| ''Hardy Boys'' byline |
DIXON |
| ''Sink'' or ''swim'' |
VERB |
| Assail vigorously |
PELT |
| Astronomer's observation |
COMET |
| Bar-mitzvah reading |
TORAH |
| Beatnik's instrument |
BONGO |
| Borneo beast |
ORANG |
| Card-player's exclamation |
GIN |
| Cardinal point |
WEST |
| Casino game |
KENO |
| Chicago reviewer |
EBERT |
| Choose formally |
ANOINT |
| Commit |
PERPETRATE |
| Contribute, in a way |
ANTE |
| Division word |
INTO |
| Draw like a caricaturist |
EXAGGERATE |
| Drew Barrymore's great-aunt |
ETHEL |
| Ducats |
TIX |
| Endgame end |
MATE |
| Enjoy a smorgasbord |
GRAZE |
| Entreat |
PRAY |
| Epoch |
AGE |
| Falls back |
EBBS |
| First name in ''Who's Who in the Bible'' |
AARON |
| First-aid kit staple |
GAUZE |
| Follows a recipe, say |
ADDS |
| Get through |
PENETRATE |
| Gravity-powered vehicle |
SLED |
| Group-activity ending |
FEST |
| Hit the gas |
FLOORIT |
| Horn sound |
TOOT |
| Intrudes |
SNOOPS |
| Keyboard slips |
TYPOS |
| Liquid-Plumr alternative |
DRANO |
| Lo-cal |
LITE |
| LuPone of musicals |
PATTI |
| Major road |
INTERSTATE |
| Maleficent |
EVIL |