| ''Don't ___ innocent!'' |
ACTSO |
| ''Help, quick!'' |
SOS |
| ''If ___ my druthers . . .'' |
IHAD |
| ''Shut your ___!'' |
TRAP |
| ''Straight ___ the rocks?'' |
ORON |
| ''Tiptoe Through the Tulips'' instrument |
UKE |
| ''___ peasy, lemon squeezy'' |
EASY |
| 1770s loyalists |
TORIES |
| Abductors' demands |
RANSOMS |
| Admit |
AVOW |
| Afternoon hour in Italy |
TRE |
| Attain a maximum level of competence |
HITONESSTRIDE |
| Banned apple spray |
ALAR |
| Beery and Webster |
NOAHS |
| Bronte's governess |
EYRE |
| Bus. phone line |
EXT |
| C.S. Lewis' lion |
ASLAN |
| Cape Cod soda fountain |
SPA |
| Celestial exploder |
NOVA |
| Classic chicken recipe |
KIEV |
| Cocoon occupant |
PUPA |
| Coffee coast of Hawaii |
KONA |
| Coil of hair |
HANK |
| Copy to a flash drive |
SAVE |
| Cowboy's seat |
SADDLE |
| Cpl. Klinger or Sgt. Pepper, e.g. |
NCO |
| Cry of triumph after ''Whew!'' |
IMADEIT |
| Decorative cable channel? |
HGTV |
| Dozes off |
SNOOZES |
| Dreamscape painter Salvador |
DALI |
| Earned forgiveness |
ATONED |
| Editorial reconsideration |
STET |
| FBI guy |
GMAN |
| Frasier's call screener |
ROZ |
| Gummi Bear's foe |
OGRE |
| Gumshoe Archer |
LEW |
| Homonym for a foreign ''yes'' |
SEE |
| Hot chocolate |
COCOA |
| Hugs, in letters |
OOO |
