| 'As I was saying ...' |
ANYHOW |
| 'Quiet, please!' |
SHHHH |
| 'Reading Lolita in ___' (2003 best seller) |
TEHRAN |
| 'Slung' stuff |
MUD |
| 'Well, ___!' |
ILLBE |
| *'Good night, John-Boy' series |
THEWALTONS |
| *'Why am I not surprised?' |
SOWHATELSEISNEW |
| *Any foreseeable difficulty |
HELLORHIGHWATER |
| *Fearsome shark |
GREATWHITE |
| Add ___ of salt |
ADASH |
| Analgesics' targets |
ACHES |
| Bit of harmless mischief |
LARK |
| Botanical wings |
ALAE |
| Breakfast cereal ... or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues? |
SHREDDEDWHEAT |
| Café au lait holder |
TASSE |
| Catch a few Z's |
CATNAP |
| Celebrity ribbing |
ROAST |
| Certain econ class |
MACRO |
| Cinch ___ (trash bag brand) |
SAK |
| Con artist's mark |
RUBE |
| Crown inset |
JEWEL |
| Dazzling success |
ECLAT |
| Do some leg-pulling |
JEST |
| Ethnic joke, often |
SLUR |
| Falling-out result |
RIFT |
| Fixes up, as a fixer-upper |
REHABS |
| Following, as one's beliefs |
TRUETO |
| Gear-cutting tools |
HOBS |
| Good economic news |
BOOM |
| Hissy fit |
SNIT |
| Huff and puff |
WHEEZE |
| It may elicit a 6-Down |
NOISE |
| James who was portrayed by Beyoncé |
ETTA |
| Knife of old |
SNEE |
| Knighthood letters |
OBE |
| Lacrosse goalie's area |
CREASE |
| Leaves home? |
NEST |
| Like a couch potato |
LAZY |
