| "A horse is a horse" horse |
MRED |
| "City of Seven Hills" |
ROME |
| "Gosh!" (or, based on the starts of starred answers, one who is expert at solving this puzzle's theme?) |
GEEWHIZ |
| "Lolita" author |
NABOKOV |
| "Shrek!" author William |
STEIG |
| "The Wizard __": comic strip |
OFID |
| *Behavior made automatic from frequent repetition |
FORCEOFHABIT |
| *Fit perfectly |
SUITTOATEE |
| *Sexy beachwear |
STRINGBIKINI |
| *Superhero nickname |
MANOFSTEEL |
| Act like a snoop |
NOSEAROUND |
| Aesop work |
FABLE |
| ATM charge |
FEE |
| Bagels and lox seller |
DELI |
| Barbecue fare |
RIBS |
| Barbershop sound |
SNIP |
| Blow with a palm |
SLAP |
| Bone: Pref. |
OSTEO |
| Buck suffix |
AROO |
| Clooney/Pfeiffer comedy |
ONEFINEDAY |
| Composer Bartok |
BELA |
| Confederate |
REB |
| Cut out |
OMIT |
| Decides via ballot |
VOTESON |
| Delhi language |
HINDI |
| Don Juan's mother |
INEZ |
| Elated feeling |
GLEE |
| Enjoy the library |
READ |
| Extras for a cheering crowd |
ENCORES |
| Foot in a poem |
IAMB |
| Former Jewish settlements |
SHTETLS |
| Gal who gets what she wants |
LOLA |
| German coal region |
SAAR |
| Golda of Israel |
MEIR |
| Graceland middle name |
ARON |
| Halloween cover-up |
MASK |
| Hill on Vail |
SLOPE |
| Home of the Heat |
MIAMI |