| 'Doggone it!' |
AWRATS |
| 'Heavens!' |
OHMYLORD |
| 'I give up' |
ITSHOPELESS |
| 'You're really testing my patience right now ...' |
DONTEVEN |
| Attack |
ASSAIL |
| Beach makeup |
SAND |
| Blurred |
HAZY |
| Branch |
ARM |
| Business letters? |
LLC |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
ALIASES |
| Carolina ___ (state bird) |
WREN |
| Chin stroker's comment |
LETMESEE |
| Chinese secret society |
TONG |
| Congressional staffer |
AIDE |
| Controversial food preservative, for short |
BHT |
| Couple |
DUO |
| Couples |
DYADS |
| Cozy places? |
TEAROOMS |
| D as in dates? |
DOMINI |
| Denoting a 3' nail, so-called from its original cost |
TENPENNY |
| Driving test challenge ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
PARALLELPARKING |
| Dutch export |
TULIP |
| Early tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
OTOE |
| Eazy-E collaborator, informally |
DRE |
| Emmy- and Oscar-winning Melissa |
LEO |
| First in line |
NEXT |
| Gangsters' gals |
MOLLS |
| Gershwin's 'Summertime,' e.g |
ARIA |
| Gibbon, e.g |
APE |
| Grub |
EATS |
| He's a doll |
KEN |
| Head of a classroom, in slang |
TEACH |
| Heads of families |
CAPOS |
| Hit 100, say |
SPED |
| Impersonal 'you' |
ONE |
| It starts when an overture's over |
ACTI |
| Item under a fairy tale princess' mattress |
PEA |
| Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ |
ABE |