| "Cross my heart!" |
NOLIE |
| "Holy __!" |
MOLY |
| "Invisible Man" writer Ellison |
RALPH |
| "Man!" |
WOW |
| "Portnoy's Complaint" novelist |
ROTH |
| "The Pit and the Pendulum" author |
POE |
| "We __ amused" |
ARENOT |
| 1980s surgeon general |
KOOP |
| Able to give a firsthand account |
UPCLOSE |
| Acct. datum |
AMT |
| Baldwin of "The Cooler" |
ALEC |
| Bet |
GAMBLED |
| Bizarre, and what 17-, 22-, 36/37/38- and 47-Across can be, in one way or another |
OFFTHEWALL |
| Campaign funders, briefly |
PACS |
| Capital south of Olympia |
SALEM |
| Catchall abbr |
ETC |
| Cause of bad luck, so they say |
BROKENMIRROR |
| Challenged |
DARED |
| Confer ending |
ENCE |
| CPR pro |
EMT |
| Decisive times |
DDAYS |
| Dining |
SUPPING |
| Dugout convenience |
BATRACK |
| Durocher of baseball |
LEO |
| Elevs |
HTS |
| Fuzzy __ |
NAVEL |
| Gets |
OBTAINS |
| Guts |
MOXIE |
| Half DX |
CCLV |
| Hardly a deadeye |
POORSHOT |
| Harebrained schemes |
CRAZYIDEAS |
| Heavens |
EDENS |
| How-to presentation |
DEMO |
| Informer |
FINK |
| Is up against |
ABUTS |
| Jacket material |
TWEED |
| Lay the groundwork |
PREPARE |
| Leader who wears the Ring of the Fisherman |
POPE |
