| "Backdraft" director Howard |
RON |
| "Canvas" for a tattoo |
SKIN |
| "How awful!" |
OHNO |
| "Peer Gynt" dramatist |
IBSEN |
| "Qué —?" |
PASA |
| "The Newlywed Game" host Bob |
EUBANKS |
| "Wilson" actress Laura |
DERN |
| '80s sitcom |
ALF |
| Absorbed |
RAPT |
| Actor Wilson |
OWEN |
| Actress Irene |
DUNNE |
| Africa's Amin |
IDI |
| Age, as cheese |
RIPEN |
| Almanac item |
FACT |
| Animation frames |
CELS |
| Artificial cave |
GROTTO |
| At a snail's pace |
PAINFULLYSLOW |
| Basketballer Ming |
YAO |
| Beautiful |
PRETTY |
| Belfry dweller |
BAT |
| Big bush bird |
EMU |
| Big hack attack |
CYBERWAR |
| Big vases |
URNS |
| Biggest city in Australia |
SYDNEY |
| Blackish wood |
EBONY |
| Boundless |
VAST |
| Brazilian rain forest region |
AMAZONIA |
| Brewer's fungus |
YEAST |
| Brick-baking oven |
KILN |
| Capital of Egypt |
CAIRO |
| Cardinal, e.g |
RED |
| Cardinals, e.g |
TEAM |
| Chubby |
FAT |
| Clan-related |
TRIBAL |
| Corrida calls |
OLES |
| Crescentlike objects |
LUNETTES |
| Deeply felt |
INTENSE |
| Defective |
BAD |
| Defensive tackle Warren |
SAPP |
| Did a 180 |
REVERSED |
| Drinking water additive |
FLUORIDE |
| Enumerate |
LIST |
| Ethereal |
AIRY |
| Fail to catch |
MISS |
| Failed to |
DIDNT |
| Fallback strategy |
PLANB |
| Final, e.g |
TEST |
| Finale |
END |
| First coat of paint |
PRIMER |
| Flying Solo |
HAN |
| Hiatus |
GAP |
| Hidden way out in a haunted house |
SECRETEXIT |
| Hitter Hank |
AARON |
| Hold in check |
RESTRAIN |
| Homer's H |
ETA |
| Hopping mad |
IRATE |
| Hug |
EMBRACE |
| Idolize |
REVERE |
| Illinois town west of Chicago |
GRANDDETOUR |
| In the thick of |
AMIDST |
| Inflated sense of self |
EGO |
| Innocent |
NAIVE |
| Iris' layer |
UVEA |
| Is in debt |
OWES |
| Jungle lairs |
DENS |
| Kagan of the Supreme Court |
ELENA |
| Lace-receiving hole |
EYELET |
| Lanka lead-in |
SRI |
| Like many a sr. citizen |
RET |
| Like people heeding seven key words in this puzzle |
BEHINDTHEWHEEL |
| Like ultra-lite food |
NOCAL |
