| "Believe it or ___!" |
NOT |
| "Dear ___ or Madam" |
SIR |
| "Don't take another step!" |
HALT |
| "It's ___ late" |
TOO |
| 1,440 minutes |
DAY |
| 2,000 lbs |
TON |
| Angler's attachment |
LURE |
| Baby bed |
CRIB |
| Big maker of notebooks |
MEAD |
| Bit brewed in a bag |
TEALEAF |
| Bit in a horse's mouth? |
OAT |
| Bit of plankton |
ALGA |
| Bring on new employees |
HIRE |
| Carpet store calculation |
AREA |
| Clumsy sort |
OAF |
| Cook's item, sometimes |
POT |
| Corner chess piece |
ROOK |
| Cotton type |
GINGHAM |
| Countdown start, often |
TEN |
| Couple's possessive |
OURS |
| Daylight saving saving |
HOUR |
| Duke Ellington's inits |
EKE |
| Encourage |
URGE |
| Exorbitant, as a price |
STEEP |
| Extremely long unit of time |
EON |
| Fa-la link on a musical scale |
SOL |
| Faucet |
TAP |
| Feeling of wonder |
AWE |
| Fish-eating mammal |
OTTER |
| Give a darn? |
MEND |
| Good thing to have at dinner (2 words) |
TABLEMANNERS |
| Had dinner |
ATE |
| Hard-hitting Los Angeles football player? (2 words) |
BATTERINGRAM |
