Clues | Answers |
---|---|
”May I help you?” | YES |
”Republic” writer | PLATO |
”Sometimes you feel like __ . . .” | ANUT |
”Unfortunately, . . .” | ALAS |
”Waterloo” group | ABBA |
’50s Ford | EDSEL |
1300 hours | ONEPM |
24/7 news pioneer | CNN |
Absent | AWAY |
Add to | AUGMENT |
Add, at a record studio | DUBIN |
Allude to | GETAT |
Almanac section | ATLAS |
Amenity for green commuters | BIKESTAND |
Arabian sultanate | OMAN |
Athlete’s-foot treatment brand | DESENEX |
Attire | GARB |
Author Jong | ERICA |
Automatic reaction | REFLEX |
Back out a commitment | RENEGE |
Be too persistent | NAG |
Beast in 12 Down’s logo | STAG |
Below par | ILL |
Benefits | SAKES |
Big name in elevators | OTIS |
Break from a sitcom | TVAD |
By __ (barely) | ANOSE |
Candlelike | WAXY |
Canine from China | PUGDOG |
Carton sealer | TAPE |
Cat-collar attachments | BELLS |
Caterpillar competitor | DEERE |
Central part | HEART |
Certain security staffer | BANKGUARD |
Chase off | SHOO |
Check an addition | RETOTAL |
Checkup, for instance | EXAM |
Chopped down | AXED |
City in Yemen | ADEN |
City mentioned in ”That’s Amore” | NAPOLI |
City north of Bonn | ESSEN |
Confounded | ADDLED |
Consist of | ARE |
Created like pigtails | PLAITED |
Crowd-scene actor | EXTRA |
Deface | MAR |
Didn’t look forward to | DREADED |
Diminutive toymaker | ELF |
Director Howard | RON |
Distort, as data | SKEW |
Divests | RIDS |
Dollar sign shape | ESS |
Doorstep covering | MAT |
Early American fur tycoon | ASTOR |
Family nickname | SIS |
Family, so to speak | TRIBE |
Famous folks | CELEBS |
From the UK, say | FGN |
Genesis 4 figure | ABEL |
Get happy or angry | FLIP |
GI’s offense | AWOL |
Go up alone | FLYSOLO |
GPS reading | ENE |
Great, in retro reviews | BOFFO |
Greatly removed | FAR |
Half of the checkers | REDS |
Hardwood tree | ASH |
Harries | BESETS |
Helped out | AIDED |
High-minded | NOBLE |
Historian __ Kearns Goodwin | DORIS |
In a nonpermanent way | MUTABLY |
In a prone position | LYING |
Clues | Answers |
---|---|
Inc. cousin | LLC |
Infamy | SHAME |
Ingot, for instance | BAR |
Investment choice | BALANCEDFUND |
It means ”trillion” | TERA |
Lacking slack | TAUT |
Less assured | DICIER |
Libyan port city | TOBRUK |
Line count in a sonnet | FOURTEEN |
Linguistic suffix | ESE |
Long sandwich | HERO |
Mailed | SENT |
Major Russian river | URAL |
Mani-__ | PEDI |
Many times, in verse | OFT |
McGregor of movies | EWAN |
Med. clinic workers | LPNS |
Money in Malta | EURO |
More inane | STUPIDER |
Morning TV cohost | RIPA |
Most squarish | BOXIEST |
Nautical record | LOG |
NFL scores | TDS |
NHL extra periods | OTS |
Oddly scary | EERIE |
Office aide | GOFER |
One living abroad | EXPAT |
Operatic piece | ARIA |
Opulent residence | ESTATE |
OR activity: Abbr | SURG |
Org. for code crackers | ACA |
Pacific battleground of 1943 | TARAWA |
Patrons of 115 Down | GUESTS |
Petrol measure | LITRE |
Places to stay | INNS |
Prayed, in Paris | PRIE |
Predecessor of Sadat | NASSER |
Prefix for political | GEO |
Prefix for present | OMNI |
Prius or Tesla | ECOCAR |
Put a stop to | ENDED |
Road crew material | TAR |
Roam around | WANDER |
Ruminate (over) | PORE |
Sad-eyed pooch | BASSETHOUND |
Sharp break | SNAP |
Sheepskin boot | UGG |
Shoe with a blade | ICESKATE |
Simple rhyme scheme | ABA |
Something seen in a profile | EAR |
Sorority hopeful | RUSHEE |
Spread gossip | DISHED |
Starter like contra- | ANTI |
Step up from a spinet | BABYGRAND |
Sweet loaf | BANANABREAD |
Take a loss | EATIT |
Take for granted | ASSUME |
Take on or take in | ADOPT |
Tall tale | YARN |
Tax-shelter vehicle | IRA |
The slightest sound | PEEP |
Timber wolf | LOBO |
Tire descriptor | TUBELESS |
Triple-decker sandwich | CLUB |
Tundra | BARRENGROUND |
Urban wailer | SIREN |
US Govt. security | TBOND |
Valuable violin, for short | STRAD |
Wedding cake figure | BRIDE |
What eight long answers here do | COVERBAND |
Wines and dines | WOOS |
World Series setting | BASEBALLDIAMOND |
__ toast (soup partner) | MELBA |
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