| Not just any old |
THE |
| Often-questionable account |
ALIBI |
| On |
ABOARD |
| One who has a ball at work? |
SEER |
| Options on an IHOP table |
SYRUPS |
| Paid (up) |
PONIED |
| Parrots a pigeon? |
COOS |
| Partner of starts |
FITS |
| Pioneering 1990s computer game |
MYST |
| Prefix with gendered |
CIS |
| Quartet member |
CELLO |
| Say blah blah blah blah blah |
BABBLE |
| See 17-Across |
TAUTOLOGY |
| See 25-Across |
RECURSION |
| See 58-Across |
TAUTOLOGY |
| See 66-Across |
AWILDGOOSECHASE |
| See ??-Across |
AMBIGUITY |
| Seemingly forever |
AGES |
| Shoots the breeze |
GABS |
| Short end of the stick |
BUMDEAL |
| Smoothie fruit |
ACAI |
| Snookums |
TOOTS |
| Some yacht assistants |
CABINBOYS |
| Something that might be settled over drinks |
BARBET |
| Something you have in a chair |
LAP |
| Strike out |
OMIT |
| Teeny |
ITSY |
| Thwarts |
FOILS |
| Transfix |
RIVET |
| Upscale hotel chain |
OMNI |
| Wake-up call? |
BUGLE |
| Was affected by too heavy a weight, say |
GROANED |
| What ' ' contains |
SPACE |
| What a mess! |
STY |
| What you might see the big game on |
SAFARI |
| Wile E. Coyote prop |
TNT |
| Yacht destination, maybe |
ISLE |
| ___ Rohmer, French New Wave director |
ERIC |