| "'Twas the ___ before Christmas ..." |
NIGHT |
| "... walk off a short ___" |
PIER |
| "Code" lead-in |
AREA |
| "Dallas" star |
LARRYHAGMAN |
| "Fall" attachment |
PRAT |
| "Keep it" notation |
STET |
| "Monty Python and the ___ Grail" |
HOLY |
| "Poly" add-on |
ESTER |
| "Puss in Boots" beast |
OGRE |
| "Red" coin |
CENT |
| "That's so gross!" |
UGH |
| "The Communist Manifesto" author Marx |
KARL |
| "The Exotic Tangelo from Jamaica" |
UGLI |
| "You'll never know unless you ___" |
TRY |
| 1,000,000,000 years |
EON |
| A bride and groom may be on the top one |
TIER |
| A reel problem |
SNAG |
| Abdicated a seat |
STOOD |
| Afterword (Var.) |
EPILOG |
| Aiding and abetting, say |
INON |
| Ancient empire along the Tigris |
ASSYRIA |
| Antonym for "absorb" |
EGEST |
| Ascend dramatically |
SOAR |
| Banjo sound |
TWANG |
| Battle call |
CLARION |
| Be a sore winner |
GLOAT |
| Bit of baby babble |
GOO |
| Breastplate for Zeus or Athena |
AEGIS |
| Brew dispenser |
TAP |
| Bug on a farm |
ANT |
| Bunion's place |
TOE |
| Buoy one's spirits |
ELATE |
| Cabbagelike vegetables |
KALES |
| Cause for complaint |
PEEVE |
| Classic Icelandic poetry |
EDDA |
| Coalition of politicians |
BLOC |
| Cocoon's contents |
PUPA |
| Convent attire |
HABIT |
| Dada artist Jean |
ARP |