| "Author" of many quotations |
ANON |
| "CSI" actress (short one letter) |
MARGHELGENBERGE |
| "Lucky Jim" novelist Kingsley |
AMIS |
| "Monk" network |
USA |
| "Raw" or "burnt" color |
UMBER |
| "SNL" producer Michaels |
LORNE |
| "This guy walks into ___..." |
ABAR |
| "___ Been Everywhere" (Johnny Cash song) |
IVE |
| 2006 "Weird Al" Yankovic parody "White & ___" |
NERDY |
| Arlen/Mercer song "Blues in the Night ("My Mama Done ___ Me") |
TOL |
| Attack unfairly |
SMEAR |
| Barely squeeze by, with "out" |
EKE |
| Battle reminders |
SCARS |
| Be a thespian |
ACT |
| Bess's title mate |
PORGY |
| Beyond stupid |
IDIOTIC |
| Borrow, as a cig |
BUM |
| Bush called them "vigilantes" |
MINUTEMEN |
| Carnaval locale |
RIO |
| Closet dwellers |
SKELETONS |
| Corn amount |
EAR |
| Covers in a shiny thin layer |
GILDS |
| Dog first voiced by John Kricfalusi |
REN |
| Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9 ___ Minor" |
INE |
| Firework without the pop |
DUD |
| Four Corners corner |
UTAH |
| Free throw path |
ARC |
| French realist painter Bonheur |
ROSA |
| Gory movie category |
SLASHER |
| Gross growth |
WART |
| Head-to-head maneuver? |
SWIRLIE |
| Highest sudoku number |
NINE |
| Hit bottom? |
SPANK |
| Inflatable mattress brand |
AERO |
| Insipid |
INANE |
| Intoxicating |
HEADY |
| Isn't polite with soup |
SLURPS |
