| "Ben-Hur," e.g |
EPIC |
| "Heaven Can Wait" character |
ANGEL |
| "Just to See You Smile" country singer |
MCGRAW |
| "__ la la!" |
OOH |
| '60s-'70s teammate of Esposito |
ORR |
| Above-ground, as a ski lift |
AERIAL |
| Adjust, as a faulty stitch |
RESEW |
| Andean stew veggie |
OCA |
| Animator Bill and others |
HANNAS |
| Anniversary celebration |
JUBILEE |
| Ark units |
TWOS |
| Art form with singing |
OPERA |
| Bay, say |
INLET |
| Before, to Byron |
ERE |
| Bill entry |
CHARGE |
| Binge-watching site |
DEN |
| Blvd. cousin |
AVE |
| Boils |
SEETHES |
| Budget competitor |
ALAMO |
| Butter from a farm |
RAM |
| Buzz |
HUM |
| Carwash challenge |
TAR |
| Casual jacket fabric |
DENIM |
| Catcalls |
JEERS |
| Chances |
ODDS |
| Choler |
IRE |
| Clear |
ERASE |
| Common teen phase |
ANGST |
| Conjure up |
EVOKE |
| Curtain fabric |
SCRIM |
| D.C. bigwigs |
POLS |
| Daycare banes |
BRATS |
| Declares |
AVERS |
| Donald, to Dewey |
UNCA |
| Dracula's favorite fruit? |
NECKTARINE |
| Dracula's least favorite lunch? |
STAKESANDWICH |
| Emulated Paul Bunyan |
HEWED |
| Eponymous comet tracker |
HALLEY |
| Equinox mo |
MAR |
| Evening reception |
SOIREE |
| Failure |
BUST |
| Faint |
KEELOVER |
| Fiber source |
BRAN |
| Firstborn |
ELDEST |
| French vineyard |
CRU |
| Front man? |
MEDIC |
| Futuristic 2009 James Cameron film |
AVATAR |
| Ghosts' car safety devices? |
SHEETBELTS |
| Golf scorecard number |
PAR |
| Golfer's concern |
HOOK |
| Help with money, perhaps |
DONATE |
| Iconic WWII island, familiarly |
IWO |
| In vitro cells |
OVA |
| Kia model |
RIO |
| LAX info |
ETA |
| Lennon's lady |
ONO |
| Like 62-Across |
SASSY |
| Lumps |
CLODS |
| Many Manets |
OILS |
| Meant to lose |
THREW |
| Messed up |
ERRED |
| Minnelli movie musical |
CABARET |
| Mole, maybe |
SPY |
| Monster's daily newspaper reading? |
HORRORSCOPE |
| Monster's favorite cereal? |
SCREAMOFWHEAT |
| Monsters' cookie-selling group? |
GHOULSCOUTS |
| More pleasant |
NICER |
| More sick |
ILLER |
| More spicy |
HOTTER |
| Mosaic artist |
TILER |
| Most lucid |
SANEST |
| Move obliquely |
SIDLE |