| "Cheers" waitress |
CARLA |
| "Fantastic Mr. Fox" author Roald |
DAHL |
| "No," to Sir Walter Scott |
NAE |
| "Wheel of Fortune" purchase, perhaps |
ANI |
| "___ Frutti" (Little Richard classic) |
TUTTI |
| "___ you kidding me?" |
ARE |
| A long way off |
FAR |
| Acting on an impulse |
TAKINGTHEPLUNGE |
| Agassi of tennis |
ANDRE |
| Apparel for a Dr. Seuss cat |
HAT |
| At the crack of dawn |
EARLY |
| Atomic-energy unit |
RAD |
| Ballpark employee |
USHER |
| Basis for financial aid |
NEED |
| Bearded beast of Botswana |
GNU |
| Belittling one |
ABASER |
| Black-tie event |
GALA |
| Brave retreat? |
TEEPEE |
| Brownie, a few years later |
CADETTE |
| Cass Elliot was one of two |
MAMAS |
| Castaway's home |
ISLET |
| Chinese revolutionary |
MAO |
| Coffee holder |
URN |
| Counselor's workplace |
CAMP |
| Crash on Wall Street |
STOCKMARKETDROP |
| Difficult billiards shot |
MASSE |
| Dinosaur remnant |
FOSSIL |
| Dish's companion in flight |
SPOON |
| Etching liquid |
ACID |
| Feel pins and needles |
TINGLE |
| Fervency |
ARDOR |
| First games of the season |
OPENERS |
| Form of the flu |
ASIAN |
| Funny dame of Broadway fame |
EDNA |
| Gen.'s subordinate |
COL |
| Grown up |
MATURE |
| Having multiple layers |
TIERED |
| Indiana city near Chicago |
GARY |