| #1 Paula Abdul hit of 1991 |
RUSHRUSH |
| 'Bring the jackass out for an encore!' |
BISTHATSOB |
| 'Go, torero!' |
OLE |
| 'Kilroy Was Here' band |
STYX |
| 'Reach for the ___!' |
SKY |
| 'Sesame Street' roomie |
BERT |
| 'The Giving Tree' author Silverstein |
SHEL |
| '___ little bit nervous...' |
IMA |
| Alternately, as abbreviated in chat rooms |
OTOH |
| Article written by Voltaire |
UNE |
| Ashtray item |
BUTT |
| Awards on Feb. 26, 2012 |
OSCARS |
| Bad mark |
DEMERIT |
| Be toadyish |
SNIVEL |
| Bellicose god |
ARES |
| Biblical king |
HEROD |
| Bird in the opening of 'The Colbert Report' |
EAGLE |
| Black key that's the first of a threesome |
FSHARP |
| Category that telepathy falls into |
ESP |
| Christmastime |
YULE |
| Circumvent |
AVOID |
| Cooking a metal point, like you would with short ribs? |
BRAISINGTHEBARB |
| Copy room cartridges |
TONERS |
| Cotillion figures |
DEBS |
| Cyberspace |
ETHER |
| Daring predicament? |
BOLDPROB |
| Do as you're told |
OBEY |
| Donny Osmond, by birth |
UTAHAN |
| Egg-shaped things |
OVOIDS |
| Engulfed in flames |
AFIRE |
| Entices |
TEMPTS |
| Football Hall of Famer Jim |
THORPE |
| Former CIA agent/spy Aldrich ___ |
AMES |
| Go like the tide |
RECEDE |
| Guitarist Lofgren |
NILS |
| Icicle's spot |
EAVE |
| In ___ (at heart) |
ESSE |
| Instrument that wails |
SAX |
