| "Andy Capp" cartoonist Smythe |
REG |
| "Easy Rider" bike |
HOG |
| "I'm not touching that!" |
UGH |
| "The Count of ___ Cristo" |
MONTE |
| Academic challenge |
EXAM |
| Access |
ENTREE |
| Adjective suffix |
EST |
| Affirm |
AVOUCH |
| After-dinner brandy |
COGNAC |
| Air homonym |
EER |
| Airhead |
TWIT |
| Alfresco eateries |
CAFES |
| Antidrug cop |
NARCO |
| Apt name for a gemologist? |
OPAL |
| B'___ B'rith |
NAI |
| Backspace over |
ERASE |
| Be a brat |
ACTUP |
| Beantown |
BOSTON |
| Blast, as a stereo |
BLARE |
| Capital formerly called Christiania |
OSLO |
| Carnegie Hall cry |
ENCORE |
| Clark Gable film with a more lively title? |
GONEWITHTHEGUST |
| Classic MGM musical with a harsher title? |
SINGININTHESNOW |
| Cleaning chemical |
PHENOL |
| Clear one's throat, in a way |
COUGH |
| Climber's spikes |
PITONS |
| Commencement wear |
CAP |
| Comparatively spooky |
EERIER |
| Convex molding |
OVOLO |
| Country bumpkin |
HICK |
| Depart suspiciously |
ABSCOND |
| Diamond size measure |
CARAT |
| Diplomatic representatives of popes |
NUNCIOS |
| Down-under jumpers, briefly |
ROOS |
| Dumb mistake |
BONER |
| Emmy contender |
ACTOR |
| Encircle with a band |
GIRD |
| Excuse |
PRETEXT |