| "Alternative ___" (bit of fake news) |
FACT |
| "Draft Dodger Rag" singer Phil |
OCHS |
| "Excuse me . . ." |
AHEM |
| "What a relief!" |
PHEW |
| "What ___ thinking?" |
AMI |
| "___ soup yet?" |
ISIT |
| Air France hub |
ORLY |
| All the rage |
INSTYLE |
| Beehive structure |
HONEYCOMB |
| Bert's pal on "Sesame Street" |
ERNIE |
| Big spender in Vegas |
HIGHROLLER |
| Bird with an olive branch |
DOVE |
| Bit of wax on a letter |
SEAL |
| Boorish sort |
CHURL |
| Carpetlayer's calculation |
AREA |
| Casualty in Genesis |
ABEL |
| Cause of writer's cramp, often |
SPASM |
| Changes, as puzzle clues |
EDITS |
| Core-strengthening exercises |
SITUPS |
| Cost of belonging |
DUES |
| Coumadin may prevent its formation |
CLOT |
| D.C. wheeler-dealers |
POLS |
| Davis of "Do the Right Thing" |
OSSIE |
| Defied the posted limit |
SPED |
| Dendrologist's interest |
TREE |
| Do a bakery chore |
KNEAD |
| Do well financially |
PROSPER |
| Dwindle, as public favor |
ERODE |
| Egyptologist's find |
TOMB |
| El Chapo, in the drug world |
KINGPIN |
| Email folder heading |
SENT |
| Equally matched |
EVEN |
| Falco of "Nurse Jackie" |
EDIE |
| Fish tales |
LIES |
| Get to second base, in a way |
STEAL |
| Gorsuch of the Supreme Court |
NEIL |
| GPS lines (Abbr.) |
RDS |
| He sang of Alice |
ARLO |
| Hulk of wrestling |
HOGAN |