| "Adam Bede" author George |
ELIOT |
| "Beats me" |
IDUNNO |
| "Catch-22" or "Mila 18" |
NOVEL |
| "This negotiation is a bust!" |
NODEAL |
| "True Blue" Canadian brewer |
LABATT |
| 1958 Buddy Holly tune |
MAYBEBABY |
| Abbr. on a B-52 |
USAF |
| Achy |
SORE |
| Al dente |
FIRM |
| Alpaca's cousin |
LLAMA |
| Angry, with "off" |
TEED |
| Aptly named author Charles |
READE |
| Ariz. neighbor |
NMEX |
| Author Harte |
BRET |
| Bourbon and Wall: Abbr. |
STS |
| Brief |
SHORT |
| Bumbling |
INEPT |
| Bummer for a batter |
SLUMP |
| Candy wafer maker |
NECCO |
| Chirac's state |
ETAT |
| Classic song by the Village People |
YMCA |
| Clinton's attorney general |
RENO |
| Competitive edge |
ADVANTAGE |
| Consultation cost |
FEE |
| Corn unit |
EAR |
| Dress designer Vera |
WANG |
| Dumbstruck |
INAWE |
| Edible pigeon |
SQUAB |
| Famous fiddles |
STRADS |
| First vice president |
ADAMS |
| Flowers in a hospital room |
GETWELLBOUQUET |
| Gaze intently |
STARE |
| Golfer's nonplaying wife, facetiously |
WIDOW |
| Gracefully slender |
SVELTE |
| Great gulp |
SWIG |
| Gymnast Comaneci |
NADIA |
| High-tech video recording brand |
TIVO |
| Highland hillside |
BRAE |
