| 'Beg pardon ...' |
AHEM |
| 'Death of a Naturalist' poet |
HEANEY |
| 'It's only ___' |
AGAME |
| 'West Side Story' composer |
BERNSTEIN |
| '___ Around' (Beach Boys tune) |
IGET |
| Aarhus resident |
DANE |
| Acknowledge the crowd |
WAVE |
| Actress Moore |
DEMI |
| Aerial |
ANTENNA |
| Affirm decidedly |
AVER |
| Ascorbic acid |
VITAMINC |
| Atomic weapons |
HBOMBS |
| Balance sheet item |
ASSET |
| Balkan natives |
SERBS |
| Barbary beasts |
APES |
| Big occasion |
EVENT |
| Bit of punctuation |
COLON |
| Bordeaux wine |
MEDOC |
| Buffalo's lake |
ERIE |
| Bullfight cry |
OLE |
| Calibrate anew |
RESET |
| Calling |
TRADE |
| Care for |
TEND |
| Clothing size: Abbr. |
LGE |
| Colt's mother |
MARE |
| Cosmonaut Gagarin |
YURI |
| Cropped up |
ARISEN |
| Darling |
DEAR |
| Devastation |
RUIN |
| Do some editing |
EMEND |
| Domingo, for one |
TENOR |
| Eastern European |
SLAV |
| Elbe tributary |
EGER |
| Evening reception |
SOIREE |
| Fem.'s opp. |
MASC |
| Fitzgerald of jazz |
ELLA |
