| ''... with a banjo on my ___'' |
KNEE |
| ''...but to no ___'' |
AVAIL |
| ''Ahem!'' |
PSST |
| ''Aw, heck!'' |
RATS |
| ''Been there, ___ that'' |
DONE |
| ''Ben-___'' |
HUR |
| ''By the way ...'' |
SAY |
| ''Catch you later'' |
TATA |
| ''Dead man's hand'' card |
ACE |
| ''Is this seat ___?'' |
TAKEN |
| ''Leave it in,'' editorially |
STET |
| ''Masterpiece Theatre'' fare |
DRAMA |
| ''Once Upon a Mattress'' legume |
PEA |
| ''School Daze'' director |
LEE |
| ''That's terrible!'' |
UGH |
| ''The Ballad of Reading ___'' |
GAOL |
| ''The Maltese Falcon'' actress |
ASTOR |
| ''___ Miserables'' |
LES |
| 1971 New York prison riot site |
ATTICA |
| A place ___ itself |
UNTO |
| Acts as a quizmaster |
ASKS |
| Added lubrication to |
OILED |
| Adversary |
RIVAL |
| Aim at the barcode |
SCAN |
| Air Force Two passengers, once |
GORES |
| Alcohol-free |
DRY |
| Always, in a sonnet |
EER |
| Amphilochus, in Greek legend |
SEER |
| And ___ grow on |
ONETO |
| Anemic-looking |
ASHEN |
| Apollo component |
LEM |
| Asian nannies |
AMAHS |
| At one time, once |
ERST |
| Backslide |
RELAPSE |
| Baker's supply |
YEAST |
| Balkan native |
CROAT |
| Barely burn |
SINGE |
| Barkin or Burstyn |
ELLEN |
| Bedtime story baddie |
OGRE |
| Beef buyer's specification |
LEAN |
| Biblical pariah |
LEPER |
| Bird now extinct |
MOA |
| Bit of cleverness |
MOT |
| Boring tool |
AUGER |
| Bottle parts |
NECKS |
| Bovine errors? |
COWSLIPS |
| Brash |
SASSY |
| Brown and rainbow, e.g. |
TROUT |
| Cap attachment |
EARLAP |
| Capital city founded around 1050 |
OSLO |
| Cartoon character Krabappel |
EDNA |
| Cattle or chicken breed |
SUSSEX |
| Chanoyu ritual drink |
TEA |
| Chaucerian tale-teller |
NUN |
| Cheek pouch morsel |
ACORN |
| Combustible heap |
PYRE |
| Come unglued |
LOSEIT |
| Conceal, in a way |
CLOAK |
| Connived |
SCHEMED |
| Correlative conjunction |
NOR |
| Cosmetic upgrades for automobiles |
RIMS |
| Coward's ''To Step ___'' |
ASIDE |
| Cyberclutter |
SPAM |
| Damaged |
MARRED |
| Desensitize |
DULL |
| Desktop items |
PENS |
| Disk attachment |
ETTE |
| Drink for John Glenn |
TANG |
| Drool-inducer for Homer Simpson |
DONUT |
| Ear-related |
OTIC |
| Early 20th-century French painter |
FAUVE |
| Eats between meals |
NOSHES |
| Endorsement in the church |
AMENS |
| Eradicates |
RIDS |
| Evil spirits |
DEMONS |
| Fancy bashes |
GALAS |
| Faxes, e.g. |
SENDS |
| Fictional piece |
TALE |