| 'Because, after all, / A person's a person, no matter how small' |
HORTONHEARSAWHO |
| 'Gross!' |
UGH |
| 'No need for introductions' |
WEVEMET |
| 'Red Ned Ted and Ed in bed' |
HOPONPOP |
| 'There's no other Showman / Who shows you a show with a Blindfolded Bowman!' |
IFIRANTHECIRCUS |
| 'Would you eat them in a box? / Would you eat them with a fox?' |
GREENEGGSANDHAM |
| 'You're glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hummed!' |
THELORAX |
| '___ a deal!' |
ITS |
| '___ From the Madding Crowd' |
FAR |
| 67-Across food |
HAY |
| Actress Thomas of TV |
MARLO |
| Aquanaut's workplace |
SEALAB |
| Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
SEUSS |
| Awards show presider |
EMCEE |
| Be bedridden |
AIL |
| Big Blue on the stock mkt |
IBM |
| Bit of bling for the wrist |
BANGLE |
| Blank portion of a manuscript |
LACUNA |
| Brief summary |
PRECIS |
| Broadsides |
SLAMS |
| Carter-era F.B.I. sting that inspired 'American Hustle' |
ABSCAM |
| Certain breadstick dipping sauce |
MARINARA |
| Chairman with a Little Red Book |
MAO |
| Chianti, in Chianti |
VINO |
| Chicago mayor Emanuel |
RAHM |
| Clearly superior, as an opponent |
TOOGOOD |
| Close-fitting |
SNUG |
| Currently |
NOW |
| Declares to be true |
SAYSSO |
| Easily bruised thing for half the world |
MALEEGO |
| Generation ___ |
GAP |
| Get on a soapbox |
ORATE |
| Give cards to |
DEALIN |
| Globetrotter's electrical device |
ADAPTER |
| Group of fish |
SCHOOL |
| Gruesomely sensational |
LURID |
| Italian article |
UNA |
| Italian city on the Adriatic |
BARI |
