| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ”Deal or No Deal” host | HOWIEMANDEL |
| ”Humboldt’s Gift” novelist | SAULBELLOW |
| ”I’m at a loss” | NOIDEA |
| ”Juno” actress | ELLENPAGE |
| ”King of Comedy” director | MACKSENNETT |
| ”La La Land” lead | RYANGOSLING |
| ”Magnum” work | OPUS |
| ”Man of a Thousand Voices” | RICHLITTLE |
| ”Take it!” | THERE |
| ”You’ve got mail” hearer | AOLER |
| 51 Down, often | TRAINEE |
| Admin. __ | ASST |
| Admit all, with ”up” | FESS |
| Ado | STIR |
| Alpo alternative | IAMS |
| Amount owed | DEBT |
| Army copter | HUEY |
| Back muscles, for short | LATS |
| Ballet garb | TUTUS |
| Be a bit much | CLOY |
| Biblical song | PSALM |
| Big beverage brewers | URNS |
| Big seller in bear markets | TEDDY |
| Bring back | RETRIEVE |
| British afternoon breaks | TEATIMES |
| Browses (through) | LEAFS |
| Browses (through) | PORES |
| Call on a course | FORE |
| Canonized Fr. woman | STE |
| Chimney coating | SOOT |
| Civil War letters | CSA |
| Cockpit announcement | ETA |
| Communal | SHARED |
| Corporate makeover | REORG |
| County north of San Francisco | MARIN |
| Crude cartel | OPEC |
| Decide to contribute | GOIN |
| Deck quartet | NINES |
| Defeated champ’s demand | REMATCH |
| Did nothing | SAT |
| Disney mermaid | ARIEL |
| Domain | AREA |
| Donut shape | TORUS |
| Ends one’s march | HALTS |
| Evening up | TYING |
| Excite or irritate | PIQUE |
| Express gratitude to | THANK |
| Expressed amusement | CHORTLED |
| Fend off | REPEL |
| Fern leaf | FROND |
| Flag on a coat | LAPELPIN |
| Foe/pal | FRENEMY |
| Folded Tex-Mex food | TACO |
| For the taking | FREE |
| Fraternal group | ELKS |
| French article | LES |
| Gallo Winery city | MODESTO |
| Gathers, as grapes | PICKS |
| Get sidetracked | STRAY |
| Go quickly | RACE |
| GPA booster | EASYA |
| Handed down a decision | RULED |
| Have to get | NEED |
| Hotel room fixtures | SAFES |
| Inaccurate | NOTSO |
| Initial stage | ONSET |
| Inn near an interstate | MOTEL |
| Is diminished | THINS |
| Island near Sicily | MALTA |
| Isn’t definitive | HEMS |
| Lab procedure | TEST |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Large quantity | TON |
| Leisurely jogs | TROTS |
| Literary governess | EYRE |
| Little prankster | IMP |
| LOL equivalent | HAHA |
| Longtime ”60 Minutes” reporter | MORLEYSAFER |
| Longtime name in the news | UPI |
| Mayor of Chicago | EMANUEL |
| McCarthy-era hearings grp | HUAC |
| Moistens | WETS |
| Moral wrong | SIN |
| Museum section | GALLERY |
| Narrated | TOLD |
| Newcomer on the payroll | HIREE |
| Niagara River source | ERIE |
| Nile wader | HIPPO |
| Not moving | INERT |
| Not to be trusted | SLIMY |
| Old-timey oath | EGAD |
| On the rocks | ICED |
| Oscar actress at 11 | ANNAPAQUIN |
| Over-heard | TRITE |
| Part of a pitcher | SPOUT |
| People of Muscat | OMANIS |
| Pet store purchase | CAGE |
| Pitchfork parts | TINES |
| Pixar title robot | WALLE |
| Port St. __, FL | LUCIE |
| Portray | ARE |
| Producers of mdse | MFRS |
| Proof of ownership | DEED |
| Quick bite | NOSH |
| Quixotic pursuit | QUEST |
| Recent delivery | INFANT |
| Red Sea nation | ERITREA |
| River through Hyderabad | INDUS |
| Rodent in the news last month | PHIL |
| Rotunda-topped | DOMED |
| Ruler of Kuwait | EMIR |
| Sang like a raven | CAWED |
| Scanty | SPARE |
| Signed away | CEDED |
| Skeins of yarn | HANKS |
| Slugger’s pride | RBIS |
| Solemn ritual | RITE |
| Some racehorses | ROANS |
| Spirited mount | STEED |
| Standard speaking | PROSE |
| Strong cleaner | LYE |
| Strong craving | LUST |
| Suitable for sanding | GRITTY |
| Tax-exempt bonds | MUNIS |
| Tequila sources | AGAVES |
| The nine theme celebrities, by birth | CANADIANS |
| Title for Merkel | FRAU |
| Updating of decor | FACELIFT |
| Verbally | ALOUD |
| Walt Disney Concert Hall architect | FRANKGEHRY |
| Warhol works | POPART |
| Webster of dictionaries | NOAH |
| Western stock characters | SHERIFFS |
| Western stock structures | TEPEES |
| What Mexicans call the US | ELNORTE |
| With the group | ALONG |
| Without much gusto | FEEBLY |
| Wool coat owners | EWES |
| Wordsworth work | ODE |
| Wrap up | ENFOLD |
| Wrestling venue | RING |
| Writer Zola | EMILE |
| __ pro quo | QUID |
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