| ''American Buffalo'' playwright |
MAMET |
| ''And so to bed'' writer |
PEPYS |
| ''Color of Money'' character |
EDDIE |
| ''Fox in Socks'' author |
SEUSS |
| ''Hmmm . . .'' |
ISEE |
| ''Is You Is or Is You __ . . .'' |
AINT |
| 27 Across deliverer |
ORATOR |
| A month of Sundays |
AGES |
| All over again |
ANEW |
| Annoyance, so to speak |
THORN |
| Appear to be |
SEEM |
| Aria, for one |
SONG |
| Arizona's third-largest city |
MESA |
| Art subject |
NUDE |
| Author Uris |
LEON |
| Bags of tricks, so to speak |
ARSENALS |
| Bass-line introducer |
FCLEF |
| Be abundant |
TEEM |
| Bear in the air |
URSA |
| Beauty-pageant wear |
SASH |
| Became |
WAS |
| Ben Hogan contemporary |
SNEAD |
| Bourbon royal name |
LOUIS |
| Box-office letters |
SRO |
| Busy period |
RUSH |
| Camp time |
SUMMER |
| Caribbean island |
STKITTS |
| Certain Norway native |
LAPP |
| Certain whiskies |
RYES |
| Chihuahua cheer |
OLE |
| Cinema sign |
EXIT |
| Compass reading |
ESE |
| Creatures with quills |
HEDGEHOGS |
| Criminal, informally |
PERP |
| Critical comment |
SLAP |
| Cruise-itinerary phrase |
ATSEA |
| Daredevil Knievel |
EVEL |
| Defeat soundly |
TROMP |
| Dizzy's music |
BOP |
| Do a brake job |
REPAD |
| Dorian Gray creator |
WILDE |
| Down source |
EIDER |
| Dutch __ disease |
ELM |
| Emulate Sylvester J. Pussycat |
LISP |
| Express one's views |
OPINE |
| Extinguish |
DOUSE |
| Festive occasions |
GALAS |
| Florida State Fair site |
TAMPA |
| French diarist |
NIN |
| Gershwin's ''Cuban Overture'', e.g. |
RHUMBA |
| Gets rid of |
WEEDSOUT |
| Golfer's concern |
GRIP |
| Gravity-powered vehicle |
SLED |
| Green-egg layers |
EMUS |
| Halt, at sea |
AVAST |
| Halves of a figure eight |
ESSES |
| Harold Arlen musical |
BLOOMERGIRL |
| Haydn nickname |
PAPA |
| Highest ranked, as a tourney entrant |
TOPSEEDED |
| Hoi polloi |
GRASSROOTS |
| Horse : filly :: sheep : __ |
EWELAMB |
| Hotbeds |
NESTS |
| Ilk |
SORT |
| Iron wear |
RUST |
| Items of value |
ASSETS |
| Jazz phrase |
RIFF |
| Later on |
AFTER |
| Lead performer |
FRONTMAN |
| Like ghost towns |
DESERTED |
| Lolita's surname |
HAZE |
| Madonna film role |
EVITA |
| Maintain |
AFFIRM |