| "Absolutely!" |
YES |
| "Friends" friend |
ROSS |
| "___ my word!" |
UPON |
| 33-Across-related |
OTIC |
| Advantage |
EDGE |
| Agrippa's apparel |
TOGA |
| Allegro's superior |
PRESTO |
| Animal hospital request |
SPAY |
| Armstrong or Diamond |
NEIL |
| Art colony in New Mexico |
TAOS |
| Backwash creator |
OAR |
| Balmy or cracked |
DAFT |
| Breakwater |
JETTY |
| Breathing stoppages |
APNEAS |
| Cafeteria item |
TRAY |
| Canal to the Hudson |
ERIE |
| Contemporary of Boris and Lon |
BELA |
| Decorative pitcher |
EWER |
| Depend (on) |
RELY |
| Display glee |
GRIN |
| Don't just ask |
COERCE |
| Drops the ball, literally or figuratively |
ERRS |
| Egyptian biters |
ASPS |
| Eye irritant |
STYE |
| Fail to water |
PARCH |
| Favorite, as a theory |
PET |
| Foil alternative |
EPEE |
| Front of a ship |
PROW |
| Goals |
AIMS |
| Goose eggs |
NILS |
| Grow stronger, as a friendship |
DEEPEN |
| Hardly tame |
FERAL |
| Home of ancient Persepolis |
IRAN |
| In a dry way |
ARIDLY |
| It climbs little hills |
ANT |
| It comes with strings attached |
KITE |
| Ivan the Terrible, for one |
TSAR |
| Judaic |
JEWISH |
