| "Beats me," slangily |
DUNNO |
| "Dear ___ or Madam" |
SIR |
| "Oh, baloney!" |
PSHAW |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction |
OER |
| "To the max" suffix |
EST |
| "___ Yeller" |
OLD |
| "___Lang Syne" |
AULD |
| Acted as an informant, in slang |
NARKED |
| Add muscle |
BEEFUP |
| Catkin bearers |
ALDERS |
| Chart toppers |
HITS |
| Common Polish name ender |
SKI |
| Cut with a surgical beam |
LASE |
| Daisylike, late-blooming flower |
ASTER |
| Defiant answer to "Shall!" |
SHANT |
| Emotionally demanding |
NEEDY |
| Ethanol, for one |
BIOFUEL |
| Exit |
LEAVE |
| Former Italian monetary unit |
LIRA |
| Free (of) |
RID |
| Frenzied group |
MOB |
| Frozen spear |
ICICLE |
| Full of trees |
WOODED |
| Glide |
COAST |
| Hairy brute of the jungle |
APE |
| Hunk's pride |
BOD |
| Inning enders |
OUTS |
| It breaks in the morning |
DAY |
| It's attached to a mast in storms |
TRYSAIL |
| James ___ Garfield (20th U.S. president) |
ABRAM |
| Johnnie Cochran was one |
DEFENSEATTORNEY |
| Kesey and Griffey |
KENS |
| Keyboard blunder |
TYPO |
| Keys in the water |
ISLES |
| Legit (with "on the") |
UPANDUP |
| Lends a hand |
AIDS |
| Like some concerts or markets |
OPENAIR |
| Like the plains |
GRASSY |