| "Ask — questions ..." |
MENO |
| "Celebrity Rehab" host |
DRDREW |
| "I haven't gotten word yet" |
NONEWS |
| "I volunteer!" |
USEME |
| "Je t'—" ("I love you," in Paris) |
AIME |
| "Je —" ("I am," in Paris) |
SUIS |
| "Likely story!" |
IBET |
| "Little" girl in "Hairspray" |
INEZ |
| "Nuts!" |
DRAT |
| "Omoo" writer Melville |
HERMAN |
| "Pata Pata" singer Makeba |
MIRIAM |
| "Well now!" |
OHO |
| "— -Ca-Dabra" (1974 hit song) |
ABRA |
| "— So Fine" |
HES |
| 2020 U.S. Open winner Osaka |
NAOMI |
| 5 and 10, but not V and X |
ARABICNUMERALS |
| A long time |
AGES |
| Actress Issa or Charlotte |
RAE |
| Adar, Nisan and Tishri |
HEBREWMONTHS |
| Alternative to Kool-Aid or Hi-C |
HAWAIIANPUNCH |
| Angsty rock subgenre |
EMO |
| Anxious condition, for short |
OCD |
| Apt directive for solvers of this puzzle |
WATCHYOURTONGUE |
| Assoc |
ORG |
| Bandleader Arnaz |
DESI |
| Banquet liquid holders |
URNS |
| Baptism or matrimony |
RITE |
| Big melees |
RIOTS |
| Bird's refuge |
NEST |
| Bit of a giggle |
HEE |
| Blogger Klein |
EZRA |
| Blood fluid |
SERUM |
| Bullet point |
ITEM |
| Bumped into |
MET |
| Central point |
NODE |
| Certain Fed |
GMAN |
| Cheese, in Chihuahua |
QUESO |
| City in Ohio |
DAYTON |
| City near San Diego |
LAMESA |
| Comment just after waking |
IMUP |
| Corn serving |
EAR |
| Cuts, as a lawn |
MOWS |
| Debate topic |
ISSUE |
| Debt note |
IOU |
| Decaf brand |
SANKA |
| Decorative enamelware |
CLOISONNE |
| Entertainer Ross or Rigg |
DIANA |
| Expropriate |
SEIZE |
| Extra benefit |
ADDEDBONUS |
| Famed ethnic fighters |
ZULUWARRIORS |
| Flax-colored |
GOLDEN |
| Floor decor |
RUGS |
| Folkie Phil |
OCHS |
| Former space station |
MIR |
| Former U.N. chief Kofi |
ANNAN |
| Found out, to Brits |
LEARNT |
| Frat party dispensers |
BEERKEGS |
| Gas brand in Canada |
ESSO |
| General site |
AREA |
| Godzilla or Grendel |
MONSTER |
| Gp. for people 50 and up |
AARP |
| Hard rain |
HAIL |
| Horse father |
SIRE |
| Hush-hush |
SECRET |
| Indian tea |
CHAI |
| Indonesian island |
BALI |
| Infant's cry |
WAH |
| Inferior grade |
DEE |
| Instruments such as maracas and congas |
LATINPERCUSSION |
| Intermingle |
BLEND |
| IRS hiree |
CPA |
| Israelites' Promised Land |
CANAAN |
| Italian cheese |
ASIAGO |
