| 'A merry old soul,' in a nursery rhyme |
KINGCOLE |
| 'Lionized' studio |
MGM |
| 'Lonely Boy' singer, 1959 |
ANKA |
| 'Stop right there!' |
HEY |
| 'You can't make me!' |
IWONT |
| 1957 Jimmy Dorsey hit |
SORARE |
| Ad ___ tax |
VALOREM |
| Adding a historic ship as a deal sweetener? |
THROWINGINTHEBOUNTY |
| Apology from a musician to the other band members? |
MYSOLORUNNETHOVER |
| Article from U.C.L.A.? |
LOS |
| Aussie animals |
ROOS |
| Awards feat, for short |
EGOT |
| Bakery buy |
DANISH |
| Be really impressive, informally |
ROCK |
| Besmirch |
SOIL |
| Best Picture winner that was banned in Vietnam |
PLATOON |
| Big fuss |
ADO |
| Bit of kindling |
TWIG |
| Bowl, e.g |
ARENA |
| Brink of transition |
CUSP |
| Burden |
ONUS |
| Bygone royalty |
TSAR |
| Campaign guru |
POL |
| Cloth woven from flax fibre |
IRISHLINEN |
| Common call on a 3rd-and-1 |
QBSNEAK |
| Concern for one catching a connection, briefly |
ETA |
| Crack up, in textspeak |
LOL |
| Didn't just request |
INSISTED |
| District on Hawaii's west coast |
KONA |
| Ditch at the last moment |
JILT |
| Dry |
ARID |
| Ed of 'Elf' |
ASNER |
| Elton John or Mick Jagger |
SIR |
| Epitome of herd mentality |
LEMMING |
| Et ___ (footnote abbr.) |
SEQ |
| Female goat |
NANNY |
| Folksy possessive |
YER |
| Fool |
NINNY |
| Free from |
RIDOF |
| Frost lines? |
POEMS |
| Fruit salad fruit |
KIWI |
| General practice? |
WAR |
| Get hold of |
SNAG |
| Gift in 'The 12 Days of Christmas' |
TURTLEDOVE |
| Gloomy, weatherwise |
GRAY |
| Great shakes |
SEISMS |
| Hall-of-Fame quarterback for the Colts |
UNITAS |
| Haydn's 'The Creation' and others |
ORATORIOS |
| Hiker's snack |
GORP |
| Hooked up, as oxen |
YOKED |
| Houston M.L.B.'er |
STRO |
| How some practical jokes go |
TOOFAR |
| Huge celebration after L.A.'s football team wins the Super Bowl? |
MONSTERRAMRALLY |
| Idle of Monty Python |
ERIC |
| In ___ way |
HARMS |
| Ink |
SIGN |
| Is dismissed, as a class |
LETSOUT |
| It's symbolized by an elephant, for short |
GOP |
| Japanese honorific |
SAN |
| Just open |
AJAR |
| Kind of bookstore |
USED |
| Largest city on the Arabian peninsula |
RIYADH |
| Leatherwork tools |
AWLS |
| Lena of 'Chocolat' |
OLIN |
| Like writing about how to write |
META |
| Magazine whose crossword is always accompanied by a photograph |
PEOPLE |
| Mannerly |
CIVIL |
| Many a summer position |
INTERN |
| Medal above plata |
ORO |
| Morally uncompromised |
PURE |
