| ''Simpsons'' grandpa |
ABE |
| ''Steps in Time'' autobiographer |
ASTAIRE |
| ''This is not good'' |
UHOH |
| ''Two and a Half Men'' guy |
ALAN |
| ''__ Bulba'' (Gogol novel) |
TARAS |
| Aesopian saver |
ANT |
| After all is said and done |
NET |
| Before: Lat |
ANTE |
| Bisected |
INHALF |
| Bitter-ender |
DIEHARD |
| British host of ''Mystery!'' |
RIGG |
| Certain East Africans |
SOMALIS |
| Cries over |
RUES |
| Crop |
SHORTEN |
| Defenders' org |
ABA |
| Delight or fright |
EMOTION |
| Deplorable |
SAD |
| Descartes conclusion |
IAM |
| Despots' decrees |
EDICTS |
| Director Besson |
LUC |
| Drum string |
SNARE |
| Encouraging word |
AMEN |
| Farm work |
HOEING |
| Firebrand |
ZEALOT |
| First czar of Russia |
IVAN |
| Fiscal shortfall |
DEBT |
| Formal agreement |
IDO |
| Formal wear |
TIE |
| Gandhi garb |
SARI |
| Geena teammate in ''A League of Their Own'' |
LORI |
| Gossip, so to speak |
DISH |
| Grade-school song |
AMERICA |
| High-pressure |
INTENSE |
| High-school English reading |
BEOWULF |
| Hotbeds |
DENS |
| Hotel amenity |
MINIBAR |
| Impatient question |
AND |