| "He's making ___ and checking it twice" |
ALIST |
| "Long time, ___!" |
NOSEE |
| "Meet Me ___ Louis" |
INST |
| "Pygmalion" writer's monogram |
GBS |
| "Shot" a baseball pitcher may take |
CORTISONE |
| "Such a tragedy" |
SOSAD |
| "The Count of Monte Cristo" author |
DUMAS |
| ''Diary of ___ Housewife'' |
AMAD |
| ''So what ___ is new?'' |
ELSE |
| ''___ say more?'' |
NEEDI |
| A smaller amount of |
LESS |
| Abbr. akin to "yadda, yadda, yadda" |
ETC |
| Add, as a rider |
TACKON |
| Admits (with ''to'') |
OWNSUP |
| Aka, in business |
DBA |
| Al Capp creation |
DAISYMAE |
| Andretti's auto |
RACER |
| Atwood's "___ and Crake" |
ORYX |
| Aussie bird |
EMU |
| Bag of chips, say |
NOSH |
| Bald-faced thing |
LIE |
| Baseball's "Little Giant" Mel |
OTT |
| Bath powder |
TALC |
| Be an ungracious winner, in a way |
GLOAT |
| Beginners' skiing area |
BUNNYSLOPE |
| Bias |
TILT |
| BMW competitor |
AUDI |
| Bounding egg dish? |
TOADINTHEHOLE |
| Boxer's jumpy cheap shot? |
RABBITPUNCH |
| BP rival |
HESS |
| Burqa owner, perhaps |
ARAB |
| Capital of Morocco |
RABAT |
| Carol contraction |
TIS |
| Cash on hand? |
BET |
| Caught some rays |
TANNED |
| CEO or VP |
EXEC |
| Choir recess |
APSE |
| Club costs |
DUES |
| Comfortable king or queen |
BED |
| Common printing error |
TYPO |
| Constellation known as "the Hunter" |
ORION |
| Convex molding |
OVOLO |
| Cover with hoarfrost |
RIME |
| Cute Aussie critter |
KOALA |
| D.C. fund-raiser |
PAC |
| Danube tributary |
ISAR |
| Didn't sink |
FLOATED |
| Dutch painter Jan |
STEEN |
| E pluribus ___ |
UNUM |
| Eisenhower's nickname |
IKE |
| Engraving pens |
STYLI |
| Far from sterile |
GERMY |
| Felt concern for |
CARED |
| Felt sorry for |
PITIED |
| Fencing sword |
EPEE |
| Fit for pickin' |
RIPE |
| Flow back |
EBB |
| Flow back, as a tide |
EBB |
| Fries go-with, sometimes |
SHAKE |
| Girth control methods? |
DIETS |
| Gossip column tidbit |
ITEM |
| Great report card column |
AAAA |
| Henhouse squeak |
PEEP |
| Home to lots of yaks |
ASIA |
| Hopkins of "Hannibal" |
ANTHONY |
| Hopping place for bargain hunters? |
FLEAMARKETS |
| Hotel-room fee |
RATE |
| Insurrectionist Turner |
NAT |
| International oil cartel |
OPEC |
| Invoice fig. |
AMT |
| It comes with strings attached |
KITE |
| Italian volcano |
ETNA |
| Itty-bitty |
EENSY |
| Johnny Carson character |
CARNAC |
| Kachina doll makers |
HOPI |
| Kipling's ''Rikki-___-Tavi'' |
TIKKI |
| Lamb owner, in song |
MARY |
| Less hazardous |
SAFER |
