| 'At first I tried to become a barbecue guru, but I ___ ...' |
SOONBURNEDOUT |
| 'Bells Are Ringing' composer |
STYNE |
| 'Finally I took up tailoring and ___' |
FOUNDAGOODFIT |
| 'Then I attempted web developing, but things ___ ...' |
FAILEDTOCLICK |
| 'Then I spent some time as a cabdriver, but I ___ ...' |
COULDNTHACKIT |
| 'When I was ___ ...' ('HMS Pinafore' song starter) |
ALAD |
| 1984 Peace Nobelist |
TUTU |
| 1987 Oscar-winning role for Douglas |
GEKKO |
| Almond cousin, on a color wheel |
ECRU |
| Arthur Godfrey's instrument, familiarly |
UKE |
| Austrian city where Mozart's Symphony No. 36 premiered |
LINZ |
| Basque dance rhythm |
ZORTZICO |
| Beetle Bailey's service branch |
THEARMY |
| Bit of chicken feed |
OAT |
| Bit that can be split |
ATOM |
| Botanical oddities that inspired Velcro |
BURS |
| Brief writer: Abbr |
ATTY |
| Brings down |
RAZES |
| Casino regular |
GAMESTER |
| CBS, vis-à-vis '60 Minutes' |
AIRER |
| Conclude via clues |
INFER |
| Creator of Imperial Easter eggs |
FABERGE |
| Dernier ___ (latest fashion) |
CRI |
| Div. of biology |
ANAT |
| Drink that 'adds life,' in a 1970s slogan |
COKE |
| Father of Taoism |
LAOTZU |
| First name in Notre Dame football |
KNUTE |
| Foe of Frodo |
ORC |
| Forgo |
SKIP |
| French department containing Camembert |
ORNE |
| Frequently toothpicked diner order, for short |
BLT |
| Frozen Wasser |
EIS |
| Humbly accepts blame |
EATSDIRT |
| Industry bigwig |
TITAN |
| It won't take much, in a way |
TREY |
| Joanne of 'Red River' |
DRU |
