| '2001' studio |
MGM |
| 'First Blood' hero John |
RAMBO |
| 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof |
SPYS |
| 1981 Stephen King novel |
CUJO |
| Actor Cary of 'Twister' |
ELWES |
| Adaptable truck, for short |
UTE |
| Ashcroft's predecessor |
RENO |
| Bank |
CAROM |
| Bite |
NOSH |
| Black Sabbath singer, to fans |
OZZY |
| Bring (out) |
TROT |
| Bruce Springsteen album 'The Ghost of Tom ___' |
JOAD |
| Celestial bear |
URSA |
| Chew (out) |
REAM |
| Chowder morsel |
CLAM |
| Collected |
SERENE |
| Combative retort |
ISSO |
| Comfy kids? |
COZYYOUNG |
| Comic Dunn and others |
NORAS |
| Comparatively recent |
NEWER |
| Complete |
ATOZ |
| Contented sighs (and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme) |
AAHS |
| Counterpart of Apollo |
LUNA |
| Deli machine |
SLICER |
| Devilish |
EVIL |
| Domingo, for one |
DIA |
| Early baby talk |
DADA |
| Early Christian convert |
NAZARENE |
| English artist John who's buried at St. Paul's Cathedral |
OPIE |
| Garland native to Minnesota |
JUDY |
| Golf's ___ Cup |
RYDER |
| High in the Sierra Madre? |
ALTO |
| How many it takes to tango in Spain? |
DOS |
| Icicle site |
EAVE |
| It can cure many things |
BRINE |
| It may be organized |
CRIME |
| K. T. of country music |
OSLIN |
| Laugh-a-minute folks |
RIOTS |