| Literary ''before'' |
ERE |
| Loud and discordant |
STRIDENT |
| Man or woman with a title? |
OWNER |
| Martin's TV sidekick |
ROWAN |
| Monte ___ (Monaco principality) |
CARLO |
| Most daring |
BOLDEST |
| Most sacred |
HOLIEST |
| Not the brightest people |
DUMBCLUCKS |
| Numbskull |
DUNDERHEAD |
| On pins and needles |
EDGY |
| Penultimate letter |
WYE |
| Performs ''Stairway to Heaven,'' e.g. |
ROCKS |
| Philharmonic instrument |
OBOE |
| Plant appendages |
AWNS |
| Poked fun at |
RIBBED |
| Purim's month |
ADAR |
| Purposely stay just out of reach, e.g. |
TEASE |
| Reached the tarmac |
ALIT |
| Sea eagle |
ERN |
| Shade of hosiery |
ECRU |
| Some comics |
STANDUPS |
| Stretch of shallow water |
SHOAL |
| Stuffed shirt |
PRIG |
| Support in shenanigans |
ABET |
| They're placed on horses |
SADDLES |
| Title word in a Doris Day song |
SERA |
| TV producer? |
RCA |
| Type of sandwich |
HAM |
| Unintelligible writing to me |
GREEK |
| Utterly destroys, as an automobile |
TOTALS |
| Wailing warning |
SIREN |
| Wainscots (Var.) |
DADOS |
| Wing-shaped |
ALARY |
| Wisenheimer |
SMARTALECK |
| Women, to hard-boiled detectives |
DAMES |
| Word in a Debussy title |
MER |
| Word with litmus or acid |
TEST |
| Zoroastrian living in India |
PARSI |
| ___ Domini |
ANNO |
