| "Common Sense" pamphleteer |
PAINE |
| "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun!" |
EAST |
| "Of Mice and ___" |
MEN |
| A big one often gets away |
FISH |
| Adjusting |
FIDDLINGWITH |
| Affirmative vote |
AYE |
| All alternative |
NONE |
| Ball-and-mallets game |
POLO |
| Beat excitedly |
POUND |
| Caretaker of horses |
GROOM |
| College admissions official |
DEAN |
| Concept or conception |
IDEA |
| Container for tea or flowers |
POT |
| Crash into forcefully |
RAM |
| Cynthia Erivo had the lead one in "Harriet" |
ROLE |
| Day break? |
NAP |
| Do in, as a dragon |
SLAY |
| E.T.'s vehicle |
UFO |
| Elec. current unit |
AMP |
| Espionage figures |
SPIES |
| Fall cleanup tool |
RAKE |
| Female quail |
HEN |
| Flower common in Chinese art |
PEONY |
| Get cloudier, perhaps |
DARKEN |
| Golf course |
LINKS |
| He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders |
ATLAS |
| Impala or Mustang |
AUTO |
| Instructive figures? |
DATA |
| Intended |
MEANT |
| Jesus, to Christians |
LORD |
| Kind of sleeve |
RAGLAN |
| Land measure |
ACRE |
| Last part |
END |
| Leave hastily, informally |
SPLIT |
| Like Guy Fieri's hair |
SPIKY |
| Like screw threads |
SPIRAL |
| Like the animals on Noah's ark |
PAIRED |
| Lock for a barber |
TRESS |
| Make more nutritious, say |
ENRICH |