| 'A mouse!' |
EEK |
| 'Bro!' |
DUDE |
| 'Correct!' |
RIGHTANSWER |
| 'Fingers crossed!' |
HOPESO |
| 'One more thing . . .' |
ALSO |
| 'Who's Who' entries, briefly |
BIOS |
| '___ on a true story' |
BASED |
| 1953 Alan Ladd western |
SHANE |
| Area 51 creatures, it's said |
ETS |
| Artfully avoid |
DODGE |
| Autumn leaves shade |
OCHER |
| Big name in jeans |
LEE |
| Blood-related |
AKIN |
| Body-piercing site |
NAVEL |
| Bowled over |
INAWE |
| Brief, like a tweet |
TERSE |
| Collection of treasures |
TROVE |
| Color chart selections |
HUES |
| Crystal-lined rock |
GEODE |
| Deck ruiner |
DRYROT |
| Emotionally demanding |
NEEDY |
| Fail to mention |
OMIT |
| Farmer's place of song |
DELL |
| Financially secure |
SET |
| Fish caught in pots |
EELS |
| Fries source, informally |
TATERS |
| Go here and there |
ROVE |
| Goes ballistic |
RANTS |
| Goes sky-high |
SOARS |
| Golden Rule word |
UNTO |
| Golfers' shirts |
POLOS |
| Gossip that's 'dished' |
DIRT |
| Heeds the bailiff |
RISES |
| Interviewer, often |
BOSS |
| Justice Kagan |
ELENA |
| Kegger libation |
DRAFTBEER |
| Kimmel, for the 2018 Oscars |
HOST |
| Leaf opening |
PORE |
| Level or bevel |
TOOL |