| ''Beloved'' novelist Morrison |
TONI |
| ''GoodFellas'' director Martin |
SCORSESE |
| ''Owner of a Lonely Heart'' group |
YES |
| ''Take my wife . . . please!,'' e.g. |
ONELINER |
| 1984 Summer Games boycotter |
USSR |
| A-Rod or any other NY Yankee, e.g. |
ALER |
| Ambassador, e.g. |
DIPLOMATICENVOY |
| Bahrain resident |
ARAB |
| Bambi and kin |
DEER |
| Big Bertha's birthplace |
ESSEN |
| Big Board letters |
NYSE |
| Bleacher creature? |
BUM |
| Bottom lines? |
SEAMS |
| Bowls over |
AWES |
| Cartoonist Thomas |
NAST |
| Church officer |
ELDER |
| Cloud around Niagara Falls |
MIST |
| Compete in a marathon |
RUN |
| Confidant |
CRONY |
| Darned things? |
SEWED |
| End of an auction? |
EER |
| Execute perfectly |
NAIL |
| Extorted money from |
BLED |
| Faux pas |
SLIP |
| Fender bender result |
DENT |
| Gaelic tongue |
ERSE |
| Gemstone used in Chinese carvings |
JADE |
| Guitarist Clapton |
ERIC |
| Ham it up |
EMOTE |
| Has markers out |
OWES |
| Hawke of ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' |
ETHAN |
| Hightail it |
FLEE |
| Hockey legend Gordie |
HOWE |
| Home of the Hawkeyes |
IOWA |
| Humongous |
LARGE |
| Hunter of the sky |
ORION |
| Institution touted by Horace Mann |
PUBLICEDUCATION |
| It gets hung out to dry |
WASH |
| It had a part in the Bible |
REDSEA |