| "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" sight |
UFO |
| "Free Willy" whale type |
ORCA |
| "Pardon me ..." |
AHEM |
| "When ___ said and done" (2 words) |
ALLIS |
| "___ too good for words" |
ITS |
| A music genre |
SOUL |
| A wind quintet instrument |
OBOE |
| An obstacle to fairness |
BIAS |
| Aussie hoppers |
ROOS |
| Be unhealthy |
AIL |
| Boater's blades |
OARS |
| Boring routines or indentations from wheels |
RUTS |
| Broadcast as it happens |
LIVE |
| Bulletin board item |
TACK |
| Business owner's concern (2 words) |
CASHFLOW |
| Chronicles |
ANNALS |
| Citi Field centerfielder, for example |
MET |
| Common title start |
THE |
| Crocodile relative |
ALLIGATOR |
| Damage, as a counter surface |
MAR |
| Deep void |
ABYSS |
| Drive-___ |
THRU |
| Explosive stuff |
TNT |
| Exxon Valdez, infamously (2 words) |
OILTANKER |
| Field of drifting 29-Down |
FLOE |
| Flamboyantly overdone |
THEATRIC |
| Flat tire's need |
AIR |
| Frozen substance |
ICE |
| Have some noodles |
EAT |
| Heart-to-heart talk (3 words) |
TETEATETE |
| Hospitable invitation |
SIT |