| "Ave ___" |
MARIA |
| "Heart" or "stomach" follower |
ACHE |
| "Joke's on you!" |
HAHA |
| "Super Mario Bros." platform |
NES |
| "The One With Joey's New Brain" from "Friends," e.g |
TVEPISODE |
| "What a perfect look!" |
ITSSOYOU |
| "___ showbiz!" |
THATS |
| *Anonymous name in court |
JOHNDOE |
| *Classic vaudevillian who had a red nose |
WCFIELDS |
| *One way to dive in, or a theme hint |
HEADFIRST |
| *Part of, as a secret |
PRIVYTO |
| *Slow-cooked beef dish |
POTROAST |
| *Tool used on a metal lid, or a theme hint |
CANOPENER |
| Addition result |
SUM |
| Alarm clock letters |
AMPM |
| Alternative to all |
NONE |
| Amaze |
FLOOR |
| Arises (from) |
STEMS |
| Banking protection agcy |
FDIC |
| Become rotten |
DECAY |
| Beer mugs |
STEINS |
| Boo's partner |
HISS |
| Book after Judges, or a former justice's first name |
RUTH |
| Bumbling |
INEPT |
| Choose as an action |
OPTTO |
| Classic reason for a day off from school |
SNOW |
| Coke or RC |
COLA |
| Company whose name comes from the Danish for "play well" |
LEGO |
| Covers in frosting |
ICES |
| Criticisms might bruise them |
EGOS |
| Earth ___ (brownish hue) |
TONE |
| Falling star |
METEOR |
| Feels poorly |
AILS |
| Filming locations |
SETS |
| For, in a debate |
PRO |
| Forensic TV franchise |
CSI |
| Gregor who "found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" |
SAMSA |
| Himalayan cryptid |
YETI |
| Horse's vote? |
NAY |