| ''Maybe, gotta ask first'' |
ILLSEE |
| ''Untrue!'' |
YOULIE |
| 12/31, for short |
NYE |
| 42% of Scrabble tiles |
AEIOU |
| <0, briefly |
NEG |
| Anatomical dozen |
PAIRSOFRIBS |
| Apt to blow up |
FIERY |
| Around-the-block grp |
RDS |
| Astrological dozen |
ZODIACSIGNS |
| Astronautical dozen |
MOONWALKERS |
| Base for some condiments |
TOMATO |
| Basic film network |
AMC |
| Beat-era percussion |
BONGO |
| Benefactor |
PATRON |
| Bit of some leis |
TILEAF |
| Build up |
ACCRUE |
| Buzz heard in the office |
RUMOR |
| Capital before Brasilia |
RIO |
| Casual concurrence |
YEP |
| Cat that sounds like sausages |
LYNX |
| Chemical close kin |
ISOMER |
| Chemist's base |
ALKALI |
| City very close to Canada |
ERIE |
| Colorful quartz |
AGATE |
| Common clue for ''flea'' |
PETPEEVE |
| Cracked open |
AJAR |
| De-facto border of a sort |
DMZ |
| Door buster |
RAM |
| Dresses fussily |
PREENS |
| Employment |
USE |
| Emulate Pac-Man |
CHOMP |
| Exotic macaroni salad ingredient |
ROE |
| First Amendment supporter |
ACLU |
| Gentle tosses |
LOBS |
| Gold Rush speculator |
MINER |
| Group of goons |
GANG |
| How sarcasm is delivered |
ACIDLY |
| Ignore, as a captain's order |
BELAY |