| 'Can do!' |
NOPROB |
| 'It distresses me to tell you...' |
IFEAR |
| 'Well, shucks!' |
AWGEE |
| 'What's Going On' singer |
GAYE |
| '___ in Her Ear' (Feydeau farce) |
AFLEA |
| 1961 Bobby Vee hit |
RUNTOHIM |
| A lot of pizzazz? |
ZEES |
| Aaron Copland ballet |
RODEO |
| Abrasive sound |
RASP |
| Admit defeat |
SAYUNCLE |
| Alternative to 'Bottoms up!' |
SKOAL |
| Alternative to 'Sincerely yours' |
ASEVER |
| Answering machine button |
ERASE |
| Aron's girl in 'East of Eden' |
ABRA |
| Artist Albers |
JOSEF |
| Asian assassin |
NINJA |
| Attorney general before Thornburgh |
MEESE |
| Beverage cart setting |
AISLE |
| Biology lab gelatin |
AGAR |
| Bronze ingredient |
TIN |
| Card dealer's box |
SHOE |
| Cash on the table |
TIP |
| Choice of iPad |
MINI |
| City of southern Iraq |
BASRA |
| Cold mold |
ASPIC |
| Controversial apple spray |
ALAR |
| Cook's collection |
POTS |
| Counter offer? |
SODA |
| Counting rhyme start |
EENIE |
| Courtroom promise |
IDO |
| Cream, e.g |
TRIO |
| Creative start |
IDEA |
| Desk tray contents |
CLIPS |
| Devotee |
LOVER |
| Dilettante's delights |
ARTS |
| Diminutive, in Dogpatch |
LIL |
| Director Kazan |
ELIA |
| Do a restaurant job |
BUS |
| Does the wrong thing |
ERRS |
| Dress (up) |
TOG |
| Economic bloc |
CARTEL |
| Ex-Spice Girl Halliwell |
GERI |
| Experiment |
TEST |
| Extreme, in facetious combinations |
UBER |
| Faux |
ERSATZ |
| First conspirator to stab Caesar |
CASCA |
| First-rate |
TOPS |
| Flemish painter Jan van ___ |
EYCK |
| Floors |
AMAZES |
| Form for a CPA |
SCHED |
| Good judgment |
SENSE |
| Hardly vibrant |
DRAB |
| Headline for a fashion feature on Brad's Oscar-night finery? |
PITTSGLITZFITS |
| Headline for a favorable review of 'The Black Cat'? |
POESPROSEGLOWS |
| Headline for a fluff piece about the success of Ione's boyfriends? |
SKYESGUYSRISE |
| Headline for a rave about Tina's dramatic works? |
FEYSPLAYSBLAZE |
| Headline for a story on comic Josh's failed IndyCar sponsorships? |
BLUESCREWSLOSE |
| Headline for a story praising golfer Michelle's line of casual shirts? |
WIESTEESPLEASE |
| Headline for an article criticizing banjoist Bela's distracting glasses? |
FLECKSSPECSVEX |
| Headline material |
NEWS |
| Hindu honorific |
SRI |
| Hip-hopper's footwear |
KICKS |
| In that order: Abbr |
RESP |
| Introverted |
SHY |
| It covers all the bases |
TARP |
| Italian wine city |
ASTI |
| Its lines may be read |
PALM |
| Just picked |
FRESH |
| Key letters |
ALT |
| Kitten comment |
MEW |
| Krypton orbited one |
REDSUN |
