| "Half ___ is better ..." |
ALOAF |
| "House" star's first name |
HUGH |
| "I was wrong. What can I say?" |
SOSUEME |
| "I was ___ close ..." |
THIS |
| "Real Time with Bill Maher" night: abbr. |
FRI |
| "Truer words were never spoken" |
AMEN |
| "Voom" preceder |
VAVA |
| "___ combination thereof" |
ORA |
| "___ waiting long?" |
BEEN |
| Abandon before I do? |
JILT |
| Abbr. after Acre |
ISR |
| Abbr. for emeu or iglu |
VAR |
| Actor Diffring or Walbrook |
ANTON |
| Analyze, as ore |
ASSAY |
| Area of expertise |
FIELD |
| ATM button |
ENTER |
| Author ___ Neale Hurston |
ZORA |
| Baldness |
ALOPECIA |
| Barber's setting |
SEVILLE |
| Bass ___ |
VIOLS |
| Bi or mo ending |
PED |
| Bite at the ballpark |
FRANK |
| Bombard |
PELT |
| Bouquet holders |
VASES |
| Brassy role for Bea |
MAUDE |
| British gun of WWII |
STEN |
| Bulletproof vest material |
KEVLAR |
| Catherine's role in "Chicago" et al. |
VELMAS |
| Chooses |
OPTS |
| Club sodas |
SELTZERS |
| Collection of directors |
BOARD |
| Contents of some cartridges |
INKS |
| Copier nuisance |
JAM |
| Corp. bigwigs |
VPS |
| Count (on) |
RELY |
| Countless centuries |
EONS |
| Cousins of tanks |
VATS |
| Cries out loud |
SOBS |
| Crowd's cry |
OLE |
| Custard creation |
FLAN |
| Deals (with) |
COPES |
| Disgusting |
VILE |
| Do-it-yourself maven Bob |
VILA |
| Dodgers' spring training city for 59 years, ___ Beach, Fla. |
VERO |
| End of the query |
THEVSINTHISPUZZLE |
| Engine conduit |
HOSE |
| Enticed |
LURED |
| Find out, in a way |
GLEAN |
| Flair |
ELAN |
| Flexible |
AGILE |
| Flight paths |
VECTORS |
| Glyph opening |
HIERO |
| Go nuts, as a crowd |
ERUPT |
| Go ___ (turn in) |
TOBED |
| Grads-to-be, briefly |
SRS |
| Grassy plain, in Africa |
VELDT |
| Hammer part |
CLAW |
| Having feathers, as an arrow |
VANED |
| Health-food-store phone greeting? |
ALOE |
| Helps, as a fugitive |
ABETS |
| Hopeful list |
SLATE |
| Increases |
UPS |
| Item that's fit for a king? |
SHEET |
| Item with a treble knob |
AMP |
| Kin of "presto!" |
VOILA |
| Knockdown, drag-out's opposite |
SPAT |
| Late riser's "all right already!" |
IMUP |
| Lithuania's capital |
VILNA |
| Lowlands, to poets |
VALES |
| Luciano's love |
AMORE |
| Member of the Addams family? |
CHAS |
| Minnesota pros, briefly |
VIKES |
