| 'Gross!' |
EWW |
| '___ Te Ching' (classic Chinese text) |
TAO |
| 666, for the numbers on a roulette wheel |
SUM |
| A.T.M. co |
NCR |
| Baseball's Pee Wee |
REESE |
| Birds in the 'Arabian Nights' |
ROCS |
| Black-tie parties |
GALAS |
| Chafes |
RUBS |
| Chance of an impossibility |
ZEROPERCENT |
| Classical music group ... or what the four sets of circled letters make up? |
STRINGQUARTET |
| Comes up |
ARISES |
| Component of a language class, informally |
VOCABLESSON |
| Coupon bearers, often |
ADS |
| Critical hosp. department |
ICU |
| Cutters that cut with the grain |
RIPSAWS |
| Dickens's '___ Twist' |
OLIVER |
| For even a second more |
ANYLONGER |
| Fraidy-cat |
WUSS |
| From ___ Z |
ATO |
| Functions |
USES |
| Galley propeller |
OAR |
| German article |
EIN |
| Grew old |
SENESCED |
| Hand-held Fourth of July firework |
SPARKLER |
| In the manner of |
ALA |
| Indian dress |
SARI |
| Innocent's opposite |
GUILTY |
| Insipid |
BLAND |
| Intimidates |
DAUNTS |
| Joke |
GAG |
| Kidman who is neither a kid nor a man |
NICOLE |
| Knight's glove |
GAUNTLET |
| Like a cat in need of a firefighter, stereotypically |
TREED |
| Like a catch-22 situation |
LOSELOSE |
| Mandel of 'America's Got Talent' |
HOWIE |
| Mattress's place |
BED |
| Mexican wrap |
SERAPE |
| Mule on a canal, in song |
SAL |
