| 'C'mon, I dare you!' |
DOIT |
| 'Lohengrin' lady |
ELSA |
| 'My baby at my breast,' to Shakespeare's Cleopatra |
ASP |
| 'Rapsodie Espagnole' composer |
RAVEL |
| 'Reader, I married him' speaker |
EYRE |
| 'Tear down this wall!' speaker |
REAGAN |
| 'Whatever you prefer' |
IMEASY |
| 53-Down, for one |
GOD |
| Access controller |
GATEMAN |
| Advocate of boots on the ground |
WARHAWK |
| As is proper |
DULY |
| Assimilate |
DIGEST |
| Big bettor at the casino |
WHALE |
| Blows a gasket |
RAGES |
| Book reviewer |
AUDITOR |
| Cockpit array |
DIALS |
| Creative springboard |
IDEA |
| Critical asset |
TASTE |
| Cry like a baby |
BAWL |
| Culkin of 'Igby Goes Down' |
KIERAN |
| Cunning |
ART |
| Dance step |
PAS |
| Declining |
WORSE |
| Delta-Foxtrot go-between |
ECHO |
| Denim worker |
DYER |
| Dental directive |
SPIT |
| Different |
ELSE |
| Dispensary unit |
PILL |
| Drummer's punchline follow-up |
RIMSHOT |
| Elemental bit |
ATOM |
| Epic of roughly 24,000 couplets |
RAMAYANA |
| Familial nickname |
SIS |
| Fancy affair |
GALA |
| Forwent frugality |
SPENT |
| Gave a promotion |
MARKETED |
| General Motors subsidiary |
OPEL |
| Haggard book |
SHE |
| Hex halved |
TRI |