| "CSI" evidence |
DNA |
| "Get your own!" |
MINE |
| "If u ask me ... " |
IMO |
| "Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue |
CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR |
| "Preach!" |
AMEN |
| "Word" |
IDIG |
| "Yay, the weekend's almost here!" |
TGIF |
| "Your point being?" |
AND |
| *Landscape options in dry climates |
ROCKGARDENS |
| *One skilled at manipulating characters |
ASCIIARTIST |
| *Opera buffa by Mozart |
LENOZZEDIFIGARO |
| Apropos of |
ASTO |
| Avis rival |
ALAMO |
| Back up an apology, say |
ATONE |
| Boston or Chicago |
BAND |
| Cartoon maker of Invisible Paint and Instant Road |
ACME |
| Circle parts |
ARCS |
| College-level HS English course |
APLIT |
| Crow's-nest cry |
LANDHO |
| Cry of discovery |
OHO |
| Curly hairstyles |
AFROS |
| D-Day beach name |
OMAHA |
| Department concerned with wages |
LABOR |
| End zone marker |
PYLON |
| Explosive letters |
TNT |
| Eye part |
IRIS |
| Falafel holders |
PITAS |
| Far beyond the norm |
RADICAL |
| Free of fizz |
FLAT |
| Gel |
SET |
| Get a better rate, for short |
REFI |
| God of love |
EROS |
| Grandmother's nickname |
NANA |
| Have a snack |
NOSH |
| Irish dramatist Seán |
OCASEY |
| Kazakhstan's North __ Sea |
ARAL |
| Kirke of "Mozart in the Jungle" |
LOLA |
| La Liga team that plays in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium |
REALMADRID |
