| ''Birthplace of Democracy'' |
ATHENSGREECE |
| ''Forrest Gump'' Oscar nominee |
SINISE |
| ''If you done it, it __ bragging'': Whitman |
AINT |
| ''Peut-__'' (perhaps: Fr.) |
ETRE |
| ''Shrek'' beast |
ASS |
| '80s best-selling science book |
COSMOS |
| Author who influenced Verne |
POE |
| Average |
SOSO |
| Ball of wax |
SHEBANG |
| Be apprehensive |
MISGIVE |
| Berkshire Hathaway company |
GEICO |
| Blacken |
CHAR |
| Brita rival |
PUR |
| Can't leave well enough alone |
TINKERS |
| Ceiling, for short |
MAX |
| Civil War-era nickname |
JEFF |
| Cosmetics oil source |
ALOE |
| Cosmetics oil source |
EMUS |
| Devoted |
ZEALOUS |
| Easy group |
SOFTIES |
| Emergency message |
SOS |
| Expression of outrage against the powerful |
JACCUSE |
| First successful American automaker |
OLDS |
| Focus of a 2008 cheating scandal |
GMAT |
| Georgia county named for a Declaration signer |
GWINNETT |
| Homeland Security responsibility |
CUSTOMS |
| Hopeful |
ASPIRANT |
| Indirect |
OBLIQUE |
| Infernal |
DANGED |
| Is acting boss |
HOLDSTHEFORT |
| It means ''green'' |
ECO |
| It's handled in a nursery rhyme |
PAIL |
| Item of the past |
EXES |
| Kind |
ILK |
| Legitimate |
FAIR |
