| ''According to the grapevine ...'' |
IHEAR |
| ''Art of Love'' poet |
OVID |
| ''Double Fantasy'' songstress |
ONO |
| ''Good golly!'' |
EGAD |
| ''I can hardly wait!'' |
OHBOY |
| ''Jesus ___'' (Bible's shortest verse) |
WEPT |
| ''King ___'' |
KONG |
| ''More'' and ''lasting'' attachment |
EVER |
| 1993 Nobelist Morrison |
TONI |
| 4 x 100, e.g. |
RELAY |
| Absurdist art movement |
DADA |
| Ancient Canaanite deity |
BAAL |
| Animal that may be ''XING'' |
DEER |
| Ant assemblage |
ARMY |
| Argument flaws |
HOLES |
| Azure |
SKYBLUE |
| Bad-tempered |
SURLY |
| Barracks no-show |
AWOL |
| Bassoon's little brother |
OBOE |
| Beggar |
PANHANDLER |
| Belgian songwriter Jacques |
BREL |
| Bird in hieroglyphics |
IBIS |
| Boldness |
CHEEK |
| Bone in a column |
VERTEBRA |
| Candidate's target |
VOTER |
| Casserole veggie |
PEA |
| Casual turndown |
NOPE |
| Chaser, perhaps |
BEER |
| Chicken-king link |
ALA |
| Chromosome carriers |
OVA |
| Clinton defense secretary |
COHEN |
| Clods |
OAFS |
| Cosmetics additive |
ALOE |
| Cubs' home |
WRIGLEY |
| Dawson of the NFL |
LEN |
| Difficult to miss |
OVERT |
| Diver Louganis |
GREG |
| End of the night |
DAWN |
| Fills roles |
CASTS |