Speak oneĠs mind
DETECTIVE 9 Investigator
DAVIT 5 Cranelike device
INE 3 Carol ending
KANES 5 Citizen and Killer
ELECTIVES 9 Science Botany etc.
LIFTS 5 Elevators: Brit.
ECO 3 Writer Umberto ___
PELE 4 Soccer name
PROTECTIVE 10 Caregiving
SCAT 4 CatĠs music?
HERE 4 Where you are
NITA 4 Actress Naldi
TRE 3 III in Roma
AMANA 5 Sect in Iowa
INVECTIVE 9 Contumely
SETON 5 Attack
DEI 3 Agnus ___
TEVIN 5 Concertist ___ Campbell
EXERT 5 Strain
ORD 3 Former California fort
SEEDY 5 Degraded
SIDED 5 One or lop
ENERO 5 DonĠs January
EFFECTIVE 9 Telling
PRE 3 Before: prefix
SACS 4 Some Amerinds
ANIMO 5 Ex ___: sincerely
CAVIL 5 Complain
EYE 3 Watch
SGT 3 Milit. rank
CARAT 5 Gem measure
OMANI 5 Saudi neighbor
PAYTV 5 HBO for one
ELSIE 5 Venner or Janis
TECH 4 Engineering sch.
SONIC 5 Super or ultra
LUTES 5 HarpsĠ kin
ESE 3 Crossword end
CACKLE 6 Idle talk
SETTEE 6 Chair for two
ODE 3 Praiseful poem
PAL 3 Good buddy
DIVOT 5 What Els replaces
ENE 3 Wind dir.
TAILS 5 Tossup call
INFECTIVE 9 Catchy
VET 3 Old pro
ESS 3 Count finish
ICC 3 TruckersĠ watchdog
PETE 4 RedsĠ Rose
PHASE 5 Facet
REMEX 5 Wing feather
ORATE 5 Yak in the pulpit
TENOR 5 Boy singer
INNER 5 At heart
VIVID 5 Picturesque
ARVID 5 Painter Karlsten
TEENY 5 Kind of bopper
ACTS 4 Goes to it
ANT 3 Hill builder
IDO 3 Swear words?
TEE 3 It has a ball
TAMPA 5 City near St. Petersburg
ECHO 4 Repeated sound
MAKI 4 Ring-tailed lemur
EQUAL 5 Peer
ROOD 4 Religious symbol
IRAN 4 Persian Gulf nation
RUSSIANDRESSING 15 Salad topping
MATTER 6 Substance
ANTEDATE 8 Precede
ANEW 4 Once more
ETUI 4 Small case
POT 3 Container for 4 Down
SNAP 4 Shot or dragon
ARAFAT 6 PLO leader
ECRU 4 Pale color
AVID 4 Enthusiastic
ALONE 5 Unaccompanied
CHINESELANTERNS 15 Patio decorations
ORBIT 5 Certain path
RAVI 4 Musician Shankar
DUAL 4 Twofold
SEETHE 6 What boiling liquids do
FITS 4 Petulant displays
MLA 3 TeachersĠ org.
ANNE 4 WilliamĠs aunt
TWAS 4 Poetic contraction
AMORISTS 8 Gallants
INTUIT 6 Apprehend
MEXICANHATDANCE 15 Terpsichorean use for a sombrero
ONEA 4 Draft classification
TAOS 4 Art colony site
ARDOR 5 Heat
NUNN 4 Sam from Georgia
ESOP 4 401(k) alternative
LEONI 5 Actress Ta
TERM 4 Period
AQUA 4 Pale color
MUST 4 Have to
PASTA 5 This is often in hot water
ALIENS 6 Some US residents
ERN 3 Sea eagle
CODA 4 Certain passage
HORNE 5 Singer Lena
ODETTA 6 Ġ60s folk singer
MISDIALED 9 Misused a rotary phone
ARIA 4 Song
KANT 4 German philosopher
INGE 4 Picnic playwright
ARENAS 6 Where gladiators fought
SEURAT 6 French pointillist
WAVER 5 Hesitate
PECOS 5 Rio Grande feeder
OCHRE 5 Yellow earth
TRIBE 5 Fox or Crow
PILAF 5 Rice dish
FORUM 5 Assembly
ANNAL 5 Record
TESLA 5 Physicist Nikola
UNITARIAN 9 Certain Protestant
DAVIT 5 Ship crane
ETHNIC 6 Racial
NITWIT 6 Stupid person
ENSATE 6 Like gladioli
SANDAL 6 Footwear
ETNAS 5 Heating lamps
STARE 5 Gawk
AMON 4 Egyptian god
MENU 4 Words on a monitor
OXEN 4 Yak relatives
SHOO 4 Get out!
UNDO 4 Ruin
ICON 4 Hand or hourglass e.g.
TERI 4 Actress Garr
ASP 3 Viper
AVE 3 Hail to Caesar
READD 5 Check the total
GLOSS 5 Shine
DES 3 ___ Moines
ORDER 5 Command
REVUE 5 Song and a dance
EST 3 Id follower
ARENA 5 Stadium
ANENT 5 Concerning
STANDINGINFOR 13 Substituting
TATUMS 6 Ms. OĠNeal et al.
NOT 3 Inexistent
CAW 3 Crow call
ELENA 5 Maria ___
OOPS 4 DropperĠs cry
DONA 4 Lady of Spain
PATRIA 6 ___ potestas
OMNI 4 Atlanta stadium
TAKESTHEPLACEOF 15 Substitutes
ARIL 4 Seed cover
RENEES 6 Ms. Adore et al.
RINK 4 BruinsĠ place
IRAS 4 Nest eggs briefly
SAMOA 5 Ò. . . to see some more of ___Ó
TAG 3 Kiddy game
PAW 3 Bear foot
AESOPS 6 ___ Fables
FILLONESSHOES 13 Take over for
BOISE 5 Idaho city
MELTS 5 Thaws
INE 3 Carol ending
ATSEA 5 Confused
AMORE 5 ThatĠs ___
NUT 3 Zany
ACHED 5 Hurt
NONOS 5 Forbidden fruit?
GPS 3 Some MDs
ADESTE 6 Carol word
VESTAL 6 Pure
ESTATE 6 Biggy spread
ROADMAPS 8 Guides
ERRIS 5 ÒTo ___ human.Ó
ADEN 4 Gulf of ___
DENG 4 Chinese leader
DRAINPIPES 10 Rain channels
GRAFT 5 BotanistĠs craft
LENO 4 Curtain fabric
OVERCOME 8 Defeat
SUN 3 Word with set
SET 3 Word with sun
NUN 3 Sister
NOSALE 6 Ring this up
ANNO 4 Part of AD
WAIF 4 Little wanderer
OTHERWOMAN 10 Paramour perhaps
ORENA 5 Orlando stadium
DOC 3 A Holliday
ATRIAL 6 Of a heart chamber
TART 4 Danish kin
ARIA 4 SoloistĠs number
KINGFISH 8 Mackerel
ELK 3 Wapiti
ASSESSES 8 Rates
ASH 3 Mountain tree
MOOING 6 Being bossy?
OPENUP 6 Expand
ASSETS 6 Valuables
PLEAD 5 ___ guilty
ASTRO 5 Jeff Bagwell is one
ISEE 4 ÒThe more ___ you . . .Ó
NEMO 4 Remote control
ELON 4 North Carolina college
BAA 3 Be sheepish
OTC 3 Non-prescrip. drug
CARS 4 Vehicles
MIMED 5 Imitated
AFAR 4 Miles away
ADEE 4 Zip -___- . . .
INIGO 5 Architect Jones
SITE 4 Location
BELLESTARR 10 Old West name
SNAP 4 Easy assignment
ALIENS 6 ETs
MEIN 4 Chow dish
ELI 3 See 35 Down
RINSE 5 Washer cycle
KITCARSON 9 Old West name
ENE 3 Ethyl end
REY 3 King in Spain
PASSE 5 Out-of-date
TED 3 A Mack
GLOSSY 6 Slick
MESS 4 Disorder
WYATTEARP 9 Old West name
ADAH 4 Genesis wife
NOODLE 6 Kind of soup
LIP 3 Backtalk
METOO 5 Kind of ism
GEN 3 Milit. rank
ANE 3 Wheel buy
ETTAPLACE 9 Old West name
DARTS 5 Pub game
REA 3 The Crying Game actor
TATA 4 Bye-bye
REGGIE 6 PacersĠ Miller
CRIB 4 Tot spot
PATGARRETT 10 Old West name
ERNO 4 Diane composer Rapee
PLEAT 5 Dress fold
ELLA 4 The Queen of Scat
DESK 4 Kind of job
SERGE 5 Suiting
EYES 4 Bette Davis feature
CABARET 7 Nightclub
ADELINE 7 Sweet girl of song
RELINED 7 Fixed the brakes
SELES 5 CourtsĠ Monica
MISS 4 Young girl
INT 3 Bk. accruement
MIAMI 5 Heat city
EGRET 5 Audubon bird
DORIC 5 Type of column
ASS 3 Stupid one
FINESSE 7 Bridge ploy
ATALOSS 7 Perplexed
REPINES 7 Frets
ENERGY 6 Get-up-and-go
NAP 3 Slumber
KYOTO 5 Honshu city
RAMP 4 Turnpike exit
ELAN 4 Panache
STO 3 Pou ___: Gr. base
SEDGE 5 Marsh plant
YALE 4 New Haven school
WHOA 4 Stop!
RENDER 6 Supply
AMERCED 7 Fined
DETERRE 7 Pomme ___
ATTAINS 7 Reaches
LARGELY 7 For the most part
INTITLE 7 Give a claim: arch.
PESETAS 7 Spanish money
OPT 3 Make a choice
LAPPS 5 Arctic people
ATALE 5 Start of a Dickens title
CATER 5 Bring in food
AGREE 5 Concur
RATE 4 Assess
BOK 3 ___ choy
GAG 3 Choke
ACT 3 Put-on
BAFFIN 6 Canadian island on the Arctic Circle
SPAN 4 Stretch of time
GOA 3 ___ long way: endure
ONIONY 6 Like leeks
TACO 4 Mexican munchie
HUT 3 Simple shelter
SARGASSOSEA 11 Expanse west of the Azores
AGASSI 6 1999 French Open victor
JETWASH 7 F-16Ġs trail
SAMMYSOSA 9 Wrigley slugger
LED 3 Spearheaded
TRIO 4 The Police were one
RIMS 4 Tire supports
EVE 3 Nightfall
OFAGE 5 Grown up
KEENON 6 Enthusiastic about
KEENON 6 Messages contained in 18 Across 23 Across 55 Across and 62 Across
ANCHOR 6 Item dropped in port
TONGA 5 Nation near Fiji
DNA 3 Crime lab cpd.
OVAL 4 Track meet site
MENU 4 Dish list
PIN 3 Bobby ___
ISOSCELES 9 Triangle or trapezoid type
STUDIES 7 Course work
OILMAN 6 Crude tycoon?
CALYPSOSONG 11 BelafonteĠs Day-O for one
ITA 3 Call ___ night
ARAL 4 Uzbek sea
ARMADA 6 Oceangoing force
REV 3 Preacher man briefly
NOEL 4 Carol
USURER 6 One demanding vigorish
ANY 3 Whichever
AGHAST 6 Shocked
COUGAR 6 Brigham Young athlete
TATAMI 6 Eastern floor covering
BOSSY 5 Too take-charge
ANAIS 5 Diarist Nin
FIR 3 Balsam or Douglas e.g.
FOG 3 Haze
INAJAM 6 Besieged from all sides
NYSE 4 Wall Street inst.
STOWE 5 LegreeĠs creator
PASADENA 8 Rose Bowl setting
ACES 4 Great serves
NOAH 4 Wyle of ER
STL 3 MO metro area
SMOOTH 6 Satiny
ORGS 4 Common interest gps.
SIESTAS 7 Snoozes
SKIN 4 Husk
VOL 3 Tennesseean for short
ENS 3 Nav. rank
FRO 3 ToĠs counterpart
AERO 4 Akron baseball player
EGG 3 Poached item
ENAMEL 6 Glossy paint
DAD 3 Pops
INN 3 Road trip stopover
SCAPULAE 8 Shoulder blades
SOLO 4 Sans accompaniment
VISORS 6 Eyeshades
ELMIRA 6 New York city
NEATEN 6 Spruce up
USNAVY 6 67 AcrossĠ affiliation perhaps
IDYLL 5 Pastoral poem
NIP 3 Hardly a chomp
SONDE 5 Research balloon
CIGAR 5 Smoke for Churchill
SCAN 4 Scrutinize
TARO 4 Polynesian tuber
ESAU 4 Brother of Jacob
SMU 3 Dallas campus: abbr.
OAR 3 Longship propeller
TOMATOS 7 Good ones are vine-ripened: var.
ALL 3 Total of
WAG 3 Move to and fro
ONELINE 7 If straight itĠs the shortest distance
RYE 3 Bread or liquor
ANA 3 Book of sayings
DESSERT 7 Sweet course
CREDITS 7 Gives
DIS 3 Prefix meaning against
SETTHEDATE 10 Announce marriage plans
LOIS 4 ClarkĠs coworker
DEO 3 ___ volente
STENO 5 Pool member
ETNAS 5 Small heating devices
EPIS 4 Roof decorations
ARNO 4 River through Florence
AGREE 5 Reach a mutual opinion
BOOS 4 Cries of disapproval
SAP 3 Weaken
IMPEACHES 9 Charges with a crime
PEA 3 Sweet or split
SIGN 4 Write oneĠs name
ORTIE 5 Hockey game result: win loss ___
ARCS 4 Curved paths
COAL 4 Anthracite e.g.
SONGS 5 Melodies
CACHE 5 Hiding place
NUN 3 14th Hebrew letter
AVOW 4 Take an oath
SOURGRAPES 10 Disparagement of something unattainable
ITE 3 One who is: suffix
AUSTRIA 7 ViennaĠs location
INERTIA 7 Indisposition to motion
ART 3 Branch of learning
EGG 3 ___ and dart: ornamental design
NEATEST 7 Most tidy
RES 3 Legal matters
DIE 3 Mold for molten metal
ESTEEMS 7 Sets a high value on
TODDLE 6 Saunter
ONEIOTA 7 Insignificant measure
MESSING 7 Providing with meals
ALS 3 Capone and Jolson
TIES 4 Neckwear
ONRED 5 Traffic light indication for stopping
SETTEE 6 Long seat with a back
ARCH 4 St. Louis landmark
LYRE 4 Stringed instrument
LEEDS 5 City in England
WAITERS 7 Servers
ANTENNA 7 InsectĠs sensory organ
GAS 3 Fill the auto tank
DATA 4 Factual information
TOPBANANA 9 Lead comedian in a show
SARI 4 Dress of India
OOP 3 Alley ___
SEMS 4 Parts of the academic yr.
IOC 3 Summer and Winter Games org.
SOHO 4 District of London
EPIC 4 Of great proportion
SERS 4 Sun. messages
EGO 3 Division in psyche theory
STOA 4 Greek portico
PAC 3 Time zone for Wash. and Oregon
ERASURE 7 Act of removing
ACCOSTS 7 Approaches in an aggressive way
INVITEE 7 Welcomed one
EGOTISM 7 Conceit
SHUT 4 Close
LUPINE 6 Wolfish
SWEATS 6 Perspires
ERRED 5 Miscalculated
NENES 5 State birds of Hawaii
GIGI 4 1958 Oscar-winning picture
RAGE 4 Fury
SEAT 4 Install in office
AAR 3 Swiss river
RTE 3 66 once through SW US
SPEC 4 Like some new houses
SITAR 5 Indian lute
POGO 4 Comics character
KOSO 4 Shoshonean
AVILA 5 Spanish province
IRAN 4 Islamic republic
INTHEDEEPFREEZE 15 Very cold locale?
SHEENS 6 Lusters
TERSER 6 More concise
IRE 3 Wrath
SHEAR 5 Clip
ATCROSSPURPOSES 15 No meeting of minds?
DEUS 4 Jupiter for one: L.
STIRS 5 Commotions
TILL 4 Money drawer
LAB 3 ChemistĠs milieu
ERR 3 Go astray
TIA 3 Spanish relative
ISIS 4 Wife of Osiris
TRIAD 5 Rationally defensible
PITY 4 Show compassion
BETWEENTHELINES 15 Cramped quarters?
ARNES 5 Musical British siblings
LIL 3 AbnerĠs sobriquet
HESTIA 6 Goddess of the hearth
SIEGES 6 Series of troubles
ONTHEBACKBURNER 15 For future reference
ROUE 4 Rake
LURIE 5 1985 Pulitzer author
INRE 4 Concerning
ALBS 4 Priestly garments
EXITS 5 Leaves
MAID 4 Robin HoodĠs Marian
SKI 3 Take to the slopes
PONS 4 Operatic soprano
ESTH 4 OT book
COHEIRS 7 Joint inheritors
SADNESS 7 Grief
IVES 4 American composer
TIE 3 Ascot
ALP 3 Mountain peak
RAFTERS 7 Sometimes they ring
PIERROT 7 Pantomime character
ORES 4 MinersĠ quest
GAZE 4 Intent look
ONER 4 Unique individual
EERO 4 Architect Saarinen
REAP 4 Harvest
SPIRITS 7 Strong liquor
HURRAH 6 Exultant cry
ADLIB 5 Improvisation
TEASE 5 Pester
CUBIT 5 Ancient measurement
STERNE 6 Tristram Shandy author
SITIN 5 Organized protest
ELITE 5 Best of class
SLAYS 5 Kills
SWATHES 7 Wraps
TENABLE 7 Some positions
DELIBES 7 French composer
PILGRIM 7 Plymouth settler
ERIE 4 Great Lake
LIEU 4 Stead
HORA 4 Israeli dance
ENOL 4 Organic compound
STUB 4 Ticket portion
SKIT 4 Short theatrical performance
ENNA 4 Sicilian resort
SERI 4 Mexican Indian
AUX 3 Supplementary: abbr.
CRI 3 Last word with dernier
RED 3 Comedian Buttons
HEMS 4 Skirt edges
BAND 4 Rock group
ARES 4 Greek war god
ALOE 4 Sunburn remedy
ATEE 4 To ___: exactly
ARENA 5 Houston Astrodome e.g.
NINE 4 Baseball team
RTES 4 9W and 66 for short
ENDED 5 Concluded
DOESCREDITTO 12 Brings honor upon
STY 3 SowĠs domain
HEN 3 Female lobster
GIN 3 ___ rummy
HIE 3 Hurry
LENDINGAHAND 12 Assisting
RANAT 5 Attacked
REE 3 Dakotas tribe
ANON 4 Presently
ALAN 4 Thicke of TV
SLIER 5 More guileful
RONA 4 Author Jaffe
ILIA 4 Pelvic bones
AIS 3 Florida tribe
ERIES 5 New York native Americans
SAVINGTHEDAY 12 Rescuing
EYE 3 Needle aperture
OAT 3 Feedbag morsel
LOS 3 Angeles preceder
MUS 3 Greek consonants
LOSEINTEREST 12 Become bored
ESTES 5 ___ Park CO
REIT 4 Realty investment briefly
IDEA 4 Brainchild
SEINE 5 ParisĠ river
ERNE 4 Seacoast eagle
TART 4 Piquant
SAPS 4 Drains
DIOR 4 Fashion luminary
ELSE 4 Otherwise
HANDS 5 Poker segments
ELIOT 5 The Wasteland poet
MONEY 5 Wherewithal
SEES 4 Envisions
BARREN 6 Devoid of fauna
ATTEND 6 Go to a party
NEED 4 Requisite
DESIGNEE 8 Person indicated
ARNO 4 Cartoonist Peter
RED 3 Cerise
ENE 3 Opposite of WSW
SAD 3 Wistful
AETNA 5 Sicily sight: var.
CHET 4 Atkins or Huntley
TIGER 5 Detroit player
HANOI 5 VietnamĠs capital
INONE 5 A hole ___
EDNAS 5 Millay and Ferber
LANAI 5 Veranda
IRISH 5 Dubliners e.g.
HARRY 5 Truman
RAISE 5 Elevate
ALLAY 5 Calm
NAIVE 5 Ingenuous
SAGAS 5 Long family tales
LITTERED 8 Scattered refuse
EASE 4 Affluence
NOOSE 5 Lariat e.g.
ELNINO 6 Climate oddity
DOTTER 6 Pointillist e.g.
MEDAL 5 Purple Heart
USERS 5 Addicts
STATE 5 Assert
LENS 4 Microscope part
IERI 4 Yesterday: Ital.
RITE 4 Baptism e.g.
ESS 3 Double curve
SEA 3 Banda for one
TIP 3 Gratuity
SAWS 4 Old sayings
PAST 4 Time travelerĠs destination
IOTAS 5 Jots
WREN 4 Architect with an avian name
GREENSTAMP 10 Old supermarket item NOT offered by 41 Across
IMNO 4 Mae WestĠs ___ Angel
ASTROLOGER 10 Reader of heavenly signs
REDUB 5 Provide with a new soundtrack
UNU 3 Former prime minister of Burma
SNY 3 Curve in shipĠs timber
LETTEROPENER 12 Office item NOT offered by 41 Across
EIK 3 Apt. feature in the classifieds
SMEARS 6 Besmirches
BASS 4 McCartneyĠs instrument
FRAU 4 Haus wife
EERIE 5 Chilling
USPOSTALSERVICE 15 Overnight group
LEIGH 5 Psycho co-star
SEIN 4 1993 best seller ___ Language
EDEN 4 I Dream of Jeannie star
BANGOR 6 City on the Penobscot
NYC 3 Major eastern reg.
YOUVEGOTMAIL 12 Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks movie NOT offered by 41 Across
PIC 3 Snapshot for short
REY 3 BaseballĠs Ordonez
SAYNO 5 Issue a refusal
IRONMAIDEN 10 Dungeon device
LESE 4 ___ majesty: a high treason
PARCELLING 10 Rope dressing NOT offered by 41 Across
ERES 4 ___ Tu : 1932 song
ENDOW 5 Provide with funds
SEGO 4 Lily
SSTS 4 Ocean crossers
SWIRL 5 Danish icing design
ARMEE 5 Napoleon led one
WENDT 5 Mr. Peterson of Cheers
SNOUT 5 PigĠs nose
PGA 3 Org. of Price and Love
ARS 3 MGM motto start
SETUP 5 Table arrangement
TERNE 5 Lead-tin alloy
ISL 3 Land surrounded by water: abbr.
OTO 3 Platte River people
TAGS 4 Places for prices
AMEN 4 Right on!
SPRY 4 Chipper
NOUNS 5 Persons places and things e.g.
BEE 3 Skep occupant
RIFT 4 Breach
OKRAS 5 Gumbos
EMER 4 Life-or-death matter: abbr.
REEVE 5 Superman portrayer Christopher
ARID 4 Like a dust bowl
RICE 4 Creole cooking staple
SEEN 4 In the public eye
BULB 4 Tulip-to-be
ASEA 4 Supported by saltwater
SPIN 4 Test drive
SOGGY 5 Saturated with water
ALE 3 Flagon filler
USING 5 Manipulating
SHOO 4 Hit the road!
ENYO 4 Ancient Greek goddess
RURAL 5 Countrified
CTS 3 Dol. fractions
VEILS 5 Conceals
EYDIE 5 Singer Gorm
MALES 5 Certain fittings
AYERS 5 ___ Rock Australia
INSET 5 Map on a map
LOESS 5 Wind-borne soil
PIPE 4 Peace offering to some
IRAN 4 Persia now
CORD 4 Unit of firewood
NCO 3 GI with stripes
MEW 3 Noise from a kitty
ENG 3 ChangĠs twin
NGO 3 South VietnamĠs ___ Dinh Diem
BLESS 5 Sanctify
SEMI 4 Tractor-trailer
SPIT 4 Skewer
LETUP 5 Slow down
PLOD 4 Trudge
ALOE 4 Bitter drug
OATER 5 Western
ISLE 4 Man or Wight
LUTE 4 Sitar kin
CRAZYINALABAMA 14 Melanie Griffith film
EVE 3 12/31/99 e.g.
LAD 3 Young man
VESTRY 6 Sacristy
FLIT 4 Dart about
PTA 3 School org.
INCA 4 Peruvian of yore
BLUSTERED 9 Bragged and threatened
GEORGIAONMYMIND 15 Carmichael song hit
IMPEACHED 9 Discredited
IDOL 4 False god
LYE 3 Potash
METS 4 Shea Stadium residents
SERENE 6 Peaceful
SIB 3 Brother e.g.
HUD 3 Neal/Newman film
TENNESSEEWALTZ 14 Patti Page record hit
JUDE 4 Saintly Thaddaeus
RITA 4 Moreno or Gam
AFIRE 5 Blazing
ANNE 4 Baxter or Bancroft
GLAD 4 Happy
RAZES 5 Demolishes
BEAR 4 Short seller perhaps
SONS 4 Male descendants
DRAFT 5 Current of air
BLOC 4 Coalition
LEAR 4 Shakespearean king
ETTA 4 Singer James
SUEZ 4 1869 grand opening
SPRYER 6 More agile
SPINE 5 Backbone
ELSA 4 Movie lion
MOLL 4 GangsterĠs woman
IDEALISM 8 PlatonistĠs credo
SALAD 5 Greek or Caesar
PLUM 4 Damson
IOTA 4 Jot
TEE 3 Golf gadget
IVY 3 Poison or English
BATTY 5 Nuts
VIGIL 5 Surveillance
ENEMY 5 Foe
SCOPE 5 Range
TARE 4 Weedy plant
FLOES 5 Glacier breakaways
LUND 4 Swedish college town
PRIDE 5 Company of lions
TENON 5 Mortise joint
ADDLE 5 Confuse
BAHT 4 Thailand moola
EMIR 4 Arabian prince
GAMIN 5 Urchin
ICEBERGS 8 Glacier breakaways
SUE 3 Bring to court
EDWARD 6 Playwright Albee
SNEER 5 Scornful expression
HEADS 5 Coin toss option
TUNE 4 Lilt
EDNA 4 ___ St. Vincent Millay
SILO 4 Farm structure
STAN 4 Musial or Getz
AFAR 4 At a distance
LIZA 4 Singer Minnelli
TREF 4 Not kosher
ZEST 4 Gusto
JAB 3 Boxing punch
MATE 4 Perth pal
BAST 4 Jute or hemp e.g.
ALERT 5 Watchful
ALAS 4 Oh cruel fate!
ONEA 4 Draft designation
MOXIE 5 Gutsiness
YOUCANTWINEMALL 15 LoserĠs solace
ATTACHE 7 Case for a lawyer?
ORACLE 6 All-seeing one
RHO 3 Frat letter
YETI 4 Eastern Bigfoot
TEX 3 Actor Ritter
KEEPEMCOMING 12 Order to a bartender
OIL 3 Lubricate
IAMB 4 Piece of poetry
DOSES 5 Prescribed amounts
ORESTES 7 AgamemnonĠs son
LESPAUL 7 Electric guitar pioneer
LEMUR 5 Madagascar primate
TREX 4 Fearsome dino
ARA 3 Coach Parseghian
RIDEEMCOWBOY 12 1942 Abbott and Costello western
MIG 3 Russian fighter
PERM 4 Resilient coif for short
EPA 3 Ecol. monitors
ARABLE 6 Suitable for sowing
PLASTIC 7 Moldable
GIVEEMHELLHARRY 15 Play/movie about President Truman
INERT 5 Lifeless
AGEE 4 Author/critic James
BIOS 4 Short life stories
CALMS 5 Assuages
TOAD 4 Warty one
ISNT 4 ___ She Lovely?
MAYA 4 Yucatan native
ALOT 4 Truckloads
TAUT 4 Under tension
ESCARP 6 Rugged slope
BONHOMIE 8 Comradeship
ANTE 4 GamblerĠs stake
SEW 3 Suture
TAI 3 ___ chi chĠuan
AMERINDS 8 1 Down et al.
LOMA 4 ___ Linda CA
EXACT 5 On the nose
RILLE 5 Lunar valley
TELEX 5 Bygone e-message
ACHE 4 Sprain symptom
NOTI 4 It wasnĠt me!
YOM 3 ___ Kippur
EMBLEM 6 Trademark
KOOL 4 Pop group ___ & the Gang
EIRE 4 TipperaryĠs milieu
ELEM 4 School before jr. high
CASTER 6 Wheel on furniture
GOP 3 DDEĠs affiliation
SAAB 4 Swedish auto
EURO 4 Common currency overseas
SLAY 4 Wow with wit
SUR 3 Opposite of norte
TRIPLETS 8 Maternity threesome
EXCELLED 8 Shone
REM 3 Sleep state initials
DEEM 4 Consider
OPAH 4 Moonfish
WASABI 6 Fiery root
MAGIC 5 Doug HenningĠs forte
IRINA 5 One of The Three Sisters
GAVEL 5 Mallet of justice
BERM 4 Earthen mound
PLEA 4 Emotional appeal
TRIS 4 Speaker of baseball
IRON 4 Sidearm
CYST 4 Wen
HAT 3 Panama for one
EGO 3 Word before trip
TRACE 5 Smidgen
DAN 3 Dapper one
ROT 3 Bosh!
HEURE 5 Hour in Paris
ECOCIDE 7 EPA concern
EPLURIBUSUNUM 13 Motto on quarters
HEADSORTAILS 12 Tossup question
UNI 3 Kind of cycle
ESTE 4 Roman villa family
EDAM 4 Red-waxed cheese
ADDEDON 7 Padded
ERA 3 Baseball stat.
ALA 3 Like
RAPID 5 Speedy
MULTI 5 Kind of millionaire
INMINTCONDITION 15 Resalable
CARET 5 Insert mark
GOUGE 5 Extort as money
EVE 3 New YearĠs has one
ESS 3 End of a count
TROPICS 7 Torrid Zone
REDO 4 Change the decor
NOAH 4 Danny Kaye role
NRA 3 Gun lobby
CHANGEPOCKET 12 Purse compartment
TOCOINAPHRASE 13 Nickled and dimed infinitively
CRULLER 7 Dunking doughnut
ISLIP 5 Long Island town
UAR 3 Onetime Arab union: abbr.
STD 3 Part of EST
LOONY 5 Kind of tune
THEEND 6 Storybook finish
REPAID 6 Evened up
AULD 4 ___ Lang Syne
CRUS 4 Shank
EERO 4 Architect Saarinen
DEBTS 5 They pile up
ACUATE 6 Pointed
NOSIER 6 More snoopy
RINSE 5 Soap operation?
ODU 3 Norfolk VA campus
TEM 3 Pro ___
CUL 3 ___-de-sac
IRENIC 6 Peaceful
HUA 3 ___ Guofeng: Chinese leader
DALI 4 Surrealistic painter
ALTO 4 A chorister
MAIN 4 Leading
ERIE 4 Lake Indian
DANTE 5 Inferno writer
OPT 3 Pick and choose
AMIGO 5 Pal in Lower CA
DOG 3 Follow closely
UTEP 4 El Paso campus
ICER 4 Cake stylist
NAVE 4 Church area
MRED 4 TV horse
NOTHEP 6 Square
DUR 3 In a major key: music
SNAILS 6 Sluggards
SONNET 6 Schematic poem
INKSIN 6 Blackens
CREEPY 6 Repulsive
SAT 3 DidnĠt play
OCCUR 5 Happen
AGARD 5 Henry ___ Wallace
HOL 3 Easter Sun. is one
PHIL 4 Silvers
ORSO 4 Approximately
CALO 4 Spanish tongue
TCU 3 Fort Worth campus
ORA 3 Man/mouse connector
MADRAS 6 Sari material
FBI 3 NessĠ org.
ETAS 4 Greek vowels
ARREST 6 Nip in the bud
REO 3 CollectorĠs item
CORN 4 Schmaltz
PEACHYKEEN 10 Neato
APSO 4 Lhasa ___
SATI 4 Consort of Siva
LIST 4 Enumerate
ARBOR 5 ___ Day
TEETH 5 Authority
BUTANE 6 Hydrocarbon
ESSAY 5 Kind of exam
HEARTEN 7 Encourage
STOLEN 6 Taken in a robbery
TRIO 4 DonaldĠs nephews e.g.
AIM 3 Objective
TOUSLES 7 Roughs up
IMMENSE 7 Cosmic
APR 3 When DST begins: abbr.
IRAS 4 Nest eggs briefly
SAVANT 6 Scholarly type
GONDOLA 7 Venetian vehicle
TASTE 5 See 6 Down
CARREY 6 Comedian Jim
AZTEC 5 Mexican empire
ONAIR 5 Great place to walk
SPUR 4 Stimulus
URAL 4 Caspian Sea feeder
RIPE 4 Ready to eat
APPLESAUCE 10 Nonsense!
AMEN 4 You said it!
PIE 3 Meal finisher
SATINS 6 Fancy fabrics
LAST 4 Stay the course
END 3 Culmination
SCENES 6 Soap opera segments
MAPS 4 Atlas contents
AREA 4 ___ code
DRAT 4 Doggone it!
RECITALS 8 Musical programs
ASH 3 Residue
STYLE 5 Class
FRESHET 7 Sudden overflow
BEET 4 Borscht base
ION 3 ApolloĠs son
ECARTE 6 Card game for two
TOPBANANAS 10 Headliners
ARSON 5 DAĠs charge
SNORE 5 Keep everybody awake
KITH 4 Friends and neighbors
AUTOMATE 8 Make more efficient perhaps
EYELINER 8 Cosmetic
BRIMS 5 Sunshades
ESTA 4 This: Sp.
STOP 4 Telegram period
SOURGRAPES 10 Envious attitude
ARI 3 Air anagram
NERDY 5 Like hackers?
ISNT 4 Ò___ it romantic . . .Ó
METE 4 Allot
SAO 3 Portuguese Saint
EVACUATE 8 Clear out
SLAPPED 7 Struck
ORIENT 6 Adjust to a situation
AZUL 4 Blue to Juan
CORAL 5 Necklace material
ANIMA 5 Soul
TRESS 5 Keepsake
SPIN 4 ___ doctor
RUIN 4 Make useless
ACNE 4 Skin condition
LESS 4 Sometimes itĠs more
APE 3 Gibbon e.g.
SAC 3 Algonquian Indian
ADAM 4 Arkin of Chicago Hope
ADAME 5 Ò. . . nothing like ___Ó
TSAR 4 Nicholas II
MEMO 4 Interoffice message
MILOS 5 Where Venus was found
OONA 4 EugeneĠs daughter
AMAN 4 See 55 Down
OVERSTRUNG 10 Too tight as a racket
SODACRACKER 11 Yahoo behind the fountain?
RAE 3 Norma ___
SNORE 5 Saw wood
SAID 4 Suez Canal port
COUGAR 6 Endangered cat
WROTE 5 What Jessica Fletcher did
ITCH 4 Seven year phenomenon
FORE 4 Fairway warning
LAURA 5 1944 movie and theme song
OHO 3 Surprised exclamation
COOKIES 7 BakerĠs sweethearts?
GUS 3 Redskin Frerotte
TERRA 5 Cotta and firma lead-in
NICE 4 Capital of Alpes-Maritimes
WHET 4 Stimulate
ANNUL 5 Quash
SEEKER 6 Word after job or truth
CRIS 4 Viking Carter
CAUSE 5 Partner of effect
ETH 3 Ordinal suffix
CINNAMONBUN 11 Spicy hairdo?
TRIFOLIATE 10 Like Girl Scouts emblem
GOAD 4 Needle
NAPE 4 Scruff
OLSON 5 Twins in Full House
LAVA 4 Mauna Loa flow
APSE 4 Vaulted recess
SEAMS 5 Some are in
ETES 4 Summers in Arles
AMASS 5 Rack up
DEMON 5 Fiend
AMADO 5 Brazilian novelist Jorge
MONARCH 7 Traveling butterfly
AMOR 4 PsycheĠs love
DIVA 4 Joan Sutherland e.g.
ALEC 4 Smart guy?
MORK 4 MindyĠs boarder
ESSES 5 19th letter 19 times
TOR 3 High ___ by Maxwell Anderson
SOURDOUGH 9 Bad money?
ANNA 4 Siam governess
RAGE 4 Hostility
TRAWLS 6 Fishing nets
CEO 3 Corp. titan
IRA 3 Roth e.g.
UFO 3 ETĠs vehicle
GOONS 5 Roughnecks
ARKIE 5 OkieĠs neighbor
REICE 5 Frost it twice
TRUE 4 Qualifier for love or blue
EAST 4 End of London
IOTA 4 Mite
THEN 4 That time
CORNCHIPS 9 Hokey bits?
CALICO 6 A Gal in ___
EEK 3 TV cat
RUR 3 1920 automaton play
WRANGLE 7 Bicker
ECO 3 Name of the Rose author
SILOS 5 Barn adjunct
UBOAT 5 WWII wolf pack member
SUAVE 5 Smooth and slick
ENDAS 5 Willingham novel with 17 Across
ETNA 4 Largest volcano in Europe
TRAP 4 Clap or rattle extension
NILE 4 KarnakĠs river
NASA 4 US agency after Sputnik
ATOM 4 Carbon 12 e.g.
MENS 4 Department store department
FEE 3 Retainer
SCAD 4 Whole bunch
DEMOS 5 Audition tapes
HOLY 4 ___ cow!
OLIO 4 Gallimaufry
ELOPE 5 Skip the ceremony
ALOE 4 Skin cream ingredient
HARDBOILED 10 Tough
REBA 4 Country singer McEntire
OMEGA 5 Last to Plato
TRAPDOOR 8 Burlesque show exit?
ELAL 4 Israeli flier
ANON 4 In a while
HARDSHIP 8 Privation
SPELLS 6 Incantations
EMI 3 MGM rival
ASSET 5 Balance sheet plus
SWEET 5 ÒHow ___ it is!Ó
LASH 4 Follows eye and back
OPRAH 5 First name in talk shows
SAVE 4 What Trevor Hoffman earns
ONEAL 5 BasketballĠs Shaquille
STRIA 5 Groove
SEA 3 Red or Black
TARRED 6 Before feathered
HARDSELL 8 Car salesmanĠs method
DEAD 4 Grateful ___
STOP 4 Plug
THICKSET 8 Stout
ROAST 5 FriarsĠ fete
AERO 4 Space beginning
HARDKNOCKS 10 Rough school
CAMP 4 David for one
ELENI 5 Nicholas Gage novel
RHEA 4 Carla of Cheers
TRAY 4 Dessert ___
STEAM 5 FultonĠs boatĠs power
SEER 4 Prophet
SOHO 4 Section of Manhattan
CLAM 4 Happy as a ___
AIRE 4 Yorkshire river
DODGED 6 Ducked
DEO 3 ___ gratias
ELI 3 Yale man
MOLT 4 Shed
OPERA 5 Falstaff e.g.
SEDANS 6 CoupesĠ kin
HARDNEWS 8 Serious journalism
OLEO 4 Ersatz butter
LOBO 4 Timber wolf
YEAR 4 Aries-Pisces
BALSA 5 Model wood
POPS 4 Nickname for Dad
AHSO 4 Words of comprehension by Charlie Chan
LISPS 5 Thpeaks like thith
HELOT 5 Spartan slave
AMANA 5 Iowa religious sect
RISER 5 Vertical duct
PERTH 5 Capital of Western Australia
LEASE 5 Rent
LEVEL 5 CarpenterĠs tool
STEAL 5 Rip off
TARAS 5 ___ Bulba
HARDCOPY 8 Tabloid TV show
HIRT 4 Trumpeter
LEEK 4 Garlic relative
ADORN 5 Decorate
DASHES 6 Short sprints
SPOORS 6 Tracks
DEALT 5 Passed out
TACT 4 What is socially correct
HEAR 4 Consider
IRMA 4 ___ la Douce
TREE 4 Palm for one
ACHE 4 Pain in the neck
SKEE 4 ___-Ball
TSAR 4 Peter or Paul
DNA 3 Genetic material
KIM 3 Actress Basinger
BLUR 4 Befog
GUFF 4 Malarkey
SKATE 5 Swimming ray
LUNE 4 Clair de ___ : Debussy
ABLE 4 Qualified
ONION 5 Pungent bulb
OLIN 4 Havana actress Lena
FOAL 4 Barnyard baby
LADED 5 Put in a hold
CUTOFFATTHEPASS 15 Intercepted
LET 3 Allowed
ALS 3 Hirt and Pacino
CAMPUS 6 College environs
LEVY 4 Tax
JOB 3 OT book
AWAIT 5 Expect
HALO 4 Angelic aura
BABE 4 Movie porker
BACKEDINACORNER 15 Trapped
BRAE 4 Highland hillside
ADEN 4 Indian Ocean gulf
PAUSE 5 Interlude
YEW 3 Evergreen shrub
ONES 4 Individuals
JETSET 6 Wealthy social group
SAC 3 Cul-de-___
CUR 3 Mongrel
KNOCKEDFORALOOP 15 Downed
NATAL 5 South African province
RANI 4 Indian royalty
UNDO 4 Invalidate
OPINE 5 Have oneĠs say
AIDS 4 Lends a hand
ICON 4 Computer image
TESTY 5 Irritable
BLOT 4 Sponge
SERE 4 Waterless
BLOC 4 Interest group
LULU 4 Little comics girl
UNIT 4 Army group
RENO 4 City by Lake Tahoe
GAFFES 6 Faux pas
UBOAT 5 German sub
FLAT 4 Flavorless
FELT 4 Touched
SOLELY 6 Alone
KNAPS 5 Shapes flint
AIDA 4 Verdi masterpiece
TOES 4 Piggies
ENDS 4 Remnants
FLUTE 5 Champagne holder
HAVOC 5 Mayhem
CABBY 5 Professional driver
AWARE 5 Cognizant
MACAW 5 Talking bird
PIKE 4 Muskellunge
LANES 5 Highway sections
ELAN 4 Verve
JANUS 5 Two-faced god
OBESE 5 Stout
BERET 5 Visorless cap
HIDE 4 Lie low
BRAT 4 Mouthy tyke
DANCE 5 Hula or hora
OPERA 5 Musical production
OAKLEY 6 Sharpshooter Annie
JURIST 6 John Jay for one
SCANT 5 Barely sufficient
CONDO 5 Housing unit
KNOT 4 Pinewood feature
NAPE 4 Collar site
OTIS 4 Blues singer Redding
DRAB 4 Lackluster
FAIL 4 Miss the mark
LUIS 4 San ___ Obispo
ONCE 4 In the past
ODOR 4 SkunkĠs defense
PONE 4 Southern corn bread
MARE 4 Stable denizen
BASRA 5 Port of Iraq
ARAM 4 Composer Khachaturian
ETAL 4 Series ender
ALIEN 5 Stranger in a familiar land?
LIFE 4 Kind of force
NODE 4 Protuberance
TENET 5 Credo
LARA 4 ZhivagoĠs beloved
UPINTHEELEVATOR 15 Penthouse approach
OAST 4 Drying kiln
SEABASS 7 Large-mouthed food fish
ARC 3 Circle part
KURT 4 Mathematician Godel
DUO 3 Tango team
RIAL 4 Bread for 5 Across?
BOAT 4 Serving piece
LARKS 5 Antics
ACROSSTHESTREET 15 From odds to evens?
BESOM 5 Curling broom
HOLM 4 ___ oak of Europe
DANE 4 Alborg resident
KEG 3 Beer container
ELUL 4 Hebrew month
DOT 3 Part of MorseĠs code
ENSILES 7 Stores fodder
GAPS 4 Unexplained omissions
DOWNTOTHEGROUND 15 As low as we go?
SLAG 4 Steel mill byproduct
DROVE 5 Flock
SPAR 4 Raps around the other way?
EDIT 4 Make amends?
EASES 5 Relaxes
TORE 4 Went 80 in a 55 MPH zone
LENO 4 CarsonĠs successor
SPENT 5 Exhausted
SNAG 4 Fly in the ointment?
MENU 4 Bill of fare
ATOP 4 At the summit
RADIOCARS 9 Police transports
ELENA 5 Queen of Italy
BATHTUBS 8 Household fixtures
ALEE 4 Safe from the storm
SINE 4 ___ qua non
REELS 5 RodsĠ companions
ANTEED 6 Started the stud
ALLABOARD 9 ConductorĠs cry
RIATA 5 Lasso
AFROS 5 Ġ60s hairdos
MEARS 5 Racer Rick
TSK 3 Exclamation of annoyance
VAULT 5 Pole chaser?
ARAB 4 Semite
RICE 4 Where the Owls learn
ROTH 4 Operation Shylock writer
TAHOE 5 California/Nevada lake
LOOKINGTO 9 Anticipating
TELL 4 UriĠs hero
READSUPON 9 Learns the old-fashioned way
KENO 4 Reno recreation?
STET 4 PrinterĠs direction
SMELT 5 Make speiss
SMUGGEST 8 Most conceited
GEODES 6 Decorative rocks
LAR 3 Household god
EDSEL 5 Henry FordĠs son
NOLDE 5 Expressionist Emil
SWAIN 5 Beau
STRAP 5 Leather fastener
POSTS 5 Mails
HOSE 4 Garden need
EVEN 4 Two to two
NARA 4 JapanĠs first capital
DREG 4 Barrel bottom bit
RET 3 Emeritus abbreviation
CAB 3 Something to hail
RACERS 6 Blue ___: blacksnakes
PULE 4 Whine childishly
ERR 3 Balk while relieving
IMAGES 6 PR manĠs concern
ESTRANGE 8 Alienate
CAREER 6 Profession
GHOSTTOASTIES 13 Trick-or-treaterĠs breakfast
GENET 5 CivetĠs kin
PUNSTER 7 Edgar Nye for one
YRS 3 Era components: abbr.
EXISTS 6 Is
IOU 3 Marker
ANILE 5 Old-womanish
SCONE 5 BritĠs tea adjunct
REDSKELETON 11 Trick-or-treaterĠs pet comic
CHESS 5 Mating game?
MENUS 5 Computer call-ups
RUN 3 Vie for office
DISBAR 6 Void a law practice
RCA 3 NYC building
ORESTES 7 AgamemnonĠs son
GUARD 5 Stand ___: do sentry duty
GHOULORIENTED 13 Like an ambitious trick-or-treater
ALARIC 6 Visigoth sacker of Rome
LESSTIME 8 In ___: quicker than
REDELE 6 Redact anew
INN 3 Wayside ___
ITER 4 Roman road
SWEDES 6 Olsen and Johnson e.g.
OTT 3 Famous Giant
EES 3 Some MIT degrees
RUSHER 6 Fullback e.g.
ELTONS 6 Singer John et al.
TERSE 5 Of few words
CENT 4 Copper
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
BREA 4 California city
RICTUS 6 Gaping grin
AMAIN 5 Forcefully
CARES 5 Package and taker leaders
EGESTION 8 Waste emission
REE 3 Female sandpiper
SSR 3 Ukraine letters once
PEGGY 5 Sue or Lee
ATTENDS 7 Comes to class
SPT 3 NYC or SF
EON 3 Light years galore
RUE 3 ___ de la Paix
XIS 3 Letters after nus
ILK 3 Kind
SEEMS 5 Looks
AES 3 Loser to DDE
STURGES 7 Late director Preston
COS 3 Gens. often
RENEGADE 8 Turncoat
LEB 3 Neighbor of Isr.
ENA 3 AlfonsoĠs queen
CRO 3 ___-Magnon
HUR 3 Heston role
DEUCES 6 Wild cards maybe
ISL 3 BritainĠs Man: abbr.
RATITE 6 Emu or rhea
CREMES 6 Liqueurs
ADDER 5 Puff follower
SHRED 5 Scrap
TOILE 5 Sheer linen fabric
UNTIE 5 Free from bonds
OLIO 4 Potpourri
RENT 4 Riven
ISNT 4 Common contraction
ARS 3 ___ longa vita brevis
LEW 3 Actor Ayres
PALS 4 Buddies
WING 4 Plane part
LAITY 5 Nonclergy
OBOE 4 Bassoon relative
IDEA 4 Brainstorming product
ANTED 5 Fed the kitty
MAIN 4 Primary
SEAT 4 When itĠs saved itĠs taken
BESTS 5 Outlasts
ASTONESTHROW 12 Very little distance
DEERE 5 Farm equipment pioneer
EUR 3 Land north of Afr.
WAS 3 ÒIt ___ a dark and stormy . . . Ó
ERR 3 Be mistaken
ALTARS 6 Vow sites
RICH 4 Rolling in dough
BROAD 5 Wide
SCATHE 6 Criticize severely
PEBBLEBEACH 11 1992 US Open golf tournament site
SPRAYS 6 Does an exterminatorĠs job
LETME 5 IĠll do that
ARID 4 Saharan
TSETSE 6 Fly over Africa?
ISR 3 Leb. neighbor
COX 3 Watergate prosecutor Archibald
SET 3 Part of a match
TANTE 5 Avignon aunt
ATROCKBOTTOM 12 About as low as possible
PRICE 5 Tag number
WORE 4 Was attired in
TAPE 4 VCR insert
CACHE 5 Hiding place
EMIT 4 Give off
AKIN 4 Related
SPEED 5 Attract a trooper maybe
DOSE 4 Amount to take
REND 4 Split apart
POMADE 6 Hair ointment
ABASER 6 One whoĠs degrading
LOITER 6 Hang out
SENOR 5 Madrid mister
WISE 4 Smart
IDES 4 CaesarĠs worst day
NEAT 4 Carefully arranged
GATHER 6 Pull together
LABOR 5 Birth day event?
ANEW 4 From the top
ITS 3 ___ no problem
TET 3 Vietnamese holiday
YDS 3 Gridiron stat
NEARBY 6 Just around the corner
RUSSETS 7 Some apples
WITH 4 Accompanying
ACH 3 Essen exclamation
SHE 3 Ship to a sailor
LOBSTER 7 Seafood fare
TAL 3 Mikhail of chess
ADELE 5 Simpson of fashion
RACE 4 Track contest
BEAD 4 Bit of perspiration
CAMETO 6 Awoke
PRIX 4 Grand ___
BET 3 Casino transaction
SAC 3 Anatomic pouch
PRO 3 In favor of
STOWED 6 Put away as gear
INTAKE 6 Kind of valve
STOPIN 6 Surprise with a visit
REMEND 6 Fix again
STEED 5 Mount
ATTAR 5 Perfume from petals
ACHE 4 Tummy trouble
COMO 4 Dream Along With Me singer
KRIS 4 Actor Kristofferson
BETE 4 ___ noire
PCS 3 Mac alternatives
RAP 3 Talk openly
ICE 3 Beverage cooler
SCAN 4 Car radio button
BATS 4 On deck circle swingers
TALES 5 Canterbury ___
HOBO 4 Sundowner
ARIA 4 Fidelio feature
OPERA 5 Scarlatti work
IDES 4 CaesarĠs date
BEEN 4 Existed
KEVIN 5 FredĠs role on The Wonder Years
VETERANSDAY 11 November event
INK 3 Rorschach pattern with 25 Across
IRA 3 Pension fund for short
BLOT 4 See 23 Across
LEARN 5 Companion of live
STAB 4 Gore
USSR 4 Cold War letters
OLDEST 6 The ___ trick in the book!
ONE 3 A Chorus Line song
SITE 4 Camp conclusion
SADIEHAWKINSDAY 15 November event
ETON 4 Thames town
RUE 3 Have second thoughts
TILLIE 6 ___ the Toiler
RENE 4 ÒCogito ergo sumÓ sayer
IDLE 4 Run in place
TEENS 5 Mall rats
DELI 4 ReubenĠs home
NPR 3 All Things Considered network
ACE 3 Whiz
ELECTIONDAY 11 November event
SOLAR 5 Word with eclipse or energy
NOEL 4 Yuletide
EASE 4 Deftness
ALIBI 5 Court excuse
CORE 4 Apple leftover
EVIL 4 Like Professor Moriarty
PASSE 5 Obsolete
ELSA 4 She played FrankensteinĠs bride
DEAL 4 Bargain
SHIV 4 Switchblade
CODE 4 Secret language
ABET 4 Foster
NOSE 4 Sniffer
BABAR 5 Storybook elephant
ARENAS 6 Reunion and Rupp e.g.
TIES 4 Haberdashery supply
SANDBANK 8 Dune
TOKYO 5 Godzilla setting
APE 3 Mimic
LEVI 4 First name in denim
ERIN 4 ___ go bragh
SANK 4 Scuttled
RINSE 5 Dishwasher cycle
ALBEIT 6 Even though
TUSSLE 6 Scrap
LOSER 5 FortuneĠs fool
ELATE 5 Overjoy
ADDON 5 Supplement
REINED 6 Curbed
TOWEL 5 Sweat absorber
SIDLE 5 Move laterally
STAIN 5 Laundry problem
REYES 5 Point ___ National Seashore
THRILL 6 Roller coaster ride e.g.
AUDIENCE 8 Theatergoers
NITRO 5 The N in TNT
ENTERS 6 Matriculates
EERIE 5 Spine-tingling
PILEA 5 Ornamental nettle
ASAP 4 Urgent letters
COLA 4 RumĠs partner
ELIS 4 New Haven students
COOL 4 Nippy
NEED 4 Have to have
DAVE 4 Brubeck of jazz
ASIA 4 Atlas section
YELL 4 Participate in a pep rally
ABS 3 BodybuilderĠs pride for short
ADAM 4 Economist Smith
LETS 4 Permits
STAVE 5 Barrel part
MINI 4 Prefix for 12 Down
ANEW 4 Once more
PANAY 5 Philippine island
AXIS 4 Imaginary line
COMA 4 Medical condition
INANE 5 Really stupid
SILENTSPRING 12 Book by Rachel Carson
STEREO 6 Item of household equipment
OMOO 4 Melville novel
BAA 3 Barnyard sound
SASH 4 Frame
OFFEND 6 Displease
QED 3 Letters after a proof
LEAPOFFAITH 11 Act based on intuition
UNAS 4 Some in Sonora
LEI 3 Garland
AGIO 4 Commercial fee
OUTOFBOUNDS 11 Beyond a certain line
ESC 3 Computer key: abbr.
TREBLE 6 Upper clef
KEEN 4 Sharp
HER 3 That woman
ORAL 4 Spoken
STABLE 6 Like some compounds
JUMPERCABLES 12 MotoristĠs aid
ROUEN 5 City on 69 Across
PLIE 4 Ballet movement
BANS 4 Prohibits
ANZAC 5 Soldier from down under
LIMN 4 Draw
ERIA 4 Silkworm
SEINE 5 European river
EAST 4 Direction
DENY 4 Contradict
AMASS 5 Collect
DIXIT 5 Ipse ___
ANILE 5 Weak
MISERS 6 Some wealthy people
LACTOSE 7 Medicinal ingredient
ENOS 4 Hall-of-Famer Slaughter
TEMPO 5 Speed
SWARM 5 Mass
SPINOFF 7 Frasier for one
TANG 4 Distinctive flavor
ANA 3 Reminiscences
VAN 3 SUV alternative
EYE 3 Look at
NEAL 4 Oscar-winner Patricia
IOOF 4 Fraternal soc.
BEIGE 5 Popular shade
ANTIS 5 Those opposed
ADHOC 5 Like some committees
HALO 4 Headgear?
FAA 3 Department of Transportation org.
QUOTH 5 PoetĠs verb
ENURE 5 Toughen
DATER 5 LibrarianĠs device
PEU 3 ___ de chose
OINK 4 Barnyard sound
SOB 3 Emulate Niobe
FLOUNCE 7 Trim
BERM 4 HitchhikerĠs site
DESCENT 7 Trip to a mine
SETA 4 Bristle
NABBED 6 Caught
APPLE 5 Orchard fruit
LELIA 5 George Sand novel
BLARE 5 Noise
LENIN 5 Former Party chairman
ESSAY 5 Steele product
JEAN 4 Harris or Seberg
RIMS 4 Edges
RAS 3 Ethiopian prince
ONE 3 I
UZI 3 Israeli weapon
MAPLE 5 Furniture wood
POOR 4 Indigent
DABS 4 Blots
EMAIL 5 Computerized correspondence
ORNE 4 Sarah ___ Jewett
ERIE 4 Historic canal
RUMBLESEAT 10 Roadster feature
CITE 4 Footnote
ERSE 4 Manx tongue
NIL 3 Zilch
READER 6 Elementary school text
LAST 4 Final
LADD 4 Diane or Cheryl
OOP 3 Alley ___
MUSTACHECUP 11 Mug of yesteryear
CHASTE 6 Celibate
RUE 3 Have remorse
NONE 4 Not any
CART 4 Jinrikisha
CUD 3 What cows chew
CUTE 4 Boyishly adorable
URSA 4 ___ Major
MAE 3 Author Rita ___ Brown
FEELER 6 Tentacle
RAINBARRELS 11 Water collectors
DRS 3 MDs
DROP 4 Tear e.g.
AUEL 4 The Clan of the Cave Bear author
SAFARI 6 Jungle junket
ARF 3 SandyĠs bark
OAST 4 Malt-drying kiln
ODOR 4 Stench
SNUFFBOXES 10 Tobacco storers
LEND 4 Float a loan
TUTU 4 BallerinaĠs skirt
OPERA 5 Mignon e.g.
ENDS 4 Termini
STOL 4 Kind of airstrip briefly
RYDER 5 Winona of Reality Bites
MERE 4 No more than
AMUR 4 East Asian river
PAMS 4 Dawber and Grier
LIBEL 5 Slander
ELL 3 Alcove
POSITS 6 Proposes
OREL 4 Hurler Hershiser
ONA 3 Not ___ bet
RETRACE 7 Follow a previous path
DECADENCE 9 Self-indulgence
ARID 4 Parched
BITE 4 Mouthful
SEER 4 Tea leaves reader
ENSUE 5 Come afterward
EDH 3 Old English letter
AMT 3 Qty.
LAUD 4 Praise highly
OCCUR 5 Transpire
OHARA 5 Butterfield 8 author
PARSI 5 Indian sect member
TRUER 5 More accurate
COULD 5 Would be able to
UNTER 5 Beneath in Bonn
PEERS 5 Barons and earls
STANDARDS 9 Norms
CARP 4 Find fault
MAOISTS 7 Tse-tung followers
FLUFF 5 Downy mass
ESE 3 Language suffix
BRR 3 ItĠs cold!
EARFUL 6 Startling gossip
LOOPY 5 Slightly nuts
SOLE 4 Dover ___
ADEN 4 Yemen port
FOND 4 Affectionate with of
AUTO 4 Jalopy
AXED 4 Used a hatchet
SERE 4 Withered
TSAR 4 Boris Godunov e.g.
NUT 3 Cashew for one
BOR 3 City div.
CLAD 4 Sheathed
BOAT 4 The Maid of the Mist e.g.
ACRES 5 Green place
HERE 4 Head count reply
ACLU 4 1st Amendment advocates: abbr.
CHORE 5 Household duty
INCA 4 EcuadoranĠs ancestor
STET 4 Opposite of dele
TABLE 5 Word with card or coffee
COOLASACUCUMBER 15 Unflappable
TMEN 4 Feds
RAP 3 Kind of sheet
CAB 3 Travis BickleĠs transport
ETERNAL 7 Ceaseless
CPA 3 Tax preparer for short
ORLON 5 Leisure suit material
EAT 3 Feast
ALAN 4 Attorney Dershowitz
PROUDASAPEACOCK 15 Showy
SORT 4 Prepare laundry
TEL 3 Hebrew hill
LEVEL 5 Split-___
EWE 3 Palindromic animal
CLAMBED 7 PismoĠs home
ERE 3 Before
AHA 3 Puzzle solverĠs cry
OLEO 4 Soybean oil product
DEADASADOORNAIL 15 Completely gone
OLMOS 5 Actor Edward James ___
HEMP 4 Burlap plant
SLOE 4 Gin flavor
SMART 5 Know-it-all with 7 Down
ALEE 4 AmericaĠs Cup heading
ETTA 4 Girlfriend of the Sundance Kid
ESTEE 5 First name in cosmetics
BARD 4 Sonneteer
TOAD 4 The Wind in the Willows character
CHIC 4 Mod
LENO 4 NBC comedian
ARCO 4 ViolinistĠs direction
DEALT 5 Dispensed
BASSET 6 Hunting hound
OCTANE 6 Gas rating
ALEC 4 See 64 Across: var.
TUTU 4 Short skirt
ACTUAL 6 Real
CHAMP 5 Titleholder
ROBB 4 VirginiaĠs senator
ERLE 4 PerryĠs creator
SEER 4 One with second sight
AMEND 5 Correct
CRATE 5 Orange container
COPSE 5 Thicket
ARROW 5 BowhunterĠs weapon
BLORE 5 Eric of Shall We Dance?
REALM 5 Coin of the ___
NAP 3 Forty winks
CLOVE 5 Garlic unit
PACER 5 LakerĠs opponent
ANKLE 5 WristĠs counterpart
OUT 3 Dodger Stadium decision
ACE 3 Whiz
ATLAS 5 Travel agentĠs aid
SEA 3 View from Ventura
ALDER 5 Birch tree
CHASTE 6 Pure
BOOMER 6 Quarterback Esiason
ELOPED 6 Skipped the wedding
ADORE 5 Be taken with
ONSET 5 Get-go
DOSE 4 Prescription amount
ELMS 4 Desire trees
AMAT 4 Latin learnerĠs verb
AHAB 4 Captain of the Pequod
DELA 4 Boxer Oscar ___ Hoya
ALTO 4 Halt! in East LA
IOTA 4 Smidgen
LEAD 4 Spearhead
SARI 4 Hindu garb
VEEP 4 Washington bigwig
EPEE 4 Dueling weapon
OTIC 4 Auditory
ALTOS 5 Chorus section
GOLD 4 SutterĠs Mill discovery
BOLA 4 GauchoĠs device
SMALLWORLD 10 From Gypsy
SPLINT 6 Fracture remedy
LEAH 4 JacobĠs wife
KEY 3 Solution
NANA 4 Zola novel
STEW 4 Fret
HEYTHERE 8 From The Pajama Game
ETHAN 5 WhartonĠs Frome
UVAS 4 Grapes
SING 4 Carol
SEWER 5 Urban conduit
LIZA 4 JudyĠs daughter
SAVED 5 Preserved
RAGE 4 Current fad
LLOYD 5 Politician Bentsen
NONO 4 Forbidden action
ERRS 4 Goofs
SONES 5 Acoustical measures
YOUDIDIT 8 From My Fair Lady
ONCE 4 Fairy tale start
ABES 4 Lincoln and others
AGA 3 Turkish title
SALT 4 Condiment
TILSIT 6 Light yellow cheese
SUMMERTIME 10 From Porgy and Bess
OKRA 4 Vegetable
CREE 4 Algonquian language
SOLAR 5 Sun-related
VIAL 4 Small liquid container
HUNG 4 Suspended
NETS 4 Seines
ETNA 4 Sicilian landmark
SOBS 4 Reacts emotionally
ATOP 4 Upon
RILL 4 Small stream
ICAINTSAYNO 11 From Oklahoma
VASTNESS 8 Immensity
ELM 3 Shade tree
ETAL 4 And others for short
POLES 5 Warsaw natives
EGO 3 Self
PORK 4 Political patronage
ELLE 4 US magazine
EDDY 4 Whirlpool
SLATE 5 Patio flooring
WHETS 5 Sharpens
NAH 3 OT book
ARIAN 5 Piscean neighbor
WHEREISLOVE 11 From Oliver
HULL 4 Ship section
EVILS 5 Moral wrongs
YAZOO 5 Mississippi tributary
ENVOY 5 Accredited messenger
AWARD 5 Prize
NEGRI 5 Silent films actress
GENOA 5 Italian seaport
REST 4 Surcease
DOUBTERS 8 Sceptics
DENSE 5 Closely packed
SCARS 5 Cicatrices
DEI 3 Agnus ___
ELTON 5 Singer John
ASCH 4 Author of The Prophet
GURU 4 Mentor
AMEN 4 Prayer ending
TILE 4 High silk hat
SKIT 4 Short comedy
IRAN 4 AyatollahĠs land
TALA 4 Structural basin
MEG 3 Actress Ryan
MAT 3 Picture border
SKIT 4 Revue segment
BSA 3 Merit badge grp.
SEAMS 5 Dividers
KENO 4 Casino game
AAU 3 Amateur sports org.
ABROAD 6 Over there
INTO 4 Enthusiastic about
HURLYBURLY 10 Tumultuous
ETO 3 DDEĠs European command
DAIS 4 EmceeĠs place
MATA 4 ___ Hari
THROWPILLOW 11 Small cushion
LED 3 Was ahead
WINONA 6 Ryder of Beetlejuice
APERS 5 Monkey-dos
ODE 3 Praiseful poem
SPITTLE 7 Saliva
TOSSEDSALAD 11 Menu item
WEEPIER 7 More tearful
RMS 3 Former Cologne currency: abbr.
MAPLE 5 Vermont tree
SEAAIR 6 Ocean breeze
ALE 3 October quencher
PITCHINGWOO 11 Making love
ROTE 4 Surf sound
NILE 4 Blue river
DAN 3 Dapper one
CHUCKALUCK 10 Dice game
TOED 4 Blind-nailed
SALOON 6 Western bar
ETE 3 Nice summer
HULA 4 Hilo dance
SALLE 5 Maison room
DOG 3 Red or hot
ATOM 4 Small bit
SKI 3 Go downhill in a way
KEN 3 Olin of Falcon Crest
INTERNET 8 Where boy meets girls?
TOOTOO 6 Extreme
BAH 3 Cry of annoyance
SAUDI 5 ___ Arabia
AURAL 5 Of the ear
SAYSO 5 Authority
EBB 3 Dwindle
ARUM 4 Cuckoopint
MORALE 6 Group spirit
SALTER 6 Brook trout
DYADS 5 Couples
LIL 3 Diamond name
OWN 3 Have
TWO 3 Couple
HID 3 Secreted
PASSE 5 Out of style
WALL 4 Barrier
PEA 3 Soup or pod
PEP 3 Vigor
IDI 3 Mean Amin
TSE 3 Eliot monogram
TARSI 5 Anklebones
OWL 3 Night bird
SEEP 4 Ooze through
DRAWNOUT 8 Prolonged
MIO 3 O Sole ___
SRO 3 Hit trio
MARCS 5 Chagall et al.
ALOHAS 6 HoĠs heigh hos
PETULA 6 Clark of Made in Heaven
END 3 Finish
AGATHA 6 Writer Christie
INANE 5 Foolish
TIL 3 When in short
CLUED 5 ___ in: informed
HECTO 5 Kind of gram
ECOL 4 Earth sci.
KOL 3 ___ Nidre
KEG 3 Beer barrel
ELO 3 Jeff Lynne group
DAM 3 Hoover for one
BOLD 4 Audacious
SKIP 4 Overlook perhaps
VIBES 5 Resonance on the streets?
EPEE 4 Fencing gear
TORE 4 Raced
ERATO 5 Greek muse
EAVE 4 Roof overhang
ARIA 4 Operatic highlight
NATAL 5 Dating from birth
FLIPONESLID 11 Go ape
CPA 3 IRS expert
ERDA 4 Das Rheingold role
NETHER 6 In the ___ regions: underworld
GRINGO 6 Yankee to Pedro
TONTO 5 Lone RangerĠs pal
AID 3 Lend a hand
FEAR 4 Trepidation
TWEAK 5 Pinch or adjust
FLYOFFTHEHANDLE 15 Rage
FELLA 5 The Most Happy ___
NOSE 4 ElephantĠs trunk
GAG 3 Laugh-provoking act
ALGAE 5 Tiny pond plants
ATHENS 6 ParthenonĠs site
MUFFLE 6 Squelch
IDEA 4 Concept
INA 3 Actress Balin or Claire
BLOWAGASKET 11 Explode
SCUBA 5 Snorkeling upgrade
DIME 4 Silver coin
SERA 4 Antitoxins
TUNIC 5 Uniform jacket
ELBA 4 NapoleonĠs exile spot
LEAK 4 Plumbing concern
STANK 5 Was awful
STIR 4 Awaken
ELSE 4 Otherwise
BEEF 4 Complaint
OPAL 4 Milky gemstone
LEVI 4 Jeans maker Strauss
DEEPEN 6 Intensify
STANDOFF 8 Impasse
KOREA 5 Divided country
IRIS 4 Flag lily
PEAL 4 Ring out
VENDETTA 8 Feud
IRA 3 Roth account briefly
BATCH 5 Cookies unit
ETAPE 5 Troops encampment
SOLAR 5 Type of power
ORG 3 NATO word: abbr.
INN 3 Travel stop
TOWN 4 WilderĠs Our ___
GAFF 4 Hook with a handle
RILE 4 Aggravate
IDYL 4 Pastoral poem
TAHOE 5 Lake by Reno
ORES 4 Smelter fodder
ETNA 4 Lab burner
EDGE 4 Advantage
ALAN 4 Mr. Greenspan
KEGS 4 Beer holders
OLAF 4 Norwegian king
FALLBACK 8 Plan B
HEADGEAR 8 Helmets and such
GEL 3 Coagulate
TEA 3 Afternoon affair
HASSLE 6 Difficulty
MISTS 5 Sprinkles lightly
UNCUT 5 Complete
FAUNA 5 Some wildlife
IAMBI 5 Metrical feet
ODES 4 Keats offerings
WILT 4 Go limp
KEEL 4 ShipĠs hull feature
ERAS 4 Notable times
TAKE 4 Proceeds
BIN 3 Storage container
ELLA 4 First lady of scat
CRESS 5 Salad ingredient
LAZY 4 Indolent
GOAL 4 End
CACHE 5 Hide
OMOO 4 Melville novel
ACHURCHCEREMONY 15 Start of a quip
NORMA 5 Role for Gloria and Glenn
SEDAN 5 Type of chair
RKO 3 Studio that produced Citizen Kane
NIP 3 Frost in the air
PEN 3 Bull follower
ORANELOPEMENT 13 More of quip
AXE 3 LizzieĠs weapon
SLOPE 5 Incline
YEARN 5 Ache
ABED 4 In the sack
TOTAL 5 Sum
DIOR 4 Late fashion designer
HOVEL 5 Wretched hut
PICOT 5 Embroidery loop
VIA 3 ___ Appia
WEREMYCHOICES 13 More of quip
NEE 3 Society page word
NAH 3 Slangy negative
SAC 3 USAF readiness group
DREAD 5 Fear
RINSE 5 Washer cycle
ICHOSETHELADDER 15 End of quip
ZEAL 4 Ardor
STELE 5 Stone pillar
EARL 4 Former Oriole manager Weaver
ESTE 4 Noted Italian family
TUMID 5 Swollen
SKEE 4 ___-Ball
EGAN 4 The View from PompeyĠs Head costar
LOCO 4 Crazy
LAHR 4 OzĠ cowardly lion
ALUMNA 6 SheĠs a graduate
CCC 3 New Deal org. founded in 1933
RAHS 4 Cheers
ECCE 4 ___ homo!
SHED 4 Hut
SERAPE 6 Mexican shawl
LOM 3 Sellers was his nemesis
AMOR 4 ___ omnia vincit
ZONK 4 Stupefy
YOYO 4 Nut case
RAINS 5 The ___ of Ranchipur
ENEMY 5 Foe
PELT 4 Batter
NEED 4 Exigency
OXBOW 5 The ___ Incident
REEVE 5 Superman portrayer
LOOPY 5 Crazy
OPTIC 5 Some nerve
PEACH 5 Juicy delight
NAIVE 5 Unsophisticated
TROIS 5 Un deux ___ . . .
AAH 3 Shower sound?
NRA 3 DC lobby grp.
DERN 4 Bruce or Laura
LOON 4 See 13 Down
LEEDS 5 City in West Yorkshire England
TIARA 5 Crown
MEREST 6 Least
CHIDES 6 Reproves
SIZE 4 Mass
ACES 4 Half of a dead manĠs hand
CHAT 4 Talk
ETTU 4 Ò___ BruteÓ
AHEM 4 Attention getter
DELI 4 A place for heroes
NDAK 4 Mont. neighbor
SERE 4 Dry
ERLE 4 First name in mystery writing
OLE 3 Hellzapoppin star Olsen
LED 3 Was ahead
OWES 4 Has a mortgage
STAG 4 Like some parties
BASSO 5 Choir member
RENT 4 Monthly expense
CADA 4 Each to 47 Down
ATTIC 5 Storage site
ENDE 4 Author of The NeverEnding Story
ARAM 4 Composer Khachaturian
LOADS 5 Fills
ATOWNLIKEALICE 14 Novel by Nevil Shute
DAR 3 Org. founded in 1890
ELF 3 Sprite
SRO 3 BĠway sign
KLA 3 Balkan separatist org.
STATEOFTHEUNION 15 Pulitzer-winning play of 1945
EDP 3 Computer capability for short
ROA 3 BookkeeperĠs notation
ENNA 4 Sicilian resort
SPRAY 5 Use a pesticide
MAW 3 Gullet
RIGGS 5 KingĠs former challenger
IRAS 4 Social Security supplements: acron.
SAI 3 Capuchin
MOL 3 Chemical abbreviation
POTEMKINVILLAGE 15 This is not what it seems
STT 3 USVI airport
AIL 3 Have the flu
ISL 3 Abbreviation for 7 Down
GIL 3 LesageĠs ___ Blas
RAINTREECOUNTY 14 Movie starring Elizabeth Taylor
FUNDS 5 Money
ULNA 4 Forearm bone
MAAS 4 Author Peter
ADELE 5 FredĠs sister
NUNS 4 Some teachers
PINE 4 Word after slash or umbrella
CEDES 5 Gives up
SLAT 4 Strip of wood
SLOE 4 Wild plum
OREADS 6 Mountain nymphs
WENTAT 6 Worked on
ENDORA 6 Bewitched character
STEW 4 Mulligan
SCALLOP 7 Cut in curves
TARIFF 6 List of duties
ADAK 4 One of the Aleutians
GAMESHOW 8 Jeopardy! for one
BALLOU 6 Cat ___
ATOI 4 Parisian possessive
STACKING 8 Air traffic controllerĠs task
SIDELONG 8 Indirect
OCS 3 Mil. training
NEEDY 5 Poor
AREA 4 Zone
ANAS 4 Literary collections
TEASE 5 Make fun of
TRAIN 5 Series
NEILL 5 Actor Sam
SIPS 4 Drinks daintily
PROTRUDE 8 Stick out
RATTANED 8 Covered a chair seat
MAILRUNS 8 USPO trips
ROLLO 5 Love and Will author May
SKIT 4 Brief performance
MISCAST 7 Used the wrong actress
MANSES 6 Certain residences
VIENNA 6 IAEA headquarters site
AGNAIL 6 Finger inflammation
GITANO 6 Spanish gypsy
ELYSEE 6 Official residence: Fr.
IDLE 4 Unemployed
ELUL 4 Jewish month
UMPS 4 Men in blue briefly
FAC 3 Copy for short
SAMS 4 Donaldson et al.
RAFT 4 Huck FinnĠs craft
JAMB 4 Door frame
PLATA 5 Montana state motto word
EZRA 4 Poetry expounder?
ODIE 4 Garfield pooch
AIRES 5 Buenos ___
QUIETNESS 9 Silent untouchable?
MAKESSURE 9 Ascertains
VALET 5 Kind of parking
SPAHI 5 French cavalryman
SISTERS 7 Nuns
SIP 3 DonĠt chugalug
MASS 4 NE state
NEH 3 Bk. of the Bible
WAIT 4 Linger
DILETTANTE 10 Dabbler in the arts
ANTES 5 Pays to play
TEN 3 Pole footage?
SNEAK 5 Be furtive
GAZETTEERS 10 Map books
SITE 4 Location
TIO 3 Charo uncle
TOES 4 Twinkle digits
LED 3 Went first
CADENZA 7 Musical flourish
LEAPS 5 High jumps
APORT 5 Ship area
FILMCLIPS 9 Scenes from a Mall ?
DORISDUKE 9 Famed heiress
HAMIT 5 ___ up: overact
EDEN 4 Famous garden
ISEE 4 ___ the light!
ATONY 5 Lack of accent
TANG 4 Pungency
MESS 4 Untidiness
ONYX 4 Gemstone
SPAM 4 A ham
ALIA 4 Inter ending
MARKSPITZ 9 Gold winner
STEEP 5 Expensive
REQUISITE 9 Necessary
AZUR 4 Cte dĠ___
FRIES 5 Home cooking?
TAE 3 Edison initials
JONATHANS 9 WintersĠ apples?
ADELE 5 Astaire of dance
MISER 5 Skinflint
BESTS 5 Defeats
ASSAM 5 Where Shillong is
TVSETS 6 Den viewings
SHAD 4 Roe source
INT 3 CD bonus
SWAG 4 Booty
IANA 4 Louis or Johnson tag-on
SLEET 5 March storminess
TEETERING 9 Tipsy-turvy?
ENROLLEES 9 Coming-in group
NEILSIMON 9 Plaza Suite writer
TATE 4 Actress Sharon
EKED 4 Increased: arch.
STINTS 6 Is frugal
TOZ 3 From A ___
SEEM 4 Appear
SACHA 5 Dramatist Guitry
CADET 5 Officer in training
APODA 5 Limbless genus
DOREN 5 Actress Mamie Van ___
AFUSE 5 Blow ___: lose it
PLATO 5 The Republic writer
IKES 4 Alibi guys
PINY 4 Of a woodsy smell
STYX 4 River of myth
DIM 3 At witĠs beginning
ALLS 4 Ò. . . ___ right with the world!Ó
ABEL 4 The fourth person
AMBER 5 Yellowish-brown
HAUL 4 Drive an eighteen-wheeler
WACO 4 Baylor University city
GALLO 5 Last name in winemaking
AIDA 4 Written in the Stars musical
ASTO 4 Concerning
ENEMY 5 Cornwallis to Washington
BRITISHOPEN 11 July golf tournament
DOS 3 Novelist John ___ Passos
SHE 3 Laverne or Shirley e.g.
HATS 4 ___ off!
SHOAL 5 High seas hazard
SPOT 4 Assist in the weightroom
ERGS 4 Units of work
MELVIN 6 Harold ___ and the Blue Notes
ELI 3 Hebrew high priest
MALT 4 Drive-in order
INDEPENDENCEDAY 15 Fourth of July
TIER 4 Mezzanine e.g.
UAR 3 Alliance letters
GALORE 6 Aplenty
HERS 4 Belonging to Betty
RIOT 4 Pen problem?
GENES 5 Chromosome components
ETAL 4 List shortener
ERE 3 Hitherto
ABS 3 Venice Beach display briefly
ALLSTARGAME 11 July baseball event
REHAB 5 Post-op period
EARN 4 Make money
OVAL 4 Charlotte Motor Speedway e.g.
TROLL 5 Mythical monster
SLAG 4 Pittsburgh pile
RITA 4 She played Gilda
STOLE 5 Purloined
SADE 4 The Sweetest Taboo singer
EDEN 4 ___ Prairie MN
AHAB 4 Fictional whaler
LAIR 4 Burrow
LUDI 4 Magister ___
SLAT 4 Venetian blind feature
AWASH 5 Flooded
BASHES 6 Wingdings
ECTO 4 Plasm prefix
LOOPHOLE 8 CPAĠs find
AGENT 5 Maxwell Smart e.g.
MAN 3 Frog chaser
BLED 4 Ran in the wash
ELMO 4 Pollster Roper
ROYS 4 Rogers and Clark
ISLIP 5 Great South Bay resort
EATING 6 WhatĠs ___ Gilbert Grape?
SEMELE 6 Mother of Dionysus
SMITH 5 Gold extender
HENIE 5 Three-time Olympic skating champ
OLDER 5 Firstborn
AVERSE 6 Unwilling
PEDRO 5 Martinez of baseball
RADON 5 Health hazard
GLARE 5 Blinding light
STYES 5 Eye sores
NEURAL 6 Relating to the nervous system
NAILLESS 8 Like a loose horseshoe
CAGER 5 Final Four participant
TETRAD 6 Golf group often
TABLE 5 The Last Supper prop
RANGE 5 Word with short or long
ARTS 4 Industrial ___
BERT 4 Mary Poppins chimney sweep
SHOO 4 Git!
SALA 4 RicardoĠs room
GORE 4 QuayleĠs successor
AVID 4 Like a bleacher bum
MATE 4 KarpovĠs cry
ELAN 4 Joie de vivre
ALL 3 100%
SCOFF 5 Poke fun with at
AGRA 4 Taj town
STEM 4 Leafstalk
CAVIL 5 Object
SLAP 4 Stick or dash leader
ARGO 4 Golden Fleece transport
IRENE 5 Daughter of Zeus and Themis
HEMP 4 Jute fiber
RAGE 4 Vent oneĠs spleen
REXBENJAMIN 11 Harrisons
REO 3 Museum vehicle
DELI 4 Ethnic eatery
SSR 3 Ukr. pre-breakup
SUB 3 Benchwarmer briefly
SWEAT 5 Type of band or shirt
TRITE 5 Undistinguished
PROM 4 Senior ___
EMS 3 Resort near Koblenz
HEATED 6 Like some arguments
ISAACRUTHERFORD 15 Hayeses
CIRCUS 6 Sprightly show
OIL 3 LorenzoĠs ___
TREE 4 Brogan insert
ENDER 5 Suffix
KNEEL 5 BowĠs cousin
YON 3 Thither
DEW 3 DawnĠs pearls
EPEE 4 Olympics weapon
NOT 3 Commandment word
ANDREWMAGIC 11 Johnsons
ALLY 4 Sheedy of Chantilly Lace
OPAL 4 Autumn gem
JAUNT 5 Stroll
MIKE 4 Gizmo for an emcee
SELL 4 Betray
ARRAY 5 Panoply
PEST 4 Paparazzo often
ERLE 4 Rival of Rex and Agatha
MALTS 5 American Graffiti quaffs
SCI 3 Chem. e.g.
CAR 3 Elevator compartment
OVER 4 Across
FINER 5 More striking
FLEXES 6 Contracts
ASHE 4 Net success
GLENDASTONEWALL 15 Jacksons
RAMJET 6 FlyerĠs engine
APPAL 5 Dismay: var.
SARI 4 Buttonless garment
TRANSITORY 10 Fugitive
EGG 3 Souffl ingredient
MOE 3 ShempĠs brother
BOWERS 6 Leafy retreats
MITER 5 CarpenterĠs joint
STEREO 6 System for listeners
REDDEN 6 Blush
SPICED 6 Flavorful
URSINE 6 Like Yogi Bear
BOARDWALKS 10 Coastal promenades
EMU 3 Earthbound bird
RAFT 4 Carrier for Finn
MACE 4 Regal emblem
HELENA 6 Treasure State capital
CURED 5 Chemically treated
HIE 3 Hasten
KEEPER 6 Custodian
LOGJAM 6 Timber torpor?
PROSE 5 Medium for Grisham
TIARA 5 Brow crown
NYET 4 Vladivostok veto
MLLE 4 Fr. maid
CURL 4 Spiral
AMP 3 Bandstand device for short
LIE 3 Deception
NAT 3 Cole of crooning
TYS 3 Cobb and namesakes
AMPS 4 Brief current matters
ABASH 5 Disconcert
ARAB 4 Omani man
POOH 4 TiggerĠs pal
ALLIE 5 KateĠs TV mate
TELL 4 Apple targetter
TROTSHOOTPOTPIE 15 THREE AFTER TURKEY
STRIP 5 Vegas area
CUE 3 Prompt
VEINS 5 Vascular channels
CEL 3 Piece of animation
CANNES 6 SE France city
TALKWILDCOLD 12 THREE BEFORE TURKEY
ALI 3 Foreman foe
EPIRUS 6 NW Greece region
TERM 4 Life is a long one
DIVED 5 Plunged
SUB 3 Undersea prowler
KOREA 5 Divided land
ADEN 4 SomaliaĠs gulf
ASPERA 6 Ad astra per ___
INN 3 Quaint lodging
THREESTRIKES 12 TURKEY IN BOWLING
STRAIT 6 Sea access
ERN 3 Seafood lover
ORANG 5 Big swinger
JUG 3 Small pitcher
ASTRO 5 Houston player
NEIGHBOROFSYRIA 15 TURKEY GEOGRAPHICALLY
DELL 4 Secluded spot
AKITA 5 Japanese game dog
NICK 4 Shaving mishap
ESSE 4 Fin ending
RESOD 5 Change the grass
CPAS 4 Experts on bks.
APTS 4 Living qtrs.
MORT 4 Comedian Sahl
POOR 4 Flat broke
SHTICK 6 Entertainment routine
AAH 3 Wonderful!
BLOC 4 United nations
ALOU 4 Baseball brothers
SITE 4 Where itĠs happening
HEP 3 Cool in the Ġ50s
ATTENDTO 8 Serve
REPIN 5 Attach again
ALINE 5 Roomy dress
BLESS 5 Bestow good
SPEWED 6 Released as lava
OVAL 4 Face shape
LIP 3 Verbal defiance
COS 3 Comic Bill familiarly
TADA 4 Hooray for me!
ALID 4 Put ___ on it!
LIVE 4 Wire preceder
LISSE 5 Crinkly gauze
DRUPE 5 Fleshy stone fruit
CUBES 5 Cuts into kabobs
ERIK 4 Actor Estrada
RENE 4 Actress Russo
MANS 4 Eschews robots
ENTANGLE 8 Confuse
KARRAS 6 Paper Lion actor
ART 3 Canvases
RTE 3 AAA suggestion
HIGH 4 Towering
INSYNC 6 On the same wavelength
SONDE 5 Balloon probe
TREES 5 Playhouse sites
RAILS 5 Train tracks
JOKE 4 One-liner
URIS 4 The Angry Hills author
GOTO 4 Computer command
TRIP 4 Take a header
RICA 4 Costa ___
OAKS 4 Cork sources
BAR 3 Shot spot
FAD 3 Short-lived craze
MALT 4 ___ liquor
SASS 4 Impudence
PERON 5 Evita patronymic
ARIA 4 Solo or duet usually
TUTU 4 Coppelia garb
ALIVE 5 Sprightly
SELL 4 Brokerage order
OTIS 4 Name that rises and falls
PIPER 5 Bag man?
CATCHPHRASE 11 Campaign slogan e.g.
END 3 Close
OSO 3 LuisĠ bear
NERO 4 Ruler in 54 BC
TAFT 4 US Chief Justice 1921-30
RANT 4 Lose it
NATS 4 Turner and Cole
SERIES 6 Soap opera e.g.
LAS 3 ___ Cruces NM
EURO 4 ItĠs about a buck
PROBLEMCHILDREN 15 Parental concerns
ERSE 4 Scots Gaelic
NEA 3 EducatorsĠ org.
NAGANO 6 Winter Olympics site
DEER 4 White-tailed creature
SAND 4 Would-be glass
HEED 4 Lend an ear to
STEN 4 BritĠs gun
ACT 3 Take steps
FRA 3 Lippo Lippi e.g.
HITCHHIKERS 11 Roadside sights
LINER 5 Helmet insert
IOLA 4 Kansas city
IDEA 4 Thought
ADORE 5 Venerate
MEIR 4 Israeli PM 1969-74
TENS 4 HerodĠs XĠs
TENSE 5 Feeling the pressure
EDAM 4 Soft cheese
ENOS 4 Son of Seth
MASC 4 Fem.Ġs counterpart
AREA 4 Section
LILT 4 March meter e.g.
TALC 4 Baby powder
STOPS 5 Arrests
AUTHOR 6 Creative type
STIR 4 Get going
SUSANNAH 8 York of film
PAPER 5 Morning reading for many
ELI 3 Ivy Leaguer
RIPE 4 Ready for plucking
OVEN 4 Hot spot?
NERD 4 Not a BMOC
HOTEL 5 Grand ___ : 1931-32 Oscar film
SETSIN 6 Takes effect
ONEDGE 6 Impatient
TERRE 5 Pomme de ___
AROSE 5 Got up
FIBERS 6 Nylon Orlon etc.
ALCAN 5 Canada-Alaska route once
AURAE 5 Halos
TREND 5 PollsterĠs concern
SONO 4 Sound: prefix
SPED 4 Tore along
SENSEI 6 Judo instructor
MEANTIME 8 Greenwich ___
LAHTI 5 Chicago Hope star
DAHLIA 6 The Blue ___ : 1946 film
THREE 5 The Magi e.g.
CHARM 5 Kind of school
FLAT 4 London digs
RIDE 4 Hope of 57 Across
ANON 4 6 Down in hiding?
COED 4 Homecoming queen e.g.
KITE 4 High as a ___
EDEN 4 ChurchillĠs successor
RENO 4 Little Big Horn observer
SASS 4 Show of disrespect
ERS 3 Triage ctrs.
STETHO 6 o00nov29.xwdScope leader
CLIME 5 Local weather to Byron
SHEARED 7 Shaved a merino
AURAS 5 Ectoplasms: spirit ___
BOUNTYHAUNTERS 14 Spirits of famed 1789 mutineers?
AUTOS 5 Mat and pilot leaders
SEEM 4 Appear
BLUR 4 Befog
TALUS 5 Ankle
EGAN 4 First Alaskan governor
ASP 3 Nile swimmer
BARER 5 Ecdysiast
SMITE 5 Mace a jouster
TURKEYGOBLIN 12 Inept spirit?
ACCENT 6 Stress
OLEATE 6 Glyceride salt
GHOSTSPECTER 12 Spirit invited to address a group?
HINTS 5 Innuendos
ROOTS 5 Origins
DAM 3 Farm female
ACED 4 Served perfectly
SEETO 5 Take care of
HOBO 4 King of the road?
RAES 4 Norma and Charlotte
BERET 5 Arty headgear
GRIPESOFWRAITH 14 With The 1940 film about a grousing spirit?
EAVED 5 Having projecting edges
BEHAVES 7 Shapes up
EMERY 5 Kind of board
EMOTES 6 Expresses feelings
SHUTUP 6 Pipe down!
TENOR 5 Domingo for one
EATS 4 Puts away
TRY 3 Stab
HEH 3 Sound of doubt
ODA 3 Seraglio room
CANES 5 Works with rattan
LUTE 4 MinstrelĠs strings
IREMEMBER 9 Irene DunneĠs ___ Mama
MAR 3 Anagram of 51 Down
ESS 3 Before a tee
SOULS 5 Spirits in a way
BABA 4 Rum cake
USURY 5 Loan sharkĠs sin
TARTS 5 Wonderland goodies
ARK 3 Bloated barge
LEE 3 Baker Sarah
GILA 4 Colorado feeder
ATIT 4 Keep ___: continue
NENE 4 Endangered goose
BUNTS 5 Sacrifice hits
SOLES 5 Homonym for 12 Down
TESTDRIVE 9 Car buyerĠs option
GOTTO 5 IĠve ___ Be Me
AGHA 4 PashaĠs kin
CHIC 4 Stylish
CONE 4 Lane change marker
PRESS 5 NovakĠs sparring partner
EOE 3 Help wanted letters
COT 3 Futon kin
DORIES 6 Rowboats
ABETS 5 Plays wheel man
MOTH 4 Kind of ball
SEEDY 5 Run-down
HEAVE 5 Fling bodily
APER 4 Copycat
BRAT 4 Whippersnapper
GEE 3 Ten CĠs
RAM 3 See 10 Down
OBE 3 Brit. honorarium
FEM 3 Woman for short
WHO 3 The ___ of rockdom
LABOR 5 ILO word
SLUR 4 Elide
PEGS 4 Throws
AGAPE 5 Yawning
CARE 4 Post WWII package
AMAH 4 Asian nursemaid
PARTNERSINCRIME 15 Inmates at times
SIBS 4 Relatives briefly
PAT 3 One way to stand
DIESEL 6 Engine or its inventor
ENS 3 PrinterĠs measures
DIP 3 Ice cream measure
VENDS 5 Sells
ARC 3 Missiles flight
MERC 4 Ford product briefly
IDS 3 Dog tags briefly
ABUSE 5 Mistreat
GONE 4 GWTW word
BOAT 4 Ketch or yawl
CAPTIVEAUDIENCE 15 Inmates at times
AMBO 4 Early pulpit
ANTE 4 Word with bellum
RESET 5 Adjust a clock
DAR 3 Patriotic org.
ANIS 4 Cuckoos
NET 3 Bottom line
ASDIC 5 Sonar device
AID 3 Assist
TSP 3 ChildĠs amt.
LAICAL 6 Non-clergy
ESP 3 Forte of 8 Down: abbr.
IOTA 4 Smidgeon
UNDERLOCKANDKEY 15 Inmates at times
STEN 4 WWII weapon
ACHE 4 Dull pain
ALENE 5 Coeur dĠ___ ID
TIDE 4 Bay of Fundy phenomenon
STOW 4 Stash
TENOR 5 Operatic voice
LAPSE 5 Backslide
AGAIN 5 Once more
BARBS 5 Biting remarks
OPTS 4 Chooses
REN 3 StimpyĠs pal
SCRAP 5 Ort
LAST 4 ShoemakerĠs form
URI 3 Psychic Geller
RENDERED 8 Produced a likeness of
PARED 5 Prepared an apple
EMISSIONS 9 EPA concern
GAME 4 Prey
SHEL 4 Artist/author Silverstein
EPIC 4 Homeric
CINC 4 ClintonĠs military rank: abbr.
DREI 4 Eins zwei ___
VENUE 5 Locality
ASTO 4 Regarding
MOATS 5 Protective waterworks
DACE 4 Minnow-like fish
STET 4 ProofreaderĠs notation
ACAD 4 Prep. school
BAMA 4 Crimson Tide briefly
UPBRAIDED 9 Scolded
GENIC 5 Pertaining to hereditary units
BEET 4 Borscht ingredient
VANILLAS 8 Some shakes
IRED 4 Angry
ADAR 4 Nisan preceder
NIPA 4 Philippine palm
SCENE 5 Public spat
ASKEW 5 Awry
TOKEN 5 Mememto
STENO 5 Office worker briefly
PAYER 5 One footing the bills
LUST 4 Strong appetite
ANTI 4 One opposed
ECHO 4 Reverberate
IDLE 4 Eric of Monty Python
OCT 3 Columbus Day mo.
NAT 3 Confessions of ___ Turner
HANGS 5 Droops
SALT 4 Season
ALSO 4 In addition
AGILE 5 Sprightly
TRIO 4 The Fates e.g.
NAPA 4 CA wine valley
LADEN 5 Burdened
AGES 4 Years and years
DRAT 4 Darn!
FREEDOMOFSPEECH 15 Start of a quip
CUSP 4 Pointed end
OASES 5 Watering holes
PHELPS 6 Mission Impossible character
SITON 5 Suppress
LULU 4 Pip
ATTIC 5 Toys in the ___
AMS 3 Mornings for short
ENABLESEACHOFUS 15 More of quip
ATM 3 Money disp.
METAL 5 Gold or silver
BRIG 4 ShipĠs prison
SNEAK 5 Skulk
ABSORB 6 Take in
ACHOO 5 Often evokes a blessing
AGIO 4 Monetary exchange premium
TOAPPEARFOOLISH 15 End of quip
LASH 4 Eye irritant?
CHET 4 DavidĠs cohost
PENCE 5 PeterĠs ___
ACTI 4 Broadway start
HEBE 4 Cupbearer of the gods
STOOL 5 Backless bench
SHOE 4 Where the old woman lived
OMAR 4 General Bradley
YENTL 5 Streisand movie
HALF 4 HudsonĠs ship ___ Moon
AGAR 4 TempleĠs first husband
NIDE 4 Brood
GLEECLUB 8 Choral group
SENDUP 6 Sentence as a criminal
STAMP 5 Brand
ARGO 4 JasonĠs ship
LIEF 4 Willingly
TOSS 4 Throw
ANDEAN 6 Pertaining to a SA range
LARES 5 Roman household gods
SPACE 5 Room
OATHS 5 Solemn promises
OSS 3 CIA forerunner
POOCH 5 32 Down e.g.
PLEA 4 Type of bargain
HUNT 4 Safety pin inventor Walter ___
ELAM 4 Western character actor Jack ___
STEAK 5 ___ tartare
ITAL 4 Its cap. is Rome
TIC 3 Personal quirk
ASTA 4 Nick and NoraĠs costar?
AFRO 4 Ġ60s do
MUIR 4 Sierra Club founder John ___
SSGB 4 Len Deighton novel
LMNOP 5 12 to 16 of 26
EEE 3 Shoe size
OBSOLETE 8 Outmoded
SOPHIE 6 Vaudevillian Tucker
AGO 3 In the past
BIOPSY 6 Tissue examination
ATLAS 5 World support?
COACH 5 Instruct
HASTO 5 Must
AFTER 5 Later
ECHO 4 Resound
AHEM 4 Attention-getter
REBA 4 Singer McEntire
INON 4 Privy to
SCOT 4 Robert Burns e.g.
HELL 4 ÒBetter to reign in ___ . . .Ó
BABA 4 Raisin rum cake
STAFF 5 Alpenstock
SPAR 4 Type of varnish
EARN 4 Bring home the bacon
AISLE 5 Bridal path
TALI 4 Anklebones
THEDICTIONARYIS 15 Start of a Vidal Sassoon quote
ASTIR 5 On the move
OAR 3 Scull
BINGE 5 Overindulge
RAP 3 Make music?
AWAKENS 7 Fails to let sleeping dogs lie
THEONLYPLACE 12 More of quote
RAIN 4 Weather word
AAR 3 Swiss stream
LARIAT 6 WranglerĠs requisite
ERR 3 Behave humanly
ESPIALS 7 Observations
OBI 3 Sapporo sash
SKETCH 6 Mockup
DDS 3 He gives oral exams: abbr.
SNAP 4 PansĠ reversal
WHERESUCCESS 12 More of quote
VAMOOSE 7 Decamp in an oater
PAR 3 DufferĠs challenge
ONATE 5 He claimed New Mexico for Spain
VAL 3 Actor Kilmer
PESTS 5 Dennis the Menace and his ilk
COMESBEFOREWORK 15 End of quote
ADEN 4 Middle Eastern gulf
ERATO 5 Muse of poetry
ILIA 4 Pelvic bones
LETS 4 Rents
TERSE 5 To the point
NEST 4 Brooding place
BETA 4 Type of test
AAHS 4 Exclamations of delight
BRET 4 A Maverick
ANDIRON 7 Fireplace dog
SAC 3 Pouchlike structure
TITO 4 Former Yugoslavian dictator
ASIA 4 KatmanduĠs place
FLORAL 6 Sort of arrangement
FEN 3 Muskeg
STRIKER 7 Soccer forward
PAYNE 5 Tariff Act cosponsor
ALIGN 5 Put in sync
RISES 5 Faces the day
IRAN 4 TeheranĠs place
ABACAS 6 Bananalike plants of the Philippines
PLASHES 7 What 32 Across does
WALLSUP 7 Seals la Poe
TRES 4 Very in Versailles
HARK 4 Listen closely
EIRE 4 Hibernia
YAP 3 Jabber
PRIDE 5 JoyĠs companion
IONE 4 Lytton heroine
ABAS 4 CamelĠs hair fabrics
TIPS 4 TradersĠ advantages
ECHOES 6 Parrots
ADS 3 Madison Ave. offerings
TWOTENS 7 Twenty
SCREWIN 7 Plant the bulbs?
REVERE 6 Patriot Paul
CAPE 4 Good Hope e.g.
VOCAL 5 Outspoken
ANODE 5 Battery terminal
MAMET 5 American Buffalo playwright
AFAR 4 At a distance
LOTS 4 BuildersĠ buys
SOLE 4 Foot part
TRIS 4 Speaker of baseball
SKAT 4 Card game for three
BET 3 Take the odds
ROE 3 Shad delicacy
RABAT 5 African capital
WOOF 4 Certain threads
AGER 4 AinĠt She Sweet composer
AMUSE 5 Entertain
ERMA 4 Columnist Bombeck
QUOD 4 Part of QED
CARTS 5 Fairway vehicles
AGAR 4 Lab substance
USNA 4 Annapolis sch.
KIRITEKANAWA 12 Diva who sang at CharlesĠ and DiĠs wedding
SNORES 6 Annoys a spouse perhaps
NIDE 4 Brood of pheasants
CPA 3 Tax pro
DOG 3 Three ___ Night
ANCHOR 6 Kedge
SAPS 4 Weakens
PATSYCLINE 10 Country Music Hall of Fame member
ARLES 5 City on the Rhone
ZIP 3 Move quickly
HAVEN 5 Place to drop 30 Across
COUNTBASIE 10 Jazz pianist and orchestra leader
PEST 4 Nosy neighbor
RITTER 6 Tex of country music
TDS 3 NFL stats
ADO 3 Fuss
NILE 4 African river
ETHANE 6 Natural gas component
JOSECARRERAS 12 One of the 3 Tenors
YOYO 4 Cellist Ma
THOR 4 OdinĠs son
AGENT 5 Negotiator
ILIA 4 Pelvic parts
LALO 4 Composer Schifrin
PENCE 5 Pound parts
PENN 4 Eponymous William
ERIN 4 ___ go bragh
SLAYS 5 Loom parts: var.
RACKS 5 Frameworks
AMAIN 5 Vigorously to a poet
BURRO 5 Donkey
ASTIR 5 Out of bed
TESTED 6 Tried
WEAK 4 Debilitated
ORGAN 5 Wind instrument
OMANI 5 Mideast native
FARADAY 7 About 96 500 coulombs
AQUA 4 Pastel shade
GUS 3 Lyricist Kahn
EON 3 Very long time
RDA 3 Vitamin letters
ESOP 4 Co. acquisition method
WENCH 5 Strumpet
CHIVE 5 Dip ingredient
PONES 5 Loaves of corn bread
ARENT 5 Common contraction
GAZA 4 Mideast strip
CLAP 4 Show appreciation
SACRA 5 Vertebrae formations
AROID 5 Wake-robin for one
PLUTO 5 Son of Cronos and Rhea
SENT 4 Mailed
TIS 3 ÔÔ___ the season . . .ĠĠ
SPIT 4 Roasting device
STENO 5 Office worker
BRISTLE 7 Brush material
EDER 4 European river
STRAPS 6 Bathing suit supports
LEHAR 5 The Merry Widow composer
ECOLI 5 Pollution indicator
HEGEL 5 German philosopher
ARENA 5 Where gladiators fought
NANCY 5 FrankĠs daughter
ESTES 5 Operatic Simon
JOAN 4 Singer Jett
ARON 4 Elvis ___ Presley
YIP 3 Lyricist Harburg
OLE 3 Bullfight cheer
YIN 3 YangĠs counterpart
CAMS 4 Engine builderĠs necessity
SLAT 4 Crate component
PAPAW 5 Custard apple
UNIT 4 Motel room
TACO 4 South-of-the-border sandwich
IRENE 5 Marie CurieĠs daughter
LENA 4 ___ the Hyena
EDEN 4 Where the tree of life grew
SLATE 5 Bluish gray
TWISTEDSISTERS 14 Kentucky Kingdom roller coaster
HOLE 4 Ice fishing need
TON 3 Great deal
SRO 3 Like a hit show
TERRAIN 7 Contour map feature
PAL 3 Playmate
TALIA 5 Shire of the silver screen
OIL 3 Snake ___
PANE 4 Greenhouse square
RIDDLERSREVENGE 15 Six Flags Magic Mountain roller coaster
ASEA 4 Perplexed
NYE 3 Nevada county
ENTER 5 Opposite of exit
PER 3 The p in wpm
DRESSER 7 Armoire kin
SLY 3 Devious
REO 3 Old Olds
ETNA 4 Mt. ___ IA
APOLLOSCHARIOT 14 Busch Gardens roller coaster
SLOPE 5 Incline
DORA 4 Cannery Row character
GONE 4 AuctioneerĠs word
PUGET 5 SeattleĠs Sound
OMEN 4 Straw in the wind
UTES 4 Salt Lake City students
AMORE 5 LuigiĠs love
RETE 4 Solar plexus e.g.
EAST 4 Manhattan river
CULT 4 Film following
ANEW 4 All over again
MINI 4 Short skirt
STASH 5 Secret supply
STEELE 6 AddisonĠs partner
LADDER 6 Corporate ___
ACES 4 4 of 52
TONI 4 Beloved author Morrison
PISTON 6 Detroit cager
ARLEN 5 Get Happy songwriter
PEAR 4 Produce aisle purchase
ANTS 4 AardvarkĠs diet
WEE 3 Microscopic
TOTAL 5 Full-scale
STILE 5 Subway entrance
STRAP 5 Boot closure
RAISE 5 Union demand
OLDER 5 Senior
ROSES 5 Kentucky Derby award
AIR 3 The A in NORAD
PANTS 5 Pedal pushers
ANGEL 5 Johnny ___
LEERY 5 Like a doubting Thomas
IDA 3 Rhoda MorgensternĠs mother
PEN 3 State prison for short
ENROL 5 Become a member
RYE 3 Highball ingredient
VERNA 5 ClintĠs High Plains Drifter co-star
DELETE 6 Computer key
SECRET 6 Cloak-and-dagger
ETHANE 6 Odorless gas
ROPER 5 Cowboy at times
ARGUE 5 Play the devilĠs advocate
ALUM 4 Homecoming attendee
POGO 4 Toy stick
ODOR 4 Jasmine e.g.
SOME 4 Vague amount
IOTA 4 Minute amount
ONES 4 A Room of ___ Own
TEST 4 Type of tube
SPA 3 Lebanon Springs e.g.
AMFM 4 Dial choices
SPLAT 5 Sound of an egg hitting the floor
ATEM 4 Up and ___!
LILA 4 Country star McCann
TRUTH 5 Abolitionist Sojourner
WORE 4 Put on
ENOS 4 Son of Seth
AORTA 5 Blood line
RUGS 4 Floor coverings
CAPTAINKANGAROO 15 Keeshan role
ETRE 4 Raison dĠ___
KOP 3 South African hill
ALARMS 6 Warnings
KAYO 4 Knock out
OWN 3 Possess
COUP 4 Upset
DELOS 5 Island in the Cyclades
RAY 3 Singer-pianist Charles
MAJORLEAGUEBALL 15 Big-time sport
EMU 3 Ostrich relative
YENTA 5 Gossip
UNDO 4 Reverse
SSS 3 Draft initials
DOTS 4 Morse code elements
JARGON 6 Special lingo
PEP 3 Kind of talk
FELL 4 Cut down
GENERALHOSPITAL 15 Luke and LauraĠs soap
EGAD 4 I say!
ROAST 5 Friars event
VIPS 4 Big cheeses briefly
RARA 4 ___ avis
DULSE 5 Red seaweed
ELSA 4 Born Free lion
ENCL 4 Abbreviation on some letters
STEER 5 Navigate
STET 4 EditorĠs word
ALEC 4 A Baldwin
MINA 4 ___ Murray in Bram StokerĠs Dracula
FLOP 4 Failure
MASTERPO 8 GrasshopperĠs teacher
STAIRS 6 Steps
PRONE 5 Liable
LURK 4 Skulk
ATTA 4 Boy or girl preceder
THANKYOU 8 Grateful words
AWRAP 5 ThatĠs ___!
TOUR 4 Road trip
ERGO 4 Therefore
MESO 4 Morph starter
ATM 3 Money mach.
GOOSE 5 Silly one
ACMES 5 Peaks
LOAMS 5 Rich soils
AUJUS 5 Natural gravy
KEATS 5 Endymion poet
ALGA 4 Water growth
ORANG 5 Endangered primate for short
WALDO 5 WhereĠs ___?
NYLON 5 Stocking material
DENT 4 Ballplayer Bucky
RYDER 5 Winona of Beetlejuice
LEOPARDS 8 Spotted cats
BURLIVES 8 Balladeer/actor
JESTER 6 Prankster
ALP 3 Mont Blanc e.g.
PEDAL 5 Foot lever
FOSSE 5 Choreographer Bob
GERE 4 CrawfordĠs ex
EGAN 4 Magnet and Steel rocker Walter
NARC 4 Drug agent: sl.
LOUT 4 Boor
HALE 4 Healthy
TILT 4 Lean
APSE 4 St. PeterĠs section
LSAT 4 Grad school aptitude test
LIVER 5 Chopped ___
SIAM 4 Musical setting of 1951
BAAL 4 Semitic deity
IRISH 5 The Fighting ___
ARIA 4 MezzoĠs tune
ULNA 4 Arm bone
PINSETTERS 10 TheyĠre right up your alley!
TINT 4 Colorize
SSE 3 Wind dir.
BOAS 4 Fur pieces
SETTEE 6 Parlor piece
OWN 3 My ___ Private Idaho
HALO 4 Religious symbol
SLACKS 6 Pants suit part
BEGINNER 8 Rookie
WILLS 5 Final papers
BORE 4 Tunnel
HOME 4 Noted heart center
ANTI 4 Against
CAWED 5 Made like ravens
OLES 4 Oaxaca whoopees
REAP 4 Gather
ASIS 4 DealerĠs phrase
SLANT 5 Point of view
MARJORIE 8 The Yearling author Rawlings
SPENDS 6 Disburses
OWEN 4 Author Wister
PEA 3 Pod piece
DOGIES 6 Motherless calves
PIER 4 ItĠs on the waterfront
ABA 3 Legal grp.
AMEN 4 Sunday closing
SNAPDRAGON 10 Showy flower
MINT 4 Coin
EAVE 4 It might have shingles
OVERT 5 Undisguised
ETES 4 Riviera seasons
DYER 4 Tie specialist?
WEDGE 5 It helps to escape traps
LIPS 4 Rims
IRIS 4 Lady of the rainbow
VINE 4 Hollywood intersection
ESS 3 Winding path
RHEBOKS 7 Curly-furred antelopes
SATAN 5 Mister Bad Guy
IRES 4 Angers
AIR 3 Walking surface at times
MASSAGED 8 Worked in a parlor?
BUTTONHOLE 10 Corner for talking purposes
ALIT 4 Reached the roost
ANNE 4 Queen ___: furniture style
LATE 4 One way to run
TOWS 4 Road services
ELI 3 CantabĠs rival
HERES 5 ___ to you!
SWARM 5 Bees aplenty
LINEA 5 VoterĠs choice
ALTAR 5 Splicing site
CLIPJOINTS 10 Where patrons get taken?
BOWIE 5 ___ knife
NOLAN 5 K-man Ryan
EMEND 5 Give a do-over
RESTS 5 Gets all the breaks?
BASIN 5 Street of blues
CARESSED 8 Made nice
SPARROW 7 Common finch
OWE 3 Carry a mortgage
SEED 4 Money or oyster
PIPER 5 Flutist
DAME 4 PeerĠs partner
OMIT 4 Skip
GENE 4 Inheritance factor
PAVE 4 Do roadwork
AGED 4 ___ in the wood
BORG 4 Sci-fi baddies
ANTE 4 Chip in
NAY 3 VoterĠs choice
AVE 3 Roman greeting
TIED 4 10-10 e.g.
ABBA 4 Fernando band
STAGE 5 ÒAll the worldĠs a ___Ó: Shakespeare
ONTO 4 Aware of
PRIG 4 Coxcomb
EASEL 5 Stand for a sitting
ATTU 4 Aleutian island
PENN 4 Dead Man Walking star Sean
TEPEE 5 Sioux home
DOUBLEAGENT 11 James Bond and George Smiley?
INC 3 Business magazine
LET 3 BeatlesĠ hit ___ It Be
WILDCAT 7 Kansas State athlete
NOSEDIVE 8 Plummet
LEO 3 Guitarist Kottke
ALEC 4 Actor Baldwin
TABS 4 Bar bills
RUGBY 5 Starts with a scrum
REAR 4 ___ Window
EMBED 5 Stick in
BRIE 4 Soft cheese
COLOR 5 The ___ of Money
PERI 4 Elf
LEDA 4 Satellite of Jupiter
SAM 3 EveryoneĠs Uncle
DEADEYES 8 Marksmen
PASSION 7 Raw emotion
BEE 3 Spelling or quilting
ATT 3 Esq.
DOUBLEFAULT 11 San Andreas and San Gabriel?
DRAKE 5 English buccaneer Sir Francis
ROOT 4 ___ beer
GNAW 4 Chew on
DIRER 5 More urgent
SLOE 4 Wild plum
LILI 4 1953 Leslie Caron film
YARNS 5 Tales of the sea
EATS 4 Sign outside a greasy spoon
ETON 4 Harrow rival
TOAD 4 KermitĠs cousin
INTO 4 Partaking
ETTU 4 Ò___ Brute!Ó
DOUBLECROSS 11 St. AnthonyĠs and St. AndrewĠs
APPETITE 8 Hunger
BREA 4 La ___ Pits
BING 4 BobĠs road buddy
AGNEW 5 Resigned on 10/10/73
SETTLER 7 Pioneer
TAE 3 ___ kwon do
ASPIC 5 Clear jelly glaze
GEENA 5 Actress Davis
ELECT 5 Put in office
LED 3 Guided
NIL 3 Zip
DOUBLEEAGLE 11 Glen Frey and Don Henley?
NARC 4 G-man
OLEO 4 Ersatz butter
SEAL 4 Signet
VAMP 4 Mae West on screen
EBBED 5 Dwindled
SERE 4 Parched
GREY 4 Western novelist Zane
BIDE 4 Hang around
YEAS 4 Parliamentary votes
DIABETES 8 Can be treated with insulin
RAIDERS 7 Super Bowl XI winners
MOO 3 Jane Smiley book
DEF 3 Rockers ___ Leppard
PADDY 5 Playwright Chayefsky
ATRIA 5 Courtyards
STARR 5 He made Lewinsky famous
NURSE 5 Florence Nightingale for one
BOLA 4 Cattle catcher
LOOT 4 Plunder
UNIT 4 Marine division
LALO 4 Composer Schifrin
TWIN 4 Kirby Puckett once
KEN 3 One Flew Over the CuckooĠs Nest author Kesey
CARDS 5 The Newlywed Game props
RATE 4 Fixed fee
CAMP 4 Gomer PyleĠs setting: ___ Henderson
AROOM 5 Stratford Inn request
ODOR 4 Fragrance
ALOE 4 Lotion additive
GOODOLBOYS 10 The Dukes of Hazzard theme song
PINT 4 Ice cream unit
ENDORSE 7 Sign as a check
SECRETE 7 Hide away
ETRE 4 To be to Gigi
HINES 5 Dancer Gregory
HERO 4 George Washington Carver e.g.
STYMIES 7 Baffles
ALARM 5 FirefighterĠs warning
EIRE 4 Land of the leprechauns
LIE 3 Stretch the truth
LOVEISALLAROUND 15 Mary Tyler MooreĠs theme song
ENE 3 Denver-to-Chicago dir.
LEDA 4 ___ and the Swan
SARGE 5 Bilko for short
GLASSES 7 Drew CareyĠs wear
TEEN 4 Steve Urkel e.g.
AMORE 5 Love Italian style
HAHA 4 Very funny!
GENERAL 7 Colin Powell e.g.
SANDALS 7 Summer shoes
IDEA 4 Brainstorm
MOVINGONUP 10 The Jeffersons theme song
LARS 4 Phyllis LindstromĠs husband
IDOL 4 Object of worship
ELOPE 5 Skip the wedding
ELSE 4 Otherwise
DENY 4 Turn down
RENEW 5 Continue as a subscription
CAGE 4 Louie De PalmaĠs office
ARON 4 Elvis ___ Presley
ROOD 4 Cathedral cross
DODO 4 Jethro Bodine e.g.
SMORE 5 Campfire treat
ROBERT 6 Guillaume of Benson
ADO 3 Commotion
TOYS 4 SantaĠs sackful
ERSE 4 Gaelic
CAPRIS 6 Laura PetrieĠs casual wear
ALIEN 5 Third Rock from the Sun cast member
MONTE 5 Three-card ___
PETES 5 For ___ sake!
LSTS 4 D-Day ships
CHEERS 6 Where Everybody Knows Your Name sitcom
EYELASH 7 Place for mascara
HALE 4 He played the skipper
ELON 4 Gold of YouĠre the One
RAVE 4 Review sometimes
ORE 3 Smelter input
MIL 3 Wire measure
IRA 3 Mad About You role
MILLER 6 Barney ___
LURE 4 Tackle box item
INGE 4 Picnic playwright
EDEN 4 I Dream of Jeannie star
SEA 3 The Love Boat setting
ADS 3 TV spots
OAT 3 Granola grain
GREASE 6 Musical of the Ġ50s
EASILY 6 Hands down
SHAN 4 Tien ___: Asian range
AGILE 5 Well-coordinated
MEDAL 5 Purple Heart e.g.
ONERS 5 Unique things
ANGER 5 Tee off
AMID 4 Between
LODE 4 Comstock for one
DOLE 4 Hand out
ANON 4 By and by
LUPE 4 Actress Velez
SPEW 4 Gush
VON 3 Announcer Harry ___ Zell
CHART 5 Plot a course
CAME 4 Arrived
ACTI 4 Play part
ROGER 5 He played James
AVES 4 Farewells
DOOR 4 Rood reversal?
OMANI 5 Man from Muscat
ROSS 4 Famed flag fabricator
DAYS 4 Week components
WEVEGOTWHATIT 13 Part two of quip
DREW 4 Comic Carey
RES 3 Legal thing
YENTAS 6 Gossips
APT 3 Suitable
NIAGARA 7 US/Canada Falls
STILE 5 Steps for crossing a fence
AMOS 4 AndyĠs partner
INK 3 Sign on the dotted line
ARN 3 Prince ValiantĠs son
TAKESTO 7 Part three of quip
LIE 3 TigerĠs concern
GUS 3 A baseball Bell
NINE 4 Five after four
BASES 5 Predicates
ENTRAIN 7 Start a journey
JIB 3 Triangular sail
SKIERS 6 They slalom on the slopes
WEE 3 Diminutive
SPOT 4 Dalmatian feature
TAKEWHATYOUVE 13 Part four of quip
GNUS 4 Wildebeests
TRIS 4 Speaker of baseball
ELLEN 5 Barkin or Burstyn
OTTO 4 Holy Roman emperor
TINE 4 Fork part
AVERT 5 Turn aside
THEN 4 At that time
ETES 4 Nice summers
RESTS 5 Takes ten
CROWD 5 Three they say
HOMER 5 Emulate 30 Down
AGAVE 5 Century plant
RENEWAL 7 Rebuilding
TRIG 4 HS math course
CARTE 5 ___ blanche
AVOWS 5 Declares
MESH 4 Intertwine
ESSAYIST 8 Bacon e.g.
ADDING 6 Doing sums
COATTAILS 9 TheyĠre ridden by association
TOY 3 Gift item
IRS 3 First part of quip
ORT 3 Table scrap
TEA 3 Actress Leoni
ARNIE 5 Army leader?
SAKES 5 Benefits
PET 3 TeacherĠs favorite
NOSE 4 Smallest victory margin
SAGES 5 Wise men
TRUNK 5 Aorta e.g.
INSTITUTE 9 Inaugurate
AKIN 4 Related
MEN 3 Chess pieces
ANISETTE 8 A liqueur
OBI 3 Sapporo sash
ABSOLVE 7 Clear of guilt
REASON 6 Important age
ARK 3 Place of refuge
JET 3 One set
WHINE 5 Gripe
EASES 5 Relaxes
PULES 5 Whimpers
OVERT 5 Unconcealed
TENTS 5 OmarĠs offerings
WRIT 4 CourtĠs order
YEAR 4 Calendar confines
GOT 3 End of quip
NTH 3 Utmost
SEEN 4 Glimpsed
LIAR 4 False witness
KEEPS 5 Preserves
OTTO 4 One of the Ringling Brothers
URGE 4 Prompt
NAVEL 5 Belly button
STAN 4 Smith of the courts
KEEL 4 BoatĠs bottom
ERASE 5 Rub off
OUTOFAFRICA 11 1985 Streep/Redford film
NOD 3 Silent approval
LSU 3 Home of the Fighting Tigers: abbr.
GODS 4 The Kitchen ___ Wife
ALOHA 5 Waikiki welcome
LAIR 4 Sanctum
PALE 4 Four Horsemen shade
SAHARA 6 Much of Mali
LON 3 Golfer Hinkle
ADAM 4 Sistine Chapel figure
TRAVELSINEUROPE 15 Rick Steves TV program
OGRE 4 Jack and the Beanstalk villain
BEE 3 Part of a swarm
ANTLER 6 Forest bone find
ROAN 4 Speckled horse
INNS 4 Wayhouses
RALLY 5 Make a comeback
TENT 4 AbrahamĠs home
ERE 3 Hitherto
HAM 3 Smokehouse hanger
VOICEOFASIA 11 Michener book with The
AWARE 5 Mindful
NASA 4 KSC agency
CHOW 4 Vittles
ROMAN 5 The R in HRE
ETAL 4 Catchall phrase
HONE 4 Fine-tune
PLANT 5 ___ City FL
LEWD 4 Off-color
EWES 4 St. Louis cheerleaders
SOSO 4 Mediocre
ETTU 4 And you? to Caesar
ETAT 4 ChiracĠs state
NONO 4 Thing to avoid
LUKAS 5 Actor Haas
IREFUL 6 Fed up
AGER 4 Golden-___
RELIGION 8 Islam e.g.
KNEAD 5 Prepare dough
EAR 3 Kind of plug
EVAN 4 Fashion designer Picone
PESO 4 Baja buck
SLED 4 Coal shovel alternative?
FLARE 5 SOS signal
CORNEA 6 Eye part
SPARTA 6 In the Heat of the Night setting
ASTOR 5 Beaver baron
LARGO 5 Slow musically
OHARA 5 My Friend Flicka author
HAVENT 6 ___ Got Time for the Pain
ALIEN 5 Not native
ADOLL 5 Be ___ please?
LAPEL 5 BoutonniereĠs place
EMERY 5 ManicuristĠs board
ALBINO 6 White rabbit e.g.
SENTINEL 8 Lookout
UNREF 5 Like Eliza Doolittle: abbr.
SEESAW 6 It has its ups and downs
EVENT 5 Kentucky Derby e.g.
ROALD 5 Explorer Amundsen
HARP 4 47-stringed instrument
AWOL 4 Desertion letters
MAMA 4 Cradle cry
CATE 4 Blanchett of Elizabeth
ACHE 4 Workout woe
SHOW 4 Come in third
IONE 4 Town southeast of Sacramento
AWES 4 Bowls over
RAN 3 Entered the primary
PALE 4 Not too bright
MASH 4 Prepare potatoes in a way
PLANE 5 Woodworking tool
ELAM 4 Actor Jack
ASEA 4 On a cruise say
LAMER 5 Limping more
CLUB 4 Iron or wood
STAR 4 Take the lead
ASIAN 5 Chinese or Japanese
KARENCARPENTER 14 Close to You vocalist
SHARE 5 Be generous
STEW 4 Fret
SATAN 5 Beelzebub
STOKED 6 Fed as a fire
ALL 3 Wholly
TONES 5 Musical sounds
RIPE 4 Ready for picking
RAYMONDCHANDLER 15 Philip MarloweĠs creator
ANNA 4 Black Beauty novelist Sewell
SKATE 5 Figure ___
TEN 3 X to the Romans
BANJOS 6 Bluegrass instruments
SHOWS 5 Musicals and such
ENID 4 Oklahoma city
EPICS 5 Long poems
HOSSCARTWRIGHT 14 Brother of Little Joe
SOLTI 5 Conductor Georg
VEER 4 Alter oneĠs course
ELIE 4 Nobelist Wiesel
UNLIT 5 Like a new candle
ISLE 4 ___ of Man
LONE 4 Unaccompanied
PEACE 5 Sign of the Ġ60s
STEN 4 British weapon
SOAR 4 Go way up
PECKS 5 A bushel has four
ALLAH 5 IslamĠs god
LAURA 5 With 32 Down Jurassic Park actress
EMBERS 6 Remains of the blaze
MASC 4 Fem.Ġs opposite
ASTA 4 Hollywood canine
SEAR 4 Burn
HARPS 5 Heavenly strings
PLANET 6 One of nine so far
LASTWORD 8 Something to get in
AMIE 4 French friend
NEAR 4 Neighboring
ERN 3 Directional suffix
NEATO 5 Cool!
ETS 3 UFO pilots
TON 3 Heavy weight
ANDS 4 Some conditionals
NECKS 5 Bottle parts
KILT 4 HighlanderĠs garb
EPEE 4 Sword with a guarded tip
DERN 4 See 3 Down
ARAB 4 Iraqi e.g.
LANA 4 Turner of Hollywood
LYNN 4 Actress Redgrave
SHAH 4 AyatollahĠs predecessor
MAJESTIC 8 August
ATO 3 From ___ Z
NEWER 5 More contemporary
ONSITE 6 Performed at the scene
SIC 3 [We meant it that way]
SPIELS 6 Sales talks
DAVIS 5 Jazzman Miles
IGLOO 5 Domed residence
CHINA 5 Asian country
STEER 5 Bum ___
HONE 4 Sharpen
OLLA 4 Southwestern stewpot
REST 4 Take it easy
TELE 4 Communications prefix
WREN 4 St. PaulĠs Cathedral architect
SUP 3 Eat
NINTH 5 Final inning usually
ITAL 4 Type style in brief
FALL 4 Keel over
ADIEU 5 Goodbye Cherie!
NOLO 4 ___ contendere
ROUE 4 Rake
SELLECKMIXHANKS 15 Actor/cowboy/actor
HEEL 4 Bread piece
ZEDS 4 English letters
EPEES 5 Fencing equipment
WADI 4 Gully
RAP 3 Kind of session
TAMPER 6 Meddle with with
CLARETS 7 Red wines
AGAIN 5 Over
EKES 4 Barely manages
ELK 3 Reindeer relative
CAVETTVANPATTEN 15 TV host/actor
OPE 3 Unlock poetically
REND 4 Split
PUREE 5 Blender setting
ENGLAND 7 European country
DEBATE 6 Pro and con discussion
LOP 3 Chop off
HOAX 4 Flimflam
OPTIC 5 Certain nerve
WALT 4 Poet Whitman
DAFT 4 Loony
HOUDINIREASONER 15 Magician/newscaster
MOTE 4 Speck
AFRO 4 Pertaining to black traditions
OZONE 5 Heavy oxygen
SLUR 4 Speak indistinctly
BEYS 4 Ottoman VIPs
DENSE 5 Dim-witted
NASH 4 Humorous Ogden
IDEE 4 ___ fixe
NILE 4 African river
TELL 4 Fill in
HUE 3 CryĠs partner
INKED 5 Used a brayer
TOMDICKANDHARRY 15 Everyman trio
ALIS 4 MacGraw and Baba
LOX 3 Bagel companion
FRAPPE 6 Thick shake
AONE 4 Tops
LUKE 4 Gospel writer
LESS 4 Minus
CZAR 4 Powerful authority
HEAR 4 Find out
WENT 4 Left
RASP 4 Scraper
TACO 4 Mexican fare
AGAPE 5 Wide open
MAVEN 5 Virtuoso
PIE 3 Dessert choice
LEND 4 Furnish for a time
TETRA 5 Aquarium fish
SLEET 5 Nasty weather
EVEN 4 Flush
KNEE 4 PatellaĠs place
TRAP 4 Clay pigeon hurler
APEX 4 Zenith
TUB 3 Margarine container
GLIDER 6 Engineless flier
LOCI 4 Sites
DATA 4 Computer fodder
OLEOS 5 Fatty spreads
OHMS 4 Electrical measures
POOL 4 Ball-hitting game
TUTU 4 Ballet attire
WIFE 4 Helen to Menelaus
DOZE 4 Nod off
ANON 4 Soon
FENS 4 Marshy areas
TREE 4 Lumber source
NAB 3 Apprehend
SOD 3 Turf
ARAP 4 I donĠt give ___ !
FOP 3 Vain male
TREKS 5 Space travel
SOLI 4 Arias
RHEA 4 Carla of Cheers
AUDIO 5 TV sound
TOMCRUISE 9 Vacationing actor
INGOD 5 ___ We Trust
ONANEGOTRIP 11 Going my way?
EWA 3 Aulin of Candy
REMISS 6 Lax
TETRAS 6 Fish bowl swimmers
ACT 3 Do something
PRECIS 6 Summary
CAT 3 Feline
POOCH 5 Slangy dog
ABLE 4 Can do
OXEN 4 The yokeĠs on them
ROLLE 5 Esther of Maude
ROOM 4 Space
SERA 4 Hospital supply
ELLAS 5 Raines et al.
YOU 3 Part of IOU
SAFEST 6 Most secure
MTG 3 Home loan: abbr.
SAFARI 6 Kind of jacket
TERESA 6 Singer Brewer
AGA 3 ___ Khan
EXPEDITIONS 11 Fishing ___
TALON 5 Zipper label
GLOBETROT 9 Travel with Phileas Fogg
ATSEA 5 On a ship
AIDE 4 Helper
OGRE 4 Baddy
NEEDS 5 Has to have
SOT 3 Tippler
NEER 4 Not ever briefly
ASTOR 5 Hotel name
ROONE 5 Arledge of TV
ALMAMATER 9 The old school
PICNIC 6 Antsy outing?
FRUGS 5 Does a dance
OHIO 4 Roll call state
PEST 4 Nuisance
TAIPEI 6 Taiwanese capital
RUN 3 Go fast
EDGER 5 Lawn tool
KIOWA 5 Plains Indian
SODAS 5 Some 6-packs
AER 3 ___ Lingus
REST 4 Take ten
ITCHES 6 Longings
TSAR 4 Russian ruler
POOLE 5 Paul Pry writer
ROLLS 5 Status car for short
ECLAT 5 High praise
COS 3 Funny Bill briefly
AXE 3 Chopper
PREFIX 6 Pre is one
BOYGEORGE 9 I Live My Life singer
LOO 3 Gambling game
EMU 3 Big bird
NASA 4 Space travel organization: acron.
ARENAS 6 The Orena et al.
METE 4 Deal with out
TRITON 6 Sea snail
SATAN 5 Tempter
AGATE 5 5-1/2 point type
FALSE 5 Bogus
TIBET 5 Where Lhasa is
SNORE 5 Take a sleep breath
ASTER 5 Flower name
PGA 3 ElsĠ org.
ELIS 4 Hewbrew judge et al.
DODO 4 Clumsy bird
OED 3 Eng. dictionary
ROTC 4 Campus org.
ISAK 4 Author Dinesen
COLTS 5 NFL team
EURO 4 Continental currency
MAGI 4 Biblical trio
EBERT 5 Prize-winning film critic
DRAB 4 Very plain
PRIM 4 Very correct
CANOE 5 Water craft
CUBAGOODINGJR 13 Oscar-winner for Jerry Maguire
ASTROS 6 1996 NL Central champs
NIL 3 ___ nisi bonum
LAE 3 New Guinea town
HAINGSNGOR 10 Oscar-winner for The Killing Fields
DENS 4 Lairs
AGO 3 Past
GEER 4 Late actor Will
TIE 3 Possible hockey game outcome
BANAL 5 Ordinary
WEE 3 Very small
NEPAL 5 AnnapurnaĠs country
NEA 3 TeachersĠ org.
ALIF 4 Arabic letter
RTE 3 Map abbr.
ALLY 4 Actress Sheedy
RITAMORENO 10 Oscar-winner for West Side Story
LAO 3 Asian language
HIM 3 That man
OREGON 6 Mount HoodĠs state
INGRIDBERGMAN 13 Oscar-winner for Gaslight
EDGAR 5 WriterĠs award
ILIE 4 Nastase of tennis
TASS 4 Soviet-era acronym
NOISE 5 Racket
BION 4 MorphonĠs counterpart
ANNA 4 Oscar-winner Magnani
SNAPS 5 Crisp cookies
EASE 4 Facility
STYX 4 Mythological river
RED 3 Crimson or scarlet
OUR 3 The Best Years of ___ Lives
TRACTION 8 This will grab you
COBURN 6 James in Charade
IMPASSE 7 Blind alley
SARG 4 Marionette maker Tony
AGIO 4 Money changerĠs fee
KIMONO 6 Sayonara garment
CECIL 5 Costume designer Beaton
OBAN 4 Firth of Lorn port
LENGLE 6 A Wrinkle in Time author
TROJAN 6 USC athlete
STERES 6 Cubic meters
BOGGLE 6 Confuse
DIRT 4 Gossip
AHAB 4 MelvilleĠs captain
SAGA 4 Long story
NEW 3 York or Delhi preceder
GREAT 5 The ___ Gatsby
DEE 3 Sandra or Ruby
INFORM 6 Tell
ANY 3 Some
ELA 3 Highest note
PREGNANT 8 Full of meaning
ATNO 4 ___ time!: never
LEON 4 Ames in Meet Me in St. Louis
ARID 4 Very dry
IMOGENE 7 Funny Coca
ALIENS 6 UFO occupants
LANDON 6 Late actor Michael
LOGGIA 6 Actor Robert
IMBIBE 6 Drink
REATAS 6 CowboysĠ equipment
HIRES 5 Puts on the payroll
RASP 4 Annoy
ELIA 4 Oscar-winner Kazan
RIOS 4 Pecos y Grande
SNY 3 Bend in timber
SAX 3 Blues instrument for short
SWAP 4 Trade
SCAB 4 Strikebreaker
ROADS 5 Hampton ___ VA
LAVA 4 Etnean output
TORO 4 Corrida biggie
ECLAT 5 Acclaim
OVER 4 Ended
AMMO 4 Shells
TEARY 5 Like Niobe
BERKELEYSQUARE 14 Where the nightingale sang?
ALIT 4 Came back down
URN 3 Keats praised one
LOA 3 Mauna ___
INHUMAN 7 Heartless
ERR 3 Do wrong
OPRAH 5 Winfrey
PAS 3 Dance step
AGUE 4 Chill
BERMUDATRIANGLE 15 Atlantic menace?
ERAT 4 Part of QED
EGO 3 ManiacĠs leader
STEED 5 Mighty mount
SAY 3 Utter
LIONESS 7 Elsa for one
DRY 3 Arid
GAS 3 Vapor
DEAD 4 Pooped with tired
COLUMBUSCIRCLE 14 Where New Yorkers go around
MOLAR 5 Grinder
EVER 4 At all
ELAN 4 Spirited self-assurance
EVADE 5 Get around
DELE 4 Remove a typo
SING 4 Carol
LEVEL 5 Calm or steady
EAST 4 Orient
SPAR 4 Sail support
SLOB 4 Grungy one
WAVE 4 Motion with the hand
AVER 4 State positively
PARKA 5 Anorak
STALIN 6 LeninĠs successor
COMETH 6 Ò. . . but joy ___ in the morningÓ: Psalm 30
ARMY 4 Host
BOOS 4 Shows disapproval
RETURN 6 Yield
OCEAN 5 Great quantity
ALAR 4 Onetime orchard spray
DARE 4 Venture
STY 3 Pigpen
ELIHU 5 Nobelist Root
QUASI 5 Seemingly
LOBES 5 Where rings hang
OPERA 5 Lohengrin e.g.
ARRAY 5 Finery
UPTON 5 Author Sinclair
MAR 3 Disfigure
EGGED 5 ___ on: urged
RULER 5 Tsar or king
REEDY 5 Slender
AMT 3 Qty.
ANT 3 Army member
DEISM 5 JeffersonĠs belief
AGO 3 In the past
ASSAI 5 Very in music
LAUREL 6 VictorĠs crown source
EDSELS 6 Ford flops
SECRET 6 Hidden
GLADE 5 Open space in a forest
DRESS 5 Adorn with up
COVE 4 Small bay
OLAV 4 Patron saint of Norway
BEDE 4 He was Venerable
UVEA 4 Ocular layer
CLIP 4 Type of joint
LANA 4 Turner of the Ġ40s
ENGR 4 MIT graduate
MEL 3 Ott of sport
BLAH 4 Uninteresting: sl.
ODE 3 Keats creation
EASEL 5 Studio stand
RENE 4 Actor Auberjonois
CALF 4 Child of the farm
VOILA 5 There!
ANTE 4 Build the pot
EMIL 4 Actor Jannings
ENDOW 5 Fund as a school
COLDSASSYTREE 13 Oliver Ann Burns bestseller
ERE 3 PoetĠs prior to
ANE 3 Wheel of Fortune purchase
LOT 3 Sodom fugitive
DEB 3 Society rookie
DERBY 5 Kentucky ___
LIED 4 Told whoppers
HIDE 4 SeekĠs partner
ASH 3 Mary KayĠs last name
CAD 3 Bounder
ASIA 4 Large land mass
THEBOOKOFLIGHTS 15 Chaim Potok novel
ROPE 4 Lasso
BEN 3 Stiller but not Meara
ERA 3 Defeated 1982 Amendment
AMIS 4 TimeĠs Arrow author
NYSE 4 Wall St. biggie
ORBIT 5 Circular path
YEP 3 Oater agreement
SOW 3 Sty resident
NUN 3 Sister
RNA 3 Genetic material
HUMBOLDTSGIFT 13 Saul BellowĠs Pulitzer winner
SHARI 5 Lambchop creator Lewis
ROUT 4 Easy win
ADIT 4 Mine entrace
TONAL 5 Musical
DARE 4 Take a chance
TARO 4 Poi essentially
STYLE 5 Manner
MER 3 Nice view?
ELMO 4 Tickle-me doll
BRACED 6 Prepared as for an impact
LENORE 6 PoeĠs love
ANTLER 6 Buck topper
HEED 4 Pay attention to
OCEAN 5 Vast expanse
DAMSEL 6 Distressed one?
ELIS 4 Clinton and Bush e.g.
EVERT 5 3-time Wimbledon champ
AONE 4 Perfect
SIDEDISH 8 Fries e.g.
ELO 3 Ġ70s rock gp.
LAW 3 Statute
FLYLEAF 7 Book opener?
SAYSO 5 Final authority
TODDLE 6 Move unsteadily
EDIT 4 Change oneĠs story?
BEAS 4 Arthur and Benaderet
BABES 5 Innocents
ICONS 5 Screen images
HAGAR 5 Horrible cartoon character
HOBNOB 6 Associate with
TRAY 4 In-flight accessory
HOME 4 BatterĠs starting point
EPIPHANY 8 Sudden insight
KEYWORD 7 Computer search criterion
IRONS 5 De-creases?
ENDURE 6 Not wear out
BRIDAL 6 Type of shower
INFIRM 6 Vacillating
TATTOO 6 SailorĠs pride perhaps
SMILE 5 Look happy
UTTER 5 State
URAL 4 RussiaĠs ___ Mountains
LOAM 4 Rich soil
GATE 4 Fence attachment
STS 3 Elm and Main e.g.
HOT 3 Currently popular
TOE 3 Certain little piggie
NARCS 5 Pusher pursuers
ESSEN 5 Home of Big Bertha
HEX 3 Put a spell on
ALARM 5 Smoke or fire follower
FERRY 5 CharonĠs transport
RUT 3 Wagon road feature
SAVOIRFAIRE 11 DiplomatĠs skill
OVERANEWLEAF 12 What you might turn
ERNO 4 Cube-maker Rubik
ESCAPEE 7 The one that got away
SEDULOUS 8 Diligent
TENURE 6 ProfessorĠs goal
GAUGED 6 Used a micrometer
RIN 3 ___ Tin Tin
THEOTHERCHEEK 13 What you should turn
BIO 3 Short life story
SPADIX 6 The jack in a jack-in-the-pulpit
SETTOS 6 Fracases
SWEETBAY 8 Certain magnolia
ASSURES 7 Makes certain of
OLLA 4 Stew pot
BACKTHECLOCK 12 What you canĠt turn
PENULTIMATE 11 Next-to-last
WOK 3 Stir-fry pan
ATOLL 5 Bikini for one
NAVAL 5 EnsignĠs academy
IVE 3 ___ Got a Secret
CAGEY 5 Wary
SNELL 5 Fishhook attachment
NED 3 Actor Beatty
THROES 6 Spasms
OEUVRE 6 French opus
EXTEND 6 Lengthen
NASA 4 Shuttle group: acron.
ALAN 4 Arkin or Shepherd
RAVE 4 Great review
CROW 4 Singer Sheryl
SMILE 5 Order on Candid Camera
EFFACE 6 Make inconspicuous
SEAFAN 6 Kind of coral
SRI 3 ___ Lanka
ERR 3 Go astray
NYE 3 Science guy Bill
REST 4 Take a break
ROUGE 5 Le ___ et le Noir
PURE 4 Unadulterated
ERIK 4 Actor Estrada
EEN 3 Dark time for poets
LAO 3 Pathet ___
OUT 3 UmpĠs call
UGHS 4 Expressions of disgust
SEEPS 5 Oozes
DRAW 4 Win lose or ___
TIES 4 Familiar Christmas gifts
HOTS 4 Red ___: weiners
CDE 3 Alphabet run
HIE 3 Speed
EXTOL 5 Glorify
BSA 3 Gp. in dens
TUBULE 6 Capillary
ORALLY 6 By word of mouth
SECT 4 Religious offshoot
BLOWIN 6 Arrive unexpectedly
ALCOVE 6 Carrel
YAKKED 6 Gabbed
SKINS 5 Flays
TMAN 4 Eliot Ness for short
HAVE 4 Possess
ETAL 4 List ender: abbr.
CELL 4 Eukaryote feature
PAC 3 ___-Man
ETA 3 Schedule note: abbr.
NOG 3 Eggy drink
POLED 5 Propelled a raft
HAT 3 Topper
DANES 5 BorgeĠs people
OPERA 5 Horse ___: oater
AMA 3 I ___ Camera
ABOVE 5 Up there
REALM 5 Kingdom
ZEN 3 Buddhist sect
DETER 5 Arrest
CHEATINGEATING 14 Ignoring oneĠs diet
SEEDER 6 Planter
CEE 3 Em follower
CRACKERSNACKER 14 Ritzy dieter
POLO 4 Water game
TSAR 4 Dead Russian head
ATALOSS 7 Befuddled
SENATOR 7 Kerry or Kerrey
TAUT 4 With no slack
IRAN 4 Pakistan abutter
EASTERFEASTERS 14 Holiday fast-breakers
ALG 3 High sch. course
DEANNA 6 Durbin of old films
MUNCHESLUNCHES 14 Goes whole hog
ADALE 5 Allan-___: Robin Hood friend
SAR 3 DAR counterpart
RADAR 5 Brash M*A*S*H role
ZETAS 5 Greek letters
ENE 3 Ethyl additive
ELIDE 5 Skip a sound
EDENS 5 Dreamlands
DAD 3 Tony to Jamie Lee
DOTED 5 Overdid the TLC
POR 3 ___ favor
OPEC 4 Oil organization: acron.
LEAH 4 Genesis name
ERLE 4 Perry writer
DAMASK 6 Richly patterned fabric
HAZIER 6 More overcast
AMENDS 6 Redress
TANGENTS 8 Abutting areas
DADA 4 Hobbyhorse group
ABET 4 Help a hood
NOTICE 6 Observe
EVENER 6 Less bumpy
SERGE 5 Blue suit fabric
TEE 3 TigerĠs ball holder
ERASE 5 Eliminate
CPA 3 Bank aud.
ROT 3 Decompose
ALA 3 Like
COLTS 5 Indianapolis team
CAN 3 Is able to
KRAIT 5 Venomous snake
OAT 3 Meal or cake
SUEDE 5 Famed blue shoes
STRESSED 8 Accented
TRE 3 Trevi coin count
OAR 3 Row
RNS 3 Some caregivers
ELUDED 6 Slipped by
AGNATE 6 Paternally related
FALANA 6 Singer Lola
ENURED 6 Accustomed: var.
ANN 3 Raggedy doll
SACRED 6 Holy
AMAZE 5 Dumbfound
CLAN 4 Highland bunch
HESS 4 Pianist Myra
HALO 4 Ring above the collar
EDIT 4 Modify
SADE 4 Notorious marquis
RED 3 Alert color
INFER 5 Conclude
SWAB 4 Mop
LSAT 4 Exam. for advanced schooling
NORSE 5 Scandinavian
TAME 4 Domesticate
EURO 4 Dollar starter
ELECT 5 Vote in
USES 4 Employs
ACCT 4 One who does the bks.
PLEASEDASPUNCH 14 Delighted
TERRIFY 7 Fill with overwhelming fear
ERNO 4 Cube inventor Rubik
ONT 3 Man. neighbor
BRAG 4 Boast
TKO 3 WBA victory
BOWLASTRIKE 11 Make a hit in the alley
AAA 3 Bumper sticker letters
ACHE 4 Hurt
HEN 3 Biddy
TSKS 4 Clucks
GHI 3 Phone 4
BROADWAYHIT 11 Cats, e.g.
SOC 3 Coll. subject
TERM 4 Five to ten, for instance
ALP 3 Matterhorn, e.g.
HIDE 4 Conceal
LIMEADE 7 Summer beverage
GENTLEMANSCLUB 14 Mycroft Holmess Diogenes is one
JAVA 4 Cuppa
OMIT 4 Leave out
MAINE 5 Pine Tree State
FEEL 4 Touch
FICT 4 Bk. category
ASKER 5 Questioner
KARL 4 Actor Malden
FLEE 4 Leave quickly
NTEST 5 Bikini experiment, for short
INEPT 5 Bungling
NOLLE 5 ___ prosequi
FREER 5 More liberated
ESCAROLE 8 Salad choice
RETSINA 7 Greek wine
STUDY 5 Den
WASA 4 There ___ crooked man . . .
AMES 4 Leon, of Mr. Ed
BESPEAK 7 Ask for in advance
LEANN 5 Singer Rimes
SUCCOTASH 9 Corn-and-beans dish
ARCH 4 Roguish
TOT 3 Tyke
EFTS 4 Newts
URGE 4 Strongly advise
BREAM 5 Porgy
RIND 4 Orange throwaway
KAKI 4 Actress Hunter
OAST 4 Malt kiln
BAGS 4 Checkers containers
OCHO 4 Eight, in Acapulco
WHICHEVER 9 Any one that
THOR 4 Son of Odin
TYPECAST 8 Pigeonholed, in a way
BTDT 4 Blas abbreviation
REELOFF 7 Recite
WAIN 4 Farm wagon
ALMSMAN 7 One who gets charity
INALL 5 Counting everything
LATTE 5 Starbucks order
ALIKE 5 Similar
DUNES 5 Sand hills
EBERT 5 Critic Roger
GAEA 4 Earth goddess
EMIL 4 Actor Jannings
MICE 4 PC rodents?
JFK 3 NY airport
BAHT 4 Thai currency
AGAR 4 Culture medium
PLAID 5 Highland pattern
ALAE 4 Wings, to Ovid
DANA 4 Sailor and author
RANGE 5 Target practice place
NEWSHOUND 9 Nosey critter with long ears?
OTTOS 5 Klemperer and Bismarck
ANKLE 5 Foot attachment
LOANSHARK 9 Usurious critter with jaws?
LESAGE 6 Gil Blas creator
REA 3 Stephen, of The Crying Game
ELSA 4 Joys lioness
AISLES 6 Supermarket lanes
PAPALBULL 9 Ill-tempered Vatican critter?
CHANT 5 Sing, in a way
ELAM 4 Jack, of oaters
ENLAI 5 Chou ___
AIDE 4 Adjutant
GELID 5 Icy
SACREDCOW 9 Worshipped critter with horns?
SCONES 6 Tea pastries
HEEL 4 Cad
TEA 3 Darjeeling or pekoe
SILAGE 6 Stored fodder
SCARECROW 9 Crop-protecting critter with feathers?
TETRA 5 Aquarium favorite
LADEN 5 Weighed down
SCAPEGOAT 9 Accused critter with a beard?
AGENT 5 Representative
OHIO 4 Columbus site
ANTE 4 Chip in
GESTE 5 Beau ___: 1939 Cooper classic
NOTE 4 Memo
LEER 4 Suggestive look
BANAL 5 Trite
ALENE 5 Coeur d___, ID
HAWKS 5 Peddles
TESLA 5 Electrical inventor
ADO 3 Fuss
GAUL 4 Early Frenchman
ANNO 4 Cornerstone word
RADAR 5 M*A*S*H clerk
PROSAIC 7 Mundane
LATH 4 Plaster support
ANTA 4 Cultural org.
IGOR 4 Dr. Frankensteins assistant
DESK 4 Newspaper department
HEGEL 5 German philosopher
NEA 3 Teachers org.
ELBE 4 River to the North Sea
SUNS 4 Basks
ALLAH 5 Moslem deity
SHAD 4 Herring relative
LAIC 4 Non-clerical
ENDO 4 Within: prefix
STEW 4 Mulligans specialty
PEGS 4 Tent tethers
ALEC 4 Guinness or Baldwin
PALO 4 ___ Alto, CA
AMIN 4 Obotes overthrower
LACE 4 Train adornment, at times
IRES 4 Angers
DETENTE 7 Easing of tension
ELITE 5 Ten point type
SEC 3 Dry, to oenologists
ARSON 5 Fire starter
LEGAL 5 Statutory
ATONE 5 Make amends
GRATE 5 Barbecue feature
EATER 5 Peter, of pumpkin fame
SLAG 4 Smelting refuse
CAGE 4 Confine, in a way
ADES 4 Fruity quaffs
RENT 4 Monthly payment, for many
OCHO 4 ___ Rios, Jam.
WAIT 4 Hurry up and ___
POE 3 Edgar Allan ___
RAJA 4 Indian prince
TEMP 4 Office worker
UMBER 5 Reddish-brown
AMOK 4 Out of control
AXIS 4 Spindle
SAUNA 5 Hot place
PAYABLERIGHTNOW 15 Due
OKRA 4 Soup ingredient
LET 3 Allow
BANQUET 7 Post-season event
FOREIGN 7 Alien
AROUND 6 In the neighborhood
SAWS 4 Cuts wood
TAU 3 Greek letter
ATTIC 5 Garret
JUTE 4 Burlap fiber
TERN 4 Natatorial bird
IRREGULARVERB 13 Do, e.g.
SCUT 4 Small tail
RILL 4 Small brook
EXALT 5 Raise
ULM 3 City on the Danube
LACY 4 Delicate
PRATED 6 Talked foolishly
REPROVE 7 Chide
POSSESS 7 Own
ATE 3 Enjoyed 22 Across
ELLE 4 Fashion magazine
MORNINGMOISTURE 15 Dew
INIGO 5 Architect Jones
AMPS 4 Rock band equipment
AZAN 4 Summons to prayer
LODEN 5 Winter coat material
BASH 4 Party
WIND 4 Simoom or sirocco
RAP 3 Hit
AMA 3 Physicians org.
JOY 3 Happiness
AKA 3 Alternate name preceder
TALKED 6 Spilled the beans
EXERT 5 Put in action
MIRA 4 Oscar winner Sorvino
PSI 3 Meas. of pressure
USHERS 6 Theater employees
MATTE 5 Dull finish
BUN 3 Hot dog holder
ENO 3 Brian, of rock music
RAW 3 Unedited
BOUNCE 6 Dribble
GLOWER 6 Stare angrily
BAA 3 Sheeps sound
ARTICLE 7 Part of a treaty
NOTRUMP 7 Bridge bid
QUIRT 5 Whip
FATAL 5 ___ Attraction
ITERATE 7 Repeat
GARBLES 7 Confuses
NUN 3 Sister
SULLY 5 Tarnish
JUICE 5 Liquid part
TEXAS 5 Former republic
GRAVEN 6 Sculptured
VERSES 6 Rita Doves output
SUR 3 Californias Big ___
TDS 3 NFL stats
LOTION 6 Soothing application
POLISH 6 Shine
RANGE 5 Mountains or stove
PLOPS 5 Falls softly
EMMA 4 Jane Austen novel
MIL 3 Unit of length
ONO 3 Yoko
RID 3 Disencumber
GAB 3 Chatter
TAW 3 Big marble
UZI 3 Israeli weapon
RAN 3 Operated
END 3 Finish
ASPS 4 Vipers
RAMP 4 Incline
AHMED 5 ___ Ben Bella
COAT 4 Suit part
ELAL 4 Israeli airline
WEAVE 5 Make cloth
HURRICANEANDREW 15 1992 weather event
ELTON 5 John, of music
STAN 4 Musial or Getz
GUNS 4 Firearms
PCT 3 %
ASONE 5 Together
SAT 3 High school seniors exam
HOT 3 Peppery
ANORAKS 7 Hooded jackets
ADIT 4 Mine entrance
WREN 4 Small songbird
DONEE 5 Gift recipient
BLOWININTHEWIND 15 Bob Dylan song hit
RIGOR 5 Difficulty
SERE 4 Withered
SODA 4 Soft drink
ABALONE 7 Ear shell
YEN 3 Desire
NON 3 Persona ___ grata
ENOCH 5 Apocalyptic writings collection
LID 3 Cover
TWIG 4 Small tree branch
OTIS 4 Elevator name
CIRCA 5 In approximately
SINGININTHERAIN 15 Gene Kelly film hit
ASTER 5 Daisy kin
OGLE 4 Stare at
GNAT 4 Insect pest
RHODA 5 Valerie Harper TV sitcom
NEON 4 Night light
EGOS 4 Self conceits
ACHE 4 Pain
SOUL 4 Kind of food
PART 4 Section
STROP 5 Razor sharpener
REC 3 Room for the kiddies
ALAS 4 Exclamation of resignation
MANTA 5 Devilfish
PLEASANTRY 10 Jest
AWN 3 Grass beard
HEDGEROWS 9 Lines of shrubs
MARU 4 Japanese ship
EVEN 4 Level
DEWS 4 Moistens the grass
INCH 4 Move slowly
ANON 4 Prolific auth.?
TOWN 4 Village
NODE 4 Protuberance
SABRA 5 Native-born Israeli
ADLIB 5 Extemporize
TIOGA 5 Gene Autrys birthplace
TRISECTION 10 Three-way division
ANION 5 Negatively charged atom
KENDO 5 Japanese martial art
SEDAN 5 Car body style
TWOLEGGED 9 Human, e.g.
ENE 3 Compass pt.
IRON 4 Golf bag item
HEEL 4 Shoe part
NOON 4 Midday
NICE 4 City on the Mediterranean
HINGE 5 Predicate
DIRGE 5 Lament
TSAR 4 Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
WISH 4 Desire
INTO 4 Division word
STLO 4 WWII battle site
RANG 4 Dialed
CIAO 4 Farewell, Italian style
ANTS 4 Picnic pests
IRA 3 Retirement letters
HEN 3 Egg laying chicken
BAG 3 Capture
ENCASE 6 Enclose
MAIN 4 Utility duct
REO 3 Antique car
LOADER 6 Material mover
ARCO 4 With the bow: mus.
ORT 3 Table scrap
STRONGARMED 11 Used undue force
TICTAC 6 ___-toe
PIE 3 Humble or easy as
HAHA 4 Laughing comment
HARDHEADED 10 Stubborn
SLASH 5 Reduce sharply, as prices
NAZI 4 Hitler was one
ALA 3 With 22 Across, ___ mode
TOUGHSKINNED 12 Enduring adverse comments
IMPELS 6 Urges on
ERODES 6 Slowly washes away
MILDMANNERED 12 Gentle in nature
AKA 3 Also known as: abbr.
ISNT 4 Nonexistent
DINAH 5 Famous Shore
TENDERFEET 10 Novices
COLA 4 Soft drink
SIT 3 Get a lap
HEEHAW 6 Old musical/comedy TV show
SOFTHEARTED 11 Sympathetic
ASK 3 Form a ?
ALOT 4 Large quantity
GROUSE 6 Game bird
IKE 3 I Like ___
NERO 4 Famous fiddler
GABBER 6 Rapid talker
RAD 3 Extreme
BROTHS 6 Juices for cooking meats
AERIAL 6 Reception aid
GOTCHA 6 You fell for it!
ELSA 4 Famous lioness
NOTCH 5 Mark with a cut
CAR 3 Cable ___
ADO 3 Commotion
SEN 3 Oriental coin
ERG 3 Unit of work
MARIA 5 Santa ___, of 1492
ARMEDAND 8 ___ dangerous
ICE 3 Hockey surface
NOD 3 Bid gesture
APE 3 Copy
TASTED 6 Sampled
ANG 3 Obtuse or right: abbr.
RAH 3 Cheery exclamation
DZS 3 There are 12 in 144: abbr.
HIKER 5 Trail user
ELEE 4 Robert ___
DADS 4 June honorees
HOLM 4 1947 Oscar winner
USAIR 5 Flight co.
IRED 4 Angry
NODICE 6 Nothing doing
IMAT 4 ___ the point of no return
MIKE 4 Voice transmitter, briefly
PLANSFOR 8 Prepares
NSF 3 Chk. notice
NNE 3 Compass point
ETE 3 French summer
NOHAIR 6 Bald
ALASKA 6 Location of Denali National Park
HAWKED 6 Promoted for sale
DITTO 5 Same
ETH 3 Old English letter
THESE 5 Things here
EDER 4 European river
SAN 3 ___ Antonio
OLE 3 Bullring cheer
EGG 3 Breakfast food
ARA 3 Famous Notre Dame coach ___ Parseghian
ROB 3 Steal from
TUB 3 Slow boat
FURS 4 Pelts
BLADE 5 Sword part
PAD 3 Water lily leaf
ERIE 4 Historic canal
REMAN 5 Provide fresh troops
DUNE 4 Sand ridge
DIMENOVELS 10 Penny dreadfuls
ERNE 4 Coastal commuter?
PAGES 5 Uses a beeper
LIMPID 6 Perfectly clear
SAP 3 Drain
NAE 3 Dundee denial
PAROLES 7 Releases a prisoner
TRUMAN 6 33rd president
DIVINE 6 Holy
ROLES 5 Parts for actors
MINES 5 Excavations
PEN 3 Ballpoint
AMPS 4 Elec. measures
SONES 5 Loudness units
IRAE 4 Dies ___
WAF 3 Fem. fliers
STRAD 5 Valuable violin, for short
PROVE 5 Show validity
ISAIAH 6 Biblical book
PASSED 6 Moved beyond
VACANCY 7 Motel sign
BIT 3 Tiny amount
ESS 3 Double curve
AMTRAK 6 Railway system
SALTS 5 Smelling ___
LAID 4 Set a table
POTBOILERS 10 Hacks products
OTOS 4 Nebraska tribesmen
ISLES 5 Guam and Bali
AGUE 4 Chills and fever
RIN 3 ___ Tin Tin
NOOSE 5 Lariat part
BONE 4 Tibia or ulna
FED 3 Greenspans agcy.
URI 3 Psychic Geller
RIM 3 Edge
SEEP 4 Leak slowly
BROGAN 6 Work shoe
LEVEE 5 River pier
AMES 4 Iowa States home
DAL 3 Lentil dish
ENSLAVES 8 Subjugates
PURPLEPROSE 11 Florid writing
ANNIE 5 Durable musical
DEEDS 5 Exploits
DEMON 5 Imp
NANAS 5 Grandmas, to some
IRIS 4 Eye part
STRAW 5 Thats the last ___!
AROMA 5 Bouquet
PULPFICTION 11 Lowbrow diversion
PINED 5 Yearned
MES 3 French pronoun
DINAH 5 Singer Shore
MORAY 5 Eel
EAVES 5 Roof rims
NEEDS 5 Requisites
STICKPIN 8 Tie tacks kin
IRS 3 Tax bur.
SANA 4 Yemens capital
PATTI 5 Ms. LaBelle
SARDS 5 Chalcedonies
PILOSE 6 Very hairy
VALOR 5 Bravery
AMATI 5 Great violinmaker
BABES 5 Infants
STLO 4 Normandy town
SLAB 4 Thick slice
OSO 3 Bear, in Toledo
EGO 3 Ids relative
RUN 3 Scurry
SEE 3 Visualize
ABBE 4 French cleric
LABOR 5 Toil
BEAD 4 Necklace unit
NOEL 4 Coward
ASIDE 5 Stage whisper
ONTO 4 Not fooled by
GINGERSNAP 10 Cookie
PTAS 4 Sch. groups
OLE 3 Corrida shout
AGAS 4 Turkish bigwigs
OPER 4 O, on the phone
REFUSED 7 Turned down
READY 5 Prepared
ARISE 5 Come up
DRPEPPER 8 Pepsi rival
STE 3 Sault ___ Marie
ADIEUX 6 French good-byes
SIS 3 Bros kin
ROSEMARYS 9 ___ Baby
EBB 3 Tide type
PAMELA 6 Richardson heroine
ENT 3 Tolkien creature
SALTINES 8 Crackers
FLORA 5 Faunas partner
TRAIN 5 Educate
SHIFTED 7 Went into reverse
TEES 4 Golf props
OTOE 4 Plains Indian
EMO 3 Funny Philips
EGAD 4 Zounds!
CURRYFAVOR 10 Flatter
TINY 4 Wee
ANNAL 5 Years record
DELE 4 Strike out
ANTE 4 Feed the kitty
RIODE 5 ___ Janeiro
ENOS 4 Slaughter, of baseball
ANGORA 6 Goat or cat
BOILERS 7 Furnaces
BENEFIT 7 Fund raiser
ELG 3 Actress Taina
LARGE 5 Sweater size
ASSAD 5 Syrias president
BINS 4 Containers
ODA 3 Harem room
REPO 4 ___ Man
BOPEEP 6 Sheep loser
ENTRAPS 7 Snares
ATA 3 ___ loss: confused
DOS 3 Scale starters
EASE 4 Facility
PREXY 5 College prez
USER 4 ___-friendly
DEI 3 Agnus ___
YRS 3 Cen. parts
DIMES 5 Thin coins
REAL 4 Actual
PURA 4 Aqua ___
ASAN 4 Wise ___ owl
DEME 4 Greek commune
OPINE 5 Express a viewpoint
SELF 4 Word with it or my
EST 3 Part of i.e.
BAR 3 Taproom
BLATANT 7 Obvious
NOTEVEN 7 . . . was stirring, ___ a mouse: Moore
TREMOLO 7 Singing vibrato
TIEDYE 6 Color, la Grateful Dead
FIEF 4 Feudal estate
ADORES 6 Really likes
STRAD 5 Fine fiddle, briefly
HOYLE 5 Rules book man
SCAR 4 Duel memento
ORNO 4 TV oldie, Answer Yes ___
ETA 3 Greek letter
GIN 3 41 Down offering
UNI 3 Verse start
ADE 3 Summer quaff
ATOMS 5 Energy source
NEW 3 Spanking ___
BEARD 5 Blue or Black
BENET 5 John Browns Body writer
OVA 3 Eggs
ICIER 5 More frosted
SMELLARAT 9 Sense something wrong
NURSE 5 ER worker
OPS 3 Rheas Roman counterpart
OLD 3 Trite
CAD 3 No-goodnik
HES 3 Shes opposite
ROTH 4 Portnoy creator
SIGHTSEERS 10 Some vacationers
BRAIN 5 Einstein type
CAME 4 Attended
DAVE 4 Columnist Barry
SARGES 6 Some NCOs
MAR 3 Deface
IDES 4 March time
HEARINGOF 9 Learning about
ACES 4 Experts
DEN 3 Comfy room
ODISTS 6 Pindaric penners
NAME 4 Choose
ALES 4 Tapped quaffs
DECAL 5 Stick-on
INBADTASTE 10 Vulgar
SAXO 4 Denmarks ___Grammaticus
MAL 3 ___ de mer
ASP 3 Horned viper
USE 3 Take advantage of
PIS 3 Greek letters
APEAR 5 . . . in ___ tree
SOFTTOUCH 9 Pushover
TEMPT 5 Entice
ELF 3 Sprite
TELAE 5 Layers of tissue
ESSES 5 Curvatures
DEY 3 Susan, of Echo Park
ARABS 5 Kuwaitis
ABSORBS 7 Sponges up
TEMPORA 7 O ___! O mores!
ONESTAR 7 Brigadier Generals decoration
MEL 3 Allen or Blanc
STLO 4 WWII city
NORDIC 6 Scandian
EVA 3 Infamous Braun
WATCHMAN 8 Night worker
BINDS 5 Predicaments
ECU 3 Old French coin
AIRHEAD 7 No-brainer
RESERVE 7 Save
DRESSES 7 Attire
ALS 3 Capp and Capone
ATERGO 6 In the rear: L.
HIGHSEA 7 Full tide
GAMINES 7 Street kids
EDIFIES 7 Uplifts
NEE 3 Miss named
SADATS 6 1978 Nobelist, and kin
RELAPSED 8 Fell back
ODD 3 Uneven
ANIMATE 7 Draw cels
CANAPES 7 Fancy munchies
EMBLEMS 7 Badges
SCAPULA 7 Shoulder blade
TAXICAB 7 Hack
SLOSHES 7 Flounders
STUFFY 6 Strait-laced
DARTS 5 Tavern game
EST 3 Founded: abbr.
ETTA 4 Kett or Place
APE 3 Barbary beast
OLE 3 Cuadrilla shout
OER 3 Anthem word
CEILS 5 Overlays the overhead?
SILO 4 Farm outbuilding
VAST 4 Expansive
ARNIE 5 Army leader
ASEA 4 Lost
EDER 4 Fulda feeder
TAKECAREOF 10 Start of Chesterfield quote
LUTE 4 Pear-shaped stringed instrument
ETS 3 46 Down crew members
TSAR 4 Russian despot
KOLAS 5 African nut trees
ROTE 4 From memory
THEMINUTES 10 More of quote
AREAS 5 Code and rug
EVER 4 Veer in another way?
HENAN 5 Heavily populated Chinese province
ENOS 4 Seths son
DOE 3 John or Jane
ANDTHEHOURSWILL 15 More of quote
LOS 3 ___ Alamos
ATES 4 Old-time actor Roscoe
EASES 5 Relaxes
ANNA 4 Magnani or Pavlova
BUTTS 5 Fights like rams
TAKECAREOF 10 More of quote
TOGO 4 Type of order
ADORE 5 Hold in reverence
LOOP 4 36 Down milieu
LEA 3 Meadowland
TERI 4 A Garr
THEMSELVES 10 End of quote
ALAE 4 Wings
ROVE 4 Lead the nomads life
REESE 5 Touched by an Angel star
SANS 4 Without, in Nancy
APED 4 Mimicked
MEDES 5 Members of an ancient Iranian people
CATER 5 Put on a party
ERATO 5 Muse of poetry
INKSTANDS 9 Former desk features
LIE 3 Tigers concern
SECT 4 Religious denomination
SARAHS 6 Miles and Bernhardt
ISERE 5 Rhone feeder
LEO 3 Composer Delibes
OAF 3 Bumpkin
VELOUR 6 Upholstery fabric
ADULT 5 Kind of admission
SETAE 5 Bristles
TRESS 5 Lock
ASTA 4 Movie dog
KNESSET 7 Israels parliament
ERAT 4 Part of QED
MENU 4 Bill of fare
IVOR 4 Actor Novello
ENHANCE 7 Augment
HAL 3 Computer for 2001
ENO 3 Rock composer Brian
EOS 3 Greek dawn goddess
DISSOLVED 9 Came up with a solution?
OLE 3 Corrida cry
ELS 3 Form of rapid transit
ETNA 4 Sicilian volcano
HEAR 4 Learn
WATT 4 One joule per second
AERIES 6 Eagles nests
BOOMED 6 Thundered
UFOS 4 Sci-fi fodder
TATAS 5 Soho so longs
ADELA 5 Rogers St. John
KORAN 5 Sacred text of Islam
ELEVE 5 Ecole registrant
GEESE 5 Ganders
OASES 5 Gobi greenery
PERM 4 Salon offering, shortly
TRA 3 Musical syllable
HOP 3 50s dance
LEE 3 Sheltered side
MESA 4 Tableland
EYED 4 Gawked
TAPES 5 Records
ATTU 4 Westernmost Aleutian island
LEDA 4 Mother of Castor and Pollux
ORALE 5 Papal cape
SCAT 4 Fort of 54 Down
MAIN 4 Paramount
PINOT 5 White table wine
THROWTHEGAME 12 Cheat, in a way
MARS 4 Fourth planet from the sun
MOLARS 6 Teeth
ATEASE 6 Military command
BIAS 4 Prejudice
DEP 3 Bankbook abbreviation
FIXTHEFIGHT 11 Cheat, in a way
ADA 3 Nabokov novel
LACE 4 Add liquor to a beverage
ENE 3 Dallas-to-Memphis dir.
EGAD 4 Mild oath
ARE 3 100 square meters
LOADTHEDICE 11 Cheat, in a way
MAP 3 Atlas page
ANTS 4 Formicary residents
ARGOTS 6 Specialized vocabularies
ESTATE 6 Probate concern
ESTE 4 Tivolis Villa d___
STACKTHEDECK 12 Cheat, in a way
OKAPI 5 Giraffes relative
ELHI 4 Sch. designation
OLLA 4 ___ podrida
CIVIC 5 Pertaining to a municipality
LEIS 4 Luau mementos
ULAN 4 ___ Bator, Mongolia
SPACE 5 Michener title
LECH 4 Walesa, of Poland
TAME 4 Subdued
MAST 4 Spar
ETCH 4 Engrave
STAR 4 Have the lead
AUTOMATE 8 Convert to machinery
ELMTREE 7 Shade provider
YEAHS 5 Slangy assents
EDIE 4 Actress Adams
DANG 4 Mild oath
TOPMOST 7 Highest
ARIEL 5 Sharon, of Israel
PAN 3 Woodland deity, in myth
ELO 3 Do Ya rock group
SET 3 Word between game and match
WASH 4 Cleanse
AMAH 4 Asian nursemaid
ADAGIO 6 Slowly, in music
REDACT 6 Edit
SPADES 6 Suit
AFLAME 6 On fire
TIARAS 6 Beauty pageant props
EXCEPT 6 Excluding
BINDS 5 Secures
IGET 4 But ___ a kick . . .
FEAT 4 Exploit
EDGEDOUT 8 Narrowly beat
LATTICE 7 Framework for climbing plants
ONEA 4 Presleys classification, once
HASHISH 7 Hemp plant extract
ERTE 4 Russian-born artist and designer
ASPIC 5 Jellied meat
ETHIC 5 Principle of good conduct
CELL 4 Prisoners place
KLEE 4 Swiss artist
ELLA 4 First name in 17 Across
CLAM 4 Quahog, e.g.
KANE 4 Citizen of Hollywood?
OCS 3 2nd Lt. school
KIP 3 Untanned hide
AVA 3 Gardner
DWARF 5 Snow Whites companion
RELIC 5 Old fogy: sl.
JEB 3 Watergate figure Magruder
ROSIE 5 Talk show host ODonnell
EDINA 5 Gopher State suburb
OSO 3 Barcelona bear
JOHNNYBENCH 11 #5 for the Reds
ETE 3 Nice summer
DAUNT 5 Discourage
ODDER 5 More out of whack
PALTERS 7 Equivocates
TORIES 6 Whigs opposition
ABOARD 6 All ___!
PROTEM 6 Kind of president
TOURS 5 They can be guided
GEARS 5 ___ up: gets ready
ATT 3 Esq.
TUBA 4 Oompah sounder
REACT 5 Respond
AGRA 4 Site of the Taj Mahal
ITO 3 Los Angeles judge
SALLY 5 Actress Struthers
ANGER 5 Look Back in ___
UNWISE 6 Imprudent
RETINA 6 The eyes have it
FADEIN 6 Martin Scorsese technique
PERIODS 7 Three, in a hockey game
AKRON 5 Ohio industrial center
PIANO 5 Billy Joels instrument
LIE 3 Links position
GEORGEBRETT 11 #5 for the Royals
STA 3 RR stop
EDEMA 5 Root rot
INLAW 5 Relative by marriage
EAU 3 ___ de cologne
ROMAN 5 Nero, for one
CAIRO 5 Lorre role in The Maltese Falcon
DRJ 3 Julius Ervings nickname
WOO 3 Court
ASH 3 Fire proof
RIN 3 ___ Tin Tin
FENDERS 7 Car parts
REBUS 5 Picture puzzle
EDEN 4 Paradise
LINT 4 Fuzz
INC 3 Business magazine
CAHOOTS 7 Conspiracy
JOEDIMAGGIO 11 #5 for the Yankees
ESTEE 5 First name in mascara
BOERS 5 Afrikaners, once
YARD 4 Weekend chore locale
DRE 3 Rap doctor
PATTI 5 Singer Page
ABOUT 5 Close
LOUBOUDREAU 11 #5 for the Indians
TARA 4 Mitchell plantation
TORT 4 Civil wrong
PEALE 5 Noted clergyman
RACY 4 Risque
GELS 4 Mousses
TREND 5 Whats in vogue
TARAS 5 ___ Bulba
RAIN 4 1966 Beatles hit
ANTI 4 Type of hero
SWINGER 7 Lothario
AEROBIC 7 Certain exercise
NEO 3 ___-Darwinism
RENE 4 Lacoste, of tennis
FALSE 5 Test answer
AKITA 5 Japanese watchdog
PAGAN 5 Idol worshiper
POEM 4 Annabel Lee, e.g.
IRMA 4 ___ La Douce
EDO 3 Shogun capital
RNA 3 Cytoplasm stuff
ELI 3 Boola-boola boy
TAR 3 Salt
TWO 3 Company definition
EGAD 4 Holy cow!
STAGS 5 Antlered animals
DODO 4 Dumb cluck
MAGI 4 Crche trio
ORLON 5 Leisure suit fabric
AVER 4 Say for sure
TMAN 4 Fed
LAINE 5 Cleo or Frankie
NEST 4 Love ___
PROJECTGEMINI 13 Two-man NASA program
SIDE 4 Kind of saddle
ROE 3 Potential perch
ALLAN 5 Detective Pinkerton
RAG 3 Syncopated song
PLANT 5 Factory
SLOUGH 6 Backwater
NNE 3 Phoenix-to-Denver dir.
MOE 3 Curlys tormentor
TAURUSMOUNTAINS 15 Range in Turkey
EMS 3 Middle of summer?
TAD 3 Little bit
DAMSEL 6 Lass
RAYON 5 Butcher linen
REB 3 Shiloh soldier
TESTA 5 Luigis head
PEA 3 Little legume
OMAR 4 Golfer Uresti
AGEOFAQUARIUS 13 Hair song
SCAN 4 Car radio button
TRUNK 5 Footlocker
CROP 4 Riding whip
ARTE 4 He played Edgar on Bewitched
ONICE 5 In reserve
AGRA 4 Indian tourist town
DEER 4 Robin Hoods quarry
NOTER 5 Observer
NEED 4 Financial aid basis
EMT 3 Paramedic: abbr.
GAMP 4 Large umbrella
AGAR 4 Temples first husband
DINOSAUR 8 Paleontologists study
SOLED 5 Like a loafer
TRACER 6 Visible bullet
ALIT 4 Detrained
GONG 4 Deep bell
SNEER 5 Vile smile
DANIEL 6 Bible book
OVEN 4 Gingerbread house feature
DESI 4 Babaloo singer
ORT 3 Supper scrap
JINGU 5 ___ Kogo: Japanese empress
MOP 3 Janitors tool
ASTER 5 September bloom
LLAMA 5 Andean animal
LOUSY 5 No good
ANODE 5 Positive pole
GNU 3 Serengeti sight
AMISS 5 Out of kilter
NONET 5 Composition for nine voices
TESLA 5 Electricity pioneer
HST 3 FDRs successor
END 3 Abolish
MAR 3 Del ___, CA
TATAR 5 Genghis Khan, e.g.
AMERICAN 8 The A in AKC
OPENER 6 First game
NEO 3 Classical beginning
BOUNCE 6 Dribble
AFTON 5 Sweet stream
MAKER 5 Home add-on
ACRE 4 Pasture portion
GATE 4 Belmont Stakes starting point
ARNO 4 River under the Ponte Vecchio
QUIT 4 Call it a day
URGE 4 Impulse
SORE 4 Steamed
SAD 3 Long-faced
PAD 3 Word with launch or legal
PITA 4 Pocket bread
SCALD 5 Burn, in a way
URAL 4 River to the Caspian Sea
ARID 4 Saharan
ARTIE 5 Clarinetist Shaw
NUDE 4 Art class figure
TIGERWOODS 10 1999 PGA winner
PROM 4 Dance with a limo?
ESE 3 112.5 deg.
ERAL 4 Of an age
KAABA 5 Moslem shrine
BEETLEBAILEY 12 Inept GI, in the comics
HAROLD 6 Hastings loser
LAND 4 Polaroid camera inventor
EGOS 4 Self: pl.
DILLS 5 Some pickles
IBN 3 Son of, in Arabic names
CROCODILEDUNDEE 15 1986 Paul Hogan title role
KAT 3 Krazy ___
RATON 5 Squeal?
IONA 4 Inner Hebrides island
AINT 4 Slangy negative
BILLET 6 Troop lodging
GOOSEGOSSAGE 12 70s ace relief pitcher for the Yankees
ANVIL 5 Smiths implement
NERO 4 Rexs sleuth
DAS 3 ___ Boot
FEED 4 Nourish
BEARBRYANT 10 Longtime Bama coach
FARE 4 Cabbys customer
BARGE 5 River vessel
MUTE 4 Remote setting
ELTS 4 Piglets
CREEL 5 Catch basket
ABET 4 Help with a heist
PATE 4 Goose liver delicacy
IRIS 4 Goddess of the rainbow
TIGE 4 Buster Browns dog
ADE 3 Fruity cooler
SAWRED 6 Became irate
CROAT 5 Eastern European
ATOLL 5 Coral formation
LID 3 Cover
DES 3 ___ Moines
UNPAID 6 Like accumulated bills?
RURAL 5 RFD word
ADOBE 5 Sun-dried brick
LEMAY 5 Wallaces running-mate
REEL 4 Stagger
KANSU 5 Chinese province
BOSC 4 Anjou alternative
ELLEN 5 Actress DeGeneres
BALD 4 Unadorned
HECK 4 Mild expletive
AGRA 4 Site of a Mogul memorial
ROOT 4 1912 Peace Nobelist
DITTO 5 The same
ILO 3 Worldwide workers grp.
IDOL 4 Object of worship
BENE 4 Nota ___
NEAT 4 Tidy
ORIEL 5 Projecting window
DANG 4 See 26 Down
NILE 4 Shade of green
ASIDES 6 Words to the audience
BARBEL 6 Catfish sensory organ
IGOR 4 Lab assistant, in literature
GAFFE 5 Social blunder
ONEAL 5 1992-93 NBA Rookie of the Year
OVERT 5 Apparent
SNARE 5 Trap
SERGE 5 Suit material
DAUB 4 Lay it on thick
ANTE 4 Pay to get in
STET 4 Editors notation
BBC 3 Eng. channel
EAR 3 Musical acumen
YMA 3 Singer Sumac
CEOS 4 Business leaders
SHOD 4 Like many horses
CARNE 5 Chili con ___
ALIA 4 Inter ___
HOWE 4 American inventor
OVERT 5 Public
TALC 4 Magnesium silicate
ALLA 4 ___ breve
RAJAH 5 Indian prince
NICKELDEFENSE 13 Gridiron formation
ANA 3 Literary collection
LAST 4 Shoemakers mold
LITCHI 6 Fruit thats a nut
PENCIL 6 Low-tech recording device
SSE 3 Lagos-to-Cape Town dir.
TAN 3 Very light brown
HEADQUARTERS 12 Main office
ASTA 4 Movie dog
OUR 3 ___ Town
EDIT 4 Make corrections
STOPSONADIME 12 Brakes skillfully
TUN 3 Large cask
HRE 3 Former fed.
NESTED 6 Made a home for 7 Down
IBERIA 6 Where Catalan is spoken
ACTS 4 Does something
EXE 3 English river
PENNYDREADFUL 13 Reading matter
STONE 5 Building block
AZAN 4 Summons to prayer
ALDA 4 Actor Alan
GREER 5 Feminist Germaine
LEND 4 Accept an IOU
COEN 4 Film maker Joel or Ethan
TAMES 5 Curbs
USES 4 Employs
ENDO 4 Prefix for carp or derm
CATNAP 6 Short siesta
ELAINE 6 Character on Seinfeld
OILCAN 6 Container with a spout
SACK 4 Word before cloth or race
SHALALA 7 Clinton cabinet member
HOLDS 5 Is in effect
OWLET 5 Young raptor
DEAF 4 Refusing to listen
CORNIER 7 More unsophisticated
AVAST 5 Nautical command
REJECTED 8 Sent back
NRA 3 Lobbying org.
ETH 3 Ordinal suffix
ELIE 4 Nobelist Wiesel
ELSA 4 Ms. Lanchester
HARI 4 Mata ___
INST 4 Smithsonian, e.g.: abbr.
CHAP 4 Fellow
SURD 4 Irrational number
DONE 4 Finished
QUA 3 Sine ___ non
TEES 4 Golf pegs
ASTI 4 Wine region
STUB 4 Remainder of 28 Across
TONEPOEM 8 Orchestral composition
SHINERS 7 Eye problems?
ORAN 4 Algerian seaport
INTENDS 7 Means
MESA 4 Flat formation
TEFLON 6 Protective coating
EXUDED 6 Oozed
DELANO 6 Presidential middle name
RENEE 5 Actress Taylor
ADZES 5 Wood-dressing tools
CRANE 5 Lifting machine
YALU 4 Asian river
DACE 4 Carp relative
SGT 3 NCO
TRA 3 Refrain syllable
BANGS 5 Shoot-em-up sounds
TAME 4 Mediocre, in a way
OBIT 4 Final notice
OPART 5 Design style
ONYX 4 Black stone
PONY 4 A short shot
OSTIA 5 Town in central Italy
RASP 4 Type of file
ASAP 4 When the boss wants it done, quickly
BELLYBUTTON 11 Adam didnt have one
ONE 3 Chorus Line finale
LIES 4 Some are white
SIMMER 6 Slow boil
RUBENS 6 Flemish painter
THECOB 6 Corn on ___
ERR 3 Goof
GENRE 5 Painting category
ETUDE 5 Piano piece
AGOG 4 Eager
TEARS 5 Rends
SDAK 4 Pierre is its cap.
REWED 5 Tie a double knot?
SCRAP 5 Put up a fight
DDE 3 Ikes monogram
BERATE 6 Scold
BRAYED 6 The donkey did it
CAESAR 6 Roman biggie
TIER 4 Top ___: the best
ALA 3 Common menu term
BACKBREAKER 11 The last straw
VETO 4 Nix
FINO 4 Style of sherry
NIEVE 5 Snow in Spain
INEZ 4 Portuguese version of Agnes
ANON 4 In a bit
ENROL 5 Sign up: var.
LENS 4 Eye part
TETE 4 Mal de ___
DYNES 5 Units of force
BOOB 4 Simpleton
APSE 4 Church section
NATL 4 The N in NFL
GRILLE 6 Screen
STAYING 7 Kind of power
TORUS 5 Doughnut shape
ANAT 4 Medical school subj.
MYST 4 Subtle computer game
EXPOSE 6 Tell-all article
OPA 3 ___ Locka, FL
BOSOMBUDDY 10 Main man
INANE 5 Pointless
TYPER 5 Steno
BESET 5 Harass
NICE 4 French resort
MOTS 4 Jeu de ___: puns
REAR 4 Bring up
URGE 4 Prod
BROWBEATEN 10 Bullied
TRACE 5 Smidgen
HERR 4 German gentlemans title
NEST 4 Its for the birds
DADE 4 Miamis county, formerly
EKED 4 Just got by, with out
GEES 4 A few thou
SABIR 5 French-based pidgin language
DRAB 4 Dull as dishwater
PREENED 7 Primped
ARAFAT 6 PLO biggie
ARAINY 6 ___ Night in Georgia
CAVIL 5 Nit-pick
ALENE 5 Coeur d___, ID
TBONE 5 Porterhouse relative
CINE 4 Movie prefix
KNOT 4 Word with lovers or square
KERN 4 Writer of many Broadway scores
EVOE 4 Bacchanalian yippee!
RELS 4 Bro. and sis., e.g.
OZS 3 There are 16 in a pt.
BATHS 5 Spa and city
SSS 3 Radiator sound
EPSOM 5 Brits racing town
ASHOT 5 Start of a summer weather simile
ACE 3 Best service
TOILE 5 Sheer fabric
STORE 5 Squirrel
LAT 3 Torso muscle, at the gym
ARTEL 5 Co-op for Ivan
HOUSEMAPHOGTEST 15 ROAD TRAILERS
ELIDE 5 Drop vowels
REM 3 Eyelid spasms, for short
CABER 5 Pole for tossing
LUCRETIA 8 One of the Borgias
SANE 4 Able to stand trial
EROS 4 Picadilly statue
ENACT 5 Pass on the Hill?
URGE 4 Itch
ICE 3 Kind of bag or axe
PLAT 4 Realtors map
ETUDE 5 Chopin piece
OKRA 4 Creole pod
RUMS 4 Zombie ingredients
RESONATE 8 Vibrate musically
REESE 5 Della, from Detroit
GAG 3 Stunt, to stuntmen
DRESS 5 Kind of circle
DUCKBEDBOATSIDE 15 RIVER TRAILERS
APPAL 5 Unnerve
WAD 3 Much money
HUNAN 5 Chinese province
STOLE 5 Thiefs neckwear?
IND 3 Brickyards st.
ERODE 5 Eat away
HOSED 5 Fought fires
SKY 3 Limit, sometimes
RENOS 5 General and city
BASH 4 Swinging party
ASTO 4 In re
THOU 4 G
HORSEBEEDOGKALE 15 SEA TRAILERS
STEELE 6 TV eye
SALAD 5 Kind of days
SCAPELOCKEDBANK 15 LAND TRAILERS
SETH 4 First name in clocks
ETAGERE 7 Knick-knack holder
PORTMENPRESSURE 15 AIR TRAILERS
SITE 4 Habitat
OLES 4 Corrida cries
MELT 4 Become less aloof
MIRE 4 Bog
ORC 3 Grampus
CARTE 5 Menu
ANGUS 5 Black ___
USER 4 ___ -friendly
TALUS 5 Foot part
ICAME 5 Start of Caesars boast
ATTS 4 Mouthpieces: abbr.
SUER 4 Belli or Bailey, often
RIOT 4 Scream: sl.
ENABLED 7 Sanctioned
AREA 4 See 11 Down
AGE 3 Census query
ESTHER 6 Williams
RODDY 5 McDowell
DASH 4 Elan
UPTO 4 Involved in
CPOS 4 Sharky, et al.
DWIS 4 Drivers banes: abbr.
INON 4 Privy to
DADO 4 Pedestal part
ENES 4 Chemical suffixes
TAMA 4 Novelist Janowitz
SCAT 4 Jazz genre
LAPIS 5 Sky-blue
AMOR 4 Latin love
PONE 4 Corncake
ARROW 5 Fletchers product
REDO 4 Make another version
ARTE 4 Ruths Laugh-In costar
REATA 5 Giant ranch
ONEMORNINGINMAY 15 Hoagy Carmichael song
ANTE 4 The A in AM
RAT 3 Farmer in the Dell designation
LEG 3 Punters pride
EARSHOT 7 Within ___
CAT 3 Bremen Town musician
ALOHA 5 Hello, to Ho
EAU 3 ___ Claire, WI
TALE 4 Peter Rabbit, e.g.
TWOSLEEPYPEOPLE 15 Hoagy Carmichael song
HAST 4 Owns: archaic
SET 3 Put out to sea, with sail
RERAN 5 Tried for a second term
EYE 3 Check out
ATLANTA 7 Gone With the Wind setting
ANY 3 One or more
CRO 3 ___-Magnon
OATS 4 Churchill Downs diet
THREEPENNYOPERA 15 Mack the Knife musical, with The
ROAST 5 Cook wieners
COAL 4 UMW members output
ALAS 4 Wistful word
OPRAH 5 First name in talk shows
HUGO 4 Dune award
ROTH 4 Type of IRA
TIARA 5 Royal crown
ONER 4 Something unique
KNEE 4 Elbows counterpart
TARO 4 Purple potato
AMEN 4 Sanctuary section, with 6 Down
MODE 4 Depeche ___
AROMA 5 Pizzaria emanation
SPARTA 6 Peloponnesian War side
CORNER 6 See 2 Down
ANTI 4 Start to freeze
TEEN 4 Joan of Arc, e.g.
LARIAT 6 Cow catcher
ARENT 5 Dont exist
PRAM 4 Tots transport
IOTA 4 Skosh
SWAY 4 Influence
ONEAL 5 Influence
GROUP 5 More than one
LATHE 5 Mary McCarthy book, with The
ELWAY 5 Super Bowl XXXIII MVP
GOOSE 5 Silly one
SEPTA 5 Nasal partitions
HAY 3 Cow chow
CAPRA 5 It Happened One Night director
ALLAN 5 Detective Pinkerton
TEENY 5 Itsy-bitsy
HST 3 FDRs successor
TOE 3 Pedicurists target
ESTOP 5 Prevent, legally
EEL 3 Bioelectric swimmer
ERATO 5 Sapphos Muse
ARETHA 6 The Queen of Soul
NONAGE 6 Adolescence
TAYLOR 6 She played Cleopatra
CESAR 5 Labor leader Chavez
SPARK 5 Court: sl.
TROT 4 Double-time pace
HOPI 4 Pueblo people
RARA 4 ___ avis
ECHO 4 Sonar signal
NOUN 4 Coffee or tea, e.g.
ELON 4 North Carolina college
RATE 4 Word with cut or prime
ASHE 4 Newcombes nemesis
SOLO 4 One Alone, for one
SMITS 5 Jimmy, of NYPD Blue, formerly
ROOF 4 Mouth area
OVID 4 Metamorphoses author
PANEL 5 Miss America committee, e.g.
ANKA 4 My Way songwriter
RAMSHACKLE 10 In bad shape
STIR 4 Get moving
ALP 3 Chamonix sight
ERAS 4 Victorian, Romantic, etc.
ESTHER 6 Ahasuerus queen
ELKO 4 City on the Humboldt
SPREE 5 Binge
SABLES 6 Palace wear
DISARRAY 8 Confusion
TIEIN 5 Connection
LOTOS 5 The ___ Eaters: Tennyson
OLE 3 Miss preceder
ADDS 4 Seeks the bottom line
COLON 5 Sentence breaker
SCAM 4 Trickery
FER 3 ___-de-lance
COVEN 5 Hags assembly
LAKME 5 Delibes opera
FRAZZLED 8 Worn-out
DAMSON 6 Plum
GOALS 5 Ambitions
PEPE 4 Tio ___
ANGORA 6 Mohair-coated goat
MAAS 4 Serpico author
BAA 3 Farm call
CALM 4 Far from flustered
TUMBLEDOWN 10 In bad shape
EPEE 4 Duelers choice
EMILE 5 Middleweight champ Griffith
ANON 4 Mystery writer?
SADD 4 Anti-drinking group: acron.
SAVOR 5 Relish
WYLE 4 Noah, of ER
SORA 4 Marsh bird
OVAL 4 Face shape
LIMP 4 Flaccid
ODS 3 Mil. wear
SPARKS 6 Campfire activity
MACAO 5 Recently returned to China
INKS 4 Signs
TEL 3 ITT part
SLEEPSON 8 Considers
RASTER 6 Computer screen lines
ONTHEROCKS 10 In bad shape
OKIE 4 ___ from Muskogee
FARR 4 Klinger, on M*A*S*H
HELEN 5 Trojan beauty
SRAS 4 Wives of Juarez: abbr.
ELIS 4 CT collegians
SITON 5 Do nothing about
STAFF 5 Masthead listing
AIDER 5 Friend in need
BEDRAGGLED 10 In bad shape
DOLED 5 Rationed
ALAMO 5 Symbol of resistance
YEMEN 5 Sanaas republic
LOVES 5 Digs
COLLATES 8 Merges data
SAME 4 d, 39 ,Mr. Big
LAPSE 5 Spiritual fall
ZOOMED 6 Blasted off
DEALER 6 Shoe man?
PABLO 5 Poet Neruda
ACES 4 Youre ___ with me!
NAPA 4 Vintners valley
MMIV 4 Near future year
BONY 4 Emaciated
AWOL 4 Missing mil. person
ANNE 4 The Witching Hour author Rice
UMA 3 Ms. Thurman
DAW 3 Marjorie, of rhyme
BERG 4 Castoff from an ice shelf
ARAM 4 Saroyan title name
USOFA 5 The good ol ___
EREI 4 Part of the Elba palindrome
SAME 4 Identical
SUMAC 5 Yma, of musical fame
ROADSLEADTOROME 15 All . . .
TOMEI 5 Actress Marisa
DUO 3 Twosome
NOES 4 Negative votes
ONES 4 Washington bills
SOBA 4 Japanese noodle
THINGSTOALLMEN 14 All . . .
HENS 4 Biddies
PAC 3 Washington pressure group: acron.
VENOM 5 Copperhead weapon
ELK 3 Moose
ONGUARD 7 Alert
OBE 3 High honor, in the UK
ALEUT 5 Unimak native, e.g.
LIE 3 Golf ball position
SLEW 4 Large number
ORNOTHINGATALL 14 All . . .
BEBE 4 Neuwirth, of Cheers
USDA 4 Meat-stamping agcy.
ESSO 4 Old US gas brand
AAA 3 Bumper sticker letters
ARGON 5 Inert gas
THEWORLDSASTAGE 15 All . . .
AUGER 5 Boring tool
TAIL 4 It follows a kite
LILT 4 Rhythmic cadence
LEADS 5 Guides
HYDE 4 Jekylls alter ego
ETES 4 Summers, in France
BERT 4 Lahr or Parks
EROO 4 Switch ending
REAM 4 Chew out
GIDEONS 7 Hotel bibles, informally
ASL 3 Lip reading alt.
RAE 3 Charlotte, of stage and screen
AMAD 4 Diary of ___ Housewife
MEDUSA 6 One of the Gorgons
USO 3 Social group for GIs
SURNAME 7 Patronym
OMOO 4 Typee sequel
FAME 4 Renown
ACES 4 Killer tennis serves
SING 4 Warble
TOOL 4 Saw, e.g.
ESPN 4 Sports cable ch.
STAG 4 Kind of party
BLVD 4 Broad ave.
THEA 4 ___ -Team
HELLO 5 Phone greeting
INKER 5 Comic strip finisher
OCULI 5 Circular openings
ENOLA 5 ___ Gay
NOBEL 5 Swedish prize
MEWL 4 Cry
OTOE 4 Western Indian
AINU 4 Northernmost Japanese
REGS 4 Rules, for short
UNBOWED 7 Not yielding
STARTLE 7 Frighten suddenly
TBAR 4 Ski lift
HEALTH 6 Well-being
ADAS 4 Lovelace, and others
ETAL 4 And others
SHUE 4 Elisabeth, of film
SEGA 4 Video game name
ADAY 4 Forevers partner
GAIT 4 Walk
OGLE 4 Leer
NETS 4 Court dividers
ORS 3 Some hospital rms.
SID 3 Caesar, of comedy
ALE 3 Pub brew
FACE 4 Visage
OHARA 5 Novelist John
ZAPS 4 Hits
EDOM 4 Esau
POWER 5 Electricity
ERIA 4 Wild silkworm
REMOVEOLDFINISH 15 Sand
ALP 3 High peak
ANTS 4 Picnic pests
VIDAL 5 Novelist Gore
LAO 3 Asian language
PEI 3 National Gallery architect
MOAT 4 Castle protection
SLIDEDOWNHILL 13 Coast
DRIED 5 Treated tobacco leaves
ENNA 4 Sicilian resort
NEO 3 Prefix for natal or classical
YETI 4 Abominable Snowman
TACKS 5 Turns a ship
TSAR 4 Former ruler
ENO 3 Brian, of music
KONA 4 Hawaiian city
SEINE 5 Fishermans net
STRINGOFBEADS 13 Strand
NOON 4 Darkness at ___
AXL 3 Rocker Rose
TAU 3 Greek letter
CREST 5 Cocks comb
AREA 4 Zone
EMS 3 Printers measures
LATESINGERDINAH 15 Shore
AJAR 4 Slightly open
QUEST 5 Search
ACNE 4 Skin condition
WALT 4 Disney or Whitman
STETS 5 Marks a manuscript
NEAR 4 In the vicinity
FERAL 5 Untamed
ADELA 5 ___ Rogers St. Johns
COMPOSITOR 10 Print shop employee
EMO 3 Comedian Philips
OPENED 6 Took out the cork
HOOTIE 6 ___ and the Blowfish
AWLS 4 Piercing tools
RED 3 Vermilion or scarlet
ARF 3 Canine exclamation
ZENITH 6 Nadirs opposite
ARID 4 Like the Sahara
PISA 4 City on the Arno
SAHL 4 Comedian Mort
VAPID 5 Dull
IVANA 5 Ex-Mrs. Trump
MONK 4 Man with a tonsure
OWNS 4 Has
LEI 3 Garland from 42 Across
DECAF 5 Tea option
INSISTENCE 10 Repeated demands
LEAN 4 Slender
LORE 4 Traditional knowledge
DYES 4 Woad and indigo
RENT 4 Pulitzer winner of 1996
TOGO 4 African nation
ANON 4 Soon
TED 3 ABCs Koppel
KNOTS 5 Speed units
SALAD 5 Caesar or Waldorf
INSERT 6 What a caret means
BAREST 6 Least adequate
EXERTS 6 Puts in action
AMANA 5 Iowa commune
USHER 5 Theater employee
CLAW 4 Part of a birds foot
RAJA 4 Indian prince
ETAL 4 List ending
AGEE 4 A Death in the Family author
IQS 3 Mensa criteria, for short
NUT 3 Cashew or filbert
IAN 3 Golfer Woosnam
DARTS 5 Pointed pub game
ORB 3 Little peeper?
MILE 4 Coes distance
ADIOS 5 So long
RIO 3 Riveras river
WINOS 5 They head for port
DODGECITY 9 Old West cattle town
ADMIT 5 Let in
HOTDOG 6 Showoff
ATE 3 Had a dog
PARAGON 7 Nonesuch
SNORTER 7 Snifter
SLUSHY 6 Early spring condition, underfoot
SNEERS 6 Reacts to jeers, perhaps
GESSO 5 Painting surface
VALETS 6 Parks cars
CHISHOLMTRAIL 13 Old West route
STALIN 6 USSR name
ALLOT 5 Pass out
EBOATS 6 WWII craft
FIESTA 6 One of the bowls
CONNOTE 7 Imply
SENSATE 7 Of perception
ANE 3 Wheel buy
WALLET 6 Bill holder
RICAN 5 Puerto ___
DUDERANCH 9 Replicated Old West
TEARS 5 Sprees
ENA 3 Spanish queen
ADIEU 5 So long
ERRS 4 Fouls up
RAN 3 Did a lap
MAPLE 5 Pin wood
DAD 3 June honoree
ADO 3 A stirring-up
RID 3 Unburden, with of
TOG 3 Garment
SSE 3 Cruise dir.
ORION 5 Constellation
RITT 4 Actor Martin
BOYDS 5 Stephen and William, of films
MID 3 Life or wife
INMATE 6 Cell occupant
LOITER 6 Hang around
ESTERS 6 Chemical compounds
WAGONTRAIN 10 Old West express
CHOY 4 Bok ___
ONSET 5 Start
PSG 3 Sleep pattern: abbr.
ALEC 4 Herring
RUSH 4 Hurry
ASSISAN 7 St. Francis was one
GHOSTTOWNS 10 Old West memories
RESALES 7 Twice sold items
VOL 3 Tennessee player, affectionately
ALI 3 Ring great
LMN 3 Alphabet run
HASTA 5 ___ la vista
ILSA 4 Infamous Koch
LOTT 4 DCs Trent
TAE 3 Edison monogram
ECARTE 6 Card game
BONIER 6 Skinnier
ONECAR 6 Kind of garage
FETE 4 Banquet, perhaps
ELDER 5 Type of statesman
SEDAN 5 Family car
LUNA 4 Silver, in alchemy
ARS 3 ___ Poetica
RAM 3 Fordham player
ADA 3 Miss Rehan
NIP 3 Clip off
CEL 3 Cartoon frame
HUE 3 Color range
LAWS 4 Congressional output
KNEW 4 Understood
OPERA 5 Massenet offering
ERAT 4 Part of QED
NARA 4 First capital of Japan
PENAL 5 Type of code
AGRA 4 Taj Mahal site
ARES 4 War god
ENATE 5 Descended on the mothers side
NUMBERCCHING 12 CPAs JOB
TESLA 5 Inventor Nikola
TED 3 Spread for drying
UNS 3 Us, in Essen
ERSE 4 Irish Gaelic
RADIATE 7 Emit, as light
ROADNERS 8 CHAPARRAL BIRDS
UNSER 5 Auto racer Al
OLD 3 Long in the tooth
ENGAGED 7 Fit to be tied?
ARN 3 Prince Valiants son
SLATS 5 Crib components
DISGTLES 8 MAKES DISCONTENT
SINATRA 7 Rat Pack member
ASEA 4 Lost
EON 3 A long, long time
ABA 3 Camels hair fabric
OUSTS 5 Removes from office
STHEGAUNTLET 12 COMES UNDER FIRE
RAMIE 5 Cordage source
LOST 4 Found partner
EINE 4 Emden individual
ALIEN 5 ET
ERIE 4 Storied canal
SCOT 4 Highlander
DIDST 5 Accomplished, Biblical style
SASS 4 Back talk
TENS 4 Big billfold fillers
LEANT 5 Was biased toward
ARGUE 5 Debate to the extreme
WARMS 5 Swarm, another way
STABLED 7 In a farm building
KNAR 4 Burl
NARC 4 Dealers pursuer, briefly
ERECT 5 Put up
WASHER 6 Part of a fastener
OPEN 4 Major golfing event
PENGUIN 7 Emperor ___
ENA 3 Spains last queen
RAT 3 Spill the beans
ALE 3 Pub potable
EARNEST 7 Quite serious
IDA 3 Lupino, of the silver screen
NASAL 5 Kind of passage
STERE 5 Cubic meter
SEN 3 Japanese coin
ERG 3 Unit of work
DUDGEON 7 Sullen humor
ERNS 4 Sea eagles
ROSS 4 Famed flag fabricator
OLLIE 5 Another of Frans trio
ADANO 5 Bell town, of fiction
SAD 3 Downcast
GIA 3 Actress Scala
ESS 3 Highway curve
TANSIES 7 Aromatic plants of Eurasia
TAUTEST 7 Most tense
RAH 3 College cheer
ABELES 6 White poplars
AGORA 5 Greek marketplace
SLICE 5 Pizza order
TENON 5 Mortise mate
STETS 5 Proofreaders words
TENT 4 Omars offering
ASIS 4 Bargain basement sign
UTES 4 Salt Lake City coeds
RAD 3 Outstanding!: sl.
ALI 3 The Greatest
MID 3 MM less DI
BOPS 4 Dances, 40s style
GALE 4 Strong wind
GATED 5 Like some communities
IRAE 4 Dies ___
ADEN 4 Former British colony
ABODE 5 Dwelling
LIRA 4 Money, in Milan
FLED 4 Left the scene hurriedly
MERGE 5 Amalgamate
GETTOFIRSTBASE 14 Make a start?
ELI 3 Samuels mentor
NEB 3 Beak
RIM 3 Periphery
CATS 4 1983 Tony winner
BRIT 4 Manchester man
ARE 3 .0247 of an acre
ARUBA 5 Island off Venezuela
TAIN 4 Mirror backing
SGTS 4 NCOs
BALLPARKFIGURES 15 Umps, approximately?
BRAY 4 Sound like an ass
DIET 4 Japanese parliament
OBESE 5 Corpulent
AER 3 ___ Lingus
MOOD 4 ___ Indigo
POSE 4 Sit
AAR 3 Rhine tributary
OAF 3 Clumsy guy
MBA 3 Degree for a CEO
OUTINLEFTFIELD 14 Without a clue?
MORAL 5 Aesops message
ANTI 4 Negative one
SNEE 4 Dirk
ANILE 5 Old womanish
MIEN 4 Demeanor
ETAL 4 Catchall abbreviation, for Ovid
LASER 5 Surgeons tool
EDNA 4 Purviance or OBrien
ESTA 4 This, in Galicia
BILGE 5 Oily place on an oiler
ORIEL 5 Projecting window
PARTICULAR 10 Choosy
SEAT 4 Pants part
GAFFES 6 Public blunders
ADLIB 5 Wing it
LEER 4 Ogle
ENDS 4 Concludes
GAMBIT 6 Tals option
ABEAM 5 At right angles to the keel
TORS 4 Rocky heights
EDGE 4 Nose out
DEE 3 Barely acceptable grade?
ONTAP 5 Saloon sign
TRINI 5 Singer Lopez
ABLY 4 Capably
BAKED 5 ___ Alaska
RIFT 4 Fissure
AGREEMENTS 10 Pacts
RTES 4 AAA recommendations
ESSE 4 Being: L.
ABBA 4 Hebrew father
RARE 4 Steak specification
TRIO 4 Small group
SUBS 4 Deli offerings
ADORN 5 Embellish
GOOFF 5 Burst
MAILER 6 The Naked and the Dead author
PATINA 6 Corrosion on a statue
ATALE 5 Beginning of a Dickens title
OFTEN 5 Frequently
BLEAT 5 Sound like a sheep
ADELA 5 ___ Rogers St. Johns
OONA 4 Mrs. Chaplin, the fourth
URIS 4 Battle Cry author
LAME 4 Fabric with metallic threads
ENID 4 Blyton, of kiddie-lit
ISEE 4 Acknowledging words
MAL 3 ___ de mer
TALK 4 Shoot the breeze
AMASS 5 Stockpile
HASH 4 Corned beef ___
EZIO 4 Singer Pinza
GENET 5 Civets cousin
ARLO 4 Woodstock performer
NOSH 4 Popcorn, e.g.
ENTER 5 Join
NEAT 4 Like Felix Unger
VALENTINESDAY 13 February event
RATA 4 Pro ___
WOE 3 Misfortune
CARAT 5 200 milligrams
LST 3 D-Day assault craft
SLOPE 5 Ski area
ARABIA 6 Lawrences land
OAR 3 Dory device
VAN 3 Family car
BEGINNINGOFLENT 15 Ash Wednesday
INE 3 Elephant chaser
ARA 3 Coach Parseghian
BEARER 6 Standard-___
NASTY 5 Ill-tempered
ARM 3 Type of wrestling
APTLY 5 In a befitting way
HEW 3 Chop down
ASTI 4 Sonoma County town
PRESIDENTSDAY 13 February event
OLEO 4 Toast topper
MEDIA 5 The press, TV, etc.
ALUM 4 Booster Club member
ROAR 4 Hearty laugh
PLEAT 5 Kilt fold
ROMA 4 Type of tomato
EDDY 4 Water whirl
SINCE 5 Ago
YEAR 4 Sabbaticals length
TEN 3 A perfect score
AZOV 4 Arm of the Black Sea
LISA 4 McRee, of Good Morning America
KOHLRABI 8 Stem cabbage
AGENT 5 Insurance or travel, e.g.
MENTAL 6 ___ telepathy
ANTI 4 The A in ABM
SEEN 4 Espied
STREW 5 Scatter around
HANDEL 6 Messiah composer
AREA 4 Kind of code
SLAY 4 Kill, as a dragon
HOT 3 On a roll
EATIN 5 Order a pizza
SOS 3 Mayday!
CABIN 5 Frontier home
ARENA 5 Salt Lake Citys Delta Center, e.g.
RAGES 5 Foams at the mouth
SONAR 5 Echolocation device
TAG 3 Schoolyard game
OVERT 5 In plain view
PANEL 5 Type of truck
ENTRY 5 ___ blank
ANA 3 LPNs group
ROB 3 Shoplift
IRA 3 Pension fund, for short
FEATS 5 Accomplishments
LAPIDARY 8 Gemologist
THEORY 6 Evolution, e.g.
YES 3 Toadys reply
MANIAC 6 Mad one
WIMPS 5 Losers
STATE 5 Put into words
PLOD 4 Trudge
READ 4 Crack the books
DELI 4 Reubens home
EDEN 4 Adams address
ALOE 4 Burn balm
YUMA 4 Arizona county
ORE 3 Edmund Fitzgeralds cargo
MAR 3 Spoil
SMILE 5 Victory lane look
HERO 4 The Last American ___
ROMP 4 Easy victory
LODEN 5 Waterproof wool
AMOS 4 Grandpa McCoy
ARIA 4 Sills solo
AVOID 5 Steer clear of
LIMA 4 Green bean
CAST 4 Plaster ___
YELLOWFLAG 10 Daytona 500 caution
ELSE 4 Additional
ARI 3 Town north of Fort Wayne
NEST 4 Hemlock home
ASU 3 Home of the Sun Devils, briefly
SNAPS 5 Ginger cookies
ARIEL 5 Moon of Uranus
NONSENSE 8 Hogwash
AMANDA 6 Tennis Coetzer
OBIT 4 Last words
EPSOM 5 ___ salts
CLIP 4 Football foul
DETOUR 6 Road construction sign
TRINKETS 8 Baubles
ERECT 5 At attention
GOODY 5 Treat
TSE 3 Half of an African fly
KEEL 4 Capsize, with over
SLO 3 ___ -pitch softball
EPIC 4 On a grand scale
WINSTONCUP 10 Daytona 500 circuit
ALDA 4 Linvilles TV co-star
IDEE 4 Normandy notion
NAIVE 5 Childlike
SEER 4 One with second sight
NEVE 4 Actress Campbell
EIDER 5 Comforter stuffing
TASS 4 Soviet news agency
GRAD 4 Commencement honoree, shortly
DREAM 5 Day follower
SLAY 4 Kill, as a dragon
MOVE 4 Chess play
IDOL 4 NASCAR favorite
LEILA 5 Kenzle, of Mad About You
ENDORSE 7 Stand behind
HALF 4 ___ Dome: Sierra Nevada peak
EMIL 4 Marlenes The Blue Angel co-star
ROMANS 6 Bible book
OSAGE 5 River to the Missouri
RACETRACK 9 Daytona International Speedway, e.g.
ORAL 4 Spoken
MISS 4 Overlook
PATE 4 Hors doeuvre spread
WINNER 6 Checkered flag taker
SAM 3 Dashiells detective
ANODE 5 Battery terminal
SOBER 5 On the wagon
UNITE 5 Join forces
ASP 3 Venomous viper
PESTO 5 Trattoria topping
INLET 5 North Carolinas Oregon ___
EDITS 5 Prepares for print
LAPSE 5 Word with memory or time
STOCKCARS 9 Daytona 500 entries
AMIDST 6 Between
ORO 3 Nogales gold
UTE 3 Rocky Mountain Indian
NYLONED 7 In pantyhose
GLIDER 6 Porch swing
EWING 5 #33, of the Knicks
ONAIR 5 Broadcast booth sign
EAST 4 Down ___, Maine
PLEA 4 Defense motion
IDES 4 Middle of March
NEVA 4 Miss America ___ Jane Langley
SEED 4 Watermelon leftover
CIDE 4 Suffix meaning killing
UVEA 4 Iris place
PERM 4 Salon request, in short
ODIE 4 Garfields friend
LOGJAM 6 Pileup
PRINTSOFWALES 13 Some British Isles maps
CEDERSOFLEBANON 15 Some Arab surrenderers
ARETE 5 Mountain ridge
ATAN 4 ___ impasse
USO 3 Bob Hope org.
BUR 3 Prickle
OKS 3 Go-aheads
EPSOM 5 ___ Downs: racetrack
BARS 4 Candy shapes
ETAL 4 And others
OCTAVE 6 Eight musical intervals
CLOSEDIN 8 ___ on: enveloped
THEGOLFOFMEXICO 15 Lee Trevinos game
SURMISED 8 Imagined
BLUEST 6 Down the most
ADEN 4 Yemeni seaport
MOSS 4 Static stone covering
HORNS 5 Tooters
CAY 3 Island
QUI 3 On the ___ vive
USE 3 No ___: futile
PAAR 4 Late show name
LAURA 5 Johnny Mercer song
THEREIGNINSPAIN 15 Queen Isabellas rule
AKUAKUWAITERS 13 Heyerdahl table-servers hiding Arab nation
SERENE 6 Calm
ASST 4 Aide: abbr.
ORDER 5 Command
DIET 4 Kind of soda
INRE 4 About
ETS 3 Some spacemen
LOFTS 5 Soho digs
OFLA 4 Man ___ Mancha
GWEN 4 Cancan Verdon
JAB 3 Quick punch
ALA 3 Dixie st.
MENUS 5 Computer lists
PERU 4 Llama land
SOAKS 5 Wets down
SOSO 4 Passable
CAB 3 Truck area
NOM 3 Jeanne, for one: Fr.
ORELSE 6 Verbal threat
EASELS 6 Studio stands
PLEXUS 6 Network
BAGMAN 6 Dishonest guy
AVOIDS 6 Sidesteps
ELF 3 Folklore creature
TOMBOY 6 Hoyden
OTS 3 Officers sch.
CHU 3 ___ Yuan: Chinese poet
TER 3 Part of TID
COD 3 Cape fish?
DIE 3 Puzos Fools ___
ICS 3 Hero ending
NOT 3 Denying
FEN 3 Wetlands
MARIA 5 A Shriver
HUT 3 Pizza joint
OSHA 4 Workplace org.
REEKS 5 Emits an unpleasant odor
CANWE 5 ___ be friends?
QUART 5 Milk purchase
URIS 4 The Haj writer
IAN 3 Actor Hunter
PIKE 4 Toll road
AGUN 4 Son of ___
LSTS 4 WWII craft
APES 4 Barbary beasts
RUE 3 Regret
EAR 3 Hearing aid
NIA 3 Peeples, of Trouble
PALS 4 Good buddies
ABATE 5 Ease up
AHAH 4 Dont touch!
UNIT 4 Hospital section
RELAX 5 Stop fretting
LAME 4 Fancy fabric
NINEONEONE 10 Emergency number
FLAX 4 Linen source
SLEPT 5 Got over insomnia
FESTS 5 Promotional events
INA 3 ___ pinch
TIA 3 Aunt, in Tijuana
ILE 3 Infant ending
YEA 3 Hip, hip, hooray
FIG 3 Ficus
ENG 3 Coll. major
SEAS 4 Black and White, e.g.
RUBATO 6 Fluctuating tempo
REEK 4 Smell to high heaven
ATOP 4 Capping
TEXAN 5 Eisenhower, for one
NINELIVES 9 Feline phenomenon
PLAIT 5 Make a basket
ROPE 4 1948 Hitchcock thriller
TABS 4 Keep ___ on
HOTTEA 6 Chinese buffet freebie
NEAR 4 Down the block
VEE 3 Hippies sign
ORE 3 Danish coin
MCS 3 Roast hosts: abbr.
DLI 3 551, to Seneca
ALL 3 ___ I Need Is Love
TEL 3 ___ Aviv
SITAR 5 Indian instrument
CAROL 5 Seasonal air
OLIO 4 Mixture
NINETOFIVE 10 Office hours
NEED 4 Must have
ULNAS 5 X-ray objects, sometimes
ACER 4 Avian abode
SIRE 4 Title of respect
STOMP 5 Dance heavily
REDS 4 Cincinnati team
PUNSTER 7 Wit
ANILINE 7 Kind of dye
LINEAGE 7 Family tree
STEP 4 Word with two or false
ARN 3 Prince Valiants son
BEEFEATER 9 Tower of London guard
ALOE 4 Houseplant
TANSY 5 Medicinal tea
EXETER 6 English city
ALF 3 Mr. Landon
HALIFAX 7 Nova Scotian capital
AMANITA 7 Poisonous mushroom
HEXAGON 7 Certain polygon
OTIS 4 Singer Redding
SAUTE 5 Stir fry
LEAN 4 Try to get a better view
SOLON 5 Athenian lawgiver
BEST 4 Get the better of
KNIT 4 Follow a pattern
PIPEDREAM 9 Unrealistic idea
ITEMS 5 Particulars
VEAL 4 Kebab morsel
PHOTONS 7 Light intensity units
LORELEI 7 Rhine siren
ATELIER 7 Artists suite
AVARICE 7 A deadly sin
BELOVED 7 Toni Morrison novel
SELLERS 7 Investors, some days
ACINUS 6 Drupelet
RICO 4 Puerto ___
STILT 5 Propper-upper
ANNO 4 ___ Domini
AFAR 4 In Timbuktu, perhaps
ODE 3 Keats masterpiece
TSP 3 Prescribed amt.
USSR 4 Back in the ___
LAUDS 5 Praises
OTIS 4 Singer Redding
NATE 4 Hoopster Archibald
ALLOT 5 Set apart
DINA 4 Actress Merrill
BROWNBETTY 10 Sweet dessert
ENDS 4 Loaf parts
AGORA 5 Athens market
CREE 4 Native American
SLOE 4 ___ gin fizz
REPAID 6 Gave back
ASSISI 6 St. Francis of ___
PLUM 4 Type of assignment
RAZOR 5 Shaving need
POPS 4 The Boston ___
RAFFLE 6 Church fund-raiser
ZOO 3 Animal house?
ARR 3 Musical version: abbr.
PAYOLAS 7 Under-the-table transactions
IPO 3 Wall St. transaction
CEO 3 Corp. bigwig
INARUT 6 Bored
REST 4 Take five
ELUDE 5 Sidestep
BEBE 4 Cheers actress Neuwirth
DODGED 6 Sidestepped
RESORT 6 Spa, e.g.
ELMO 4 Big Birds friend
ALEE 4 Ships position
NOSIR 5 Polite turndown
LEAD 4 Conduct
GILDEDLILY 10 With The, 1935 Claudette Colbert movie
MERL 4 Blackbird
ASTER 5 Fall bloomer
VEES 4 Signs of victory
SKYE 4 Isle of ___
SEANS 5 Penn and Young
ERST 4 Once, once
UNBAR 5 Open, as a door
SARGE 5 Nickname on the base
STOOP 5 Neighborhood hangout
REWRAPS 7 Covers with foil again
LAB 3 Experimental place?
ALEC 4 Actor Baldwin
ULTRA 5 Conservative opening
DOTES 5 Spoils, with on
STYES 5 Eye problems
ODESSA 6 Black Sea port
TINLIZZIE 9 Ford nickname
INDO 4 European start
SASE 4 Freelancers enc.
NAIL 4 Something to drive?
DURAN 5 Doubled, its a rock group
IRES 4 Makes mad
MAYA 4 Poet Angelou
OOPS 4 Oh, sorry!
ROOT 4 Underground network
PACE 4 Marathoners concern
OREL 4 Hurler Hershiser
PROUDMARY 9 Ike and Tina Turner hit
FOR 3 Pro
FLUB 4 Blow it
LATER 5 Bye!
PIED 4 ___ Piper
RESOLVE 7 Willpower
DOODLE 6 Yankee ___
BEND 4 Curve in the road
GAGAS 5 Babys words
ELISE 5 Beethoven dedicatee
DELTA 5 Actress Burke
OSIER 5 Willow
RILES 5 Irritates
TRYST 5 Romantic interlude
ELMS 4 Shady characters?
LEEK 4 Onions kin
EDEN 4 First place
ERS 3 Sounds of hesitation
ALIVE 5 Stayin ___
IMAM 4 Muslim leader
TBAR 4 Ride at Vail
DARIN 5 Mack the Knife singer
DALI 4 Painter of limp watches
HEMI 4 Beginning half
START 5 Gunshot at a track meet?
LAIN 4 Reclined, with down
OLAN 4 The Good Earth heroine
ENGAGEMENTRING 14 THE GIFT
OIL 3 Valdez spill
NOH 3 Kabuki kin
TAO 3 Lao-tzus way
LID 3 Bowler: sl.
LOSE 4 Finish last
WELT 4 Holyfield damage
IDES 4 Bad time for Caesar
ALLS 4 ___ Well That Ends Well
MELEE 5 Donnybrook
ROMANTICEVENING 15 THE SETTING
ALONE 5 Home ___
MIMI 4 Actress Rogers
ANNO 4 Part of AD
REED 4 Film critic Rex
DICE 4 Las Vegas rollers
GAS 3 Blast: sl.
SPA 3 Evian or Vichy
DOG 3 Borzoi, for one
AND 3 Abbott-Costello connection
WILLYOUMARRYME 14 THE QUESTION
ELIE 4 Author Wiesel
DARE 4 Draw a line in the sand
ALERT 5 On top of it
DOZE 4 Catch some zzzzs
AVER 4 Declare
GALLO 5 Famed vintner
ETES 4 Nice summers
DADO 4 Pedestal part
ENDED 5 Through
ADS 3 Pages in Time
LATE 4 Better ___ than never!
IRAN 4 Site of the Peacock Throne
VIRGO 5 Sign of autumn
ENTAIL 6 Require
IDLE 4 Hanging around
MAAM 4 Yes, ___!
ALIEN 5 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller
MINNOW 6 Boat on Gilligans Island
THOR 4 Norse god of thunder
BELITTLING 10 Putting someone down
AMANA 5 Iowa society
RINGO 5 One of the Fab Four
GLOAT 5 Boast about a victory
THEME 5 My Way, to Sinatra
LIRA 4 Italian bread
IDOL 4 Baal, e.g.
DEMORALIZE 10 Completely dishearten
SLIM 4 Meager
ELCID 5 1961 Charlton Heston film
LENA 4 Singer Horne
SANE 4 Not mad
SEMI 4 Road rig
ENNA 4 Sicilian resort
EGOS 4 Freudian topics
NEEDY 5 Impoverished
VICAR 5 Episcopal priest
DOODAD 6 Thingamajig
ENRAGE 6 Tick off
SWEDE 5 Alfred Nobel, for one
PILOT 5 Wiley Post, once
GUAVA 5 Tropical fruit
DYLAN 5 A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall balladeer
LEES 4 Bruce and Spike
MRED 4 1960s TV comedy
AERO 4 Before space
MELD 4 Pinochle points
ERLE 4 Perrys creator
TOD 3 Clump of wool
AJAR 4 Slightly open
GLEE 4 Mirth
LATTE 5 Coffeehouse order
HARI 4 Mata ___
RIFT 4 Opening
AMAIN 5 Forcefully
ONTOPOFTHEWORLD 15 Enjoying tremendous success
YES 3 Affirmative reply
HUTS 4 Crude shelters
AMUSES 6 Entertains
BESS 4 Harrys wife
TSAR 4 Former ruler
EQUINE 6 Adjective for a barb
SHIN 4 Part of a limb
EAT 3 Consume
MUNRO 5 Sakis real name
SCAN 4 Read a bar code
ELMO 4 Pollster Roper
MIDDLELOWGERMAN 15 Former European language
ERIS 4 Greek goddess
NETS 4 Trawls
GRAZE 5 Scrape
TED 3 ABCs Koppel
STET 4 Opposite of 60 Across
SOONER 6 Oklahoma football player
CHOP 4 Sticks or shop
VAIL 4 Colorado resort
AGLEAM 6 Shining
OILS 4 Some paintings
FSU 3 1997 ACC champs
BLACKBOTTOMPIES 15 Chocolate desserts
CURIE 5 Radioactivity unit
LOAM 4 Rich soil
ARTE 4 Comedian Johnson
SEALS 5 Circus performers
DELE 4 Opposite of 42 Across
XMAS 4 Noel, informally
AHOY 4 Nautical greeting
JANE 4 Pauley, of Dateline
ARTS 4 Sciences counterpart
RIO 3 City in SA
GROUSE 6 Examples of 23 Down
LIFTS 5 Shoe inserts
EFTS 4 Small lizards
ETH 3 Ordinal suffix
LAWMAN 6 Sheriff
AMOUR 5 Usually secret relationship
TARS 4 Sailors
TILE 4 Decorative piece
ENDS 4 Teammates of 43 Across
PHENOL 6 Carbolic acid basis
EASING 6 Abating
BIRDS 5 Category for 5 Down
THAWS 5 Melts
EMMET 5 Ant, formerly
QUIRE 5 Paper quantity
UNDID 5 Cancelled
SCOTT 5 1997 Rookie of the Year Rolen
ELMAN 5 Violinist Mischa
AMAZE 5 Stun
TONER 5 Office need
SLEEP 5 Take a nap
ERROL 5 Actor Flynn
ENTOMB 6 Bury
EGOISM 6 Narcissists trait
SHAKES 6 Thick drinks
SALOME 6 Biblical dancer
CECIL 5 Photographer Beaton
VITAL 5 Very important
ABCS 4 Rudiments
GLUE 4 Viscous substance
LARA 4 ___ Flynn Boyle
OTOE 4 Siouan tribe
FIRM 4 Like a good mattress
SETA 4 Bristle
USES 4 Employs
OLD 3 Superannuated
PAX 3 Roman goddess
SOW 3 Scatter seeds
SAMAR 5 Philippine island
RAMET 5 Individual clone member
EGO 3 Id companion
ANILE 5 Old womanish
ALANA 5 Alan Ladds daughter
ALL 3 Lions share?
FIRSTTHINGS 11 Start of quip
LEVEE 5 Embankment
OUR 3 The better part of an hour?
AGES 4 A long, long time
EASED 5 Loosened
RISSOLE 7 Meat croquette
FIRSTBUTNOT 11 More of quip
EMIT 4 Give off
BEE 3 Spellers challenge
SECTOR 6 Circle part
DINER 5 Blue plate special spot
LAB 3 Scientists milieu, shortly
TORRE 5 Yankee manager
STERES 6 Cubic meters
SOO 3 Great Lakes canals
BAAL 4 False god
NECESSARILY 11 More of quip
STAMINA 7 The stuff that marathoners are made of
CUBAN 5 Man from Havana
PATE 4 Party favorite
AVE 3 Farewell: L.
OSAKA 5 Honshu port
INTHATORDER 11 End of quip
BED 3 Board partner
ETATS 5 French states
RIANT 5 Laughing
LEE 3 Peggy or Pinky
SARAH 5 Vocalist Vaughan
TENTS 5 Omars offerings
ELS 3 Ernie, of the PGA
SEAL 4 Pinniped
OGLE 4 Leer
WOLVERINE 9 Weasel cousin
SAFEST 6 Most secure
ANI 3 Black cuckoo
MIR 3 Russian commune
ALSO 4 In addition
RETURN 6 Bring back the bottles
RAH 3 College cheer
ALIAS 5 Wanted poster entry
MANGO 5 Tropical fruit
ENGEL 5 The Glassy Sea author
TASSE 5 Demi ___
TRIOS 5 Kingston, and its kind
EASTER 6 Holiday island of Chile?
EBB 3 Flow out
DUEL 4 Pitchers game?
STET 4 Printers save
FEDS 4 G-men and T-men
IMIT 4 Counterfeit: abbr.
TEASE 5 Comb crazily?
COBRAS 6 Asps
TRAINABLE 9 Fit for future service
ORAL 4 Dental exam
RELY 4 Depend
RENI 4 Aurora painter
BOSC 4 Variety of pear
SENAT 5 French legislature
OSU 3 Big Ten sch.
CAVORT 6 Romp
ABORTS 6 Cancels the mission
SPIES 5 Moles
TANTA 5 Nile delta city
ATTAR 5 Essential oil
MEHTA 5 Zubin, the conductor
ERIE 4 Storied canal
KEEL 4 Ship structure
ADES 4 Summer coolers
ASH 3 Shade provider
DAN 3 Dapper one
ENT 3 Tolkien forest creature
COMA 4 Robin Cook novel
DASH 4 Short race
MARES 5 ___ nest
AHEM 4 Pardon me!
ASEA 4 Offshore
ADORE 5 Like a lot
LINO 4 Start to type
RITT 4 Sounder director
GAUGE 5 Speedometer, e.g.
MOUNTWASHINGTON 15 New Hampshire peak
GRIN 4 Jack-o-lantern feature
NEE 3 Jacqueline Kennedy, ___ Bouvier
MAO 3 Cultural Revolution leader
INSPECT 7 Give the once-over
ADE 3 Citrus punch
ALLOT 5 Divvy up
USA 3 NATO member
ALEA 4 Iacta ___ est
MISTERPRESIDENT 15 Oval Office address
ABET 4 Shelter a fugitive
EEG 3 Neurologists tool, for short
NORSE 5 Scandinavian
SIN 3 Confessional subject
ABREAST 7 Side by side
TEN 3 Ricky Rudds number
STE 3 Jeanne dArc, e.g.
VERA 4 Aloe ___
LINCOLNMEMORIAL 15 I have a dream speech site
ORION 5 Heavenly hunter
EARP 4 OK Corral gunfighter
MODE 4 Way
NACRE 5 Mother-of-pearl
ELSE 4 Otherwise
OWES 4 Has a mortgage
SNEER 5 Scoff
DEER 4 Game preserve game
RANT 4 Deliver a tirade
CALM 4 Waveless
OHIO 4 Birthplace of 7 presidents
MENU 4 Remote button
AMONG 5 . . . and fell ___ thieves: Luke 10:30
DARWIN 6 Beagle passenger
ASIANS 6 Nagasaki natives
SETS 4 6-1, 5-7, and 6-4, e.g.
HATH 4 Owns, of old
MAGNET 6 Lodestone
ADAGE 5 Waste not, want not, e.g.
ROUT 4 One-sided victory
ERGO 4 As a result
SEEN 4 Spotted
TRITE 5 Old hat
INCAS 5 Machu Picchu builders
MAMAS 5 TVs ___ Family
ALIBI 5 Defendants excuse
OLSEN 5 One of the Fearsome Foursome
PURGE 5 Rid
ESE 3 Oklahoma City-to-Birmingham dir.
ALERT 5 Vigilant
DENSE 5 Tightly packed
EATEN 5 Like Baby Bears porridge
OTT 3 Baseballs Master Melvin
ADO 3 Brouhaha
REBEL 5 Ole Miss student
PER 3 The p in wpm
INTRO 5 Short preface
ATONER 6 Penitent one
AVERSE 6 Unwilling
SEMPER 6 ___ fidelis
SCORE 5 Conductors booklet
ARMOR 5 Ironwear
LONS 4 Chaney and Hinkle
IRAN 4 OPEC member
NICE 4 Considerate
NEED 4 Must have
MALE 4 M, in the personal ads
IOWA 4 Herbert Hoovers birthplace
ADEN 4 Mideast gulf
LEST 4 In case
ROBUST 6 Healthy
TELE 4 Kind of marketing
MOB 3 Crowd
ERASER 6 Spot remover?
RAID 4 Police action
IVY 3 Climbing plant
RENEEADOREE 11 Early Hollywood star
NET 3 Seine
ANDS 4 No ifs, ___ . . .
LED 3 Showed the way
UNSURE 6 Shaky
NAY 3 Not yea
MELDS 5 Gin runs
ETH 3 Numerical ending
TEEVEEEMCEES 12 Dean Martin, et al.
CLEAN 5 Pure
ENTRE 5 ___ nous
MAO 3 Big Red?
HORRID 6 Terrible
EDWARD 6 The Black Prince
ERA 3 Time to remember
ADAGE 5 Saying
LYNDA 5 Wonder Woman Carter
FIDDLEDEEDEE 12 Scarletts favorite expression
KID 3 Fool around
STRAY 5 Go wrong
AMP 3 Sound enhancer
BEATEN 6 Pulverized
AIR 3 Appearance
FREE 4 Unfettered
LET 3 Rented
PEEWEEREESE 11 Famed Dodger
UTE 3 Shoshonean
ILSA 4 Infamous Koch
RANCOR 6 Animosity
ESS 3 Tee preceder
CLAY 4 Hardpan
SEDANS 6 Family cars
RERAN 5 Showed again
ORENA 5 Orlandos arena: sl.
BANDY 5 Give and take
USES 4 Avails of
SEE 3 Take in
TRALEE 6 Irish city
TRODDEN 7 Walked on
EAR 3 Hearing aid
LIEU 4 Place
EDEN 4 Eves place
MINUTEMAN 9 Ready Eddie?
OVERHEARD 9 Learned of, in a way
BYTE 4 Computer unit
DELVE 5 Dig in
SEC 3 Short time
MENIAL 6 Servile
SET 3 At the ready
TAR 3 Road sealant
ERE 3 Before
MEDLEY 6 Jumble
SODA 4 Pop drink
CHEF 4 Kitchener
LORIKEETS 9 Colorful parrots
ERADIATES 9 Emits
DDE 3 ETO general
WYE 3 Zee preceder
ADS 3 Paid notices
GETAWAY 7 Vacation
EERIE 5 Strange
DDT 3 An insecticide
DARERS 6 Challengers
ARECA 5 Betel palm
MESON 5 Interacting particle
PEERS 5 Equals
BLUE 4 Melancholy
EPIC 4 Ancient Grecian dialect
NELL 4 Actress Carter
FEND 4 Ward off
ESA 3 Tekkanen, of NHL
RAE 3 Norma ___
DRAT 4 Confound it!
BOLD 4 Outspoken
COSTA 5 ___ Rican
ROVE 4 Travel randomly
ARIA 4 Metropolitan melody
ACTED 5 Emulated Brando
AGAR 4 Gel from seaweed
TENS 4 Double-digit bills
STARE 5 Focus fiercely
MUSICHATHCHARMS 15 Comment from William Congreve: PART 1
SET 3 Adjust
LED 3 Took in tow
BRED 4 Fostered
BID 3 Sealed ___
GOES 4 Withdraws
BAH 3 Oath from Ebenezer
SCARF 5 Throat warmer
LEAD 4 Pipe metal, once
SALE 4 Transfer, of sorts
TOSOFTENROCKSOR 15 PART 2
ANEW 4 Freshly
RAID 4 Fridge trip, often
LIKED 5 Popular
BEA 3 Maude portrayer Arthur
SAVE 4 Accumulate
JON 3 Voight, of Runaway Train
ONCE 4 Hardly repeated
SIN 3 Misdeed
IFS 3 No ___, ands, or buts
BENDAKNOTTEDOAK 15 PART 3
EMEER 5 Turkish dignitary
IVAN 4 Dave director Reitman
ANKA 4 Tuneful Paul
RENTE 5 Gallic income
NEVE 4 Scream actress Campbell
DIET 4 Food allowance
GUESS 5 Believe uncertainly
GREY 4 Hound or beard leader
ACRE 4 Parcel of land
DRAMS 5 Wee drinks
ROGUE 5 Elephant gone amok
AVAST 5 Cease, afloat
TERI 4 Hollywood Hatcher
BATHED 6 Immersed
OREAD 5 Peak nymph
LINT 4 Fluff from fabrics
DASHBOARD 9 Instrument panel
CASHES 6 Converts a check
OCTAD 5 Ennead less one
STAR 4 Sela or Jenna, say
TERM 4 Semester
ADES 4 Lime sips
CLIFF 5 Precipice
CREDO 5 Collection of opinions
BROW 4 Hill projection
GENIE 5 Sandman
BASK 4 Go supine in the sun
ALOE 4 Soothesome lily
HERD 4 Jersey crowd?
STAB 4 Rough try
CONE 4 Tepee shape
ASEA 4 Offshore, and then some
LEAVENING 9 Yeast role
SKIN 4 Outside layer
TRACK 5 Runway for Whirlaway
CLONE 5 Replicate
SNARES 6 Drum bunch
JITNEY 6 Low fare shuttle bus
ODETS 5 The Country Girl playwright
STAVE 5 Cask element
IONIC 5 Dialect of Attica
FAKER 5 Hypocrite
SKATE 5 Glide easily
BERG 4 Titanic threat
EMEU 4 Down Under bird: var.
NENE 4 Pacific goose
OVER 4 ___ and above
DADA 4 Man Rays art
WOOED 5 Chased after
SPEC 4 Detailed proposal, for short
CUSP 4 Pointed end
ABATE 5 Taper off
ERGO 4 This being the case
OPAL 4 Translucent gem
GETAMOVEON 10 Shake a leg!
NATO 4 Warsaw Pact opp.
ESE 3 Compass pt.
OBEY 4 Toe the line
SYDNEY 6 Waterside opera house location
SENATOR 7 1 of 100, nationally
STOOD 5 It ___ the test of time
BEE 3 Nectar nosher
GURU 4 Leo Buscaglia, to huggers
ALI 3 Louisville slugger?
AILED 5 Felt awful
NEUROTIC 8 Mildly crazy, to Freud
ROOT 4 Weakest of beers
SLADE 5 Washington state senator Gorton
RENO 4 Top legal eagle Janet
TWOSOMES 8 Noahs ark passengers
ADMEN 5 Publicists
YAK 3 Asian beast of burden
MASH 4 Korean war film
PIE 3 It comes in wedges
AMISS 5 Out of kilter
BARROOM 7 Brawlers habitat?
DALETH 6 Hebrew alphabets 4th letter
SETH 4 Killer of Osiris
PSI 3 Unit of pressure: abbr.
IRIS 4 Visionary flower?
HITTHEDECK 10 Strike a deal?
VIVA 4 ___ Las Vegas!
IDEA 4 Flight of fancy, maybe
AURAE 5 Astral bodies
ADES 4 Sweet drinks
TAPS 4 Lights out, in the barracks
DEARS 5 Trueloves
WAGES 5 Just deserts
OBESE 5 Too well-fed
OATEN 5 Like some crops
ETA 3 Frequent flyers stat?
DEMOTED 7 Knocked down a rung or two
SEVER 5 Put asunder
PREY 4 The hunted
EGO 3 Image of oneself
CONSTRUE 8 Read between the lines
CONDO 5 Long term apt.
UPANDATEM 9 Rise to a challenge?
SATE 4 Satisfy a hunger
PLOY 4 Artful dodge
OBOE 4 Reed instrument
YOUR 4 With ___ permission
ABETS 5 Eggs on
SUED 4 Brought to court
GNASH 5 Grind together, as teeth
LINE 4 Country dance formation
ICON 4 Computer graphic symbol
ARTY 4 Pretentious
IOWA 4 Home of the Amana Colonies
LOOKALIVE 9 Appear to be animated
ORDER 5 Knights of Columbus or Masons, e.g.
SMASHHIT 8 Very successful song
LESS 4 Not so much
OMIT 4 Fail to mention
AIRHEAD 7 Featherbrain
PATH 4 Trodden way
MESAS 5 Ubiquitous Arizona sites
BETAS 5 Stock risk measures
OPERA 5 Marriage of Figaro, e.g.
OSCAR 5 Felixs slovenly roommate
MIKES 5 Wallace and Jordan, for two
DIVA 4 Lead female in 50 Down
ARID 4 Dried-up
STEP 4 Babys first is noteworthy
IDA 3 Lupino, of The Gay Desperado
DUE 3 Immediately payable
BOOB 4 Chucklehead
YESES 5 Votes for
AMID 4 Surrounded by
ROPE 4 Velvet barrier
AREAL 5 Its been ___ pleasure
BARE 4 In the buff
AMEN 4 Revival shout
NITTI 5 Capone colleague
LIEN 4 Property encumbrance
SPRINGCHICKEN 13 Young person
SHANE 5 Classic western
NEE 3 Surname separator
ESE 3 Journals end
GAFFS 5 Butchers hooks
RIVAL 5 Contender
MAC 3 Brits raincoat
PORKBARRELS 11 Political incentives
OTOS 4 Siouan Indians
NAIAD 5 Sea nymph
ANTI 4 ___-lock brakes
TALKSTURKEY 11 Pulls no punches
TYE 3 Topsail part
ELLIE 5 J. R. Ewings mama
TENOR 5 Performer in 3 Down
LEE 3 Spike or Robert E.
WOE 3 ___ is me!
DEFOE 5 Moll Flanders author
GENTLEASALAMB 13 Meek
VSIX 4 Engine size
TORSI 5 Trunks
ATES 4 Elizas dislikes
ASAP 4 Without delay: abbr.
EPSOM 5 Derby Stakes site
CAGE 4 Parakeet pad
TELO 4 A Rocky
REEFS 5 Coral ridges
ELAN 4 Self-assurance
BRASS 5 Military muckamucks
OOMPH 5 Get-up-and-go
OPERA 5 Fidelio, for one
BENING 6 Bugsy actress
YANG 4 Yins partner
ERIC 4 Glidin Heiden
SETH 4 Fifth person
EATIN 5 Like some kitchens
SLICE 5 Driving hazard?
ABLE 4 Masterful
MAINEVENT 9 Preliminary follower
IRE 3 Wrath
DEN 3 Remote room?
NEAP 4 Half-moon tide
KERR 4 Chef Graham
SALTY 5 Like some pretzels
ELSIE 5 Miss Dinsmore, of kids books
FONT 4 Plentiful source
FRAU 4 Mainz Mrs.
SKIRT 5 Womans garment
IRA 3 Nest egg. briefly
MOTEL 5 Overnight lodge
ATALE 5 Thereby hangs ___
COLLEGIAL 9 Marked by sharing of authority
BAKE 4 Put in the oven
ADEN 4 Somalias gulf
SKI 3 Tackle moguls
SEWN 4 Fastened with thread
YODA 4 Star Wars sage
RELACE 6 Put on skates again
OTTER 5 Stream animal
ELOPE 5 Bypass the altar
FATAL 5 Disastrous
OMEGA 5 Physics particle
EBSEN 5 Jed Clampett portrayer
EXPO 4 Montreal player
ERSE 4 Highlands tongue
ASOF 4 Beginning at
SIMS 4 Musician Zoot
VAT 3 Industrial tub
SSE 3 U-turn from NNW
LOCAL 5 Making all stops
CATE 4 Actress Blanchette
ACE 3 King topper
EVADE 5 Shun responsibility
AFAR 4 Distant
AMOR 4 Livys love
SELES 5 French Open champ of 92
REVA 4 The Guiding Light heroine
BAMA 4 Bear Bryants sch.
ERMA 4 Beloved Bombeck
MOWS 4 Trims the lawn
LUTES 5 Old strings
DRAMA 5 Thespis bailiwick
RECITE 6 Demonstrate good memory
CAREER 6 Profession
CROAK 5 Pond comment
AMEND 5 Change a statute
CREW 4 Hands
ELON 4 North Carolina college
LIND 4 The Swedish Nightingale
WEEDS 5 Plot blight
TARO 4 Poi source
LEOS 4 Most August babies
ALSO 4 Addendum conjunction
MOVES 5 Relocates
TORSO 5 Trunk
DEFAME 6 Slander
TORRID 6 Very hot
FAUNA 5 Animal life
ARIEL 5 Prosperos servant
ISLE 4 Malta, e.g.
SCAN 4 Read quickly
LANE 4 Shady path
TONI 4 Singer Braxton
SHONE 5 Glimmered
INST 4 Part of MIT
ALOE 4 ___ vera
PESTO 5 Fettucine topper
AGE 3 License info
PAWN 4 Pledge
ASTIN 5 John, of The Addams Family
LESE 4 ___ majesty
OVER 4 History, with its
CALM 4 Unruffled
ADEADENDSTREET 14 Life, according to H. L. Mencken
LES 3 Bandleader Brown
CAROM 5 Ricochet
AFEWACRESOFSNOW 15 Canada, according to Voltaire
TAVS 4 Hebrew letter: pl.
ERA 3 Memorable time
AMATI 5 Valuable violin
COMET 5 Cupid neighbor?
ERASE 5 Clean the slate
ABUCKETOFASHES 14 History, according to Carl Sandburg
MAR 3 Spoil
LEA 3 Meadow
RED 3 Embarrassed
ROWS 4 Donnybrooks
CALL 4 Ring up
AMIE 4 French friend
RENO 4 Our top cop
REDO 4 Make over
CELS 4 Animation art pieces
LAVA 4 Volcanic spew
OREM 4 Utah city
NOSE 4 Close victory margin
WARD 4 Person under custody
MEN 3 63 Across, et al.
OIL 3 Lubricant
DUE 3 Requiring payment
TALIA 5 Actress Shire
ORANG 5 Big ape
RINSE 5 Remove the suds
ALIEN 5 Unfamiliar
IOLA 4 Princess rescued by Hercules
COST 4 Amount spent
ANTI 4 Against
NEON 4 Sign gas
TAP 3 Select
SPA 3 Health club
POOR 4 Inferior
STAB 4 Attempt
TRIES 5 Attempts
OLGA 4 Gymnast Korbut
HORA 4 Israeli dance
RIDGE 5 Narrow crest
LIEF 4 Readily
AMMO 4 Live shot
IMAGE 5 Reflection
ONEFORMYBABY 12 Mercer song hit, of 1943
ICKY 4 Like candy, sometimes
AVE 3 St.
DOC 3 MD, familiarly
ALGAE 5 Seaweeds
RUBE 4 Bumpkin
MARR 4 1965 PGA champ
LOL 3 Chat room letter
LION 4 Big cat
RWANDA 6 Kigali is its capital
TWOFORTHESEESAW 15 William Gibson play, of 1958
HERETO 6 To this document
ALES 4 Pub offerings
OIL 3 Lubricate
ELIE 4 Author Wiesel
NOTE 4 Memorandum
KENNY 5 Loggins or Rogers
ALA 3 Pie ___ mode
REP 3 Agt.
CHIN 4 Goatee location
THREETOTANGO 12 McDermott/Perry/Campbell film, of 1999
CACAO 5 Chocolate source
NERO 4 Pianist Peter
BOIL 4 Seethe
AWARD 5 Prize
ERIK 4 Estrada, of TV
LORD 4 Master
DELTA 5 After gamma
ROCS 4 Large birds of myth
ENDS 4 Terminates
POLO 4 Kind of shirt
OLIN 4 Lena or Ken
OGEE 4 Double curve
RAFFIA 6 African palm tree
SHARK 5 Mako, e.g.
TOMMYROT 8 Nonsense
ARMY 4 Multitude
BAOBAB 6 Tropical African tree
TRIBE 5 Large family
RIMY 4 Coated with ice
IDA 3 Actress Lupino
EGG 3 Omelet item
SEE 3 Observe
OCELOT 6 Nocturnal wildcat
AVERSE 6 Strongly disinclined
DANSON 6 Ted, of Cheers
ORDAIN 6 Dictate
CRAWLY 6 Creepy
ALTHEA 6 Gibson, of tennis
LOWELL 6 Suburb of Boston
GLORIA 6 Steinem or Estefan
UNHAT 5 Remove the head cover
MAE 3 ___ West
IRONER 6 Pressing machine
WESKIT 6 Vest
FEE 3 Charge for service
ELECTRIC 8 Kind of blanket
OPENER 6 Garage or bottle
ENABLE 6 Make possible
RHODA 5 Valerie Harper TV sitcom
HOOKS 5 Sharp curves
TART 4 Dessert
EERO 4 Architect Saarinen
NOON 4 Midday
GIRD 4 Encircle with a band
OLDS 4 Automotive pioneer name
CAD 3 Rou
AWE 3 Reverence
CAL 3 Coolidge nickname
BOISE 5 Western capital
AGAR 4 Algae-based gelatin
LESS 4 Home extension?
EATIN 5 Have a home-cooked meal
BOWE 4 1992-93 heavyweight champ
EXPO 4 Industrial show
SHEDS 5 Web sites?
CLAD 4 Decent
ATOP 4 Not at the bottom
TUNEUP 6 Pre-concert activity
FROUFROU 8 Elaborate decoration
BEEPBEEP 8 Roadrunners call
ALP 3 Mont Blanc, e.g.
PCH 3 California rte.
SKUA 4 Antarctic predator
SEVE 4 Two-time Masters winner Ballesteros
ROUT 4 Put to flight
ORGY 4 Gomorrah gala
NIXED 5 Put the kibosh on
ELBOWER 7 Pushy sort
OLDSTER 7 Senior citizen
PABLO 5 Poet Neruda
SAKE 4 Welfare
ERLE 4 Perrys progenitor
ALOT 4 Scads
SETS 4 Match makers
ASI 3 ___ see it: in my view
ASH 3 Firewood, finally
LOLALOLA 8 Marlenes Blue Angel role
FOURFOUR 8 A musical meter
NAGGED 6 Was a kvetch
LUBE 4 Do a greasy job
BLUE 4 Anagram for 64 Across
VIRGO 5 Summer constellation
ALBA 4 Goyas duchess
ALLS 4 Start of a Shakespeare title
ELIOT 5 Murder in the Cathedral playwright
TSAR 4 Bygone ruler
DYES 4 Red agents?
DENSE 5 Slow-witted
BEST 4 Type of man or boy
OAHU 4 Former Sandwich Island
ITEN 4 Transcontinental hwy.
SIDEB 5 Record half
ENSUES 6 Follows
ABC 3 The ___ Murders: Christie
GOLFBAG 7 Club holder
AWARE 5 Clued in
REDOES 6 Overhauls
LEAF 4 Table extension
EXTRAEXTRA 10 Newsboys cry, of old
SPOOL 5 Bobbin
SOPUP 5 Absorb
PEKOE 5 Its in the bag
UPEND 5 Knock for a loop
PURRS 5 Manx thanks
PREP 4 ER procedure
COLA 4 Popular pop
HUBBAHUBBA 10 Old leerers cheer
VISE 4 Itll help you get a grip
TOLL 4 Car fare
YOKEL 5 Hayseed
EELS 4 Sea things
DREI 4 A crowd, in Karlsruhe?
WOOLF 5 Mrs. Dalloway author
LETON 5 Admitted
ASARULE 7 Generally speaking
TOOBAD 6 What a shame!
SLAVED 6 Worked like a dog
AFLAT 5 Black key
SOULS 5 Inferno residents
LULLY 5 17th. C. French opera composer
AGILE 5 Spry
REAR 4 Reverse direction
GRIN 4 Put on a happy face
EGOS 4 Swelled heads
DOTE 4 Bestow love
ESS 3 It makes a cat scat
DOUD 4 Mamie Eisenhower, nee ___
WHALE 5 Pod member
MIL 3 Thickness measure
ACNE 4 Youthful outbreak
SUBURB 6 Outskirts town
EMO 3 Comic Phillips
YELLOWBELLY 11 Coward
SPA 3 Hot bath
GLEAN 5 Gather, bit by bit
BLUENOSED 9 Strait-laced
LOA 3 Mauna ___
ABYSS 5 Fathomless depth
EVADE 5 Slip by
OTSEGO 6 Leatherstocking lake
ROGER 5 Code name
SHEERLEGS 9 Hoisting device: var.
ESS 3 Curved letter
GREENEYED 9 Jealous
HAP 3 General Arnolds nickname
STEELYARD 9 Weighing device
ABETS 5 Helps go wrong
PETERS 6 OToole and Falk
SINAI 5 Moses mount
SHAHS 5 Palindromic rulers
NOA 3 . . ., ___ thousand times . . .!
BLACKFEET 9 Rockies Indians
OUTON 5 ___ a limb
EEL 3 Fish dish
HEARTOFGOLD 11 1972 song
ENT 3 Differ add-on
SALVER 6 Tea tray
RUER 4 Repentent one
NEY 3 Mrs. Miniver actor
TEENY 5 Kind of bopper
OTRA 4 Other, in Sonora
DAYGLO 6 Fluorescent product
OCELOTS 7 Leopards kin
UNLEASH 7 Let fly
DELA 4 Poet Walter ___ Mare
WSW 3 Compass dir.
HUBBY 5 Spouse, affectionately
ABELS 5 Walter and Elie
LULUS 5 ___ back in town
ERLE 4 Perry penner
MESSAGE 7 Garcia got it
IMPEDES 7 Obstructs
LOADERS 7 They can be free
BYNER 5 Soap actor
ONAGER 6 Catapult, of old
OVO 3 Ab ___: from the beginning
BORES 5 Causes ennui
EEG 3 Drs. orders, perhaps
LET 3 Allow
ENE 3 Compass dir.
GEE 3 Go right
SYLPH 5 Nymph
EYESOF 6 The ___ Texas . . .
DAT 3 L. case
HASBEEN 7 No longer at ones peak
ABILENE 7 1963 song
PENALTY 7 Fine
RENTOUT 7 Lease
DROOLER 7 A baby, at times
TAC 3 Tic-toe filler
SIKHS 5 Punjabi people
SANDRA 6 ___ Day OConnor
SEALE 5 Chicago 7 name
HERVE 5 Actor Villechaize
ATTEN 5 Scholars arrival time
FEAT 4 Accomplishment
UGRO 4 ___-Finnic
ORY 3 Direct ending
WHISH 5 Elevator sound
CHILI 5 Fiery fare
POD 3 Invasion of the Body Snatchers type?
AUDIO 5 Television component
HONED 5 Sharpened
IRA 3 Rosemarys Baby author Levin
SMARTCOOKIE 11 Clever person
EAR 3 On ones ___: irritated
HERDS 5 Crowds together
ALINE 5 True up: var.
AFIELD 6 Off the subject
SLINGS 6 Lets fly
PLURAL 6 Word form
CUTLET 6 Thin slice of meat
ADDED 5 Tacked on
BOGEY 5 Key Largo role player, familiarly
HAT 3 Panama or Balmoral, for two
PEGS 4 Cribbage markers
REALM 5 X-Files cousin, Harsh ___
HERO 4 Protagonist
ARE 3 Where the Wild Things ___
POESY 5 Literature in metrical form
RESIN 5 Pitchers bag?
FOREST 6 Sherwood, for one
TURKEY 6 Really bad movie
CRAVES 6 Wants in the worst way
CONEYS 6 Hot dogs, New York style
RECAP 5 Post-game show
FARGO 5 Coen brothers 1996 film noir
OFT 3 Time and again
PIECEOFCAKE 11 No problem!
NEO 3 Classic or natal preceder
INURE 5 Get used to
FOLEY 5 Irish-born sculptor, John Henry ___
ERR 3 To do this is human
ENDED 5 Called it a day
SWINE 5 Porcine fellow?
WAS 3 ___ a party to: abetted
HUM 3 Wordless song
IDA 3 Beware My Lovelys Lupino
SIR 3 To ___ With Love
HOTHEAD 7 Quick-tempered one
CHORD 5 Harmonize
HOOD 4 Young toughie
INKS 4 Counterfeiters needs
LEI 3 Hawaiian Island chain?
IDEALLY 7 In a perfect world
PIEINTHESKY 11 Heavenly reward?
ORANG 5 Great ape, of Borneo
DARES 5 Challenges
CELL 4 8 Downs quarters, maybe
LIE 3 Cock-and-bull story
ALDER 5 1950 chemistry Nobelist
FUDGEFACTOR 11 Margin of error
IRES 4 Angers
STEM 4 Have roots in, with from
PAPA 4 Governor, to a Brit
COAST 5 Hurricane danger zone
UGLY 4 Rough on the eyes
BEES 4 Spelling contests
ARIES 5 Sign of one born on March 22
TONY 4 British Prime Minister Blair
ROES 4 Caviars
HERE 4 ___ and now
PREPPIE 7 Neat, stylishly-dressed student
RUNOFFS 7 Overtime, in elections
OVA 3 Eggs for Caesars salad
TOGO 4 Chinese restaurant order, perhaps
CRONE 5 Old bat
REFER 5 Make mention of, with to
CREED 5 Rocky II foe, Apollo ___
FEUD 4 Bad blood
ACRE 4 Farm measure
INN 3 Central European river
COW 3 Girl or boy starter
ALI 3 Louisville slugger?
KEN 3