| ''Aida'' backdrop |
NILE |
| ''Chances ___ ...'' |
ARE |
| ''Going ___, going ...'' |
ONCE |
| ''If only that were true!'' |
IWISH |
| ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' author |
ODELL |
| ''Tricky'' nickname |
DICK |
| ''___ be a pleasure!'' |
ITLL |
| Animal shelter |
LAIR |
| Astronomical object |
PULSAR |
| Bit of thatching |
REED |
| Book-lined rooms, perhaps |
DENS |
| Bright thoughts |
IDEAS |
| Cashes in |
REDEEMS |
| Cat's-eye, e.g. |
GEM |
| Cattiness |
SPITE |
| Controversial 1990s sitcom |
ELLEN |
| Cutting instrument |
KNIFE |
| Delicate ballet position |
POINTE |
| Desert flora |
CACTI |
| Detect |
SEE |
| Director Reitman |
IVAN |
| Eero's wing |
ELL |
| Freak out |
GOAPE |
| George Jones song |
WILDIRISHROSE |
| Gives it to the judge |
RESTS |
| Grandparents' stories, e.g. |
LORE |
| Hilo garland |
LEI |
| Hinder |
DETER |
| Home for some skeletons |
CLOSET |
| ICU hookups |
IVS |
| Important historic times |
ERAS |
| Indeterminate amount |
ANY |
| It continually moves in the same direction |
TRADEWIND |
| It could be poison |
IVY |
| It has gobs of gobs |
FLEET |
| It makes quite a bang |
NITRO |
| It may be due |
EAST |
| James or Kett |
ETTA |
| Jerry and Adam |
WESTS |
