| '... and I write '___' on the box, which seems to reassure him' |
CANDLEWITHHAIR |
| '... and when I hand-deliver a package, the recipients are positively ___ - it's very satisfying!' |
CHILLEDWITHFEAR |
| '... but dogs can't spoil how much I enjoy driving around in the ___' |
TRAILMUCK |
| '... but I've always thought ___ had a more fun job than I do' |
MOSTPASTORS |
| 'Dirt cake' ingredients |
OREOS |
| 'For an avid philatelist like me, sorting envelopes is thrilling - I might spot a ___!' |
STAIRRAMP |
| 'Forget it!' |
UHUH |
| 'Homeowners get excited when they see me opening their ___ ...' |
BETTERLOCKS |
| 'I suppose it might seem odd that a reverend like myself would suddenly begin ___ ...' |
MARRYINGTHEKALE |
| 'I'm a bit leery of dogs - it's unsettling to enter a yard and hear some ___ at me ...' |
GROUNDHOWLING |
| 'The best part of the job, of course, is when I'm out on the street ___' |
RAKINGMYMOUNDS |
| 'The Hot Zone' topic |
EBOLA |
| 'When a man is nervous about shipping breakables, I tell him, '___ carefully, sir' ...' |
CRACKYOURPATE |
| '___ had enough' |
IVE |
| 1980s-'90s Chrysler offerings |
KCARS |
| 1983 Michael Keaton comedy |
MRMOM |
| 2010 Apple release |
IPAD |
| Acid |
LSD |
| Actress Peeples |
NIA |
| Answering machine insert |
TAPE |
| Asphalt ingredient |
BITUMEN |
| Babel |
NOISE |
| Berry of 'Frankie and Alice' |
HALLE |
| Big name in rum |
BACARDI |
| Bird that may nest on volcanic ash |
NENE |
| Bookish type |
SCHOLAR |
| Bungling fool |
OAF |
| By itself |
ALONE |
| Bygone Tide rival |
RINSO |
| Cambridgeshire's ___ Cathedral |
ELY |
| Car dealer's offering |
LEASE |
| Car financing inits. |
GMAC |
| Cars with floor-mounted ignitions |
SAABS |
| Comes to |
AWAKES |
| Companion of Rex and Rover |
BUTCH |
| Daisy variety |
OXEYE |
| Density symbol, in physics |
RHO |
| Desert landforms |
MESAS |
| Distress |
AIL |
| Domino's order |
PIE |
| Don Juan's mother |
INEZ |
| Drawers of war? |
BOWMEN |
| Dry out |
PARCH |
| Dunne of 'My Favorite Wife' |
IRENE |
| Ear: Prefix |
OTO |
| Eighty-eight |
PIANO |
| Equine-related |
HORSY |
| Farmland rolls |
BALES |
| Film director Craven |
WES |
| Film director Roth |
ELI |
| Finishes |
PLAYSOUT |
| Fishing accoutrement |
CREEL |
| Flapper's wrap |
BOA |
| Flummery |
ROT |
| Food label no. |
RDA |
| Forest flutist |
SATYR |
| Fork |
DIVERGE |
| Fountain drinks |
COKES |
| French sweetie |
CHERI |
| Friday's rank: Abbr. |
SGT |
| From scratch |
AFRESH |
| Golden ___ (General Mills product) |
GRAHAMS |
| Gun it |
SPEEDUP |
| Had |
ATE |
| Having one sharp |
ING |
| Histrionics |
DRAMA |
| Hit with a charge |
TASE |
| Indo-Europeans |
ARYANS |
| Industry, slangily |
BIZ |
