| ''All kidding __ . . .'' |
ASIDE |
| ''Rigoletto'' or ''Carmen'' |
OPERA |
| ''__ sesame!'' |
OPEN |
| ''__ you cute!'' |
ARENT |
| A Great Lake |
ERIE |
| Author Hemingway |
ERNEST |
| Bartlett or Bosc |
PEAR |
| Biblical paradise |
EDEN |
| Bit of parsley |
SPRIG |
| Bottom of a pedestal |
BASE |
| Boxing locale |
RING |
| Burn slightly |
CHAR |
| California wine region |
NAPA |
| Change course suddenly |
VEER |
| Cold-cuts department |
DELI |
| Dimes and nickels |
COINS |
| Dirt for planting |
SOIL |
| Do sketching |
DRAW |
| Donations to colleges |
ENDOWMENTS |
| Espionage org |
CIA |
| Factual |
TRUE |
| Fencing sword |
EPEE |
| Figure of speech |
IDIOM |
| Flat-topped elevations |
MESAS |
| Formal ceremonies |
RITES |
| Funnel shape |
CONE |
| Gas in some store lights |
NEON |
| Gather, as crops |
REAP |
| Give temporarily |
LEND |
| Group of cattle |
HERD |
| Handbag handles |
STRAPS |
| Happen again |
RECUR |
| Hatchling's home |
NEST |
| Hydrant attachment |
HOSE |
| Impolite look |
LEER |
| In a permanent way |
ENDURINGLY |
| Island near Oahu |
MAUI |
| Jeans fabric |
DENIM |
| Leaf-gathering tool |
RAKE |