| "Honor Thy Father" author Gay |
TALESE |
| "Spider-Man 3" actress Russell |
THERESA |
| "The __ Kid": early TV Western |
CISCO |
| "Wake Up With Al" weatherman |
ROKER |
| "Wheel of Fortune" buy |
ANE |
| "__ of robins ...": Kilmer |
ANEST |
| "__ the season ..." |
TIS |
| *1962 Gene Chandler hit |
DUKEOFEARL |
| *Collapsible headgear |
OPERAHAT |
| *Fast-paced |
SLAMBANG |
| *Hank Aaron's 6,856 is the career record |
TOTALBASES |
| *Sam in "Casablanca," e.g. |
PIANOPLAYER |
| Airline to Tel Aviv |
ELAL |
| Ancient Peruvian |
INCA |
| Arc lamp gas |
XENON |
| Away from the wind |
ALEE |
| Back-to-school mo. |
SEPT |
| Base melody |
TAPS |
| Be under the weather |
AIL |
| Began the betting |
OPENED |
| Best-seller list entry |
NOVEL |
| Big finish, and what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be |
GRANDFINALE |
| Boring |
HUMDRUM |
| Cal. neighbor |
ORE |
| Canonized 26-Down |
STE |
| Capital east of the Elbe River |
BERLIN |
| CEO's degree |
MBA |
| China's Mao __-tung |
TSE |
| Choir members |
ALTOS |
| Contributed |
GAVE |
| Cutlass or 88 |
OLDS |
| Dirty |
GRUBBY |
| Dirty campaign tactic |
SMEAR |
| Disney toon panda, "Special Agent __" |
OSO |
| Elation |
GLEE |
| Even if, for short |
ALTHO |
| Fails to grasp |
DROPS |
| Farm home |
STY |
| Farmer's place, in song |
DELL |