| 'Absolut nicht!' |
NEIN |
| 'Ain't gonna happen!' |
NIX |
| 'Alea iacta ___': Julius Caesar |
EST |
| 'Compromise is the best and cheapest ___' (saying attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson) |
LAWYER |
| 'Explosive' roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure |
NITRO |
| 'If I were king of the forest ...' singer |
LAHR |
| 'In bad company,' per Ambrose Bierce |
ALONE |
| 'My Life' autobiographer, 1975 |
MEIR |
| 'Such is life' |
AHME |
| 'The Way' |
TAO |
| '___ Declassified School Survival Guide' |
NEDS |
| A part of, as a gang |
INWITH |
| Analogy words |
ISTO |
| Angle iron |
LBAR |
| Approximately |
ORSO |
| Assassin |
SLAYER |
| Beyond reason? |
SENILE |
| Big name in luxury hotels |
OMNI |
| Boxcar |
SIX |
| Call |
DIAL |
| Cicely of 'Roots' |
TYSON |
| City on Commencement Bay |
TACOMA |
| Cleaning a mess in a mess, maybe |
ONKP |
| Clip |
GAIT |
| Comes calling unexpectedly |
POPSIN |
| Comprehended |
SEEN |
| Depot: Abbr |
STN |
| Dollar coin figure before Susan B. Anthony, familiarly |
IKE |
| Dome light? |
IDEA |
| Experienced with |
USEDTO |
| Feature replaced in four clues in this puzzle |
CAPITALLETTER |
| Fills, as black squares |
INKSIN |
| Fraternity characters |
PSIS |
| Gave pills, e.g |
DOSED |
| Get an A, say |
EXCEL |
| Gradually slowing, in mus |
RIT |
| Half of a 1955 merger, for short |
CIO |