| 'Open 24 hours' sign, maybe |
NEON |
| 'Phooey!' |
RATS |
| Actress Oberon |
MERLE |
| Allowable |
LICIT |
| Animal with zebra-striped legs |
OKAPI |
| Ayatollah's land |
IRAN |
| Back muscle, familiarly |
LAT |
| Backing for an exhibit |
EASEL |
| Bank claim |
LIEN |
| Basketball's Malone |
KARL |
| Battery part |
ANODE |
| Beckon |
INVITE |
| Big handbags |
TOTES |
| Bird's cry |
CAW |
| Burn soother |
ALOE |
| Canter |
LOPE |
| Capital of Italia |
ROMA |
| Charged particles |
IONS |
| Compass heading |
ENE |
| Competed in the Hambletonian |
TROTTED |
| Depressed |
BLUE |
| Dickens protagonist |
PIP |
| Do basic arithmetic |
ADD |
| Driver's license prerequisite |
TEST |
| Dunce cap, essentially |
CONE |
| Editor's definition of this puzzle's theme |
PUNCTUATIONMARK |
| Elude the doorman |
SNEAKIN |
| Enzyme suffix |
ASE |
| Famous tower locale |
PISA |
| Filibuster, in a way |
ORATE |
| Genre for Notorious B.I.G. |
RAP |
| Hawaiian music makers |
UKES |
| In awe |
AGOG |
| Indian drum |
TOMTOM |
| Insurance giant |
AETNA |
| Interested look |
OGLE |
| Investment vehicle, for short |
IRA |
| Kid's make-believe telephone |
TINCAN |
