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''Average'' fellows JOES
''Madam Secretary'' star LEONI
''Rock-a-bye'' subject of a 1918 Jolson song DIXIEMELODY
''The Lion King'' hero SIMBA
''There's no __ 'team''' IIN
''__ a Grecian Urn'' ODEON
Actress Sevigny CHLOE
Actress Watts NAOMI
Adolescents TEENERS
Any Bryn Mawr grad WOMAN
Apt rhyme for ''bowls'' ROLLS
Aspiration AIM
Atolls, essentially CORAL
Authoritative order EDICT
Awestruck AGOG
Bard's ''before long'' ANON
Be worried FRET
Become scattered DISPERSE
Big Band music SWING
Big name in blush ESTEE
Book in Bordeaux LIVRE
Boone nickname DANL
Boston or Austin CAPITAL
Brief run-in SETTO
Call forth EVOKE
Cardinal point EAST
City near Düsseldorf ESSEN
Coleridge creation RIME
Craving URGE
Cravings YENS
Crayon materials WAXES
Creative inspiration MUSE
Criticize SLAM
Criticizes RAPS
Curtain-raising time ACTONE
Cut short a project ABORT
Daily ritual SLEEP
Data holders, for instance MEDIA
Declares AVERS
Designer Kamali NORMA
Designer von Furstenberg DIANE
Does bad to WRONGS
Ellison or Emerson RALPH
Ending for Jumbo at a ballpark TRON
English spy novelist LECARRE
Equivalent of C sharp DFLAT
Exclusive license of a sort PATENT
First film Tarzan, in 1918 ELMOLINCOLN
French general who signed the 1918 armistice MARSHALFOCH
GI dog-tag data SERIALNO
Grp. in charge MGMT
Guess, for short EST
Hawaii's high point MAUNAKEA
Her ''My Ántonia'' was published in 1918 WILLACATHER
His ''The Planets'' premiered in 1918 GUSTAVHOLST
Home for a hamster CAGE
Hot-air duct FLUE
Humorous COMIC
Ice on the sea FLOES
Iconic doll introduced in 1918 RAGGEDYANN
In one piece WHOLE
Iron Man, Hulk and colleagues AVENGERS
It means ''both'' AMBI
It means ''inner'' ENTO
Lasso loop NOOSE
Later on AFTER
Less seasoned NEWER
Little Havana's home MIAMI
Lorna of literature DOONE
Manhattan Project VIP FERMI
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Martial arts school DOJO
Misfortunes ILLS
Most weighty NBA Hall of Famer ONEAL
Much less than impressed DISMAYED
Mystic's deck TAROT
Nefarious EVIL
Novelist Paretsky SARA
Nutrient in seaweed IODINE
Olympics symbol TORCH
On the road AWAY
Ornate buttons STUDS
Overdue LATE
Parent of Princess Charlotte KATE
Penne __ vodka ALLA
Perfume counter bottles TESTERS
Petrified wood, e.g FOSSIL
Piece for a diva ARIA
Poll tally VOTES
Poor poker pair FOURS
Prepare, as a salad TOSS
Provide an endorsement SIGN
Quest for Galahad GRAIL
Rain clouds NIMBI
Red Sox great born in 1918 TEDWILLIAMS
Red Sox, on scoreboards BOS
Rescue team: Abbr EMTS
Riles up ANGERS
Rum cocktail MAITAI
Sandal features OPENTOES
Scoundrel SOANDSO
Second-quality, for short IRREG
Shafts of light RAYS
Sherbet flavor LIME
Shining example IDEAL
Shoe support ARCH
Small portion DAB
Small town BURG
Small-scale MINI
Smarten up GETWISE
Some day-care arrangers MAMAS
South Africa's last prime minister PWBOTHA
Space-saving abbr ETC
St. Teresa's home AVILA
Submit a return FILE
Successful, in show-biz slang SOCKO
Suite things ROOMS
Symbol of growth potential ACORN
Tedious journey SCHLEP
Tennis ''hustler'' born in 1918 BOBBYRIGGS
Tent entrance FLAP
The Bee __ (''Night Fever'' trio) GEES
The first part of his ''Ulysses'' was published in 1918 JAMESJOYCE
Their first studio opened in 1918 WARNERBROS
Tic Tacs alternative CERTS
Title bestowed on Julie Andrews DAME
Totally unfamiliar ALIEN
Trajectory paths ARCS
Trusted advisors SAGES
Turndowns NOS
Vacuum ''feature'' NOAIR
Vuitton competitor PRADA
Walt Disney Concert Hall architect GEHRY
War of 1812 president MADISON
What some sports cars lack REARSEAT
When Michelangelo finished ''David'' MDIV
Wherever you like ANYPLACE
Word on Irish euros EIRE
Yale student ELI
Yellowish green OLIVE
Young ''femme'' FILLE