| ''Sorry, too busy'' |
NOTIME |
| ''That Oscar-winning rabbit'' |
BUGS |
| 9 Down's low number |
UNO |
| Admonition |
CAVEAT |
| Any of the bucks |
MALE |
| Barbecue leftovers |
ASH |
| Book fair sponsors |
PTAS |
| Boy associated with February |
CUPID |
| Bronze, in part |
TIN |
| Brunch offering |
CREPES |
| Capital of Texas |
TEE |
| Card collector's quests |
SETS |
| Carted away |
HAULED |
| Choice word |
ELSE |
| City near Rainier |
TACOMA |
| Clumsy ones |
LUGS |
| Contrivances |
PLOYS |
| Debt document |
LIEN |
| Diverts |
AMUSES |
| Earth mover |
HOE |
| Empty words |
GAS |
| Emulates a hot dog |
PANTS |
| End of adage, part 2 |
DOUGHNUTAND |
| End of adage, part 3 |
NOTUPONTHEHOLE |
| End of the adage ''Whatever be your goal, keep . . .'', part 1 |
YOUREYEUPONTHE |
| Essential meaning |
CORE |
| Everyone in Texas |
YALL |
| Fiddle-de- follower |
DEE |
| Forensic analyst designation |
CPA |
| Frequent picker-upper |
HAND |
| Hot-rod rod |
AXLE |
| Hunger (for) |
PINE |
| Increase slowly, with ''up'' |
DIAL |
| Industry, informally |
BIZ |
| Instigate |
URGE |
| Ishmael's boss |
AHAB |
| It means ''opposing'' |
ANTI |