| "A Star ___" |
ISBORN |
| "In the doghouse," e.g |
IDIOM |
| "Them" or "Us" |
SIDE |
| Abbr. following a list |
ETAL |
| Acknowledge an invitation |
RSVP |
| Ad-___ (improvise) |
LIB |
| Advanced in years |
AGED |
| Annoyance at a barbecue |
GNAT |
| As the result of |
DUETO |
| Be a good student |
LEARN |
| Benny of British comedy |
HILL |
| Best possible poker hand |
ROYALFLUSH |
| Better not to break this up |
SET |
| Bird with a showy mate |
PEAHEN |
| Boot-shaped European country |
ITALY |
| Certain British conservative |
TORY |
| Certain Iraqi |
SUNNI |
| Chimney pipe |
FLUE |
| Common seasoning |
SALT |
| Crescent moon feature |
CUSP |
| Earthy deposit |
MARL |
| Eastwood's "Rawhide" role |
YATES |
| End, as a sticky situation |
SMOOTHOVER |
| Extra-bright star |
NOVA |
| Fleur-de-___ |
LIS |
| Former name for the capital of Japan |
EDO |
| Frozen quarters |
IGLOO |
| Georgetown cager |
HOYA |
| Get a letter off? |
MISSPELL |
| Grave plunderer |
GHOUL |
| Greatest possible efforts |
LEVELBESTS |
| Grinch's look |
SCOWL |
| Having failed miserably |
FALLENFLAT |
| Heavy shoe |
SABOT |
| Highly adept one |
PRO |
| Homophone for "I'll" |
AISLE |
| In the distance |
AFAR |
| In ___ (Latin "actually") |
ESSE |
| Increased in size |
GREW |