| "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
ERE |
| "Take it away!" |
UGH |
| "You ___ fight city hall" |
CANT |
| 1972 host to Nixon |
MAO |
| Albany's setting in New York |
UPSTATE |
| Awful pun |
GROANER |
| Baseballer with a "W" on his cap, for short |
NAT |
| Beating overwhelmingly |
WHOMPING |
| Bottom |
NADIR |
| Brat's rebuttal |
SASS |
| Candidates for Clio Awards |
ADS |
| Centimeter-gram-second unit of work |
ERG |
| Child prodigies |
WUNDERKINDS |
| Comfortable state |
EASE |
| Common Market initials |
EEC |
| Decade count |
TEN |
| Designer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
PEI |
| Devilish |
SATANIC |
| Duck in a pond |
TEAL |
| Early Icelandic literature |
EDDA |
| Educational org. founded in 1897 |
PTA |
| Elevators for Els |
TEES |
| Enjoying continuing success |
ONAROLL |
| Feelings aroused by strange things |
WONDERMENTS |
| First "Family Feud" host |
DAWSON |
| French artist and poet Jean |
ARP |
| Gained knowledge |
LEARNED |
| Galapagos Islands critter |
IGUANA |
| Got more mature |
AGED |
| Guitar amp effect |
SUSTAIN |
| High man's voice |
ALTO |
| Hubby's partner (with "the") |
MISSUS |
| Impetuses for some outrageous acts |
DARES |
| Indie rocker DiFranco |
ANI |
| Irresistible impulses to travel |
WANDERLUSTS |
| Item held by an actor |
PROP |
| James Clavell novel "___-Pan" |
TAI |
| Japanese serving girl |
GEISHA |