| '... as good as --' |
AMILE |
| Airline worker |
PILOT |
| Allocated |
ASSIGNED |
| Anchor Rather |
DAN |
| Atmosphere makeup |
AIR |
| Barrio store |
BODEGA |
| Battery, for one |
CRIME |
| Bikini tops |
BRAS |
| Carp |
NAG |
| Champagne bucket |
ICER |
| Depend |
RELY |
| Director Kurosawa |
AKIRA |
| Dry |
ARID |
| Dumb-struck |
AMAZED |
| Empty talk |
GAS |
| Enjoys a restaurant |
DINESOUT |
| Eons |
AGES |
| Find irresistible |
ADORE |
| Frank McCourt book |
TIS |
| Goes for |
COSTS |
| Hits to a fielder, perhaps |
LINESOUT |
| Houston player |
ASTRO |
| Indonesian island |
SUMATRA |
| Interlacing |
TWINING |
| Inventor Whitney |
ELI |
