| "Don't — surprised!" |
ACTSO |
| "I pray our reservation doesn't get canceled!"? |
GODSAVETHEBOOKING |
| "Illmatic" rapper |
NAS |
| "Inferno" poet |
DANTE |
| "Let's move!" |
ITSGOTIME |
| "Li'l" fellow |
ABNER |
| "My lips — sealed" |
ARE |
| "Star Wars" won seven of them |
OSCARS |
| "The Raven" writer |
POE |
| "— of angels coming after me" ("Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" line) |
ABAND |
| '60s Pontiac |
GTO |
| 1998 Masters winner Mark |
OMEARA |
| 2017-19 labor secretary Alexander |
ACOSTA |
| Actor Patel |
DEV |
| Actress Issa |
RAE |
| Actress Turner |
LANA |
| Airing of ads on the tube |
SPOTTV |
| Alias letters |
AKA |
| Archaic verb suffix |
ETH |
| Author Joyce Carol — |
OATES |
| Barely get, with "out" |
EKE |
| Bed boards |
SLATS |
| Belgrade citizens |
SERBS |
| Big name in photocopiers |
RICOH |
| Blow up |
ERUPT |
| Busy insects |
ANTS |
| Chili bit |
BEAN |
| Chocolate substitute |
CAROB |
| Collar |
NAB |
| Comics' Kett |
ETTA |
| Comment upon finally getting a chance to sit down? |
IRESTMYCABOOSE |
| Comparable (with) |
ONAPAR |
| Comparable with |
AKINTO |
| Composes |
PENS |
| Corn holder |
COB |
| Decides (to) |
ELECTS |
| Defaced |
MARRED |
| Design detail |
SPEC |
| Dickinson of "Rio Bravo" |
ANGIE |
| Dismiss, as an ill student |
SENDHOME |
| Dot in the sea, to Juanita |
ISLA |
| Extra NFL periods |
OTS |
| Eyeliner flaw |
SMEAR |
| Fabled snow humanoid |
YETI |
| Fastener for paper sheets |
STAPLE |
| Female hip-hopper |
BGIRL |
| Finger or toe |
DIGIT |
| Fluffy clouds |
CUMULI |
| Food favored by logicians? |
BOOLEANCUISINE |
| Full of energy |
ALIVE |
| Garden tool |
HOE |
| Get robots to do |
AUTOMATE |
| Giving an officer a leg up? |
POLICEBOOSTING |
| Great devastation |
HAVOC |
| Grocery holder |
BAG |
| Guys wearing wedding rings |
MARRIEDMEN |
| Hannah of "Roxanne" |
DARYL |
| Happy hour locale |
BAR |
| High-IQ club |
MENSA |
| Impish kids |
BRATS |
| In a blue state |
SAD |
| In perfect condition |
MINT |
| Janitorial tools |
MOPS |
| Jelly holder |
JAR |
| Jet engine part that includes the igniter |
COMBUSTOR |
| Kate's mate on 1980s TV |
ALLIE |
| Lake fed by the Huron |
ERIE |
| Least plentiful |
RAREST |
| Leaves weaponless |
UNARMS |
