| "A mouse!" |
EEK |
| "Get it?" |
YKNOW |
| "Little Women" star Streep |
MERYL |
| "The Studio" actor Barinholtz |
IKE |
| "___ guesses?" |
ANY |
| "___ Maria" |
AVE |
| (Kerplunk) |
PLOP |
| Active place |
HOTBED |
| Astronomer Sagan |
CARL |
| Bakery-cafe chain |
PANERA |
| Book drive org., often |
PTA |
| By mouth |
ORALLY |
| Cats with tricolor coats (... letters 4-7) |
CALICOES |
| Checked the license of, e.g |
IDED |
| Chewy rice cake |
MOCHI |
| Christiane Amanpour's channel |
CNN |
| Close tightly |
SEAL |
| Colorful toy bricks, casually |
LEGOS |
| Composer Satie |
ERIK |
| Corn holders |
COBS |
| Covering that might be signed with a "get well soon" message |
CAST |
| Creative spark |
IDEA |
| Decorative pitchers |
EWERS |
| Deli order request |
ONRYE |
| Ding |
DENT |
| Dining table decoration (... letters 8-11) |
CENTERPIECE |
| Examples used as comparisons: Var |
ANALOGS |
| Fairy-tale foes |
OGRES |
| Fall behind |
TRAIL |
| Family to "keep up with" |
JONESES |
| Farm enclosure |
PEN |
| Feature of a cross-generational relationship |
AGEGAP |
| Field that contains quantum mechanics (... letters 5-8) |
PARTICLEPHYSICS |
| First gentleman? |
ADAM |
| Fret |
STEW |
| Frightful |
GHASTLY |
| German article |
DAS |
| Giraffe marking |
SPOT |
