| ''. . . __ iron bars a cage'' |
NOR |
| ''Don't mind __ do'' |
IFI |
| ''Don't worry!'' |
FEARNOT |
| ''Julius Caesar'' conspirator |
CASCA |
| ''One'' on a dime |
UNUM |
| ''Peter Pan'' pirate |
SMEE |
| ''Precisely!'' |
BINGO |
| ''Semper Fi'' org |
USMC |
| ''Simpsons'' bus driver |
OTTO |
| ''The Martian'' agcy |
NASA |
| ''The Name of the Rose'' author |
ECO |
| ''Tight'' situation |
SQUEEZE |
| ''__ live nephew of my Uncle Sam'' |
AREAL |
| 18 Down, for one |
ISLE |
| About to, informally |
GONNA |
| Annoying fool |
TWIT |
| Approximately |
ORSO |
| Atmospheric obscurer |
HAZE |
| Barnyard beasts |
PIGS |
| Barrel of laughs |
SCREAM |
| Biblical possessive |
THY |
| Big name in Western fiction |
ZANE |
| Birth announcement abbr |
OZS |
| Blue Cross competitor |
AETNA |
| Brit's ''Bye!'' |
TATA |
| Brush up on |
RELEARN |
| Cab fare calculator |
METER |
| Carrying cargo |
LADEN |
| Cathedral seating |
PEWS |
| Celebrity charisma |
STARPOWER |
| Certain military technician |
Warrantofficer |
| Color close to turquoise |
PEACOCKBLUE |
| Compatriot |
ALLY |
| Contemporary witchcraft |
WICCA |
| Copy-room package |
REAM |
| Court statement |
OATH |
| Court statements |
ARGUMENTS |
| Cowpoke's colleague |
PARD |
| Duchess of Cambridge |
KATE |
| Dwell (on) |
HARP |
| Earth sci |
GEOL |
| Eduardo's emphatic assent |
SISI |
| El Greco's birthplace |
CRETE |
| Emulate |
MIMIC |
| Expunge |
ERASE |
| Fade from sight |
DISAPPEAR |
| Family car |
SEDAN |
| Far from rare |
BURNT |
| Fencing weapon |
EPEE |
| Foist, with ''off'' |
FOB |
| Force out |
OUST |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
TIS |
| French article |
UNE |
| Fugitive |
ESCAPEE |
| Garfield's pink girlfriend |
ARLENE |
| Garment attachment |
TAG |
| Great bargain |
STEAL |
| Happen next |
ENSUE |
| Hearth tool |
POKER |
| Heated big-league battle |
PENNANTRACE |
| Henry Ford contemporary |
WALTERCHRYSLER |
| Henry VIII's sixth |
PARR |
| Higher than |
OVER |
| Hoity-toity types |
SNOBS |
| Homonym for ''air'' |
ERE |
| How frankfurters are typically sold |
PRECOOKED |
| HP rival |
IBM |
| ICU staffers |
RNS |
| Illusory image |
MIRAGE |
| In an envelope, perhaps |
FOLDED |
| Intern, for instance |
TRAINEE |
| Interrogate |
QUIZ |
| Invitation to taste |
TAKEABITE |
