| 'Hard Cash' author Charles |
READE |
| 'I' for Claudius |
EGO |
| Actress Peeples |
NIA |
| Adolescent |
TEEN |
| Asian country independent since 2002 |
EASTTIMOR |
| Athenian philosopher |
SOCRATES |
| Audible exhalation |
SIGH |
| Authority |
SAYSO |
| Before: Prefix |
PRE |
| Bellini opera |
NORMA |
| Big galoots |
APES |
| Blind as ___ |
ABAT |
| Boggy |
MARSHY |
| Border on |
ABUT |
| Bound by routine |
INARUT |
| Breach |
RIFT |
| Burden |
ONUS |
| Business degree |
MBA |
| Close-fitting |
SNUG |
| Comic Caesar |
SID |
| Connery of 007 fame |
SEAN |
| Deceive |
DUPE |
| Director Vittorio De ___ |
SICA |
| Duplex apartment |
MAISONETTE |
| Explosion |
BLAST |
| Fact-filled reference |
ALMANAC |
| Fairy tale villains |
OGRES |
| Folkfest |
HOOTENANNY |
| Footnote abbr. |
OPCIT |
| Forenoon |
MORN |
| Former Israeli statesman |
EBAN |
| French military cap |
KEPI |
| Get away |
ESCAPE |
| Get on a soapbox |
ORATE |
| Goals |
AIMS |
| Gulf state |
BAHRAIN |
| Gush |
EMOTE |