| "I get it, but ..." |
HAHA |
| "On the contrary" |
NOTSO |
| "Roseanne" star |
BARR |
| "Turn Me Loose" singer, 1959 |
FABIAN |
| "__ we all?" |
ARENT |
| Actress Falco |
EDIE |
| Adorable, bottomwise? |
CUTEASABUTT |
| All-inclusive |
ATOZ |
| Ballpark phrase |
ORSO |
| Bile |
IRE |
| Blowup in a jam |
ROADRAGE |
| Choose not to call |
FOLD |
| Communist watering hole? |
THEREDBAR |
| Confection created by heating sugar |
CARAMEL |
| Corporate icons |
LOGOS |
| Costs of getting high? |
AIRFARES |
| Cower |
CRINGE |
| D-Day beach |
OMAHA |
| Dark'ning time |
EEN |
| Deep sleep |
SOPOR |
| Defendants' spouses, sometimes |
ALIBIS |
| Department bordering Savoie |
ISERE |
| Discontinue |
STOP |
| Ensign's affirmative |
AYESIR |
| Exhibit aplenty, as confidence |
OOZE |
| First name in soul |
ARETHA |
| Fishing for marlin, e.g. |
ATSEA |
| Follower of Johnson, and a two-word hint to this crossword's theme |
NIXON |
| Ford, for example |
WADE |
| French vineyard |
CRU |
| Gen-__ |
XER |
| Global currency org. |
IMF |
| Goat with recurved horns |
IBEX |
| Golf bag item |
TEE |
| Guy |
CHAP |
| Haile Selassie worshipers' movement |
RASTAFARI |
| Image |
PERSONA |
| Increased |
ROSE |
| It can be helpful in a pinch |
SALT |