| #1-ranked tournament entrant |
TOPSEEDS |
| '-- -hoo!' |
YOO |
| 'Alley --!' |
OOP |
| 'Gloria in Excelsis --' |
DEO |
| 'Hold On Tight' rock gp |
ELO |
| 'I say!' |
BYGEORGE |
| 'It was forced on me' |
IHADTO |
| 'It's -- bet' |
ASURE |
| 'Now it's clear' |
ISEE |
| 'O Sole --' |
MIO |
| 'Sounder' director Martin |
RITT |
| 'The rest -- to you' |
ISUP |
| 'Thwack!' |
KAPOW |
| 'What -- thinking?' |
WASI |
| -- -cone |
SNO |
| -- and outs |
INS |
| -- Aviv-Yafo |
TEL |
| 1923 Nobel-winning poet |
YEATS |
| 2001-09 U.S. pres |
GWB |
| Actress Palmer or Soprano Lehmann |
LILLI |
| Architectural wing |
ELL |
| As yet unpaid |
DUE |
| At peace |
SERENE |
| Awful |
BAD |
| Ballpark amt |
EST |
| Big coffee container |
URN |
| BLT condiment |
MAYO |
| Body digit |
TOE |
| Bullfight bull |
TORO |
| Cara of 'Fame' |
IRENE |
| Cleans up copy |
EDITS |
| Clock part |
FACE |
| Cole Porter's 'Well, Did You --?' |
EVAH |
| Compete |
VIE |
| Court do-overs |
RETRIALS |
| Cousin of lotto |
KENO |
| Creature on a slide |
AMOEBA |
| Cry after a three-pointer |
NICESHOT |
| Dated |
OLD |
| Debt memo |
IOU |
| DeLuise or DiMaggio |
DOM |
| Depletes little by little |
EATSINTO |
| Diarist Samuel |
PEPYS |
| Duel sword |
EPEE |
| Egg sources |
HENS |
| Eggs |
OVA |
| End of the riddle |
DESCRIBETHATOUTCOME |
| Ending for ordinals |
ETH |
| Fake peeper |
GLASSEYE |
| Fit for consumption |
EDIBLE |
| Flogs |
LASHES |
| Form of trapshooting |
SKEET |
| Frat house beer bash |
KEGPARTY |
| French river |
ISERE |
| Gets dirty |
SOILS |
| Gorilla observer Fossey |
DIAN |
| Having good manners |
WELLBRED |
| Hawke of 'Hamlet' |
ETHAN |
| In -- of |
LIEU |
| Inundate |
DROWN |
| IRS datum |
SSN |
| Jump to clear |
LEAPOVER |
| Juneau locale |
ALASKA |
| K-6: Abbr |
ELEM |
| Kelly of morning TV |
RIPA |
| Killer whales |
ORCAS |
| Knighted actor Holm |
IAN |
| Lead-in to fauna |
AVI |
| Like four-person basketball |
TWOONTWO |
| Lofty poem |
ODE |
| Longing |
YEN |
| Look lewdly |
LEER |
