| 'As I ___ it ...' |
SEE |
| 'As I've ___ said ...' |
OFTEN |
| 'At ___, private' |
EASE |
| 'Based on a ___ story' |
TRUE |
| 'Bejeweled' item |
GEM |
| 'Chicago' setting |
STAGE |
| 'Forget it!' |
IWONT |
| 'Hairspray' mom |
EDNA |
| 'Napoleon Dynamite' director Jared |
HESS |
| 'No prob!' |
SURECAN |
| 'Succession' network |
HBO |
| 'That rules!' |
AWESOME |
| 'The Godfather' author |
PUZO |
| 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'White Teeth,' e.g |
DEBUTNOVELS |
| 'Victory is mine!' |
IWIN |
| '___ girl!' |
ATTA |
| '___ in disguise' ('Transformers' theme song lyric) |
ROBOTS |
| '___ of Eden' |
EAST |
| 1994 greatest hits album that includes 'Smooth Operator' |
THEBESTOFSADE |
| 50 Down's parent |
ASS |
| Aarhus denizen |
DANE |
| Ace's low no |
ERA |
| Actor Ray's favorite cheese? |
ROMANO |
| Ally, in ironic usage by a modern socialist |
COMRADE |
| Amazing bit of luck |
FLUKE |
| Ancient adviser |
ORACLE |
| App game with matching sweets |
CANDYCRUSHSAGA |
| B on the Rosetta Stone |
BETA |
| Bacon-frying vessels |
PANS |
| Berry from a palm tree |
ACAI |
| Big city vehicles |
BUSES |
| Bill Withers hit |
USEME |
| Birds that carry letters to and from Hogwarts |
OWLS |
| Bollywood garments |
SARIS |
| Boomers at a concert? |
AMPS |
| Brief life stories? |
OBITS |
| Buddy given roles |
EBSEN |
| Business regulation |
BYLAW |
| Business with lattes |
CAFE |
| Captures |
NABS |
| Caveat ___ |
EMPTOR |
| Chug |
GULPDOWN |
| Comics squeal |
EEK |
| D.C. pro |
NAT |
| Dark, dense wood |
EBONY |
| December choral tune |
NOEL |
| Decorative coverings |
RUGS |
| Door handle, at times? |
NAME |
| Drains |
SAPS |
| Emulates travelers on the Oregon Trail |
GOESWEST |
| Endearing, as a puppy |
CUTE |
| Entrust (to) |
CONSIGN |
| Escape ___ |
POD |
| Establish legally |
ENACT |
| Exerted pressure, as a cat would with its paws |
KNEADED |
| Fancy shindig |
GALA |
| Far from sufficient |
SCANT |
| Father time? |
MASS |
| Flow back |
EBB |
| Ford mocked by Nixon while in Peru in 1958 |
EDSEL |
| Former SNL star Hartman |
PHIL |
| Former SNL star Rachel |
DRATCH |
| Greets warmly |
EMBRACES |
| Gunslinger Earp |
WYATT |
| Hair-cutting experts ... and what's spelled out by the letters cutting this puzzle's hairdos |
STYLISTS |
| Hard to make out |
DIM |
| Heroine's actions |
DEEDS |
| Hoarse whisperer's sound? |
RASP |
| Hydrotherapy setting |
HOTTUB |
| Images of deities |
IDOLS |
| Introverted person |
LONER |
| John writing notes |
ELTON |
| Jon Arbuckle's dog |
ODIE |
| Judean Desert country |
ISRAEL |
| Kate of 'Iris' |
WINSLET |
