| 'Anything Goes' writer Porter |
COLE |
| 'Beowulf' and 'Gilgamesh,' for two |
EPICS |
| 'George,' in aviation slang |
AUTOPILOT |
| 'High five!' |
UPTOP |
| 'His ___ little mouth was drawn up like a bow' (line from 'A Visit From St. Nicholas') |
DROLL |
| 'Skip me' |
IPASS |
| 'Well, that much was clear' |
SOIGATHERED |
| 'You there!' |
HEY |
| A, for one |
ARTICLE |
| Absence excuser |
DOCTORSNOTE |
| Ancestral emblem |
TOTEM |
| Anxiety |
UNEASE |
| Bat signal |
SONAR |
| Betray nervousness, in a way |
STAMMER |
| Celebrate, as a new year |
RINGIN |
| Certain creature comfort? |
DOGBED |
| Certain surprise party? |
AMBUSH |
| Cheat |
BILK |
| Chess ranking system named for a Hungarian physicist |
ELO |
| City planner, at times |
ZONER |
| Classic Beat Generation roman à clef |
ONTHEROAD |
| Department store that once sold mail-order houses |
SEARS |
| Disney villain inspired by the drag queen Divine |
URSULA |
| Dispenses, with 'out' |
DOLES |
| Don't match |
CLASH |
| Drain |
TIRE |
| Dutch scientist with an eponymous 'cloud' |
OORT |
| Fatigues, familiarly |
CAMO |
| First word in a 13-Across |
DEAR |
| Flinches, but only a little |
BATSANEYELASH |
| Forest giant |
REDWOOD |
| German food that's better than it sounds? |
WURST |
| God who is destined to slay the serpent Jörmungandr |
THOR |