| 'Chicago Hope' Emmy winner Christine |
LAHTI |
| 'Dumb' vowel sound |
SHORTU |
| 'Le Freak' band |
CHIC |
| 'Norma ___' (cinematic union organizer whose inspiration died on September 11, 2009) |
RAE |
| 'That's gotta hurt' |
OOOH |
| 'The Little Mermaid' mermaid |
ARIEL |
| 2009 Beyoncé single |
EGO |
| A Black Eyed Pea |
FERGIE |
| A ___ (the gamut) |
TOZ |
| AAA offering |
TOW |
| Appliance that might go in the closet 'round about September |
FAN |
| B.S. |
HOGWASH |
| Bear ___ (March 2008 casualty) |
STEARNS |
| Being unnecessarily negative, in slang |
HATING |
| Blender sound |
WHIRR |
| Candied side dish |
YAM |
| Caveat letters next to some links |
NSFW |
| Cavorting |
ATPLAY |
| Celebrity Ramadan? (temperature) |
ALLSTARFAST |
| Chinese tea |
CHA |
| Chopper prefix |
HELI |
| Claim shouted by Joe Wilson on September 9, 2009 |
YOULIE |
| Cry from the saved |
MYHERO |
| Didn't act just yet |
WAITED |
| Duke played by Johnny Depp in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' |
RAOUL |
| Editable site |
WIKI |
| Eyelid problem |
STYE |
| Fun or deadly things, depending on how one looks at the world |
SINS |
| Future Yankee Hall of Famer, in the tabloids |
AROD |
| Gland where Descartes thought the soul was |
PINEAL |
| Green-light phrase |
AOK |
| Guitarist James who co-wrote 'Soma' and 'Mayonaise' |
IHA |
| Hallucinogen from another planet? (volume) |
GALACTICACID |
| Hawaiian port with a Pacific Tsunami Museum |
HILO |
| How the nonpartisan site Politifact.com rated the claim in 39-Across |
FALSE |
| Iconic defenseman Bobby |
ORR |
| Islamic sect |
SHIA |
| It might be fine and great at the same time |
ART |
| Kindergarten condition, often |
CHAOS |
| King Jamesean pronoun |
THOU |
