| ''Ali ___ and the Forty Thieves'' |
BABA |
| ''Diamond ___'' |
LIL |
| ''Take ___ from me!'' (''Here's some advice'') |
ATIP |
| A.D. word |
ANNO |
| Academic challenge |
EXAM |
| Actor Hawke of ''Alive'' |
ETHAN |
| Airborne pest |
GNAT |
| Bad sound to make during a sobriety test |
HIC |
| Bad thing to have in one's armor |
CHINK |
| Basin blocker |
CLOG |
| Before the bell |
EARLY |
| Benevolent beasts? |
ELKS |
| Bereft |
LORN |
| Best Picture winner of 1976 |
ROCKY |
| Bibliography notation |
IBID |
| Bonobo, e.g. |
APE |
| Book filled with legends |
ATLAS |
| Bother, to the Bard |
ADO |
| Boyer of the Yankees |
CLETE |
| Burn, as hair |
SINGE |
| Canal of renown |
ERIE |
| Certain medical facility |
CLINIC |
| Certain voice vote |
NAY |
| Contents of some banks |
SAND |
| Cool, in the '50s |
NEATO |
| Early South American empire |
INCA |
| English derby town |
EPSOM |
| Eschew the landfill |
RECYCLE |
| Estate extent |
ACREAGE |
| First name in Canadian pop stars |
CELINE |
| Front the money |
LEND |
| Give a wide berth to |
AVOID |
| Honey bunch? |
BEES |
| Hope/Crosby film destination |
BALI |
| Legend of scat |
ELLA |
| Linchpin's setting |
AXLE |
| Loser to ''Million Dollar Baby'' for Best Picture |
RAY |
| Loud music, to some |
RACKET |
| More protracted |
LONGER |
