| ''Beg pardon . . .'' |
AHEM |
| ''It's __ real!'' |
BEEN |
| ''No bid'' |
IPASS |
| ''The War of the Worlds'' invader |
MARTIAN |
| '40s foes |
AXIS |
| Actor Penn |
SEAN |
| Add later |
TACKON |
| Admitted defeat |
CONCEDED |
| Also starring |
WITH |
| Antlered beasts |
ELKS |
| Arrive at |
GETTO |
| Attentive |
MINDFUL |
| Author Fleming |
IAN |
| Blunted blade |
EPEE |
| Brazilian city, for short |
RIO |
| Caribbean cruise stop |
ARUBA |
| Choir voice |
ALTO |
| Chromosome unit |
GENE |
| City near Tahoe |
RENO |
| Compete at Indy |
RACE |
| Conductor Zubin |
MEHTA |
| Disk-drive filler |
DATA |
| Does dairy work |
MILKS |
| Dogie catcher |
LASSO |
| Don, as a pair of pants |
STEPINTO |
| Dressmaker's guides |
PATTERNS |
| Flow back |
EBB |
| Form 1040 filer's concern |
TAXBRACKET |
| Frasier's brother |
NILES |
| Furtive ''Hey!'' |
PSST |
| Give a keynote, say |
ORATE |
| Give a traffic ticket to |
CITE |
| Give the meaning of |
DEFINE |
| Handles roughly |
PAWS |
| Hang in the balance |
PEND |
| Hasty escape |
LAM |
| Hockey venue |
RINK |
| Latch onto |
GRAB |
| Like one end of a pool |
DEEP |
