| ''That's a shame'' |
ALAS |
| ''The handwriting __ the wall'' |
ISON |
| ''__ put it another way . . .'' |
ORTO |
| Agree (to) |
ASSENT |
| Bit of heredity |
GENE |
| Blizzard or hurricane |
STORM |
| Boyfriend |
BEAU |
| Bullring cheers |
OLES |
| Calculate a total |
ADD |
| Catch sight of |
SEE |
| Church platform |
ALTAR |
| Close tightly, as an envelope |
SEAL |
| Committed robbery |
STOLE |
| Creole veggie |
OKRA |
| Cut of beef |
TOPSIRLOIN |
| Da Vinci's first name |
LEONARDO |
| Desert-dry |
ARID |
| Do the driving |
STEER |
| Eye-color area |
IRIS |
| Family rooms |
DENS |
| Female singing voice |
ALTO |
| Fill with joy |
ELATE |
| Flip-chart holder |
EASEL |
| Flow slowly |
SEEP |
| Grade-school support grps |
PTAS |
| Greatly regret |
RUE |
| Hay bundle |
BALE |
| Highest quality |
BEST |
| India's continent |
ASIA |
| Italian coins |
EUROS |
| Keeps from happening |
AVERTS |
| Large |
BIG |
| Least plausible, as an excuse |
LAMEST |
| Letters before tees |
ESSES |
| Life story, briefly |
BIO |
| Like __ of bricks |
ATON |
| Lose air, as a tire |
LEAK |
| Make less difficult |
EASE |
| Med. insurance program |
HMO |
