| "Beg pardon . . ." |
AHEM |
| "Enchanted" girl in a 2004 movie |
ELLA |
| "Eureka!" |
AHA |
| "Friends" character with a pet monkey |
ROSS |
| "It follows that . . ." |
ERGO |
| "Selma" director DuVernay |
AVA |
| 1-Down and hook, for most boxers |
LEFTS |
| Able to play many positions |
VERSATILE |
| Al who wrote "Earth in the Balance" |
GORE |
| Barista's offering, slangily |
JAVA |
| Brewpub offering |
ALE |
| Buffalo, yaks et al |
BOVINES |
| Cameo stone |
ONYX |
| Collector of dues from drs |
AMA |
| Comics caveman Alley |
OOP |
| Cover, as barnacles on a hull |
ENCRUST |
| Creeping greenery |
IVY |
| Cut into paper-thin slices |
SHAVE |
| Discover by chance |
HITON |
| Distributor of current events articles |
NEWSBUREAU |
| DOJ employee |
ATTY |
| Draftable, once |
ONEA |
| Dry and crumbly, like some cornbread |
MEALY |
| Dug out dandelions, perhaps |
HOED |
| Gavel-pounding judge's word |
ORDER |
| Google's message service |
GMAIL |
| Grimm offerings |
TALES |
| Handed-down 48-Down |
LORE |
| Historic London theater, with "the" |
OLDVIC |
| Home-care giver |
AIDE |
| In need of extinguishing |
AFIRE |
| Industrial-strength cleaning device |
SHOPVAC |
| Informal eatery |
CAFE |
| Inventors' seeds |
IDEAS |
| Is decked out in |
HASON |
| Lasses' schoolmates |
LADS |
| Like a kickboxer's feet, typically |
BARE |
| MGM's mascot |
LEO |
