| "Beloved" novelist Morrison |
TONI |
| "Silas Marner" author George |
ELIOT |
| "The Fountainhead" author |
RAND |
| "Who ___ wants a piece of me?" |
ELSE |
| 1492 ship of note |
NINA |
| Abbr. for an MIT grad |
ENGR |
| Airs for pairs |
DUETS |
| Anger |
IRE |
| Autumn bloomer |
ASTER |
| Bard's "always" |
EER |
| Before the deadline |
EARLY |
| Begged |
PLED |
| Blood-red |
SCARLET |
| Cake topping |
ICING |
| Circular word |
SALE |
| Comments from horses |
NEIGHS |
| Commoner, in ancient Rome |
PLEBEIAN |
| Computer whiz |
TECHIE |
| Daybreak direction |
EAST |
| Direction to violinists |
ARCO |
| Door part |
JAMB |
| Execute perfectly, in slang |
NAIL |
| Extreme aversion |
HATE |
| Famous institution in Rochester, Minn |
MAYOCLINIC |
| Florence neighbor |
SIENA |
| Fort in North Carolina |
BRAGG |
| Free electron, e.g |
ION |
| Freetown currency unit |
LEONE |
| Future exec., maybe |
MBA |
| G, in the key of C |
SOL |
| Geological time division |
EON |
| Got a photo of |
SHOT |
| Had belted out |
SUNG |
| Help for the hapless |
ALMS |
| Hermit or horseshoe, e.g |
CRAB |
| Humdinger |
LULU |
| Ill-fated Biblical brother |
ABEL |
| Inflamed eye problem |
IRITIS |
| Informal gathering of musicians |
JAMSESSION |
