| 'American Idol' loss? |
SINGINGDEFEAT |
| 'Gertrude and Claudius' novelist |
UPDIKE |
| 'Give ___ rest!' |
ITA |
| 'Gracious!' |
DEARME |
| 'Jeepers!' in Jersey |
BLIMEY |
| 'Look to ___ troublous world': 'Richard III' |
SEEA |
| 'My bad!' |
OOPS |
| 'On the house' |
NOCHARGE |
| 'Rocky III' co-star |
MRT |
| 'Ta-ta!' |
CHEERIO |
| 'The sum is greater than the parts' philosophy |
HOLISM |
| 'Yikes!' |
OHNO |
| 1,000 kilograms |
TONNE |
| 1963 film based on a Larry McMurtry novel |
HUD |
| 19th-century American botanist |
ASAGRAY |
| Act the gossip |
DISH |
| Adjustable loops |
NOOSES |
| Advice for an out-of-shape guy trying to attract women? |
SUCKINTHEMIDDLE |
| All the rage |
HOT |
| Alternative to 'Ticket' in a highway safety campaign |
CLICKIT |
| An airfoil provides it |
LIFT |
| August hrs |
DST |
| Author of the popular 'Goosebumps' books |
RLSTINE |
| Battlefield launchers |
MORTARS |
| Blackjack dealer's showing |
UPCARD |
| Blanket material? |
SNOW |
| Boxing matches? |
SOCKEXCHANGES |
| Broke ground, perhaps |
HOED |
| Campaign creator |
AGENCY |
| Cape Town's nation: Abbr |
RSA |
| Cardiology charts, for short |
EKGS |
| Carolina university |
ELON |
| Cashless deals |
SWAPS |
| Categorize |
ASSORT |
| Cause of a shot in the dark? |
LENSCAP |
| Cave temple site of India |
ELLORA |
| Checkout procedures |
SCANS |
| Chuck wagon fare |
GRUB |
| Combines |
POOLS |
| Commotion |
STIR |
| Company whose first store was in Aelmhult, Sweden |
IKEA |
| Compiles |
AMASSES |
| Cookie magnate Wally |
AMOS |
| Curbside sights |
METERS |
| Cusp |
VERGE |
| DDE's 1942 command |
ETO |
| Deals with moguls |
SKIS |
| Don't exist |
ARENT |
| End of many a list |
ETAL |
| End of some Web addresses |
ORG |
| Ending for hip or quip |
STER |
| Energy-boosting berry |
ACAI |
| Expensively finished |
GILT |
| Expressions of contempt |
SNEERS |
| Extremely bright |
NEON |
| Financial involvement |
STAKE |
| Four-armed god |
VISHNU |
| Freezes up |
TENSES |
| Gets into, as loafers |
SLIPSON |
| Grave marker? |
ACCENT |
| Great Lakes creator |
ICEAGE |
| Hassle |
PAIN |
| Have the nerve |
DARE |
| Head of the costume department |
EDITH |
| Heart part |
AURICLE |
| High-hatter |
SNOB |
| Horned Frogs' sch |
TCU |
| In a sulk |
MOPEY |
| Indigo source |
ANIL |
