| It has a lucky or unlucky outcome |
ROLLOFTHEDICE |
| James Clavell best seller |
TAIPAN |
| Jay's competition |
DAVE |
| King Kong's kin |
APES |
| Knocked off |
SLAIN |
| Kvetch |
GRIPE |
| Limerick authors, say |
POETS |
| Loves to pieces |
ADORES |
| Major employer in Detroit |
FORD |
| Make goo-goo eyes |
OGLE |
| Makeup maker |
LOREAL |
| Momentous time in history |
ERA |
| Noble-sounding Gardner |
ERLE |
| Old Spice alternative |
AFTA |
| One after the other |
INAROW |
| Opera set in Rome |
TOSCA |
| Other than that |
ELSE |
| Period of preparation |
LEADTIME |
| Pet peeve? |
FLEA |
| Pitching credit |
WIN |
| Plus |
AND |
| Pond duck |
TEAL |
| Preowned |
USED |
| Rather |
PREFERTO |
| Singer Bon Jovi |
JON |
| Soup vegetable |
PEA |
| Square dance violin |
FIDDLE |
| Stays a step ahead of |
ONEUPS |
| Stucco strip |
LATH |
| Sunflower relative |
ASTER |
| Take effect |
SETIN |
| Tarzan portrayer Ron |
ELY |
| They fought the British in 1900 |
BOERS |
| Tolkien forest folk |
ENTS |
| Turgenev's birthplace |
OREL |
| Well-read individuals |
LITERATI |
| Word before Rodham, perhaps |
NEE |
| ___-yourself |
DOIT |