| 'Careful, the shrub may have fingerprints on it!' |
PLANTSEVIDENCE |
| 'Diligence is the mother of good ___': Benjamin Franklin |
LUCK |
| 'Dracula has lived half a millennium!' |
BATSFIVEHUNDRED |
| 'Everyone dislikes autumn now!' |
FALLSOUTOFFAVOR |
| 'Father of,' in Arabic |
ABU |
| 'I can't get past this witness box!' |
STANDSINTHEWAY |
| 'I finished this crossword!' |
PUZZLESOVER |
| 'I'm thinking of a grizzly!' |
BEARSINMIND |
| 'Men in Black' role |
AGENTK |
| 'Oh, now I understand the significance of the troupe's performance in 'Hamlet'!' |
PLAYSATRICK |
| 'Steppenwolf' author |
HESSE |
| 'Stillmatic' rapper |
NAS |
| 'Thanks, Captain Obvious' |
NODUH |
| 'Watch out for that bully!' |
JERKSAROUND |
| 'Well, that's awesome!' |
OHYAY |
| 101-Down opera |
AIDA |
| 20,000 drops, pharmaceutically |
LITER |
| Accidental 'subject' of certain snapshots |
LENSCAP |
| Acknowledge wordlessly |
NODTO |
| Actor McGregor |
EWAN |
| Actor Willem |
DAFOE |
| Actress Whitman of 'Parenthood' |
MAE |
| Amped (up), slangily |
TURNT |
| Application |
USE |
| Away from home |
AFIELD |
| Bamboozle |
SCAM |
| Bert of Cowardly Lion fame |
LAHR |
| Big name in laptops |
ACER |
| Boots, tent, mosquito spray, etc |
GEAR |
| Braided buns, e.g |
UPDOS |
| Brandy container |
SNIFTER |
| Brightly colored food fish |
OPAHS |
| Buck who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022 |
ONEIL |
| By the book |
LAWFUL |
| Certain link |
URL |
| Chum |
MATE |
| Cite, with 'to' |
REFER |
| Closed captioner's machine |
STENO |
| Come together |
MEETUP |
| Composer Giuseppe |
VERDI |
| Consults |
ASKS |
| Court entrance? |
PLEA |
| Currency of the Philippines |
PESO |
| Deborah of 'The Innocents,' 1961 |
KERR |
| Disinfected |
STERILIZED |
| Diurnal phenomena |
TIDES |
| Dud |
FLOP |
| Earth |
TERRA |
| Euphemistic term for love |
LWORD |
| Family name synonymous with wealth in early America |
ASTOR |
| Find hilarious |
ROARAT |
| Fish of the future |
ROE |
| Gave medicine |
DOSED |
| Gentle roasts |
DECAFS |
| Give as a handicap, as points |
SPOT |
| Haven |
DEN |
| High grade |
APLUS |
| Hiker's snack, perhaps |
OATBAR |
| Immune system components |
TCELLS |
| Industrious animal in a classic fable |
HEN |
| Instrument anyone can play |
AIRGUITAR |
| It might be a stretch |
LIMO |
| Korean word for cooked rice |
BAP |
| Krazy ___ of cartoons |
KAT |
| Lead-in to air or Atlantic |
MID |
| Lemon ___ |
CURD |
| Leslie of 'Gigi' and 'Lili' |
CARON |
| Lets out |
FREES |
| Like many burns, paradoxically |
COLD |
| Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit 'Stay (I Missed You)' |
LOEB |
| Little disagreement |
SPAT |
