| '-- Buddies' |
BOSOM |
| 'Dilate' singer DiFranco |
ANI |
| 'Do I dare to -- peach?': T.S. Eliot |
EATA |
| 'Hamlet' role |
OPHELIA |
| 'Maximum Bob novelist -- Leonard' |
ELMORE |
| 'My Way' lyricist Paul |
ANKA |
| 'Pontiac' singer Lyle |
LOVETT |
| -- -bitsy |
ITSY |
| -- Aviv, Israel |
TEL |
| -- Balls (Hostess brand) |
SNO |
| -- Doria (ill-fated ship) |
ANDREA |
| -- Lingus |
AER |
| 1956 Fats Domino hit |
BLUEBERRYHILL |
| 1957 Harry Belafonte hit |
THEBANANABOATSONG |
| 1964 Millie Small hit |
MYBOYLOLLIPOP |
| 1968 O.C. Smith hit |
LITTLEGREENAPPLES |
| 1971 Don McLean hit |
AMERICANPIE |
| 1972 Sammy Davis Jr. hit |
THECANDYMAN |
| 1975 Patti LaBelle hit |
LADYMARMALADE |
| 1994 Tori Amos hit |
CORNFLAKEGIRL |
| 4 p.m. drink |
TEA |
| A little bit wet |
DAMP |
| Abbr. on a phone dial |
OPER |
| Achieved |
GOT |
| Acid neutralizer |
ALKALI |
| Actor Sparks |
NED |
| Actress Slezak |
ERIKA |
| Actress Verdon |
GWEN |
| Adm.'s force |
USN |
| Adriatic, e.g. |
SEA |
| Ambassador |
LEGATE |
| Append |
TACKON |
| B'way locale |
NYC |
| Bad luck |
HOODOO |
| Batting order |
LINEUP |
| Belly-laugh syllable |
HAR |
| Beneficiary |
HEIR |
| Big bore |
YAWNER |
| Black piano keys, familiarly |
EBONIES |
| Bound by routine |
INARUT |
| Bullring 'Bravo!' |
OLE |
| Bumped off |
DIDIN |
| Canon camera line |
EOS |
| Car buyer's transaction |
TRADEIN |
| Cell's protein maker |
RNA |
| Chevy subcompact |
AVEO |
| Coal scuttle |
HOD |
| Commercial on the telly |
ADVERT |
| Cotton gin inventor Whitney |
ELI |
| Defendant in a defamation suit |
LIBELEE |
| Ditty syllable |
TRA |
| Divest (of) |
RID |
| Don't go out |
STAYIN |
| Earhart in the air |
AMELIA |
| Exhibits fallibility |
ERRS |
| Fatal |
DEADLY |
| Fateful day for Caesar |
IDES |
| Fillers of job positions |
HIRERS |
| Fireplace fill |
LOGS |
| Foot-leg joint |
ANKLE |
| For the (temporarily) -- |
NONCE |
| Frau's mate |
HERR |
| From birth |
INNATE |
| Gaze upon |
STAREAT |
| Germane |
APT |
| Get steamy |
FOGUP |
| Giggly laugh |
TEEHEE |
| Give a hand to |
AID |
| Graceful |
ELEGANT |
| Gradual absorption |
OSMOSIS |
