| 'Don't ___ give up!' |
EVER |
| 'Forever Your Girl' singer Abdul |
PAULA |
| 'Predator' prequel starring Amber Midthunder |
PREY |
| 'Quiet down!' |
SHH |
| 'Severance' actor ___ Scott |
ADAM |
| 'Silly' birds |
GEESE |
| 'What?' |
SAYAGAIN |
| '___ Kapital' |
DAS |
| '___ of the Tiger' (Alice Wong memoir) |
YEAR |
| '___ So Shy' (Pointer Sisters song) |
HES |
| A ___ in the right direction |
STEP |
| Annoying person |
SNOT |
| Appears to be |
SEEMS |
| Author's negotiator |
AGENT |
| Badly impacted |
HARDHIT |
| Bassoons' smaller relatives |
OBOES |
| Be on the wrong side of a rout |
LOSE |
| Becomes deserving of |
EARNS |
| Bone whose name is Latin for 'elbow' |
ULNA |
| Bovine with curved horns |
GNU |
| Bus trip |
RIDE |
| Car with a four-ring logo |
AUDI |
| Catch wind of |
HEAR |
| Compactor fill |
TRASH |
| Compliment to a canine |
GOODDOG |
| Comprehend |
GET |
| Conservation officer |
GAMEWARDEN |
| Dance to a bandoneon |
TANGO |
| Diner sign |
EATHERE |
| Doe or fawn |
DEER |
| Dryly amusing |
WRY |
| Earring type |
STUD |
| Easily angered |
TESTY |
| Eating regimen |
DIET |
| Engine plug discharges |
SPARKS |
| Eyeliner problem |
SMEAR |
| Fashion designer LaQuan |
SMITH |
| Forbidding, foreboding phrase |
YOUVEBEENWARNED |
| General idea |
GIST |
