| “Bonanza” setting |
NEVADA |
| “Ever hear of that ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ band?”? |
KNOWQUEEN |
| “Five Weeks in a Balloon” author |
VERNE |
| “So that’s your game!” |
OHO |
| “___ mezzo del cammin di nostra vita...” (start of Dante’s “Inferno”) |
NEL |
| 1960s hot spot, for short |
NAM |
| 1998 recipient of the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award |
SNEAD |
| 365 giorni |
ANNO |
| Bar stock |
VODKAS |
| Besmirch |
TAINT |
| Big name in water filters |
BRITA |
| Bill stamp |
PAID |
| Bridge opening, for short |
ONENO |
| Broadcast network, e.g |
AIRER |
| Charlie preceder |
BAKER |
| Chips variety |
BARBQ |
| Claims |
AVERS |
| Conundrums, or, if read as three words, this puzzle’s theme |
KNOTS |
| Couldn’t do well at all |
STANKAT |
| Did business with |
SOLDTO |
| Digs deeply |
PROBES |
| Disastrous promotion at a retail giant? |
KMARTBOMB |
| Doesn’t need assistance |
ISOK |
| Dweller along the Platte |
PAWNEE |
| Eustachian tube end |
EAR |
| Farm female |
SOW |
| Fashionable shawl? |
KARANWRAP |
| Fluctuate wildly |
SEESAW |
| Freedom from worry |
EASE |
| Gilmore in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
ARTIS |
| Gold medalist in the first Olympics decathlon |
THORPE |
| Guadalajara gold |
ORO |
| Half a fl. oz |
TBSP |
| Hindi honorific |
SAHIB |
| Home to most people |
ASIA |
| How an effective team works |
ASAUNIT |
| Hyundai compact |
ELANTRA |
