| 'Pick a number, ___ number' |
ANY |
| 'Sex and the City' actress Nixon |
CYNTHIA |
| '___ 911!' (former Comedy Central show) |
RENO |
| Abbr. before a name in a memo |
ATTN |
| Abbr. in help-wanted ads |
EEO |
| Actor Danny of 'The Color Purple' |
GLOVER |
| Alamo competitor |
AVIS |
| Approx. number |
EST |
| Broke a fast |
ATE |
| Business card abbr. |
TEL |
| Camp in the wild |
ROUGHIT |
| China's Chou En-___ |
LAI |
| Chokes after bean eating? |
GOESOUTONALIMA |
| Congregation |
GROUP |
| Cool, man |
HIP |
| Dub over |
RENAME |
| English novelist Radcliffe |
ANN |
| Exclamation before 'I didn't know that!' |
GEE |
| Fearsome wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure |
ELTORO |
| Fr. holy woman |
STE |
| Futile |
VAIN |
| Gave up |
CEDED |
| Hang around |
LOITER |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe novel |
DRED |
| Hospital attendant |
ORDERLY |
| In ___ of |
LIEU |
| Interstate entrances |
ONRAMPS |
| Johnston in 2008-09 news |
LEVI |
| Jungle menace |
BOA |
| Library admonishment |
SHH |
| Like some irony |
TRAGIC |
| Like some tomatoes |
VINERIPE |
| Like zinfandel wines |
DRY |
| Lots and lots |
TONS |
| Magazine featuring 47-Down |
MAD |
| Mean |
INTEND |
| Metalliferous rock |
ORE |
| Modern educational phenomenon ... or a hint to 20-, 29-, 38- and 45-Across |
GRADEINFLATION |