| 'Billy Bathgate' novelist, 1989 |
DOCTOROW |
| 'For Better or for Worse' cartoonist Johnston |
LYNN |
| 'New York, New York' has one |
COMMA |
| 'Peek-___!' |
ABOO |
| 'Puh-leeze!' |
SPAREME |
| 'That's gotta hurt!' |
OOH |
| 'What Do You Do With ___ in English?' ('Avenue Q' song) |
ABA |
| 'What ___!' ('So funny!') |
AHOOT |
| 'Winnie ___ Pu' |
ILLE |
| '___ be all right' |
ITLL |
| '___, sing America': Langston Hughes |
ITOO |
| 2:1, e.g. |
ODDS |
| A Previn |
SOONYI |
| Allen and ___, old comedy duo |
ROSSI |
| Available |
FREE |
| Brute |
ANIMAL |
| Canaanite deity |
BAAL |
| Certain terrier |
SCOTTIE |
| Craft that's the subject of this puzzle |
NOAHSARK |
| Customarily |
OFTEN |
| Dagger |
DIRK |
| Early 12th-century year |
MCII |
| Envelope abbr. |
ATTN |
| Excellence |
MERIT |
| Finish behind |
TRAIL |
| Follow relentlessly |
DOG |
| Forename meaning 'born again' |
RENEE |
| Group of pin-heads?: Abbr. |
PBA |
| Gulf competitor |
ESSO |
| Gymnast's equipment |
HORSE |
| Had eggs, e.g. |
ATE |
| How the passengers went in 21-Across |
TWOBYTWO |
| Hundred Days campaign planning site |
ELBA |
| It fills a chest |
INHALATION |
| It may get food away from a canine |
FLOSS |
| James of 'Star Trek' |
DOOHAN |
