| ''Beg pardon?'' |
HUH |
| ''Deep blue'' region |
SEA |
| ''Got two fives for __?'' |
ATEN |
| ''Jerry Maguire'' catchphrase, a hint to what's hidden in eight answers |
SHOWMETHEMONEY |
| ''Sesame Street'' regular |
ERNIE |
| ''Show Boat'' composer |
KERN |
| ''The Alienist'' novelist |
CARR |
| ''Wizard of Oz'' setting |
KANSAS |
| ''__ Mio'' |
OSOLE |
| Accomplished |
DID |
| African beast with a distinctive howl |
SPOTTEDHYENA |
| Alan of ''The West Wing'' |
ALDA |
| Albania's capital |
TIRANA |
| Alliance since '48 |
OAS |
| Along a rotation line |
AXIAL |
| Anderson Cooper employer |
CNN |
| Annapolis inst |
USNA |
| Assents on deck |
AYES |
| ATM maker |
NCR |
| Attach, as a feed bag |
TIEON |
| Author Seton |
ANYA |
| Author Silverstein |
SHEL |
| Baseball great Sandberg |
RYNE |
| Beak, so to speak |
SCHNOZ |
| Benjamins |
CNOTES |
| Blubbers |
SOBS |
| Brain specialist |
NEUROSURGEON |
| Brought in |
REAPED |
| Bully's last words, maybe |
ORELSE |
| Bygone plane |
SST |
| Capital of Tibet |
LHASA |
| Carbonated drink |
GRAPESODA |
| Celebratory verse |
ODE |
| Cineplex __ (cinema chain) |
ODEON |
| Circus performer |
SEAL |
| Clairvoyants |
SEERS |
| Classified listing |
TAGSALE |
| Cliff's wife, on ''The Cosby Show'' |
CLAIR |
| Could possibly |
MAY |
| Course ender |
FINAL |
| Crackle and Pop's partner |
SNAP |
| Curator's deg |
MFA |
| Dan Quayle's successor |
ALGORE |
| Danish toymaker |
LEGO |
| DC baseballers, for short |
NATS |
| Devoid of vegetation |
SHRUBLESS |
| Duel personalities |
SECONDS |
| Ear-cleaning brand |
QTIP |
| Economist Smith |
ADAM |
| Ecuadoran estate |
HACIENDA |
| Elementary school trio |
RRR |
| Erstwhile Russian orbiter |
MIR |
| Exclaimed |
CRIED |
| Female in ''la familia'' |
TIA |
| Fictional physician |
DOLITTLE |
| Finless fish |
EEL |
| Frat letter |
ETA |
| French land |
TERRE |
| Gem from Australia |
OPAL |
| General MacArthur, to friends |
DOUG |
| Gift of foresight |
ESP |
| Give up |
CEDE |
| GPS reading |
NNE |
| Grand in scope |
EPIC |
| Hartford rival |
AETNA |
| Hedge plant |
HAWTHORN |
| Honorable conduct |
FAIRPLAY |
| Hordes |
ALOT |
| Hosp. workers |
LPNS |
| Hostel kin |
INN |
| Houston baseballer, for short |
STRO |
| HSN rival |
QVC |
| Hydrocarbon groups |
ALKYLS |
| Is melodramatic |
EMOTES |
