| Lady birds |
HENS |
| Language that gave us 'boondocks' |
TAGALOG |
| Leave breathless |
AWE |
| Likely to stop at mirrors |
VAIN |
| List-shortening abbr. |
ETAL |
| Marked down |
REDUCED |
| Michael Jackson hit |
BAD |
| Mild yet firm oath? |
STEELYDANG |
| Mint family herb |
OREGANO |
| Minute |
WEE |
| Monarch with intimates? |
KITHANDKING |
| Most writing |
PROSE |
| Multipage article |
SPREAD |
| Name on an old column |
ERMA |
| Not taken in by |
ONTO |
| Novel idea |
PLOT |
| Old coots |
CODGERS |
| Olympics sport since 1964 |
JUDO |
| One way to read |
ALOUD |
| Online zine |
EMAG |
| Orange-flavored stout drink? |
BLACKANDTANG |
| Oscar-winning cinematographer Nykvist |
SVEN |
| Park Avenue, for one |
SEDAN |
| Parting words |
IMOFF |
| Personal letters |
MONOGRAM |
| Pitcher's goal |
SALE |
| Plumber's collection |
WRENCHES |
| Pointer |
TIP |
| Poked |
JABBED |
| Poorly made |
SHODDY |
| Power network |
GRID |
| Promotion that isn't deserved? |
UNEARNEDRUNG |
| Puppy pickup spot |
NAPE |
| Relief pitcher's goal |
SAVE |
| Removed unceremoniously |
YANKED |
| Revelation response |
AHA |
| Rocky finish? |
KAYO |
| Romance, for one |
GENRE |
| Saloon shills |
BGIRLS |
| Scrap |
TOSS |
| Seamen, in slang |
GOBS |
| Short story |
ANECDOTE |
| Show stopper? |
PAN |
| Show the way |
LEAD |
| Shower feature |
DRAIN |
| Site of Boston touchdowns |
LOGAN |
| Site of deposits between banks |
RIVERBED |
| Smokey spotter |
CBER |
| Speaker of 18-Down |
GAEL |
| Spectra producer |
KIA |
| Standing in the military |
RANK |
| Sugar server |
TONGS |
| Supplement |
ADDTO |
| Surgery supply |
SWABS |
| Sweetly, in scores |
DOLCE |
| Teed off |
SORE |
| They have high crowns |
TOPHATS |
| They have their pride |
LIONS |
| They show what they've got |
FLASHERS |
| Turning point |
HINGE |
| Under-the-sink brand |
SOS |
| Undo a truce |
REARM |
| Vegas line |
ODDS |
| Vulnerable to a barrage |
INRANGE |
| Wet blanket |
SNOW |
| What a remorseful torturer thinks about? |
RACKANDRUING |
| Williams of 'Ugly Betty' |
VANESSA |
| Words before 'Ideas' and 'Around' in song titles |
IGET |
| Words from the judge |
BESEATED |
| Words with ropes or rocks |
ONTHE |
