| "Ask ___ ..." |
NOT |
| "Great!" * |
FANTABULOUS |
| "How ___ help?" |
CANI |
| "I ___ differ" |
BEGTO |
| "Not guilty," e.g. |
PLEA |
| "Sesame Street," e.g. * |
EDUTAINMENT |
| "___ lay me down ..." |
NOWI |
| "___ said!" (mom's warning) |
NOI |
| "___ the loneliest ..." |
ONEIS |
| "___ well that ..." |
ALLS |
| "___ your side" |
IMON |
| 1950s toothpaste brand |
IPANA |
| 2004 Tea Leoni film * |
SPANGLISH |
| A crowd, in Cremona? |
TRE |
| A steady increase in prices and unemployment * |
STAGFLATION |
| Abbr. on a cereal box |
NTWT |
| Acting teacher Hagen |
UTA |
| Actor Santoni |
RENI |
| Actress Anderson |
LONI |
| Aft area |
REAR |
| Arm bones |
ULNAS |
| Asleep, perhaps |
INBED |
| Astrologer Sydney |
OMARR |
| August hrs., in Augusta |
EDT |
| Aussie avian |
EMU |
| Auth. who died in Samoa |
RLS |
| Bank-window abbr. |
FDIC |
| Banned spray |
DDT |
| Beings from Mork's planet |
ORKANS |
| Bird-filled comic strip created by Jeff MacNelly |
SHOE |
| Blvds., e.g. |
RTES |
| Bug someone, e.g. |
SPY |
| Butz and Scruggs |
EARLS |
| Bygone flyers |
SSTS |
| Cab Calloway catchphrase |
HIDEHO |
| Cajun dish involving three types of poultry (and pretty high on the list of "worst food names ever") * |
TURDUCKEN |
| Car make, for short |
MERC |
| CD preceders |
LPS |
| Charted |
MAPPED |
| Cine or cyclo ending |
RAMA |
| Clear Channel alternative |
NPR |
| Client-sponsored article * |
ADVERTORIAL |
| Clinton's alma mater |
YALE |
| Close tightly |
SEAL |
| Coat material? |
PAINT |
| Cocoon contents |
PUPAE |
| Commedia dell'___ |
ARTE |
| Cone-bearer |
FIR |
| Continuing story line |
ARC |
| Cop's collar |
PERP |
| Craft staff |
CREW |
| Creator of eye-bending designs |
OPARTIST |
| Cut the crop |
REAP |
| Deli fave |
BLT |
| Dogmatic one |
PEDANT |
| Drop like a roc? |
SWOOP |
| EPA concern * |
SMOG |
| Ethically neutral |
AMORAL |
| Famed Memphis street |
BEALE |
| Final farewell of a sort |
OBIT |
| Fit together |
MESH |
| Flavor enhancer |
MSG |
| Foul-smelling |
FETID |
| Foursome for a Ford |
TIRES |
| Goes astray |
ERRS |
| Grandson of Adam |
ENOS |
| Greeting, to Guido (anagram of L.A.'S OUT) |
SALUTO |
| Harem room |
ODAH |
| Helpful |
OFUSE |
| Herbie of jazz |
MANN |
| Here ___ |
ANDNOW |
| High-quality salad topping, in Rachael Ray shorthand |
EVOO |
| Hog heaven, perhaps |
STY |
| Hop on a horse |
MOUNTUP |