| "At Wit's End" author Bombeck |
ERMA |
| "Barrier" or "boom" preceder |
SONIC |
| "Cola" lead-in |
COCA |
| "Dead ___" (Dick Francis mystery) |
CERT |
| "He's ___ nowhere man" (Beatles) |
AREAL |
| "Must have been something ___" |
IATE |
| "Song ___ Blue" (Neil Diamond) |
SUNG |
| "The Auld Sod" |
EIRE |
| "What a ___!" (Bette Davis quote) |
DUMP |
| "___ Evening in Roma" (Dean Martin) |
ONAN |
| 247.5 degrees |
WSW |
| About vision |
OCULAR |
| Agents making busts |
NARCS |
| Appear |
SEEM |
| Apple or pear |
POME |
| Appropriate for schooling |
EDUCABLE |
| Audio signal receiver |
TUNER |
| Banned from polite conversation |
TABOO |
| Bargain with the prosecutor, perhaps |
COPAPLEA |
| Baroque stringed instrument |
VIOL |
| Befitting a con man |
GLIB |
| Broke new ground |
PLOWED |
| Cameo shape |
OVAL |
| Chalet overhangs |
EAVES |
| Chop finely |
MINCE |
| Clever comment |
MOT |
| Colorful entree |
REDBEANSANDRICE |
| Comics bulldog |
OTTO |
| Competitors |
ENTRANTS |
| Con's preoccupation |
ESCAPE |
| Coolidge nickname: Silent ___ |
CAL |
| Creme-filled chocolate cookie |
OREO |
| Decorative sewing cases |
ETUIS |
| Disposal fodder |
ORTS |
| Don't hoard |
SHARE |
| Dutch cheese |
EDAM |
| Eclipse shadow |
UMBRA |
| Exclamations of contentedness |
AHS |
