| It suggests the vowel pattern in the five starred answers |
ONEHUNDRED |
| Jewish wedding favorite |
HORA |
| Lacto-__ vegetarian |
OVO |
| Leaves off the guest list |
SNUBS |
| Maidstone's county |
KENT |
| Mean |
INTEND |
| Metalworkers |
SMITHS |
| MGM co-founder |
LOEW |
| Mid-month time |
IDES |
| Mil. plane requiring minimal runway space |
STOL |
| Minuscule bits |
IOTAS |
| Mounds of pounds |
TON |
| Muslim official |
AGHA |
| Oakley with a gun |
ANNIE |
| One of a Dumas trio |
ATHOS |
| One of two elimination games |
SEMI |
| Oscar night hopeful |
NOMINEE |
| Place for drips, briefly |
ICU |
| QB's scores |
TDS |
| Rapper who said, "the 'P.' was getting between me and my fans" |
DIDDY |
| Represented, with "for" |
STOOD |
| Revels |
EXULTS |
| Revolved around |
ORBITED |
| Sci-fi psychic |
EMPATH |
| Search engine launched by Wired magazine in 1996 |
HOTBOT |
| Shore scavenger |
GULL |
| Small songbird |
TIT |
| Some hosp. pics |
MRIS |
| Some MIT grads |
EES |
| Spotted, to Tweety |
TAW |
| Spring blossom |
IRIS |
| Star Wars abbr |
SDI |
| Sun, in Sonora |
SOL |
| Tritium, to hydrogen |
ISOTOPE |
| Twain, at birth |
CLEMENS |
| Two-time ETO commander |
DDE |
| What Bonnie and Clyde came to |
BADEND |
| Word with run or jump |
SKI |