| ''. . . or __ just me?'' |
ISIT |
| ''A __ formality!'' |
MERE |
| ''American Dictionary'' compiler |
NOAHWEBSTER |
| ''Bearded'' bloom |
IRIS |
| ''Father of the Symphony'' |
JOSEPHHAYDN |
| ''Follow me!'' |
CMON |
| ''Funny Girl'' composer |
STYNE |
| ''Happy Gilmore'' star |
ADAMSANDLER |
| ''Malcolm X'' director |
LEE |
| ''Nobody wins!'' |
ITSATIE |
| ''Shaft'' score writer |
ISAACHAYES |
| ''Time'' Person of the Year for 2012 |
OBAMA |
| ''Wag the Dog'' screenwriter |
DAVIDMAMET |
| ''Wheel of Fortune'' purchase |
ANA |
| Acquisition |
GAIN |
| Action word |
VERB |
| Actress Claire |
DANES |
| Adds, as to the pot |
SWEETENS |
| All played out |
STALE |
| Austere |
STERN |
| Author Angelou |
MAYA |
| Balboa Park city |
SANDIEGO |
| Banish |
DEPORT |
| Bargained |
HAGGLED |
| Beatles last studio album |
LETITBE |
| Becomes tiresome |
PALLS |
| Boomer's kid |
XER |
| Botanical balm |
ALOE |
| Brink |
EVE |
| Brood's home |
NEST |
| Burden of proof |
ONUS |
| Canterbury's county |
KENT |
| Captain Hook's underling |
SMEE |
| Cerebral spark |
IDEA |
| Chairwomen's titles |
MADAMS |
| Church section |
NAVE |
| Colonize |
SETTLE |
| Composer Stravinsky |
IGOR |
| Cook's wear |
APRON |
| Cop's quarry |
PERP |
| Cuba's capital, to Cubans |
HABANA |
| Curative spot |
SPA |
| DC-based alliance |
OAS |
| Doc bloc |
AMA |
| Eased up |
ABATED |
| Enjoyed home cooking |
ATEIN |
| Entries in red |
DEBITS |
| Excited about |
UPFOR |
| Fable source |
AESOP |
| Fiber source |
BRAN |
| First European to reach New Zealand |
ABELTASMAN |
| Five-time Wimbledon champ |
BORG |
| Folks to hang with |
PALS |
| Fore's opposite |
AFT |
| Forest growth |
MOSS |
| Fraternal org |
BPOE |
| From the start |
ANEW |
| Get bronzed |
TAN |
| Goofing off |
IDLE |
| Grafton's ''__ for Wasted'' |
WIS |
| Green-egg layers |
EMUS |
| Guitar-lesson diagrams |
CHORDS |
| Halloween shout |
BOO |
| Hasty escape |
LAM |
| Hesitates to reply |
HEMS |
| Highlander |
GAEL |
| Home fuel holder |
OILTANK |
| Horatian creation |
ODE |
| I love: Lat |
AMO |
| Idaho-born poet |
EZRAPOUND |
| Impersonate |
MIMIC |
| In good health |
HALE |
| In readiness |
ONICE |
