| "Don't ___ me, I voted for ..." |
BLAME |
| "It ___ Be You" |
HADTO |
| "Little Caesar" role for Edward G. Robinson |
RICO |
| "The Jungle" author Sinclair |
UPTON |
| "To tell the truth ..." |
HONESTLY |
| "___ Poetica" (Horace) |
ARS |
| ''Amazing'' magician and debunker |
RANDI |
| ''At ---, private!'' |
EASE |
| ''Cheers'' character |
DIANE |
| ''Dumb & Dumber'' actress |
GARR |
| ''Peace --- hand'' |
ISAT |
| ''The Giant'' of wrestling |
ANDRE |
| ''Time in a Bottle'' singer |
CROCE |
| --- Paulo (Brazilian city) |
SAO |
| 1944 Otto Preminger film |
LAURA |
| A type of gin |
SLOE |
| Abbr. on a ticket |
MPH |
| Absolutely certain |
POSITIVE |
| Academy Award-winning 1995 film |
BABE |
| Achromous |
PALE |
| Affects strongly |
GETSTO |
| Affluence |
EASE |
| An American staple crop |
CORN |
| Appear to one's own mind |
SEEM |
| Aromatic herb |
CUMIN |
| Bakery product |
ROLL |
| Baseball great Mel --- |
OTT |
| Baseball scoreboard trio |
RHE |
| Being the only one |
SOLE |
| Beleaguer |
TEASE |
| Biblical Hebrew prophet |
HOSEA |
| Big brother? |
ABBOT |
| Biological divisions |
SPECIES |
| Bit of parsley |
SPRIG |
| Bod-wetter? |
SWEAT |
| Boozehounds |
SOTS |
| Bring down the house |
RAZE |
| Buffet patron |
EATER |
| Bundled, as straw |
BALED |
| Business association |
FIRM |
| Cacophony |
DIN |
| Captain Hook's sidekick |
SMEE |
| Cause of shrinkage |
THEFT |
| Characteristic of a prophet |
VATIC |
| Cheats |
SWINDLES |
| Chinese dynasty (1368-1644) |
MING |
| Concede |
ALLOW |
| Congeals |
CLOTS |
| Contemporary of Ford |
OLDS |
| Descendent or heir |
SCION |
| Diamond, Young or Simon |
NEIL |
| Did lunch |
ATE |
| Didn't hesitate at a chance |
LEAPED |
| Diminutive |
TEENSY |
| Disappearing phone feature |
DIAL |
| Disney dog |
SCAMP |
| Dumbfounded |
AWED |
| Electric partner |
GAS |
| Elementary atomic particle |
MESON |
| Emulate Ebert |
RATE |
| Evasive language |
DOUBLETALK |
| Exam for a would-be DA |
LSAT |
| External boundary |
AMBIT |
| Fabulist |
ROMANCER |
| Famous twins' birthplace |
SIAM |
| Farm alarms |
ROOSTERS |
| Fireplace framework |
GRATE |
| Fireplace utensils |
TONGS |
| First name in gymnasts |
OLGA |
| Fish with an uphill battle |
COHO |
| Fixed charge |
RATE |
| Follow a command |
OBEY |
| Forearm bones |
ULNAE |
| Former monetary units of Ecuador |
SUCRES |
| Frenzied |
MANIC |
| Furor |
IRE |
| Fury |
WRATH |
| Game with 20 fewer cards than a full deck |
SKAT |
| Geographical regions |
AREAS |
| Gets grayer |
AGES |
| Gibberish |
CODSWALLOP |
| Gift-giving time |
YULE |
| Gillette product |
ATRA |
| Go away from the fold |
STRAY |
| Gobbledygook |
FLAPDOODLE |
| Governmental appointee, e.g. |
AIDE |
| Great rating |
AONE |
| Grenada, e.g. |
ISLE |
| Grits stuff |
HOMINY |
| He wrote of ''sour grapes'' |
AESOP |
| Helps out |
AIDS |
| Hire for, as a position |
FILL |
| Hog side |
FLITCH |
| Homecoming returnees |
ALUMNI |
| Hopeless case |
GONER |
| Huh? |
WHATSITALLABOUT |
| Huh? |
SOWHATSTHEPOINT |
| Huh? |
ISTILLDONTGETIT |
| Huh? |
IDONTUNDERSTAND |
| Inter |
ENTOMB |
| Investment broker's offering |
IRA |
| IOU verb |
OWE |
| Isolate |
STRAND |
| It's on the agenda |
ITEM |
| J.F.K.'s predecessor |
DDE |
| Jig and band, for two |
SAWS |
| Kin of ''Wow!'' |
OOH |
| Kind of little package |
NEAT |
| King of Kings |
GOD |
| Lack of worldliness |
NAIVETE |
| Lady with a dream in a Louis Armstrong tune |
MABEL |
| Language quirk |
IDIOM |
| Large trunk artery |
AORTA |
| Liana |
VINE |