| "Case dismissed" punctuation mark |
GAVEL |
| "Drinks ___ the house!" |
AREON |
| "Shame on you!" sound |
TSK |
| "The final frontier" |
SPACE |
| "This foolishness must ___ once!" |
ENDAT |
| "Z" preceder? |
ATO |
| '80s prime-time alien |
ALF |
| 459, in old Rome |
CDLIX |
| 9-5, typically |
OFFICEHOURS |
| Abalone product |
NACRE |
| Affected dandy |
FOP |
| And others, for short |
ETAL |
| Animation legend Tex |
AVERY |
| Ashes receptacle |
URN |
| Assigned work to |
TASKED |
| Best man, often |
TOASTER |
| Birds that sound deserving |
ERNS |
| Blood system, for short |
ABO |
| Carpenter's tool |
ROUTER |
| Cloak-and-dagger org |
CIA |
| Corkwood |
BALSA |
| Covers up |
ENROBES |
| Crete's sea |
AEGEAN |
| Cries of triumph |
HAHS |
| Decorative jugs |
EWERS |
| Diamond size measure |
CARAT |
| Dusk, poetically |
EVENTIDE |
| Emerald Isle |
EIRE |
| Enjoy a sabbatical |
TAKETIMEOFF |
| Exxon competitor |
CITGO |
| Eye-opening problem? |
STYE |
| Fleeting obsession |
FAD |
| Former Chinese chairman |
MAO |
| French clergyman |
ABBE |
| Further shorten, as a piece of wood |
RESAW |
| Gangster's pistol |
GAT |
| Hindu gentleman (Var.) |
BABOO |
| Homophone of 16-Across |
EARN |
| Indentations, as in chins |
CLEFTS |
