| ". . . but to no ___" |
AVAIL |
| ". . . with a banjo on my ___" |
KNEE |
| "Ahem!" |
PSST |
| "Aw, heck!" |
RATS |
| "Been there, ___ that" |
DONE |
| "By the way . . ." |
SAY |
| "Dead man's hand" card |
ACE |
| "Is this seat ___?" |
TAKEN |
| "Lies" anagram |
ISLE |
| "Masterpiece Theatre" fare |
DRAMA |
| "Once Upon a Mattress" legume |
PEA |
| "School Daze" director |
LEE |
| "That's terrible!" |
UGH |
| "The Ballad of Reading ___" |
GAOL |
| "The Maltese Falcon" actress |
ASTOR |
| 1971 New York prison riot site |
ATTICA |
| Actor's comment to the audience |
ASIDE |
| Acts as a quizmaster |
ASKS |
| Adversary |
RIVAL |
| Air Force Two passengers, once |
GORES |
| Alcohol-free |
DRY |
| Always, in a sonnet |
EER |
| Amphilochus, in Greek legend |
SEER |
| Apollo component |
LEM |
| Asian nannies |
AMAHS |
| Backslide |
RELAPSE |
| Baker's supply |
YEAST |
| Balkan native |
CROAT |
| Barely burn |
SINGE |
| Bedtime story baddie |
OGRE |
| Beef buyer's specification |
LEAN |
| Bird now extinct |
MOA |
| Bit of cleverness |
MOT |
| Bottle parts |
NECKS |
| Bovine errors? |
COWSLIPS |
| Cap attachment |
EARLAP |
| Cattle or chicken breed |
SUSSEX |
| Chaucerian tale-teller |
NUN |
| Cheek pouch morsel |
ACORN |
