| "Ditto," in a footnote |
IBID |
| "Let me say it again ..." |
IREPEAT |
| Ages and ages |
EONS |
| Arthur of "Mame" fame |
BEA |
| Author of many fables |
AESOP |
| Bagel seller |
DELI |
| Be in the hole |
OWE |
| Brown shipping van co |
UPS |
| Butterfly catcher |
NET |
| Conclude with |
ENDON |
| Drinks in some urns |
TEAS |
| Erode |
EATINTO |
| Fall foliage, e.g., on a drive |
SCENERY |
| Five-star review, e.g |
RAVE |
| Flower spots |
VASES |
| Francis and his predecessors |
POPES |
| Front-page filler |
NEWS |
| Gait between a walk and a canter |
TROT |
| Gets cracking on an essay (4 to 8) |
PUTSPENTOPAPER |
| Great American Ball Park team (9 to 13) |
CINCINNATIREDS |
| Happily-after link |
EVER |
| Ignores an alarm |
SNOOZES |
| Inconspicuous |
UNNOTICED |
| It's often evaluated on a :) to :( scale |
PAIN |
| Judo belt |
OBI |
| Keeps in the loop, briefly |
CCS |
| Lamb serving |
CHOP |
| Like granola bars' texture |
CHEWY |
| Like many films shot on iPhones |
INDIE |
| Lizard with a tapering tail |
SKINK |
| Magic ___ (genre with an oxymoronic name) |
REALISM |
| Mails again |
RESENDS |
| Minor malady |
AILMENT |
| Modern lead-in to a disappointed remark |
WELP |
| Mortgage, for one |
LOAN |
| Mousetrap brand |
DCON |
| Nile biters |
ASPS |
