| Holiday Inn alternative |
RAMADA |
| Hwys |
RTES |
| Inner part of an ear of corn |
COB |
| Itsy-bitsy bit |
ATOM |
| Libra's symbol |
SCALES |
| LOO |
LAV |
| Oregon's capital |
SALEM |
| Pacific salmon |
COHO |
| Papa's partner |
MAMA |
| Pesto ingredient |
BASIL |
| Peter of 'Casablanca' |
LORRE |
| Pie filling ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues? |
MINCEMEAT |
| Religious councils |
SYNODS |
| Retired fliers |
SSTS |
| Sábado or domingo |
DIA |
| Scrabble pieces |
TILES |
| Shaquille of the N.B.A |
ONEAL |
| Singer Celine |
DION |
| So last year |
PASSE |
| Sounds of satisfaction |
AAHS |
| Source of much tea from Asia |
ASSAM |
| SSW's opposite |
NNE |
| Stiller's partner in comedy |
MEARA |
| Suffix with ball |
OON |
| Teed off |
SORE |
| Telephone |
CALL |
| The 'A' in A.D |
ANNO |
| The 'S' in CBS |
SYSTEM |
| Trophy or medal |
HONOR |
| What 'can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes,' per Mark Twain |
LIE |
| What a sidewalk may abut |
LAWN |
| What a Spanish orchestra produces |
MUSICA |
| What friends, Romans and countrymen lent, in Shakespeare |
EARS |
| Writer Zora ___ Hurston |
NEALE |
| ___ Hari (W.W. I spy) |
MATA |
| ___ lily |
CALLA |
| ___ rod (molding with a twined serpent design) |
AARONS |
| ___ sauce |
SOY |