| ''A Christmas Carol'' kid |
TIM |
| ''Grilled'' sandwich |
CHEESE |
| ''Star Trek'' captain |
KIRK |
| ''The Duke'' of film |
WAYNE |
| ''Yikes!'' |
HOLYCOW |
| 6 on a phone |
MNO |
| According to the rules |
LEGALLY |
| Act smug |
GLOAT |
| Bank statement abbr. |
ACCT |
| Bean or peanut |
LEGUME |
| Borrowers' burdens |
DEBTS |
| Buyer's caveat |
ASIS |
| Chowder server |
LADLE |
| Coffee-break time |
TEN |
| Company nicknamed ''Big Blue'' |
IBM |
| Confessional list |
SINS |
| Court orders |
WRITS |
| Cut short |
CLIP |
| Did the slalom |
SKIED |
| Director Howard |
RON |
| Director Howard |
RON |
| Distort, as a story |
SLANT |
| Ebb and neap |
TIDES |
| Family car |
WAGON |
| Family car |
WAGON |
| Fashionable '50s footwear |
SADDLESHOES |
| Fashionable '50s footwear |
SADDLESHOES |
| Fate |
KARMA |
| Favorable vote |
AYE |
| Fifi the dog, possibly |
POODLE |
| Firefighter's tool |
AXE |
| Flowed like an eddy |
SWIRLED |
| Goalie or halfback |
ATHLETE |
| Hearth residue |
ASHES |
| Japanese mushroom |
ENOKI |
| Jungle-film weapon |
DARTGUN |
| Live and breathe |
ARE |
| Londoner's raincoat |
MAC |
| Long-gone birds |
DODOS |
| Make fixes to |
EMEND |
| Malign, slangily |
DIS |