| "As a matter of fact," informally |
YKNOW |
| "Blue" TV squad |
NYPD |
| "Boston Public" actress Sharon |
LEAL |
| "Closer to Fine" folk-rock duo |
INDIGOGIRLS |
| "Get Smart" evil agency |
KAOS |
| "How Can You __ Broken Heart?": Bee Gees hit |
MENDA |
| "If at first you don't succeed" course of action |
PLANB |
| "It's him __": lover's ultimatum |
ORME |
| "L.A. Law" costar |
DEY |
| "Like that'll ever happen!" |
DREAMON |
| "Ugh!" |
YECH |
| 12th century year |
MCII |
| 1930s-'40s singer/actress Durbin |
DEANNA |
| A million to one, say |
LONGODDS |
| A-Team muscleman |
MRT |
| Adjusts, as sagging socks |
HIKESUP |
| Ages like iron |
RUSTS |
| Aggressive Greek god |
ARES |
| Anne's home, in a 1908 Montgomery classic |
GREENGABLES |
| Annual dance |
PROM |
| Aristocratic |
BLUEBLOODED |
| Auctioneer's shout |
SOLD |
| Bad marks |
DEES |
| Bedding material |
LINEN |
| Big name in criticism |
EBERT |
| Bite hard |
CHOMP |
| Bright stars |
NOVAS |
| Brother of Moses |
AARON |
| Case for tweezers and such |
ETUI |
| Certain Slav |
SERB |
| Charged particles |
IONS |
| Check for accuracy |
VET |
| Chef's high-temperature technique |
SEARING |
| Chicago site of many connections |
OHARE |
| Chinese leader |
PREMIER |
| Civil War's Robt. __ |
ELEE |
| Columnist Bombeck |
ERMA |
| Conjurer's word |
PRESTO |
| Correct, as text |
REVISE |
| Cousin of the xylophone |
MARIMBA |
| Coward, slangily |
YELLOWBELLY |
| Cranny's partner |
NOOK |
| Decaf pioneer |
SANKA |
| Domingo forte |
ARIA |
| Economist Janeway |
ELIOT |
| Evening parties |
SOIREES |
| Fake footprint at the murder scene, e.g. |
REDHERRING |
| Finishes, as a lawn |
EDGES |
| First name in B-29 lore |
ENOLA |
| Fishing mishaps |
SNAGS |
| Fitness franchise primarily for women |
CURVES |
| Foal's father |
SIRE |
| Frees (of) |
RIDS |
| Gets the lead out? |
MINES |
| Gift of the garrulous |
GAB |
| Gigi's goodbyes |
ADIEUS |
| Go round and round |
ROTATE |
| Goodyear's home |
AKRON |
| Guttural interruption |
AHEM |
| Having one sharp, musically |
ING |
| He succeeded Fidel |
RAUL |
| Helmsley and others |
LEONAS |
| Highlands rejections |
NAES |
| Honda, to Toyota |
RIVAL |
| Hood's weapon? |
ARROW |
| Hoover Dam's lake |
MEAD |
| Horror writer Barker |
CLIVE |
| Hybrid big cat |
LIGER |
| Island east of Java |
TIMOR |
| It may have a code |
AREA |
| Italian noble family |
ESTE |
