| “Beowulf,” e.g |
EPIC |
| “Blood hath been shed ___ now”: Macbeth |
ERE |
| “Camelot” composer |
LOEWE |
| “Giant brain” of the 1940s |
ENIAC |
| “It’s the Hard Knock Life” singer |
ANNIE |
| “Swan Lake” swan |
ODILE |
| “Tarnation!” |
DANG |
| “The Bartered Bride” dance |
POLKA |
| “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?” playwright |
ALBEE |
| “The Thieving Magpie” composer |
ROSSINI |
| Advice for a Hollywood private eye? |
CHERCHEZLAFEMMEFATALE |
| Airport conveyance |
TRAM |
| Ancient invader |
GOTH |
| Antlered animals |
DEER |
| Antlered animals |
ROES |
| Arrowhead Stadium team |
CHIEFS |
| Artist Max |
ERNST |
| Azerbaijan’s capital |
BAKU |
| Bat material |
ASH |
| Beatles title locale |
USSR |
| Beer from Japan |
ASAHI |
| Best ingredient for a Brandy Alexander? |
CREMEDELACREMEDECACAO |
| Best Picture winner of the 1970s, or what five of this puzzle’s answers have |
THEFRENCHCONNECTION |
| Biblical mount |
SINAI |
| Bit of resistance |
OHM |
| Blacken |
CHAR |
| Blow off steam |
VENT |
| Bug, informally |
VEEDUB |
| Bustling spot, metaphorically |
HIVE |
| Cadet’s org |
ROTC |
| Cash bar? |
INGOT |
| City by the Bay, informally |
SANFRAN |
| City on Colombia’s Cauca River |
CALI |
| Colleague of Stephen, Samuel and Sonia |
ELENA |
| Company with an avian mascot |
AFLAC |
| Contend |
VIE |
| Crater Lake Natl. Pk. setting |
OREG |
| Cut short |
CROP |
| Devise |
DREAMUP |
| Dict. bit |
DEF |
| Dinner directive |
EATUP |
| Disdainful sound |
SNORT |
| Disguised, briefly |
INCOG |
| Dixieland jazz instrument |
TUBA |
| Do something |
ACT |
| Drummer’s setup |
KIT |
| Eagerly attack, as a gift |
TEARAT |
| Excises |
DELETES |
| Exclusive sets |
ALISTS |
| Extremity |
TIP |
| Ferdinand and Isabella’s kingdom |
CASTILE |
| Flesh and blood |
KIN |
| Flip |
UPEND |
| Flonase competitor |
AFRIN |
| Fume |
RAGE |
| Gadot of “Fast & Furious” |
GAL |
| Grp. supporting boxers? |
ASPCA |
| Hardly huge |
TINY |
| He became emperor at age 17 |
NERO |
| Hearty bowlful |
CHILI |
| HHS division |
FDA |
| Hightail it |
SPEED |
| Hollows |
GLENS |
| Home of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Wolfpack |
RALEIGH |
| Isle of Skye natives |
SCOTS |
| Kindergarten subject |
ABCS |
| Lavish event |
FETE |
| Legal assistants, for short |
PARAS |
| Like covered bridges, usually |
ONELANE |
| Like diamonds |
RED |
