| "Anything else?" |
AREWEDONE |
| "Don't tell anyone this ..." |
BETWEENUS |
| "Joker" or "The Lion King" |
FILM |
| "My treat!" |
ONME |
| "Pay ___ mind!" |
ITNO |
| "Spill the beans!" |
OUTWITHIT |
| *"Cheers" for the other team |
BOOS |
| *"KA-BLAM!" |
BOOM |
| *Big cheese |
BOSS |
| *First Lady Truman |
BESS |
| *It might be placed on a pedestal |
BUST |
| *Top, or tops |
BEST |
| 19-Across' country: Abbr |
ENG |
| 1997 sci-fi comedy, for short |
MIB |
| 20th-century example of the starred word ladder's start |
ROARINGTWENTIES |
| 20th-century example of the word ladder's end |
GREATDEPRESSION |
| Absent from |
NOTAT |
| Absolutely necessary thing |
AMUST |
| Actor Sal |
MINEO |
| Already cut, as logs |
SAWN |
| Amiens' river |
SOMME |
| Apt first name for a retirement planner |
IRA |
| Attired |
CLAD |
| Bedtime story? |
DREAM |
| Bitterly regrets |
RUES |
| Black pawns in chess, e.g |
OCTET |
| Busy boy on Valentine's Day |
EROS |
| Caddy contents |
TEA |
| Candy heart sentiment |
ILUVU |
| Careless |
REMISS |
| Change, as a password |
RESET |
| Coeur d'___ |
ALENE |
| Cut, as grass |
MOW |
| Deliberately delay |
STONEWALL |
| Departing |
GOING |
| Exclaims |
CRIES |
| Existence |
BEING |
| Feathery wraps |
BOAS |
| Feature of "this clue ... ue ... ue ..." |
ECHO |
