39 ALAI Jai ___
34 EERO Architect Saarinen
28 CRO ___-Magnon
27 AER ___ Lingus
26 ALIA Inter ___
25 IRAE ``Dies ___''
24 YMA Singer Sumac
24 SRI ___ Lanka
24 ESAI Actor Morales
23 RATA Pro ___
21 ONTO Aware of
20 SNO ___-Cat
19 OVA Eggs
19 INRE About
19 ERAT Part of Q.E.D.
19 DRE Rap's Dr. ___
19 ATOP On
19 ASTO Regarding
19 ARA Coach Parseghian
18 TSE Lao-___
18 STE Sault ___ Marie
18 OONA Mrs. Chaplin
18 LESE ___-majesté
18 HOI ___ polloi
18 ERLE ___ Stanley Gardner
18 ENTR ___'acte
18 ENOS Son of Seth
18 ELSE Otherwise
18 ARLO Singer Guthrie
18 ALMA ___ mater
17 RARA ___ avis
17 ONUS Burden
17 ESAU Jacob's twin
17 EMO Comic Philips
17 ELIE Nobelist Wiesel
17 AVIV Tel ___
17 ATO From ___ Z
17 ASSN Org.
17 ARAL Asia's ___ Sea
16 UMA Actress Thurman
16 RAE ``Norma ___''
16 ORCA Killer whale
16 OOP Alley ___
16 IGOR Composer Stravinsky
16 ETRE Raison d'___
16 ERST Once, once
16 ERN Directional suffix
16 ERE Afore
16 ENTRE ___ nous
16 ELIA Director Kazan
16 DRAT ``Phooey!''
16 AVA Actress Gardner
15 VIA By way of
15 TSE Mao ___-tung
15 SLO ___-mo
15 SHA ___ Na Na
15 ORAL Spoken
15 LOA Mauna ___
15 ION Charged particle
15 ETAL List ender
15 ESTES ___ Park, Colo.
15 ESTEE Cosmetician Lauder
15 EMIT Give off
15 ELAN Verve
15 EDAM Dutch cheese
15 ASTO Concerning
15 APOP Each
15 AGO In the past
14 ULAN ___ Bator
14 TRESS Lock
14 TEM Pro ___
14 SYNE ``Auld Lang ___''
14 SSS Draft org.
14 SNO ___-cone
14 OLEG Designer Cassini
14 LONI Actress Anderson
14 EVER At any time
14 ESC PC key
14 EPI Prefix with center
14 EDA Author LeShan
14 ASE Enzyme suffix
14 AROO Suffix with buck
14 AREA Neighborhood
14 ANEW Over
14 ANA Santa ___, Calif.
14 ADO Hubbub
14 ADO Flap
13 TERI Actress Garr
13 SAG Droop
13 REAR Bring up
13 OTE Suffix with Capri
13 OSE Sugar suffix
13 ORA ___ pro nobis
13 OPS Photo ___
13 NEER ___-do-well
13 NEE Society page word
13 MEA ___ culpa
13 LIEU Place
13 IPSO ___ facto
13 IOTA Smidgen
13 INRE Memo starter
13 ETRE French 101 verb
13 ERODE Wear away
13 ERGS Work units
13 ERG Work unit
13 EKE Squeeze (out)
13 ATAT Rat-___
13 ATAD Not much
13 ASS Ninny
13 ARI ``Exodus'' hero
13 ANON Shortly
13 ALOE ___ vera
13 ALOE Lotion ingredient
13 ALEE Away from the wind
13 ALA Like
12 URAL Russia's ___ Mountains
12 TRA ___-la-la
12 TERI Actress Hatcher
12 TAJ ___ Mahal
12 TAI ___ chi
12 TAE ___ kwon do
12 STAB Attempt
12 SEEP Ooze
12 RUR Capek play
12 OSTE Bone: Prefix
12 OSOLE ``___ Mio''
12 OMAR Gen. Bradley
12 NEA Teachers' org.
12 LEONA Hotelier Helmsley
12 LAIR Den
12 ISEE ``Gotcha''
12 IRE Wrath
12 INSO ___ many words
12 INGE ``Picnic'' playwright
12 IDEA Brainstorm
12 HARI Mata ___
12 GLO Day-___
12 EWER Pitcher
12 ESTEE First name in cosmetics
12 ESTE Villa d'___
12 ERLE Writer ___ Stanley Gardner
12 ERE Poetic preposition
12 ENO Musician Brian
12 EMU Big bird
12 ELAN Pizazz
12 EERIE Spooky
12 CRI Dernier ___
12 CLAD Dressed
12 ATEE Suit to ___
12 ASEA Out of port
12 ARI Jackie's second
12 ANA Santa ___
12 AMID In the thick of
11 URSA ___ Minor
11 URSA ___ Major
11 UNE French article
11 TSE Literary monogram
11 TSE Literary inits.
11 TIL Up to, informally
11 TERSE Clipped
11 TAI Mai ___
11 SEVE Golfer Ballesteros
11 SEETO Take care of
11 SAO ___ Paulo, Brazil
11 SAD Blue
11 ROE Fish eggs
11 REBA Singer McEntire
11 OSHEA Actor Milo
11 ORT Scrap
11 ORSO Roughly
11 OREO Nabisco cookie
11 ONSET Beginning
11 ONLY Just
11 OMNI Old Dodge
11 OMIT Leave out
11 OLIO Mishmash
11 OLGA Gymnast Korbut
11 NTH Utmost
11 NOR Neither's partner
11 NIA Actress Peeples
11 MONA ``___ Lisa''
11 MAH ___-jongg
11 LOTSA ``___ luck!''
11 LEONE Sierra ___
11 LEA Meadow
11 IONE Actress Skye
11 INRE Concerning
11 INEZ Don Juan's mother
11 IBIS Wading bird
11 IBID Footnote abbr.
11 ETNA Sicilian spouter
11 ETAL List-ending abbr.
11 ENOLA ___ Gay (W.W. II plane)
11 ENNE Feminine suffix
11 ELOI ``The Time Machine'' people
11 EDIE Falco of ``The Sopranos''
11 DEEM Consider
11 CEDE Give up
11 BNAI ___ B'rith
11 AYN Author Rand
11 AVER Maintain
11 ASTO About
11 AREA Vicinity
11 APER Mimic
11 AONE Top-notch
11 ANA Santa ___ winds
11 ALTO Choir voice
11 AGRA Taj Mahal site
11 AFAR Way off
11 ADEE ``Zip-___-Doo-Dah''
11 ACE Whiz
11 ABLE Fit
11 ABA Lawyers' org.
10 ZEST Gusto
10 YES ``You bet!''
10 UTTER Out-and-out
10 URI Mentalist Geller
10 TEL Business card abbr.
10 STEAD Place
10 SOTTO ___ voce
10 SELA Actress Ward
10 SARA Poet Teasdale
10 SAO ___ Paulo
10 RNA Genetic letters
10 RICHE Nouveau ___
10 REST Take five
10 PERSE Intrinsically
10 PASO El ___, Tex.
10 PAL Chum
10 OSLO Norway's capital
10 OREM Utah city
10 OLAN Pearl Buck heroine
10 NEATO ``Cool!''
10 MAMA Doll's cry
10 LSU Baton Rouge sch.
10 LIEU Stead
10 LET Tennis call
10 IWO ___ Jima
10 ITO Skater Midori
10 ISAK Author Dinesen
10 IRE High dudgeon
10 ILIE Tennis's Nastase
10 IAGO ``Othello'' villain
10 HIRE Take on
10 HAI ``Bali ___''
10 ETAL And others: Abbr.
10 ESTA ``Cómo ___ usted?''
10 ERTE Art Deco designer
10 EROS Son of Aphrodite
10 ERES ``___ Tu'' (1974 hit)
10 EOS Dawn goddess
10 ENSUE Follow
10 ENOS Grandson of Adam
10 ENID Oklahoma city
10 ENA Bambi's aunt
10 EMIT Send out
10 ELI Inventor Whitney
10 ELI Actor Wallach
10 EERIE Spine-tingling
10 EDNA Author Ferber
10 EBAN Israel's Abba
10 DON Put on
10 DAD Pop
10 ASTA ``The Thin Man'' dog
10 ARON Elvis's middle name
10 ARNO Florence's river
10 ARES Greek war god
10 AREA Zone
10 ANNO ___ Domini
10 ALSO What's more
10 ALSO To boot
10 ALI ___ Baba
10 ALA In the style of
10 ADEN Mideast's Gulf of ___
10 ADDLE Confuse
 9 YEN Hankering
 9 URI Swiss canton
 9 URAL River to the Caspian
 9 UNTO Golden rule word
 9 UNLIT Dark
 9 UNI Prefix with cycle
 9 UCLA Bruins' sch.
 9 UBOAT German sub
 9 TSOS General ___ chicken
 9 TRESS Lock of hair
 9 TOO Overly
 9 TOO As well
 9 TIER Level
 9 SLOE ___-eyed
 9 SETH Clockmaker Thomas
 9 SENT Mailed
 9 SEC Jiffy
 9 SCHMO Jerk
 9 ROE Caviar
 9 RHEA Perlman of ``Cheers''
 9 RELY Depend (on)
 9 RASA Tabula ___
 9 RAE Actress ___ Dawn Chong
 9 PATE Crown
 9 OTIS Singer Redding
 9 ORONO Maine college town
 9 OPT Go (for)
 9 ONTO Not fooled by
 9 ONCE As soon as
 9 OMIT Drop
 9 OLIN Actress Lena
 9 OLAY Oil of ___
 9 OISE Seine feeder
 9 ODO Prefix with meter
 9 ODIE ``Garfield'' dog
 9 OBOE Woodwind
 9 OBEY Mind
 9 NOB San Francisco's ___ Hill
 9 NEAR Close
 9 NAT ___ King Cole
 9 NAB Collar
 9 MIRE Bog
 9 MANIA Craze
 9 LULU Humdinger
 9 LIS Fleur-de-___
 9 LEST For fear that
 9 LEAH Wife of Jacob
 9 LARA Superman's mother
 9 ITI ``Lord, is ___?''
 9 ITEM Particular
 9 ITALO Author Calvino
 9 IRANI Farsi speaker
 9 IDEAL Perfect
 9 ICH ``___ bin ein Berliner''
 9 HONE Sharpen
 9 HASTO Must
 9 GOO Sticky stuff
 9 ETUI Needle case
 9 ETH Biblical verb ending
 9 ESSE Start of North Carolina's motto
 9 ERS Hosp. areas
 9 EROO Suffix with switch
 9 ERIE Toledo's lake
 9 ERIE Buffalo's lake
 9 ERI Verdi's ``___ tu''
 9 ERGO Therefore
 9 ERGO Hence
 9 EREI ``...___ saw Elba''
 9 ERECT Put up
 9 ERE Before, once
 9 ERE Before, in verse
 9 EPSOM ___ salts
 9 EON Long time
 9 ENSUE Result
 9 ENOLA ___ Gay
 9 ENOL Organic compound
 9 ENLAI Zhou ___
 9 ELSE ``What ___?''
 9 ELENA Actress Verdugo
 9 EASE Facility
 9 DOE John ___
 9 DIEM Per ___
 9 DES ___ Moines
 9 CHAR Blacken
 9 AUER Violinist Leopold
 9 ATTN Envelope abbr.
 9 ATTAR Fragrant oil
 9 ATRA Gillette product
 9 ATE Put away
 9 ASYET So far
 9 ASU Tempe sch.
 9 ASE Peer Gynt's mother
 9 ARTE Commedia dell'___
 9 ARIEL The Little Mermaid
 9 ARE ``You ___ here''
 9 ARAM Composer Khachaturian
 9 APE Copy
 9 ANTI Con
 9 ANSEL Photographer Adams
 9 ANNO Part of A.D.
 9 ANENT Concerning
 9 AMEN ``You said it!''
 9 ALENE Coeur d'___, Idaho
 9 ALEC Actor Guinness
 9 AIRES Buenos ___
 9 AHA ``Gotcha!''
 9 AGHA Turkish title
 9 AFAR At a distance
 9 ADIN Tennis score after deuce
 9 ADEN Yemeni port
 9 ADA Nabokov novel
 9 ABLE Competent
 8 UTEP Lone Star State sch.
 8 UTE Colorado native
 8 USER Addict
 8 URIS ``Exodus'' author
 8 UNIS Les États-___
 8 TSK ``For shame!''
 8 TOV ``Mazel ___!''
 8 TOG Dress (up)
 8 TESS ``___ of the D'Urbervilles''
 8 TEL ___ Aviv
 8 TEENSY Wee
 8 TAT Tit for ___
 8 STOW Put away
 8 STAR Headliner
 8 SRS Yearbook sect.
 8 SPEW Gush
 8 SOT Lush
 8 SOO ___ Canals
 8 SLY Foxy
 8 SLUE Swing around
 8 SLAY Do in
 8 SKEE ___-Ball
 8 SIRE Beget
 8 SHAD Roe source
 8 SERE Withered
 8 SEES Dates
 8 SEE ``Get it?''
 8 SASS Lip
 8 SASS Back talk
 8 SANE All there
 8 SAD Down
 8 RTE Hwy.
 8 ROTO ___-Rooter
 8 ROOT Cheer (for)
 8 ROONE TV exec Arledge
 8 RNA Messenger ___
 8 RIN ___ Tin Tin
 8 RIGA Latvia's capital
 8 REO ___ Speedwagon
 8 RENE Philosopher Descartes
 8 REND Split
 8 REN Cartoon dog
 8 REL Fam. member
 8 REAP Harvest
 8 REAP Bring in
 8 REA Stephen of ``The Crying Game''
 8 RCAS Some TV's
 8 RAZE Level
 8 RATS ``Phooey!''
 8 RANAT Charged
 8 PSST ``Hey, you!''
 8 POR ___ favor
 8 PHI ___ Beta Kappa
 8 PERT Saucy
 8 PER A pop
 8 OYL Olive ___
 8 OUTRE Bizarre
 8 OTTO Director Preminger
 8 OTTO Conductor Klemperer
 8 OSSIE Actor Davis
 8 OSLO Capital on a fjord
 8 OREO Modern ice cream flavor
 8 OREL Pitcher Hershiser
 8 ONO Plastic ___ Band
 8 ONO Lennon's lady
 8 ONAIR Studio sign
 8 ONAIR Broadcasting
 8 OLA Suffix with pay
 8 OGRE Meanie
 8 OER Anthem contraction
 8 ODOR Scent
 8 OBIE Theater award
 8 NORA Writer Ephron
 8 NIL Zip
 8 NIL Nothing
 8 NERVE Chutzpah
 8 NEO Opposite of paleo-
 8 NED Composer Rorem
 8 NED Actor Beatty
 8 NATAL Birth-related
 8 NANO Prefix with second
 8 MIA ``Mamma ___!''
 8 MIA Soccer star Hamm
 8 MER Mal de ___
 8 MEN Door sign
 8 MATTE Photo finish
 8 LURE Tackle box item
 8 LULU Lollapalooza
 8 LON First name in horror
 8 LETO Mother of Apollo
 8 LESS Minus
 8 LENDS Imparts
 8 LEN Spy novelist Deighton
 8 LECH Poland's Walesa
 8 LAH ___-di-dah
 8 LAC Fond du ___, Wis.
 8 KEA Mauna ___
 8 IVE ``___ had it!''
 8 ITOO Langston Hughes poem
 8 ISERE Grenoble's river
 8 IRT N.Y.C. subway
 8 IRE Spleen
 8 IRE Anger
 8 INTONE Chant
 8 ILIA Pelvic bones
 8 ILE ___ du Diable
 8 HANOI Vietnam's capital
 8 HALE Robust
 8 GEL Set
 8 EZRA Book before Nehemiah
 8 EVENT Happening
 8 ESS Hook shape
 8 ESPY Catch sight of
 8 ERSE Gaelic
 8 ERMA Humorist Bombeck
 8 ERIK Composer Satie
 8 ERE Before, in poetry
 8 ERAT Q.E.D. part
 8 EPEE Sporting blade
 8 ENTO Within: Prefix
 8 ENSNARE Catch
 8 ENROL Register
 8 ENLAI China's Zhou ___
 8 ENACT Pass
 8 ELMS Shade trees
 8 ELL Wing
 8 ELIE Author Wiesel
 8 ELI Yalie
 8 ELAND African antelope
 8 EKE Barely make, with ``out''
 8 EIN German article
 8 EFTS Young newts
 8 EDYS Popular ice cream
 8 EDGE Upper hand
 8 ECON Supply-and-demand subj.
 8 EATS Diner sign
 8 EATS Chow
 8 DYNE Unit of force
 8 CHE ``Evita'' role
 8 CHAP Bloke
 8 BOSC Pear type
 8 BEN Big ___
 8 BAH ``Phooey!''
 8 ATWAR Battling
 8 ATTN Memo abbr.
 8 ATEE To ___ (exactly)
 8 ATAD Slightly
 8 ASONE Together
 8 ASH Hair color
 8 ARNO Cartoonist Peter
 8 ARE Live
 8 APER Impressionist
 8 APE Make like
 8 APAR On ___ with
 8 ANTI Nay sayer
 8 ANEW From the top
 8 ALOT Scads
 8 ALOT Loads
 8 ALIT Touched down
 8 ALA Pie ___ mode
 8 AJAR Slightly open
 8 AJAR Open a bit
 8 AIRED Broadcast
 8 AGR Cabinet dept.
 8 AGO Back
 8 AGIN Not fer
 8 AGA ___ Khan
 8 ADOS Fusses
 8 ADO Fuss
 8 ADIA 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit
 8 ABE Justice Fortas
 8 ABC Epitome of simplicity
 7 YENS Hankerings
 7 YEN Itch
 7 UTA Actress Hagen
 7 URN Samovar
 7 URGE Press
 7 URAL Russian river
 7 UPS Raises
 7 ULE Diminutive suffix
 7 ULAN ___ Bator, Mongolia
 7 UAR Former Mideast inits.
 7 TRINI Singer Lopez
 7 TRI Prefix with state
 7 TOWIT Namely
 7 TOTO Dog in Oz
 7 TOTE Lug
 7 TOKAY Hungarian wine
 7 TIC Quirk
 7 TERI Hatcher of ``Lois & Clark''
 7 TERESA Mother ___
 7 TECH Kind of support
 7 TATER Spud
 7 TATA ``Later''
 7 TAD Smidgen
 7 TAD Little bit
 7 SYNOD Church council
 7 SUE Take to court
 7 STYX Charon's river
 7 STY Hog's home
 7 STEW Fret
 7 STAN Cartoonist Drake
 7 STAGE Put on
 7 SPUD Tater
 7 SPATE Outpouring
 7 SPA Health resort
 7 SITE Location
 7 SIS Family nickname
 7 SINN ___ Fein
 7 SINCE Because
 7 SIE ``Sprechen ___ Deutsch?''
 7 SESE Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko
 7 SEMI Big rig
 7 SEETO Handle
 7 SEC Instant
 7 SANS Without
 7 SAM Uncle ___
 7 SALEM ``The Crucible'' setting
 7 SAL Mule of song
 7 SADE Marquis de ___
 7 RUSE Dodge
 7 RUE Regret
 7 RST Alphabet trio
 7 ROT Go bad
 7 ROOST Perch
 7 ROM CD-___
 7 ROIL Stir up
 7 RID Purge
 7 RID Free (of)
 7 REV Gun
 7 RES In medias ___
 7 REMO San ___, Italy
 7 REDO Fix up
 7 REC VCR button
 7 RAVI Sitarist Shankar
 7 RAT Snitch
 7 RAH ``Yay, team!''
 7 PSST ``Hey!''
 7 PLIE Ballet bend
 7 PLAN Blueprint
 7 PER According to
 7 PEER Equal
 7 PALO ___ Alto
 7 OWN Have
 7 OVER Finished
 7 OSSA Greek peak
 7 ORT Table scrap
 7 ORO Spanish gold
 7 OPTS Chooses
 7 OPED Kind of page
 7 OPA ___-Locka, Fla.
 7 ONICE In reserve
 7 OMOO Melville novel
 7 OLIVE Martini garnish
 7 OLIO This and that
 7 ODETS ``Waiting for Lefty'' playwright
 7 OAS Western treaty grp.
 7 NOR Hide-hair link
 7 NONE Zero
 7 NOIR Film ___
 7 NOES Turndowns
 7 NOAM Linguist Chomsky
 7 NIL Zilch
 7 NEVA St. Petersburg's river
 7 NETS New Jersey hoopsters
 7 NERD Dweeb
 7 NENE Hawaii's state bird
 7 NEMO Verne captain
 7 NEE Maiden name preceder
 7 NEE Born
 7 NEAP Tide type
 7 NEAP Kind of tide
 7 NAPE Back of the neck
 7 NADIA Gymnast Comaneci
 7 NADA Zip
 7 NADA Nothin'
 7 MELEE Free-for-all
 7 MATEO San ___, Calif.
 7 MARE Stallion's mate
 7 MARC Artist Chagall
 7 MAL ___ de mer
 7 LOLA ``Damn Yankees'' vamp
 7 LOLA 1970 Kinks hit
 7 LESS Not so much
 7 LES ``___ Misérables''
 7 LEROI ``Vive ___!''
 7 LEN Football Hall-of-Famer Ford
 7 LEIA ``Star Wars'' princess
 7 LEGIT Kosher
 7 LEAH Jacob's first wife
 7 LAMA Tibetan monk
 7 LAIR Retreat
 7 KNOT Shoelace problem
 7 KAT Krazy ___
 7 KAI Chiang ___-shek
 7 ITA Call ___ day
 7 ISLE ___ of Man
 7 IRT N.Y.C. subway line
 7 IRON Press
 7 IOTA Tiny bit
 7 INTER Bury
 7 INON Privy to
 7 INON A party to
 7 INLA ``To Live and Die ___''
 7 INKY Black
 7 ILONA Actress Massey
 7 ILE ___ de France
 7 IDEE ___ fixe
 7 IDEA Notion
 7 IBEX Wild goat
 7 HOAR Frost
 7 HIND Posterior
 7 HESSE ``Steppenwolf'' author
 7 HAS Is down with
 7 HANA Mandlikova of tennis
 7 HAL Shakespearean prince
 7 GRO Miracle-___
 7 GOIN Enter
 7 GMAN Fed
 7 GESTE ``Beau ___''
 7 GAT Gangster's gun
 7 GAR Needlefish
 7 EYRE Fictional Jane
 7 EYRE Brontë heroine
 7 EVA ``Uncle Tom's Cabin'' girl
 7 ETAL Catchall abbr.
 7 ESTES ___ Park
 7 EST Superlative suffix
 7 ESS Road curve
 7 ESAI Morales of ``La Bamba''
 7 ERG Fraction of a joule
 7 EREI ``... ___ saw Elba''
 7 ERE Prior to
 7 EPEE One-on-one sport
 7 EON Long, long time
 7 EON Ages and ages
 7 ENSUE Come after
 7 ENOL Hydroxyl compound
 7 ENO Rock's Brian
 7 EMOTE Ham it up
 7 EMMA Austen heroine
 7 EMCEE Host
 7 ELSE Choice word
 7 ELM Shade tree
 7 ELLA First name in scat
 7 ELKE Actress Sommer
 7 ELIAS Inventor Howe
 7 ELEM Kind of sch.
 7 ELAN Panache
 7 ELAN Flair
 7 ELAN Dash
 7 EINE German article
 7 EER Alway
 7 EDIE Singer Brickell
 7 EDGE Nose (out)
 7 EDEN Genesis garden
 7 EDDY Swirl
 7 ECLAT Brilliance
 7 EATS Grub
 7 EARN Make
 7 DYAN Actress Cannon
 7 DRAT ``Shoot!''
 7 DIRE Calamitous
 7 DINT Force
 7 DIN Racket
 7 DER German article
 7 DEJA ___ vu
 7 DEED Monopoly card
 7 CSA Civil War inits.
 7 COE Miler Sebastian
 7 BRED Raised
 7 BRAC Bric-a-___
 7 BORNE Carried
 7 BAAL False god
 7 AYN Writer Rand
 7 AVE ``___ Maria''
 7 AURA Mystique
 7 AURA Glow
 7 ATSEA Befuddled
 7 ATRA Razor brand
 7 ATOZ The gamut
 7 ATONE Make amends
 7 ATE Downed
 7 ASTIR Moving
 7 ASTI ___ spumante
 7 ASST ___ prof.
 7 ASS Fool
 7 ASK ``Shoot!''
 7 ASEA Sailing
 7 ASA ___ rule
 7 ARTIE Bandleader Shaw
 7 ARLO Folk singer Guthrie
 7 ARI Actress Meyers
 7 ARES God of war
 7 ARENA Where the action is
 7 AQUA Water color
 7 APT Likely
 7 APSO Lhasa ___ (dog)
 7 APSE Church recess
 7 APE Mimic
 7 AONE Tops
 7 AOL ``You've got mail'' co.
 7 ANON Soon
 7 ANITA Santa ___
 7 ANI Singer DiFranco
 7 ANERA End of ___
 7 ANE Hydrocarbon suffix
 7 ANE Chemical suffix
 7 AMOS Book after Joel
 7 AMO Latin 101 word
 7 AMID Surrounded by
 7 ALVA Thomas ___ Edison
 7 ALT PC key
 7 ALSO Besides
 7 ALOU Baseball family name
 7 ALOT Heaps
 7 ALOE Burn soother
 7 ALIT Dismounted
 7 ALINE Dress style
 7 ALIE ``That's ___!''
 7 ALIBI Out
 7 ALENE Coeur d'___
 7 ALDO Designer Gucci
 7 ALAW ``There oughta be ___!''
 7 ALAS ``Woe is me!''
 7 AKIN Related
 7 AKA Alias
 7 AGOG Wide-eyed
 7 AGO Long ___
 7 AGILE Quick
 7 AGAIN Once more
 7 AGA Turkish title
 7 AFIRE Blazing
 7 ADUE Together, musically
 7 ADO Stir
 7 ADEN Gulf port
 7 ADAGE Saw
 7 ACU Prefix with puncture
 7 ACU Prefix with pressure
 7 ACRE Farm unit
 7 ABUT Border on
 7 ABLE Up to the task
 7 ABET Help in a heist
 6 YON Hither's partner
 6 YETI Abominable Snowman
 6 YESNO Kind of question
 6 YENS Desires
 6 XENO Prefix with phobia
 6 WHYS Reasons
 6 WHET Stimulate
 6 WEE Minute
 6 WEE Itsy-bitsy
 6 WAGE Carry on
 6 VIA Itinerary word
 6 UVA Charlottesville sch.
 6 USES Takes advantage of
 6 USED Not new
 6 URIS ``Trinity'' author
 6 UNTIE Free
 6 UNO Popular card game
 6 UNITE Bring together
 6 UNDO Reverse
 6 UHUH ``No way!''
 6 TUTU 1984 Peace Nobelist
 6 TSP Recipe amt.
 6 TRY Have a go at
 6 TROD Walked (on)
 6 TREE Corner
 6 TRAC ___ II (razor brand)
 6 TOTO Oz visitor
 6 TOT Little one
 6 TORE Sped
 6 TOOT Binge
 6 TONI Novelist Morrison
 6 TNT Explosive
 6 TITAN Giant
 6 TIS ``___ the season ...''
 6 TIS Carol contraction
 6 TINA Singer Turner
 6 THRU Drive-___
 6 THROE Pang
 6 TEX Cowboy's moniker
 6 TESTY Snappish
 6 TES French possessive
 6 TERRE ___ Haute, Ind.
 6 TENON Join securely
 6 TENET Belief
 6 TEASE Rib
 6 TEASE Needle
 6 TBAR Ski lift
 6 TATS Makes lace
 6 TAR Blacken
 6 TAO Eastern way
 6 TAC Tic-___-toe
 6 SULU ``Star Trek'' navigator
 6 STUN Phaser setting
 6 STUN Flabbergast
 6 STOW Pack
 6 STEP Rung
 6 STENO Dictation taker
 6 STEED Mount
 6 STAB Wild guess
 6 SRO Sign of success
 6 SRI Hindu honorific
 6 SRA Mexican Mrs.
 6 SPAY Neuter
 6 SPAT Tiff
 6 SPAN Bridge
 6 SPACE ``The final frontier''
 6 SOSO Mediocre
 6 SOSA Slugger Sammy
 6 SORE Ticked off
 6 SOP Soak (up)
 6 SONIC Kind of boom
 6 SOME A few
 6 SOLI Songs for one
 6 SOLE Exclusive
 6 SOD Ground cover
 6 SOB Blubber
 6 SNIT Tizzy
 6 SNIT Pet
 6 SMEE ``Peter Pan'' pirate
 6 SLY Underhanded
 6 SLOE ___ gin fizz
 6 SLO Pavement caution
 6 SLAB Thick slice
 6 SKI Hit the slopes
 6 SINCE Subsequently
 6 SIMI ___ Valley, Calif.
 6 SIDE Pro or con
 6 SHY Short
 6 SHUT Close
 6 SHUE Elisabeth of ``Leaving Las Vegas''
 6 SEZ ``___ who?''
 6 SEWON Attach, as a patch
 6 SESAME Opening word?
 6 SEPAL Flower part
 6 SENSE Pick up
 6 SEND E-mail command
 6 SEEN Spotted
 6 SEEM Appear
 6 SEEFIT Deem appropriate
 6 SEAR Scorch
 6 SEAR Burn
 6 SCAR Mark for life
 6 SCANT Meager
 6 SCAMP Rogue
 6 SATES Fills up
 6 SANTO ___ Domingo
 6 RTS Football positions: Abbr.
 6 ROSSI Martini's partner
 6 ROSE Wine choice
 6 RONA Novelist Jaffe
 6 RONA Gossipy Barrett
 6 RNA Genetic stuff
 6 RLS Literary inits.
 6 RKO ``Citizen Kane'' studio
 6 RICO Puerto ___
 6 RES Legal thing
 6 REPAST Meal
 6 REO Antique auto
 6 RENE Artist Magritte
 6 RENE Actress Russo
 6 REESES ___ Pieces
 6 REDO Make over
 6 REC ___ room
 6 REAR Stern
 6 REA Actor Stephen
 6 RATS ``Darn!''
 6 RATON Betray, in a way
 6 RASP Coarse file
 6 RANTO Totaled
 6 RANT Go on and on
 6 RAISA Mrs. Gorbachev
 6 RAGU Prego competitor
 6 RAGE Fury
 6 RABAT Morocco's capital
 6 QUOD Part of Q.E.D.
 6 PTA School org.
 6 PROW Ship's front
 6 PLY Thickness
 6 PLO Mideast grp.
 6 PINA ___ colada
 6 PGA Links org.
 6 PER Each
 6 PEP Get-up-and-go
 6 PEAL Ring
 6 PATTI Page of music
 6 PAL Buddy
 6 PACT Agreement
 6 OXEN Farm team
 6 OVO Ab ___ (from the beginning)
 6 OVERLY Too
 6 OTTO ``Beetle Bailey'' dog
 6 OTO Ear: Prefix
 6 OTIC Suffix with psych-
 6 OSRIC ``Hamlet'' courtier
 6 OSKAR Schindler of ``Schindler's List''
 6 ORSO Approximately
 6 ORS Hosp. areas
 6 ORFEO Monteverdi opera
 6 ORE Mine find
 6 ORB Sun or moon
 6 ORAN Algerian port
 6 ORAL Kind of history
 6 OPT Select, with ``for''
 6 OPT Choose
 6 OPEL European car
 6 ONYX Cameo stone
 6 ONSET Start
 6 ONOR ___ about (approximately)
 6 ONEI R.E.M.'s ``The ___ Love''
 6 ONATEAR Rampaging
 6 ONAN ___ even keel
 6 ONAN Son of Judah
 6 OMIT Skip
 6 OMAHA D-Day beach
 6 OLE ``Bravo!''
 6 OLE Grand ___ Opry
 6 OLAV Norwegian king
 6 OKRA Gumbo ingredient
 6 OISE Seine tributary
 6 OHOS Cries of surprise
 6 OHARE Midway alternative
 6 OGEE S-shaped molding
 6 OENO Wine: Prefix
 6 ODE Poem of praise
 6 OCTO Eight: Prefix
 6 OCALA Florida city
 6 OBEY Follow
 6 OAST Kiln
 6 OAR Paddle
 6 OAF Klutz
 6 NTH To the ___ degree
 6 NRA Big D.C. lobby
 6 NOTI Reply to the Little Red Hen
 6 NOSY Prying
 6 NORA ``A Doll's House'' heroine
 6 NOPE ``Uh-uh''
 6 NOONE Nary a soul
 6 NONO Taboo
 6 NON Oui's opposite
 6 NIL Nonexistent
 6 NEVE Actress Campbell
 6 NESS Loch ___
 6 NESS 1987 Costner role
 6 NEHRU India's first P.M.
 6 NEE Originally
 6 NEE Formerly
 6 NCAA Final Four org.
 6 NAM ``Platoon'' setting
 6 NAE Dundee denial
 6 NADA Zippo
 6 MODE Fashion
 6 MLI Year in Edward the Confessor's reign
 6 MISO Japanese soup
 6 MIRED Stuck
 6 MIO ``O Sole ___''
 6 MIEN Bearing
 6 METE Parcel
 6 MET Satisfied
 6 MEANT Intended
 6 MAORI New Zealand native
 6 LYS Fleur-de-___
 6 LUNA Moon goddess
 6 LTD Inc., abroad
 6 LON Actor Chaney
 6 LOBO Timber wolf
 6 LITE Low-cal
 6 LITE Lo-cal
 6 LIL Diamond ___
 6 LIED Wasn't straight
 6 LID Topper
 6 LET Umpire's call
 6 LET Court call
 6 LENA Singer Horne
 6 LEAR Shakespearean king
 6 LEA Pasture
 6 LARA Zhivago's love
 6 LANA Actress Turner
 6 LALO Composer Schifrin
 6 LAIN Reclined
 6 LAIC Secular
 6 LADEN Burdened
 6 LACTO Milk: Prefix
 6 KYRA Actress Sedgwick
 6 KENO Numbers game
 6 KENO Gambling game
 6 JEB One of the Bushes
 6 ITER Roman road
 6 ITEM News bit
 6 ITE Mineral suffix
 6 ISO Prefix with metric
 6 ISM Doctrine
 6 ISIS Egyptian fertility goddess
 6 ISE Suffix with expert
 6 IRENE Singer Cara
 6 IRATE Steamed
 6 IRATE Furious
 6 IONA New Rochelle college
 6 ION Saturn model
 6 INUSE Occupied
 6 INTOTO Completely
 6 INTO Division word
 6 INRE Regarding
 6 INK Sign
 6 INK Publicity
 6 INIT ``What's ___ for me?''
 6 INE Like Bruckner's Symphony No. 7
 6 INDO ___-European
 6 INANE Cockamamie
 6 IMAN One-named supermodel
 6 IMAM Mosque V.I.P.
 6 ILKA Actress Chase
 6 ILK Variety
 6 ILK Kind
 6 ILIE ``Would ___?''
 6 IGOR Operatic prince
 6 IGOR Dr. Frankenstein's assistant
 6 IFS Conditions
 6 IDI Dictator Amin
 6 IDI A mean Amin
 6 ICES Clinches
 6 ICE Put away
 6 HYPE Ballyhoo
 6 HONE Perfect
 6 HON Sweetie
 6 HIE Speed
 6 HIE Hurry
 6 HEFT Weight
 6 HATH Biblical verb
 6 HAS Suffers from
 6 HARI Spy Mata ___
 6 HAMM Soccer star Mia
 6 GSA Fed. property manager
 6 GRECO ___-Roman
 6 GOBI Mongolian desert
 6 GIGI Best Picture of 1958
 6 GEN ___-X
 6 GALA Festive
 6 FRO To's partner
 6 FRET Stew
 6 FLIT Dart
 6 FETA Greek cheese
 6 EVEN Flush
 6 EVE Christmas ___
 6 EURO Continental currency
 6 ETTA Singer James
 6 ETON Harrow rival
 6 ETA Fraternity letter
 6 ESTEEM Treasure
 6 ESSE In ___ (actually)
 6 ESE WNW's opposite
 6 ESAU Biblical twin
 6 ERRATA Slips
 6 ERR Mess up
 6 ERR Blow it
 6 ERNE Sea eagle
 6 ERNE River to Donegal Bay
 6 ERMA Witty Bombeck
 6 ERMA First name in humor
 6 ERMA Columnist Bombeck
 6 ERIK Actor Estrada
 6 ERIE Cleveland's lake
 6 ERIE Canal of song
 6 ERICA Author Jong
 6 ERGO So
 6 ERECTS Puts up
 6 ERE Prior to, to Prior
 6 ERE Before
 6 ERATO Poetry Muse
 6 ERASE Wipe out
 6 ERAS Big times
 6 ERA Pitcher's stat.
 6 ERA Big time
 6 EQUI Prefix with lateral
 6 EOS Daughter of Hyperion
 6 ENT Tolkien creature
 6 ENOS Baseball's Slaughter
 6 ENOL Carbon compound
 6 ENNUI The blahs
 6 ENE Wind dir.
 6 ENE WSW's reverse
 6 ENE Opposite WSW
 6 ENE Hydrocarbon suffix
 6 ENC Business letter abbr.
 6 ENACTS Passes
 6 EMMA Madame Bovary
 6 EMIT Discharge
 6 EMIL Disney's ``___ and the Detectives''
 6 EMIL Actor Jannings
 6 ELUDE Give the slip
 6 ELSE If not
 6 ELSE Additionally
 6 ELPASO Rio Grande city
 6 ELLA Jazzy Fitzgerald
 6 ELISE Beethoven dedicatee
 6 ELIOT ``Middlemarch'' author
 6 ELIE Writer Wiesel
 6 ELI ___ Lilly & Co.
 6 ELEE Gen. Robt. ___
 6 ELEA Zeno's home
 6 ELAPSE Go by
 6 ELAL Mideast carrier
 6 ELAL Israeli airline
 6 EINE ``___ kleine Nachtmusik''
 6 EIEIO Children's song refrain
 6 EGEST Discharge
 6 EGAD ``Zounds!''
 6 EGAD ``Yikes!''
 6 EFREM Violinist Zimbalist
 6 EES Some M.I.T. grads
 6 EERO First name in architecture
 6 EER Poetic contraction
 6 EEN Velvet finish?
 6 EEN Poetic contraction
 6 EDNA Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay
 6 EDIT Blue-pencil
 6 EDINA Minneapolis suburb
 6 EDIE Actress McClurg
 6 ECTO Prefix with plasm
 6 ECOL E.P.A. concern: Abbr.
 6 EBON Black
 6 EAVE Roof overhang
 6 EAVE Overhang
 6 EAU ___ de Cologne
 6 EASE Naturalness
 6 EARL ___ of Sandwich
 6 EARED Dog-___
 6 EAR Canal site
 6 DOR ``Le Coq ___''
 6 DIS Bad-mouth
 6 DIK Cartoonist Browne
 6 DIEU ``Mon ___!''
 6 DIAS ``Buenos ___''
 6 DEY Actress Susan
 6 DES ___ Plaines, Ill.
 6 DELI Supermarket section
 6 DEEM Judge
 6 DAR ___ es Salaam
 6 DADO Carpenter's groove
 6 CTS Price abbr.
 6 CRUE Rock's Mötley ___
 6 CRAB Grouch
 6 COTTA Terra ___
 6 COS Firms: Abbr.
 6 CHAS Cartoonist Addams
 6 CEDE Turn over
 6 CARTA Magna ___
 6 CADET West Pointer
 6 BONO Pro ___
 6 BEET Shade of red
 6 BEAN Noggin
 6 AXED Canned
 6 AXE Can
 6 AWAIT Expect
 6 AVISO Dispatch boat
 6 AVILA St. Teresa's birthplace
 6 AVID Gung-ho
 6 AURA Atmosphere
 6 AUK Diving bird
 6 ATRIA Skylit lobbies
 6 ATRI Longfellow's bell town
 6 ATOP Straddling
 6 ATONE Make up (for)
 6 ATIT Fighting
 6 ATE Had
 6 ASTIR Up and about
 6 ASST Aide: Abbr.
 6 ASKEW Cockeyed
 6 ASIN Z ___ zebra
 6 ASEA Not docked
 6 ASAP P.D.Q.
 6 ARTY Pretentious
 6 ARTE Johnson of ``Laugh-In''
 6 ARRAU Pianist Claudio
 6 AROSE Stood
 6 AROSE Came up
 6 AROMA Bouquet
 6 ARNEL Synthetic fiber
 6 ARIL Seed covering
 6 ARID Parched
 6 ARI Meyers of ``Kate & Allie''
 6 ARGO Jason's ship
 6 ARECA Betel palm
 6 AREA Neck of the woods
 6 ARCO Sacramento's ___ Arena
 6 ARAT ``I smell ___!''
 6 ARAL Uzbekistan's ___ Sea
 6 APT Fitting
 6 APIECE Each
 6 APER Copycat
 6 ANY ``___ takers?''
 6 ANY ``___ luck?''
 6 ANTI Not pro
 6 ANTED Chipped in
 6 ANTE Pay to play
 6 ANTE Chip in
 6 ANOSE Win by ___
 6 ANN Cape ___
 6 ANG Director Lee
 6 ANEAR Lend ___ (listen)
 6 ANE Actress Sue ___ Langdon
 6 ANDIE Actress MacDowell
 6 AND What's more
 6 AMOK In a frenzy
 6 AMINO ___ acid
 6 AMINO Kind of acid
 6 AMID During
 6 AMI French friend
 6 AMANA Appliance maker
 6 ALUM Grad
 6 ALTA Utah ski resort
 6 ALSO As well
 6 ALOT Tons
 6 ALOT Often
 6 ALOT Gobs
 6 ALOE Balm ingredient
 6 ALLEGE Claim
 6 ALL The works
 6 ALKALI Acid neutralizer
 6 ALKA ___-Seltzer
 6 ALID ``Put ___ on it!''
 6 ALEUT Native Alaskan
 6 ALETA Prince Valiant's wife
 6 ALERT On the ball
 6 ALERO Oldsmobile model
 6 ALERO Olds model
 6 ALEC One of the Baldwins
 6 ALEC Novelist Waugh
 6 ALEC Actor Baldwin
 6 ALEC A Baldwin
 6 ALE Ginger ___
 6 ALAE Wings
 6 AIRS Broadcasts
 6 AIRER Broadcaster
 6 AHA ``So that's it!''
 6 AGREE See eye to eye
 6 AGREE Concur
 6 AGAPE Wide open
 6 AGAIN Over
 6 AFTER Following
 6 AETNA Prudential competitor
 6 AERO Prefix with dynamic
 6 AEON Long, long time
 6 ADUE Together, in music
 6 ADORE Idolize
 6 ADO Commotion
 6 ADIN Tennis score
 6 ADAIR Firefighter Red
 6 ACT Take steps
 6 ACRO Prefix with phobia
 6 ACME Peak
 6 ACME Ne plus ultra
 6 ACHED Hurt
 6 ACES Super-duper
 6 ABLE Skilled
 6 ABET Help in crime
 6 ABET Aid's partner
 5 YSER River of Flanders
 5 YSER North Sea feeder
 5 YSER Belgian river
 5 YET ``Is it soup ___?''
 5 YET Still
 5 YET Even
 5 YES ``Absolutely!''
 5 YENTA Busybody
 5 YENS Itches
 5 YENS Cravings
 5 YALU Korea Bay feeder
 5 WREN St. Paul's architect
 5 WREN Small songbird
 5 WOO Court
 5 WISE Smart-alecky
 5 WHET Sharpen
 5 WES Director Craven
 5 WEND Proceed
 5 WAS Used to be
 5 WAS Lived
 5 WAG Jokester
 5 VIM Dash
 5 VIE Struggle
 5 VAL Actor Kilmer
 5 UTICA City on the Mohawk
 5 UTES Western tribe
 5 UTERO In ___ (unborn)
 5 USES Employs
 5 USES Applications
 5 USE Play for a sap
 5 URSA Celestial bear
 5 URGE Push
 5 UPON Atop
 5 UPON Abreast of
 5 UNUM E pluribus ___
 5 UNTIL Up to
 5 ULTRA Extremist
 5 ULNA Forearm bone
 5 ULNA Arm bone
 5 ULEE Peter Fonda title role
 5 ULEE 1997 Peter Fonda title role
 5 ULEE 1997 Peter Fonda role
 5 UAR Old Mideast inits.
 5 TYNE Daly of ``Judging Amy''
 5 TWOS Rare bills
 5 TWA Bygone carrier
 5 TUTOR Coach
 5 TROT Bring (out)
 5 TROOP March
 5 TRON 1982 Disney film
 5 TRICE Instant
 5 TRI Prefix with athlete
 5 TRA Singing syllable
 5 TRA Singer's syllable
 5 TOT Preschooler
 5 TORT Civil wrong
 5 TOO Unduly
 5 TOO Moreover
 5 TODATE So far
 5 TMEN Some feds
 5 TIMES x
 5 TILE Scrabble piece
 5 TIL Up to, in ads
 5 TIA ___ Maria
 5 THRO ``Comin' ___ the Rye''
 5 THO Howe'er
 5 THEN Next
 5 THE Café alternative
 5 TGIF End-of-week cry
 5 TESS Hardy heroine
 5 TESH Musician John
 5 TERSE To the point
 5 TERI Garr of ``Mr. Mom''
 5 TEPID Halfhearted
 5 TEND Care for
 5 TEN It's an honor
 5 TEN Half a score
 5 TEHEE Snicker
 5 TEE Pipe joint
 5 TED Poet Hughes
 5 TEAL Shade of blue
 5 TAU Kind of cross
 5 TAU Cross shape
 5 TARA Skater Lipinski
 5 TARA Scarlett's home
 5 TAR Pitch
 5 TAR Besmirch
 5 TAP Spigot
 5 TANK Aquarium
 5 TANG Bite
 5 TAN Whip but good
 5 TAN Whip
 5 TAM Skye cap
 5 TALIA Actress Shire
 5 TALE Whopper
 5 TAI ___ chi ch'uan
 5 TAE Menlo Park monogram
 5 TADA ``I did it!''
 5 TACO ___ Bell
 5 TAB Bar bill
 5 SYN Dict. listing
 5 SWAY Influence
 5 SWAG Booty
 5 SUEY Chop ___
 5 SUB Hero
 5 STYES Eye sores
 5 STY Mudhole
 5 STUN Bowl over
 5 STS Ave. crossers
 5 STRATA Layers
 5 STR Orch. section
 5 STOW Pack away
 5 STOP Station
 5 STET Editor's mark
 5 STES Fr. holy women
 5 STEP Put one's foot down
 5 STEN British gun
 5 STEER Direct
 5 STEER Beef on the hoof
 5 STEEP Pricey
 5 STEEDS Mounts
 5 STDS Criteria: Abbr.
 5 STD Norm: Abbr.
 5 STALL Play for time
 5 SRO B.O. sign
 5 SPOT Predicament
 5 SPHERE Globe
 5 SPAR Practice in the ring
 5 SPANS Goes over
 5 SPAN Go over
 5 SOU Old French coin
 5 SOSO Fair
 5 SOSA 1998 N.L. M.V.P.
 5 SOS ``Help!''
 5 SORE Achy
 5 SOP Pacifier
 5 SOL Costa del ___
 5 SOD Turf
 5 SOAR Take off
 5 SOAR Fly high
 5 SNIT Pique
 5 SNIP Impertinent one
 5 SNARE Trap
 5 SMA Wee, to Burns
 5 SLR Camera type, briefly
 5 SLIP Boo-boo
 5 SLAV Pole, e.g.
 5 SKIP Record problem
 5 SKEE ___-Ball (arcade game)
 5 SITE Spot
 5 SISAL Rope fiber
 5 SINEW Strength
 5 SIN Fall from grace
 5 SIL Part of R.S.V.P.
 5 SIE Prussian pronoun
 5 SIAM Thailand, once
 5 SHU Moo ___ pork
 5 SHRED Bit
 5 SHH ``Quiet!''
 5 SHEL Author Silverstein
 5 SHEAR Cut
 5 SHEAF Bundle
 5 SHE Any ship
 5 SHA Doo-wop syllable
 5 SEXY Hot
 5 SEW Wrap (up)
 5 SETTEE Parlor piece
 5 SETH Genesis son
 5 SETAE Stiff hairs
 5 SERE Parched
 5 SERE Dried up
 5 SERA Hospital fluids
 5 SER Sun. talk
 5 SENT In the mail
 5 SENT E-mailed
 5 SENNA Medicinal plant
 5 SELES Two-time U.S. Open winner
 5 SEL French seasoning
 5 SEGA Nintendo rival
 5 SEESTO Handles
 5 SEEP Trickle
 5 SEDER Passover meal
 5 SEDER Passover feast
 5 SEAT Pants part
 5 SEAR Brand
 5 SEA Caribbean, e.g.
 5 SCUD Gulf war missile
 5 SCRIP Money substitute
 5 SCAR Lasting impression
 5 SCALD Burn
 5 SCALA Milan's La ___
 5 SAYSO Final authority
 5 SAYSNO Refuses
 5 SAYNO Refuse
 5 SATE Stuff
 5 SAS European carrier
 5 SARG Puppeteer Tony
 5 SARA Gilbert of ``Roseanne''
 5 SAPOR Flavor
 5 SAP Easy mark
 5 SAND Smooth
 5 SANA Mideast capital
 5 SAL ___ soda
 5 SAHL Satirist Mort
 5 SAGA It's a long story
 5 SAG Mattress problem
 5 SADE ``Smooth Operator'' singer
 5 SABE Kemo ___
 5 RYES Deli loaves
 5 RUR Karel Capek play
 5 RUNAT Charge
 5 RUE Wish undone
 5 RTE Way to go: Abbr.
 5 RTE Itinerary abbr.
 5 RSVP Invitation letters
 5 ROVE Gad about
 5 ROUTE Way to go
 5 ROTS Doesn't keep
 5 ROOK Corner piece
 5 ROO Milne marsupial
 5 ROMA Capital of Italia
 5 ROLY ___-poly
 5 ROLE Part to play
 5 ROLE Part
 5 ROIL Muddy up
 5 ROHE Architect Mies van der ___
 5 ROB Hold up
 5 RLS Literary monogram
 5 RITA Singer Coolidge
 5 RIO Carnival city
 5 RID Free
 5 RICA Costa ___
 5 RIB Tease
 5 RHODE ___ Island
 5 RHO Fraternity letter
 5 RHETT Butler of fiction
 5 REY Juan Carlos, e.g.
 5 REV Gun, as an engine
 5 RES Scale notes
 5 RENT Let
 5 REIN Pull (in)
 5 REIN Bridle strap
 5 REE Riddle-me-___
 5 REDO Overhaul
 5 REARED Brought up
 5 REAR Derrière
 5 REAPS Harvests
 5 REAL ``Get ___!''
 5 REAL Concrete
 5 REAL Bona fide
 5 READ Interpret
 5 RAVE Carry on
 5 RATSO ``Midnight Cowboy'' role
 5 RAT No-goodnik
 5 RASH Foolhardy
 5 RARE Seldom seen
 5 RANUP Incurred
 5 RANT Carry on
 5 RAM Ewe's mate
 5 RAITT Singer Bonnie
 5 RAGE Latest thing
 5 RAE Arctic explorer John
 5 RACE Derby
 5 PTA School grp.
 5 PREGO Ragú rival
 5 PRE Opposite of post-
 5 PLOD Trudge
 5 PLAZA Public square
 5 PINE Long
 5 PIET Artist Mondrian
 5 PIA Singer Zadora
 5 PETES ``For ___ sake!''
 5 PETE Townshend of the Who
 5 PER Apiece
 5 PEON Drudge
 5 PENT Shut (up)
 5 PENH Phnom ___
 5 PEND Hang
 5 PEEN Hammer part
 5 PEA Shade of green
 5 PASSE Out
 5 PARR Henry VIII's sixth
 5 PARE Cut back
 5 PAM Popular cooking spray
 5 PAL Bud
 5 OWNS Has
 5 OWED Outstanding
 5 OVI Egg: Prefix
 5 OVER Finito
 5 OTIC Auditory
 5 OSU Buckeyes' sch.
 5 OSU Big Ten sch.
 5 OSTEO Prefix with arthritis
 5 OSSO ___ buco
 5 OSS C.I.A. forerunner
 5 OSO Spanish bear
 5 OSE Suffix with verb
 5 ORTS Scraps
 5 ORO Acapulco gold
 5 ORNERY Cantankerous
 5 ORLY Paris airport
 5 ORLON Wrinkle-resistant fabric
 5 ORISON Prayer
 5 ORIEL Bay window
 5 OREM City near Provo
 5 OREL Hurler Hershiser
 5 OREL City south of Moscow
 5 OREAD Mountain nymph
 5 ORA Mouths
 5 OOZE Seep
 5 ONTV Airing
 5 ONTO ``I'm ___ you!''
 5 ONTHEGO Busy
 5 ONTAP Available
 5 ONSET Get-go
 5 ONS Switch positions
 5 ONO Lennon's love
 5 ONME ``This one's ___''
 5 ONIT ``Step ___!''
 5 ONETO ``You're ___ talk!''
 5 ONETIME Past
 5 ONES Change for a five
 5 ONER Lulu
 5 ONEND Upright
 5 ONEL Like Nash's lama
 5 OMNI Prefix with potent
 5 OMIT Leave off
 5 OMEN Harbinger
 5 OMEGA Alpha's opposite
 5 OMANI Muscat native
 5 OMA Medical suffix
 5 OLLA Stewpot
 5 OLLA Earthen pot
 5 OLIO Hodgepodge
 5 OLIN Lena of ``Chocolat''
 5 OLEO Butter substitute
 5 OLEO Butter alternative
 5 OLEO Bread spread
 5 OLEA Olive genus
 5 OLE ___ Miss
 5 OLE Word of encouragement
 5 OLE Corrida cry
 5 OLDIE Blast from the past
 5 OKS Green-lights
 5 OGEE Kind of arch
 5 OFLATE Recently
 5 ODIE Garfield's foil
 5 ODETS ``Golden Boy'' playwright
 5 ODDS Chances
 5 ODA Harem room
 5 OCT Columbus Day mo.
 5 OBE U.K. award
 5 OATS Quaker ___
 5 OAT Cereal grain
 5 OAR Propel, in a way
 5 NUS Some fraternity men
 5 NUB Gist
 5 NOTSO False
 5 NOTRE ___ Dame
 5 NOTI ``Don't look at me!''
 5 NOS Rebuffs
 5 NORMA Bellini opera
 5 NORM Standard
 5 NOAH Ark builder
 5 NITE Nick at ___
 5 NILS Guitarist Lofgren
 5 NIECE Family girl
 5 NICE ``Well done!''
 5 NEW Just out
 5 NET Take home
 5 NET Bottom line
 5 NEST Egg holder
 5 NEO Prefix with natal
 5 NEHI Classic soft drink
 5 NEH Book before Esth.
 5 NEER Poetic adverb
 5 NEER Not e'en once
 5 NEED Requirement
 5 NEED Poverty
 5 NEED Penury
 5 NEE Once called
 5 NEAT In order
 5 NEARS Approaches
 5 NEALE Writer Zora ___ Hurston
 5 NEALE Author Zora ___ Hurston
 5 NCO Sgt., e.g.
 5 NBA Warriors' grp.
 5 NATE Hoopster Archibald
 5 NAPE Scruff
 5 NAPA California wine valley
 5 NAN A Bobbsey twin
 5 NAH ``Uh-uh!''
 5 NADA Zilch
 5 NABOB Fat cat
 5 MORT Cartoonist Walker
 5 MOLT Shed
 5 MOE A Stooge
 5 MNO 6 on a phone
 5 MIT Cambridge sch.
 5 MISDO Botch
 5 MIATA Mazda model
 5 METOO ``Ditto''
 5 META Prefix with physical
 5 MER Debussy's ``La ___''
 5 MED Kind of school
 5 MEAN Penny-pinching
 5 MAWR Bryn ___ College
 5 MATA ___ Hari
 5 MAR Spoil
 5 MANET ``Olympia'' painter
 5 MAC Buddy
 5 MAAS ``Serpico'' author
 5 MAAM ``Yes, ___''
 5 LVI Year in Nero's reign
 5 LTR Env. contents
 5 LTD Old Ford
 5 LSU Shaq's alma mater
 5 LSAT Future atty.'s hurdle
 5 LOSE Shake
 5 LORNE Greene of ``Bonanza''
 5 LORI Actress Petty
 5 LOP Prune
 5 LOO Elton's john
 5 LOESS Windblown soil
 5 LOCI Centers of activity
 5 LOAM Rich soil
 5 LINE Queue
 5 LIETO Deceive
 5 LIEN Bank holding
 5 LIE Prevaricate
 5 LETON Pretend
 5 LESE ___-majeste
 5 LES Guitarist Paul
 5 LEO Sign of summer
 5 LENO Letterman rival
 5 LEI Hula hoop?
 5 LEES Popular jeans
 5 LEER Lascivious look
 5 LEARN Pick up
 5 LEAP Spring
 5 LEAH Mrs. Rabin
 5 LAWS Statutes
 5 LAVE Wash
 5 LAV John
 5 LAT Global positioning fig.
 5 LAPIS ___ lazuli
 5 LANI Legal scholar Guinier
 5 LAM Hasty escape
 5 LAIR Hideaway
 5 LAHR Bert of ``The Wizard of Oz''
 5 LADS Boys
 5 LAD Boy
 5 KNEE Pants part
 5 KIEV Chicken ___
 5 KEYED Excited, with ``up''
 5 KERN ``Show Boat'' composer
 5 JIMI Guitarist Hendrix
 5 JAVA Coffee, slangily
 5 IVES Currier's partner
 5 IVAN ``Terrible'' czar
 5 ITTY ___-bitty
 5 ITIS ``How sweet ___!''
 5 ITE Resident: Suffix
 5 ITCH Hankering
 5 ISNT ``___ It Romantic?''
 5 ISLET Key
 5 ISERE Rhone tributary
 5 ISEE ``Uh-huh''
 5 ISE British verb ending
 5 IRON Wrinkle remover
 5 IRMA ``___ la Douce''
 5 IREST ``___ my case''
 5 IRES Angers
 5 IRENE One of the Horae
 5 IRE Indignation
 5 IRE Fury
 5 IOTA Bit
 5 IONS Charged particles
 5 INURE Harden
 5 INURE Accustom
 5 INTO Turned on by
 5 INNS Lodges
 5 INIGO Architect Jones
 5 INGE ``Bus Stop'' playwright
 5 INGA Swenson of ``Benson''
 5 INGA Actress Swenson
 5 INFO Dope
 5 INFO Data
 5 INERROR Mistakenly
 5 INE Chemical suffix
 5 INDEX The Dow, e.g.
 5 INC Business abbr.
 5 INAN ___ uproar
 5 IMP Mischief-maker
 5 ILSA ``Casablanca'' role
 5 ILSA Rick's love in ``Casablanca''
 5 ILLS Troubles
 5 ILLS Misfortunes
 5 ILL Off one's feed
 5 ILL Laid up
 5 IGAVE ``___ at the office''
 5 IDYL Romantic interlude
 5 IDI Uganda's Amin
 5 IDI First name in despotism
 5 IDEST In other words
 5 IDES March time
 5 IDEO Prefix with logical
 5 IDEE ___ fixe (obsession)
 5 IDEA Inkling
 5 IDEA Concept
 5 IDEA Bright thought
 5 IDE Chemical suffix
 5 IDA Actress Lupino
 5 ICER Cake decorator
 5 ICED Clinched
 5 IAN Writer Fleming
 5 IAN Singer Janis
 5 IAN Golfer Woosnam
 5 IAM Cartesian conclusion
 5 HUR ``Ben-___''
 5 HTS Elevs.
 5 HST Presidential inits.
 5 HOTWATER Trouble
 5 HOT In
 5 HOSS ``Bonanza'' brother
 5 HOOT Knee-slapper
 5 HOE Ground breaker
 5 HOBO Wanderer
 5 HIS Greetings
 5 HERO ``My ___!''
 5 HER Self starter?
 5 HER Part of H.R.H.
 5 HER Part of H.M.S.
 5 HER Old what's-___-name
 5 HEMI Prefix with sphere
 5 HEMA Blood: Prefix
 5 HEDY Actress Lamarr
 5 HASTE Waste maker
 5 HAST Biblical verb
 5 HAS Owns
 5 HAR Laugh syllable
 5 HABEAS ___ corpus
 5 GUS Gloomy guy
 5 GUS Astronaut Grissom
 5 GROW Wax
 5 GRIN Smile
 5 GRIEF ``Good ___!''
 5 GRAD Alum
 5 GOTO Attend
 5 GORE Reason for an R rating
 5 GOER Attendee
 5 GNAW Chew (on)
 5 GIAN Composer ___ Carlo Menotti
 5 GETS Understands
 5 GET Pick up
 5 GENIE Wish granter
 5 GENA Actress Rowlands
 5 GELT Moolah
 5 GEENA Actress Davis
 5 GEAR Tackle
 5 GALL Chutzpah
 5 GAEL Highlander
 5 GABON Libreville's land
 5 FRO To and ___
 5 FIR Cone bearer
 5 FETE Big bash
 5 FEE Charge
 5 FEDUP Disgusted
 5 FAZED Disconcerted
 5 FAVA Kind of bean
 5 FAT Blubber
 5 FACET Aspect
 5 EZRA Poet Pound
 5 EYE Needle hole
 5 EXT Business card abbr.
 5 EXES Split personalities?
 5 EWAN Actor McGregor
 5 EVEN Neck and neck
 5 EVE Time before
 5 EVE First mate?
 5 EVAN Sen. Bayh
 5 ETTU ``___, Brute?''
 5 ETTA Jazz singer James
 5 ETTA Blues singer James
 5 ETON School on the Thames
 5 ETNA Sicilian volcano
 5 ETHOS Cultural values
 5 ETE Printemps follower
 5 ETC List ender
 5 ETAT Coup d'___
 5 ESTATE What you will
 5 ESSE Latin 101 verb
 5 ESS Pothook shape
 5 ESS Double curve
 5 ESQ Atty.'s title
 5 ESPY Spot
 5 ESPY Glimpse
 5 ESO Anka's ``___ Beso''
 5 ESE Language suffix
 5 ESC Computer key
 5 ERTE Art Deco artist
 5 ERSE Gaelic tongue
 5 ERRS Slips
 5 ERRS Goofs
 5 ERRS Blows it
 5 ERROL Swashbuckling Flynn
 5 ERR Slip
 5 ERR Flub
 5 EROO Switch add-on
 5 EROO Suffix with smack
 5 ERNST Artist Max
 5 ERNS Coastal raptors
 5 ERMAS ``Aunt ___ Cope Book''
 5 ERLE First name in mystery
 5 ERLE First name in mysteries
 5 ERIN ``___ go bragh''
 5 ERIC Guitarist Clapton
 5 ERI ``___ tu'' (Verdi aria)
 5 ERENOW Heretofore
 5 ERE Poet's preposition
 5 ERE Bard's before
 5 ERASE Obliterate
 5 ERA Time in history
 5 EQUI Prefix with distant
 5 EPODE Lyric poem
 5 EPEE Fencing blade
 5 EOS Canon camera
 5 EON Time on end
 5 ENYA ``Orinoco Flow'' singer
 5 ENYA ``Only Time'' singer
 5 ENTO Inner: Prefix
 5 ENTITLE Authorize
 5 ENTER Go in
 5 ENTER Computer command
 5 ENTAIL Involve
 5 ENROL Sign up
 5 ENNUI Boredom
 5 ENIAC Early computer
 5 ENG H.S. requirement
 5 ENERO Año starter
 5 ENE Chemical suffix
 5 ENDED Over
 5 ENDEAR Make beloved
 5 ENDAT Conclude by
 5 END Finis
 5 ENATE Related on the mother's side
 5 ENAMOR Charm
 5 EMU Outback runner
 5 EMT CPR giver
 5 EMOTER Ham
 5 EMME One-named supermodel
 5 EMIT Issue
 5 EMERGE Surface
 5 ELSE Different
 5 ELSA ``Born Free'' lioness
 5 ELS Golfer Ernie
 5 ELOI ``The Time Machine'' race
 5 ELM Slippery ___
 5 ELLE Vogue rival
 5 ELLE Fashion magazine
 5 ELLA Singer Fitzgerald
 5 ELLA Poet ___ Wheeler Wilcox
 5 ELLA Jazz's Fitzgerald
 5 ELL Building wing
 5 ELL Annex
 5 ELK Lodge member
 5 ELI Ivy Leaguer
 5 ELI Clockmaker Terry
 5 ELF Brownie
 5 ELEE ``Waiting for the Robert ___''
 5 ELEE Robt. ___
 5 ELECT Vote in
 5 ELATE Tickle pink
 5 ELAN Spirit
 5 ELAL Airline to Tel Aviv
 5 EKES Squeezes (out)
 5 EIS Frozen Wasser
 5 EEE Wide shoe specification
 5 EDUCE Bring out
 5 EDUC Cabinet dept.
 5 EDIE Emmy winner Falco
 5 EDGY On pins and needles
 5 EDGE Advantage
 5 EDGAR Mystery writer's award
 5 EDENS Idyllic spots
 5 EDEN Utopia
 5 EDEN Paradise
 5 EDEN First place
 5 EDEN 1950's British P.M.
 5 ECRU Stocking shade
 5 ECO Prefix with system
 5 ECO Prefix with friendly
 5 ECO Author Umberto
 5 ECHO Parrot
 5 ECHO Canyon sound
 5 EAU ___ de vie
 5 EATINTO Erode
 5 EATAT Bother
 5 EAT Dig in
 5 EASES Simplifies
 5 EASE Let up
 5 EARN Pull down
 5 EAMES Chair designer Charles
 5 DUO Batman and Robin, e.g.
 5 DUN Press for payment
 5 DUAL Twofold
 5 DRU Actress Joanne
 5 DORA ``Dumb'' girl of old comics
 5 DOOR Way out
 5 DOE Buck's mate
 5 DIP Quick swim
 5 DIOR New Look designer
 5 DENS Retreats
 5 DENEB Star in Cygnus
 5 DEI Agnus ___
 5 DEFT Skillful
 5 DEER Bucks and does
 5 DDAY June 6, 1944
 5 DATA Figures
 5 DARC Ste. Jeanne ___
 5 DAME British title
 5 DALAI ___ Lama
 5 DAH Code word
 5 CYD Dancer Charisse
 5 COO Bill's partner
 5 COM Dot follower
 5 COIF Do
 5 CLARO Mild cigar
 5 CIT Op. ___
 5 CIO A.F.L.'s partner
 5 CIAO ``See ya!''
 5 CHUM Buddy
 5 CHA Chinese tea
 5 CEDES Gives up
 5 CEDE Grant
 5 CASH Bills
 5 CAPITA Per ___
 5 CALI Cartel city
 5 CAD Heel
 5 CACAO Chocolate source
 5 BRAD Small fastener
 5 BOSC Pear variety
 5 BONA ___ fide
 5 BOIL Seethe
 5 BODE Portend
 5 BIZ Show ___
 5 BIL Cartoonist Keane
 5 BERATE Dress down
 5 BELIE Contradict
 5 BELA Gymnastics coach Karolyi
 5 BEL ___ canto
 5 BAT Be up
 5 BAS ___-relief
 5 BALSA Raft material
 5 BALI Java neighbor
 5 BACON Breakfast sizzler
 5 AZURE Sky-blue
 5 AWE Blow away
 5 AWAY On vacation
 5 AWAY On the road
 5 AVOW Swear
 5 AVOIR To have, in Le Havre
 5 AVIATE Pilot
 5 AVER Declare
 5 AVAIL Profit
 5 ATWAR Fighting
 5 ATTAIN Reach
 5 ATSEA Bewildered
 5 ATRIA Courtyards
 5 ATREST Still
 5 ATRA Gillette brand
 5 ATOP Over
 5 ATONE Do penance
 5 ATON Lots
 5 ATOI Yours, in Tours
 5 ATMO Prefix with sphere
 5 ATME ``Don't look ___!''
 5 ATLAST ``Finally!''
 5 ATKA Aleutian island
 5 ATIE Play to ___
 5 ATIE End in ___
 5 ATHOME In
 5 ATEST Alamogordo event
 5 ATEM ``Up and ___!''
 5 ATEAM First-stringers
 5 ATE Chowed down
 5 ATE Absorbed, as a loss
 5 ATBAT Up
 5 ATALL Whatsoever
 5 ATAD Somewhat
 5 ATA ___ glance
 5 ASTIR Up
 5 ASTI Italian wine region
 5 ASTA ``The Thin Man'' pooch
 5 ASST Helper: Abbr.
 5 ASSAY Analyze
 5 ASS Jerk
 5 ASPER According to
 5 ASKS Questions
 5 ASK ``Don't ___!''
 5 ASIF ``Yeah, right!''
 5 ASIA ___ Minor
 5 ASH ___ Wednesday
 5 ASEA On the briny
 5 ASEA Cruising
 5 ARUT In ___ (stuck)
 5 ARTY Bohemian
 5 ARTURO Conductor Toscanini
 5 ARTSY Pretentious
 5 ARNESS ``Gunsmoke'' star
 5 ARN Son of Prince Valiant
 5 ARN Prince Valiant's son
 5 ARISE Get up
 5 ARIEL Moon of Uranus
 5 ARIA Met song
 5 ARIA Diva's delivery
 5 ARI Uris hero
 5 ARETE Rugged ridge
 5 ARES Mars' counterpart
 5 AREAS Fields
 5 AREA Scope
 5 AREA Region
 5 ARE ``Chances ___''
 5 ARE Exist
 5 ARE Equal
 5 ARCO With the bow, in music
 5 APRES ___-ski
 5 APOP Per
 5 APIE ``...baked in ___''
 5 APE King Kong, e.g.
 5 APE Goon
 5 APE Galoot
 5 APACE Swiftly
 5 AORTA It comes from the heart
 5 AONE Super-duper
 5 ANY Whatever
 5 ANTEDATE Come before
 5 ANT Army member
 5 ANON In a while
 5 ANON Before long
 5 ANNUL Cancel
 5 ANNE Diarist Frank
 5 ANKA Singer Paul
 5 ANIME Japanese cartoon art
 5 ANIL Deep blue
 5 ANET Working without ___
 5 ANAIS Diarist Nin
 5 AMUSE Divert
 5 AMS Mornings, for short
 5 AMOUR Love affair
 5 AMORAL Unprincipled
 5 AMOR Cupid
 5 AMONG ___ friends
 5 AMOI Mine, in Marseille
 5 AMOEBA Protozoan
 5 AMMO Bullets
 5 AMISS Out of whack
 5 AMIGO Pal
 5 AMI ``___ dreaming?''
 5 AMES Home of Iowa State
 5 AMEN Grace period?
 5 AMBOY Perth ___, N.J.
 5 AMASS Pile up
 5 AMALIE Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands
 5 AMAD Make ___ dash for
 5 AMA Doctors' org.
 5 AMA Doc bloc
 5 ALTO Kind of sax
 5 ALTE Der ___ (Adenauer)
 5 ALSORAN Loser
 5 ALSO In addition
 5 ALOU Baseball's Moises
 5 ALOT Very much
 5 ALOT Oodles
 5 ALONE Stag
 5 ALOES Fugard's ``A Lesson From ___''
 5 ALOE Skin cream ingredient
 5 ALMA Soprano Gluck
 5 ALLA ___ breve
 5 ALL Entirely
 5 ALIT Got down
 5 ALIT Came down
 5 ALI Ryan's ``Love Story'' co-star
 5 ALG H.S. math
 5 ALES Porters
 5 ALEE Toward shelter
 5 ALEE Sheltered, at sea
 5 ALEE Sheltered
 5 ALEC Smart ___
 5 ALAN Astronaut Shepard
 5 ALA ___ king
 5 ALA Taking after
 5 AKITA Japanese dog
 5 AJA 1977 double-platinum Steely Dan album
 5 AISLE Bridal path
 5 AIR Lungful
 5 AIOLI Garlicky mayonnaise
 5 AINU Hokkaido native
 5 AIDA Verdi heroine
 5 AHSO ``I see,'' facetiously
 5 AHME ``Alas!''
 5 AHEAD Leading
 5 AHAT At the drop of ___
 5 AHA ``Now I see!''
 5 AHA ``I get it!''
 5 AHA ``Eureka!''
 5 AGRI Prefix with business
 5 AGREE Match
 5 AGORA Ancient marketplace
 5 AGO Years ___
 5 AGLARE Blazing
 5 AGEE ``The Night of the Hunter'' screenwriter
 5 AGE Time of one's life
 5 AGE Ripen
 5 AFOOT In progress
 5 AFEW Not many
 5 AERO Prefix with nautical
 5 AERIE Eagle's nest
 5 AERIE Eagle's home
 5 ADS Spots
 5 ADS Pitches
 5 ADOS Commotions
 5 ADORE Like a lot
 5 ADO Brouhaha
 5 ADIDAS Nike rival
 5 ADESTE Carol starter
 5 ADEPT Skilled
 5 ADEN Mideast port
 5 ADELE Designer Simpson
 5 ADELA ``A Passage to India'' woman
 5 ADELA Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns
 5 ADE Suffix with cannon
 5 ADE Drink suffix
 5 ADDS Throws in
 5 ADDS Tacks on
 5 ADDER Viper
 5 ADD Put in
 5 ACTS Play parts
 5 ACTS New Testament book
 5 ACTED Took steps
 5 ACTE Entr'___
 5 ACME Pinnacle
 5 ACHY Sore
 5 ACHE Yearn
 5 ACETO Vinegar: Prefix
 5 ACERB Biting
 5 ACE Crackerjack
 5 ACAR Rent-___
 5 ACAD Military sch.
 5 ABUT Touch on
 5 ABIT Some
 5 ABET Aid in crime
 5 ABEL Genesis victim
 5 ABBES French clerics
 5 ABASE Humiliate
 5 ABALONE Mother-of-pearl source
 5 ABABA Addis ___
 5 AARON Hammerin' Hank
 5 AARON Composer Copland
 5 AAA Battery size
 4 ZED A's opposite, in England
 4 ZEAL Fire
 4 ZAP Microwave
 4 ZANE Author Grey
 4 YVES Part of Y.S.L.
 4 YSL Fashion inits.
 4 YSL Designer monogram
 4 YORE Long ago
 4 YON Over there
 4 YIPS Puppy sounds
 4 YER ``___ out!''
 4 YEN Longing
 4 YEARN Long (for)
 4 YEAH ``Uh-huh''
 4 YEA Vote for
 4 YEA Indeed
 4 YAP Big mouth
 4 YALE Bush's alma mater
 4 XOUT Delete
 4 XMEN Marvel superheroes
 4 XKE Classic Jaguar
 4 XER Gen-___
 4 XENIA City near Dayton
 4 WRENS Small songbirds
 4 WORE Sported
 4 WINO Lush
 4 WIDE Off the mark
 4 WET Dripping
 4 WED Tie the knot
 4 WEAL Prosperity
 4 WBA Ring org.
 4 WAWA Trumpet sound
 4 WATT Light bulb unit
 4 WASTE Fritter away
 4 WASP Stinger
 4 WASAT Attended
 4 WARN Tip off
 4 WAR ``This means ___!''
 4 WAN Pale
 4 WAL ___-Mart
 4 WADE Walk in water
 4 WACO City on the Brazos
 4 VIOLA String quartet member
 4 VIM Energy
 4 VIE Compete
 4 VIA Through
 4 VERSA Vice ___
 4 VEL Speed: Abbr.
 4 VEE Neckline shape
 4 VANE Wind instrument
 4 UVEA Iris's place
 4 UVEA Eye part
 4 UTILE Of service
 4 UTE Sport ___
 4 UTAH The Beehive State
 4 UTAH Jazz home
 4 UTAH Bryce Canyon locale
 4 UTA Tony-winning Hagen
 4 UTA Hagen of Broadway
 4 USNA Annapolis sch.
 4 USENET Online newsgroup system
 4 USEDTO Familiar with
 4 USED Took advantage of
 4 USED Drew on
 4 USE ``What's the ___?''
 4 USE Put to work
 4 USE Bring into play
 4 URIAH Dickens's ___ Heep
 4 URGE Impulse
 4 URANO Heavens: Prefix
 4 URALS Russian range
 4 URAL Caspian feeder
 4 UPTO ___ no good
 4 UPATREE Stuck
 4 UNWED Single
 4 UNU Burma's first P.M.
 4 UNITE Get together
 4 UNIT Condo, e.g.
 4 UNI Prefix with sex
 4 UNH Durham sch.
 4 UNDO Ruin
 4 UNDERGO Experience
 4 UNCAP Open, as a bottle
 4 UNA Spanish article
 4 UNA Italian article
 4 UNA Actress Merkel
 4 ULTRA The ``U'' of UHF
 4 ULT Final: Abbr.
 4 ULM Einstein's birthplace
 4 UGH ``Yuck!''
 4 UBOLT Letter-shaped fastener
 4 UBOAT W.W. II menace
 4 UBI Where: Lat.
 4 UBER Above, in Berlin
 4 TYNE Newcastle's river
 4 TYKE Young 'un
 4 TWOBIT Small-time
 4 TUT ``For shame!''
 4 TUNE Whistler's whistle
 4 TUNA Kind of steak
 4 TUG Jerk
 4 TUE Calendar abbr.
 4 TUBER Jerusalem artichoke, e.g.
 4 TSPS Recipe amts.
 4 TSETSE African scourge
 4 TRYST Rendezvous
 4 TRYON Check for fit
 4 TRY Stab
 4 TRY Attempt
 4 TRUE In alignment
 4 TROT Race pace
 4 TRON High-tech suffix
 4 TROD Stepped
 4 TROD Set foot (on)
 4 TRIPE Rubbish
 4 TRIP Excursion
 4 TRIO Small combo
 4 TRI Part of TNT
 4 TREATY Compact
 4 TRACE Vestige
 4 TRA Song syllable
 4 TRA La preceder
 4 TRA La lead-in
 4 TOTE Carry
 4 TOT Rug rat
 4 TOSS Chuck
 4 TORT Wrong
 4 TORRE Yankees manager Joe
 4 TORO Bullfight bull
 4 TORN Unable to decide
 4 TORAH Synagogue scroll
 4 TOR Rocky hill
 4 TOOTOO Overly
 4 TOOTH Kind of fairy
 4 TONI Singer Tennille
 4 TON Whole lot
 4 TON Great deal
 4 TOLD Snitched
 4 TOLD Related
 4 TOGS Duds
 4 TODO Kind of list
 4 TODAY Now
 4 TOATEE Just so
 4 TOA ___ fault
 4 TMEN Feds
 4 TMAN Fed
 4 TKO Ref's decision
 4 TIT Small songbird
 4 TIRE Flag
 4 TINY Minuscule
 4 TINCT Coloring
 4 TINA One of the Sinatras
 4 TIM Tiny ___
 4 TIKI Polynesian carving
 4 TIETO Connect with
 4 TIER Bank
 4 TIEGAME Draw
 4 THUS So
 4 THRU Like some traffic
 4 THRIVE Flourish
 4 THOU 10 C-notes
 4 THERE ``Ta-da!''
 4 THEO Lt. Kojak
 4 THEN Not now
 4 THE Not just any
 4 THE Everyday article
 4 THAT ``___ does it!''
 4 THAI Spicy cuisine
 4 TGI ___ Friday's
 4 TEY Mystery writer Josephine
 4 TETE French bean?
 4 TET Asian holiday
 4 TESTS Lab work
 4 TEST Dry run
 4 TESLA Induction motor inventor
 4 TERA Trillion: Prefix
 4 TEPID Lukewarm
 4 TEPEE Home on the range
 4 TENETS Principles
 4 TENET Precept
 4 TENET Basic belief
 4 TEND Take care of
 4 TELLALIE Prevaricate
 4 TELEVISE Air
 4 TEL Rolodex no.
 4 TEENY Itsy-bitsy
 4 TEEM Swarm
 4 TEEM Overflow
 4 TEEM Crawl (with)
 4 TED Guitarist Nugent
 4 TEASE Make fun of
 4 TEASE Flirt
 4 TEAS Afternoon affairs
 4 TEAK Furniture wood
 4 TEA Tetley product
 4 TCU Fort Worth sch.
 4 TBONE Hearty steak
 4 TBIRD Car in a Beach Boys song
 4 TAXI Hack
 4 TAWS Shooters
 4 TAW Shooter
 4 TAUPE Hosiery shade
 4 TATI Jacques of ``Mon Oncle''
 4 TATE London gallery
 4 TATAR Golden Horde member
 4 TATA ``Later!''
 4 TAT Use a shuttle
 4 TASK Something to do
 4 TARS Blackens
 4 TARO Tropical tuber
 4 TAPED Not live
 4 TANYA Singer Tucker
 4 TANS Catches some rays
 4 TALON Claw
 4 TALESE ``Honor Thy Father'' author
 4 TALE Yarn
 4 TALC Locker room supply
 4 TAKEN Spoken for
 4 TAINT Corrupt
 4 TAIL Shadow
 4 TAE South Korea's Roh ___ Woo
 4 TAD Bit
 4 TACO Kind of shell
 4 TACIT Unspoken
 4 TACIT Understood
 4 TABOO No-no
 4 TAB Bill
 4 SYR Neighbor of Isr.
 4 SYL Word part: Abbr.
 4 SYD One of the Chaplins
 4 SYD Barrett of Pink Floyd
 4 SWEETEN Make more attractive
 4 SWEDE Nobel, for one
 4 SWAMI Pundit
 4 SUTRA Kama ___
 4 SUR California's Big ___
 4 SUMO Japanese wrestling
 4 SUI ___ generis
 4 SUET Tallow source
 4 SUER Litigant
 4 SUDS Brewski
 4 STYE Eye sore
 4 STY Pigpen
 4 STY Pen
 4 STUPOR Daze
 4 STS Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr.
 4 STROP Sharpen
 4 STROM Sen. Thurmond
 4 STORM Tempest
 4 STOOD Got up
 4 STOOD Endured
 4 STOLE Wrap
 4 STOIC Impassive
 4 STIR Recipe direction
 4 STINT Tour of duty
 4 STERNA Breastbones
 4 STEREO Sound system
 4 STEN W.W. II gun
 4 STE Fr. holy woman
 4 STD Regular: Abbr.
 4 STAT Sports figure
 4 STARTLE Shake up
 4 STAG For men only
 4 STACY Actor Keach
 4 SSS Draft letters
 4 SSE Opposite NNW
 4 SRS A.A.R.P. members
 4 SRO Theater sign
 4 SRAS Sp. ladies
 4 SRA Madrid Mrs.
 4 SPRY Nimble
 4 SPRIG Bit of parsley
 4 SPOT Smudge
 4 SPOIL Go bad
 4 SPIRE Cathedral topper
 4 SPINAL Kind of column
 4 SPF Tanning lotion letters
 4 SPENDS Lays out
 4 SPED Tore
 4 SPAT Quarrel
 4 SPAM Unwanted e-mail
 4 SOY Kind of sauce
 4 SOTO ___ speak
 4 SOSO Middling
 4 SORES Tender spots
 4 SONYA ``Crime and Punishment'' heroine
 4 SONORA State bordering Arizona
 4 SONES Sound units
 4 SONANT Voiced
 4 SOLTI Longtime Chicago Symphony conductor
 4 SOLAR Kind of energy
 4 SOFA Davenport
 4 SODAS Pops
 4 SOB Weep
 4 SOB Kind of story
 4 SOB Break down
 4 SOARS Takes off
 4 SNOB Kind of appeal
 4 SNO ___-Caps (candy)
 4 SNIT Hissy fit
 4 SNERT Hägar the Horrible's dog
 4 SNEE Old dagger
 4 SNARE Catch
 4 SNAP Rice Krispies sound
 4 SNAP Ginger cookie
 4 SNAP Breeze
 4 SMELTS Refines
 4 SMEE Hook's mate
 4 SMART Like some bombs
 4 SMACKDAB Squarely
 4 SLR Certain camera, for short
 4 SLOT Token taker
 4 SLOT Opening
 4 SLOE Sour fruit
 4 SLOB Neatnik's opposite
 4 SLO ___-pitch
 4 SLO ___-Pitch
 4 SLEW Whole lot
 4 SLEW Whole bunch
 4 SLEPT Caught some Z's
 4 SLEET Driving hazard
 4 SLAW Picnic dish
 4 SLAW Dish eaten with a spork
 4 SLAW Cole ___
 4 SLAVS Poles, e.g.
 4 SLAT Bed board
 4 SLAP Response to an insult
 4 SLAKE Quench
 4 SLAIN Done in
 4 SLAIN Assassinated
 4 SKY Shade of blue
 4 SKEW Bias
 4 SKA Jamaican music
 4 SITON Suppress
 4 SIS Family girl
 4 SIRED Fathered
 4 SIR Round Table title
 4 SIPS Nurses
 4 SIP Taste
 4 SIP Nurse
 4 SINO ___-American relations
 4 SINE Trig function
 4 SIMI California's ___ Valley
 4 SILAS ``___ Marner''
 4 SIERRA ___ Club
 4 SIE German pronoun
 4 SHUN Cold-shoulder
 4 SHOR Restaurateur Toots
 4 SHOP Boutique
 4 SHOO ``Git!''
 4 SHOO ``Begone!''
 4 SHOD Like show horses
 4 SHOAL Sand bar
 4 SHO HBO rival
 4 SHES Tom Jones's ``___ a Lady''
 4 SHEBOP 1984 Cyndi Lauper hit
 4 SHE ``___ Loves You''
 4 SHARI Puppeteer Lewis
 4 SHAM Fraud
 4 SGT ___ Pepper
 4 SEXY Alluring
 4 SEWUP Clinch
 4 SEWS Wraps (up)
 4 SETTO Brief brawl
 4 SETON Attack
 4 SETA ___ record
 4 SETA ___ good example
 4 SET Harden
 4 SERTA Sealy competitor
 4 SERT Spanish muralist
 4 SERGE Suit material
 4 SERFS Lord's workers
 4 SERENE Unruffled
 4 SERE Dry
 4 SERB Belgrade native
 4 SER Sun. delivery
 4 SEOUL 1988 Olympics site
 4 SENTTO Directed at
 4 SENT Posted
 4 SENSE Pick up on
 4 SENSE Brains
 4 SEN D.C. V.I.P.
 4 SELL Hawk
 4 SEEYA ``Later!''
 4 SEER Prophet
 4 SEER Clairvoyant
 4 SEEN Witnessed
 4 SEE Envision
 4 SEE Date
 4 SEDATE Unruffled
 4 SECT Splinter group
 4 SECT Religious offshoot
 4 SECT Faction
 4 SEAN Penn name
 4 SEA Swell place?
 4 SDS Old protest grp.
 4 SDS 60's campus grp.
 4 SCROD New England catch
 4 SCRAP Deep-six
 4 SCORN Disdain
 4 SCONE Teatime treat
 4 SCHMO Doofus
 4 SCAMP Rascal
 4 SCAM Swindle
 4 SCAM Fleece
 4 SCAM Con game
 4 SAYSO Authority
 4 SAY For example
 4 SAWTO Took care of
 4 SAVOR Relish
 4 SATON Squelched
 4 SATIE French composer Erik
 4 SATED Full
 4 SATE Fill
 4 SASE Postpaid encl.
 4 SAS KLM competitor
 4 SARI Indian dress
 4 SANA Yemen's capital
 4 SAN ___ Pedro
 4 SAN Japanese honorific
 4 SAME Identical
 4 SALSA Chip dip
 4 SALS ``Do the Right Thing'' pizzeria
 4 SALEM Oregon's capital
 4 SAHL Comic Mort
 4 SAHL Comedian Mort
 4 SAGO Palm starch
 4 SAG Slump
 4 SADAT 1978 Peace Nobelist
 4 SADA Actress Thompson
 4 SAD Sorry
 4 SABLE Black
 4 RUNTO Total
 4 RUNON Kind of sentence
 4 RULE Govern
 4 RUIN Destroy
 4 RUG Toupee, slangily
 4 RTE Map abbr.
 4 RTE A.A.A. suggestion
 4 RSTU Queue after Q
 4 RST Letter run
 4 RPM Dashboard abbr.
 4 ROZ ``Frasier'' role
 4 ROTS Goes bad
 4 ROTO Old newspaper section
 4 ROT Nonsense
 4 ROT Baloney
 4 ROSA Santa ___
 4 RORY Actor Calhoun
 4 ROOT Tooth part
 4 ROOD Crucifix
 4 RONA Author Jaffe
 4 RON Director Howard
 4 ROMA Italia's capital
 4 ROMA Alitalia destination
 4 ROLFE Pocahontas's husband
 4 ROLF Massage deeply
 4 ROIL Disturb
 4 ROI ``Vive le ___!''
 4 ROE Eggs
 4 ROD Curtain holder
 4 ROBS Sticks up
 4 ROAR Din
 4 ROAR Den din
 4 ROAN Horse color
 4 ROAD Way to go
 4 ROAD Pike
 4 RNS T.L.C. givers
 4 RNA Genetic inits.
 4 RITT ``Norma Rae'' director
 4 RITA Meter maid of song
 4 RISEN Up
 4 RISEN Out of bed
 4 RIPUP Shred
 4 RIO ``Flying Down to ___''
 4 RINSE Dentist's request
 4 RIME Frost
 4 RILE Stir up
 4 RIIS Reformer Jacob
 4 RIGOR Hardship
 4 RIG Fix
 4 RIFE Loaded
 4 RIFE Abundant
 4 RIDE Hitchhike
 4 RID Clear
 4 RIB Kid
 4 RIB Josh
 4 RIATA Lasso
 4 RIAS Inlets
 4 RIANT Laughing
 4 RIAL 100 dinars
 4 RIA River inlet
 4 RIA Narrow inlet
 4 RIA Inlet
 4 RHO Density symbol
 4 RFK Washington's ___ Stadium
 4 RETURN Yield
 4 RETIE Knot again
 4 RESTS Takes five
 4 RESIN Pine product
 4 RES ___ judicata
 4 RES Court matter
 4 RERENT Sublet
 4 REPUTE Standing
 4 REO Early touring car
 4 RENT Let out
 4 RENEE ``Walk Away ___'' (1966 hit)
 4 RENEE Soprano Fleming
 4 RENEE Actress Zellweger
 4 RENE Actor Auberjonois
 4 REND Tear
 4 RENAL Kind of artery
 4 REN Half a cartoon duo
 4 REMS Radiation units
 4 REMIT Send, as payment
 4 RELY Bank (on)
 4 RELIC Holdover
 4 REL Electrical unit
 4 REIN Check
 4 REIN Bit attachment
 4 REGAL Splendid
 4 REGAL August
 4 REEVE Christopher of ``Superman''
 4 REESE Witherspoon of ``Legally Blonde''
 4 REELED Staggered
 4 REEDS Orchestra section
 4 REED Marsh plant
 4 REDS Cincinnati team
 4 RECTI Prefix with linear
 4 REC ___ center
 4 REC Kind of room
 4 REB Johnny ___
 4 REAPS Brings in
 4 RDS Hwys.
 4 RDA Nutritional fig.
 4 RDA Nutritional abbr.
 4 RBI Baseball stat
 4 RAZOR Stubble remover
 4 RAZE Flatten
 4 RAW Green
 4 RAVE Four-star review
 4 RATTAIL Kind of comb
 4 RATE Size up
 4 RAT Squealer
 4 RAT Squeal
 4 RAT Scoundrel
 4 RASP Grate
 4 RARER Harder to find
 4 RARE Steak order
 4 RAPT Spellbound
 4 RAP Record store section
 4 RAP Grammy category
 4 RANK Captain, e.g.
 4 RANIN Arrested
 4 RANI Indian princess
 4 RANI Eastern royal
 4 RAJAH Indian prince
 4 RAJAH Indian chief
 4 RAJA Big Indian
 4 RAJ British rule in India
 4 RAIN Pour
 4 RAHRAH Gung-ho
 4 RAH ``Yay!''
 4 RAGU Sauce brand
 4 RAGTAG Disheveled
 4 RAG Tease
 4 RAFT Slew
 4 RAE Norma Webster's middle name
 4 RADII Arm bones
 4 RAD ``Far out!''
 4 RAD ``Awesome!''
 4 RABIN 1994 Peace Nobelist
 4 QUAY Wharf
 4 QUA In the capacity of
 4 PSYCH Intimidate, with ``out''
 4 PSST Attention-getter
 4 PSIS Trident-shaped letters
 4 PSI Kind of particle
 4 PSALM Sacred song
 4 PRO Old hand
 4 PRIE ___-dieu
 4 PREY The hunted
 4 POSH Swanky
 4 POSH Ritzy
 4 POOP Lowdown
 4 POI Luau serving
 4 POCO Somewhat, in music
 4 PLOP Sit (down)
 4 PLEAT Fold
 4 PLAT Surveyor's map
 4 PIETA Michelangelo masterpiece
 4 PICA Type size
 4 PIA ___ mater (brain cover)
 4 PIA Actress Zadora
 4 PHI Key letter
 4 PHEW ``That was close!''
 4 PGA Tour grp.
 4 PERU Lima's land
 4 PERU Big copper exporter
 4 PER Part of i.p.s.
 4 PEONY Indiana's state flower
 4 PEON Lowly laborer
 4 PENN One of the Ivies
 4 PENAL Prison-related
 4 PEETE Quarterback Rodney
 4 PEDRO Pitcher Martinez
 4 PECOS River to the Rio Grande
 4 PECAN Pie choice
 4 PEC Chest muscle, for short
 4 PAT Way to stand
 4 PAT One way to stand
 4 PASTE Wallop
 4 PASO El ___
 4 PAR Something to shoot for
 4 PAR Hole number
 4 PAO Kung ___ chicken
 4 PAN Go for the gold?
 4 PAESE Bel ___
 4 PACT Treaty
 4 OXY Prefix with acetylene
 4 OXIDE Rust, e.g.
 4 OXEN The yoke's on them
 4 OWS Cries of pain
 4 OWNED Had
 4 OWES Has chits out
 4 OWE Be in the red
 4 OVINE Sheeplike
 4 OVID ``Tristia'' poet
 4 OVI Prefix with duct
 4 OVER Done with
 4 OUTRE Unconventional
 4 OUT In the open
 4 OUST Bounce
 4 OURS Sharer's word
 4 OTTOS Four Holy Roman emperors
 4 OTT Giant of old
 4 OTT Giant of note
 4 OTOE Siouan tribe
 4 OTIS ``Miss ___ Regrets''
 4 OTIC Ear-related
 4 OTERI Cheri of ``S.N.L.''
 4 OTC Like some stocks: Abbr.
 4 OSTEO Prefix with plastic
 4 OSS Old spy org.
 4 OSPREY Fish hawk
 4 OSLO Northern capital
 4 OSIER Willow
 4 OSIER Basket material
 4 OSHA Dept. of Labor division
 4 OSE Full of: Suffix
 4 ORSO About
 4 ORRIN Sen. Hatch
 4 ORR Eight-time Norris Trophy winner
 4 ORO Treasure of the Sierra Madre
 4 ORNATE Busy
 4 ORLON Acrylic fiber
 4 ORLE Heraldic border
 4 ORION Heavenly hunter
 4 ORG Dot follower
 4 OREO Black-and-white cookie
 4 OREL City on the Oka
 4 ORD California's Fort ___
 4 ORCA Shamu, for one
 4 ORCA Sea predator
 4 ORBS Spheres
 4 ORATE Use a soapbox
 4 ORATE Hold forth
 4 ORATE Declaim
 4 ORAL Kind of hygiene
 4 ORAL Face-to-face exam
 4 OPS Wife of Saturn
 4 OPIE Mayberry boy
 4 OPIE 60's TV boy
 4 OPIATE Narcotic
 4 OPEN Ready for business
 4 OPEN Big tournament
 4 OPED Kind of column
 4 OPAL Milky gem
 4 OPAL Iridescent gem
 4 OPAL Fire ___
 4 OPA W.W. II agcy.
 4 ONYX Jet black
 4 ONUS Weight
 4 ONUS Responsibility
 4 ONUS Blame
 4 ONTAPE Recorded
 4 ONT Que. neighbor
 4 ONSITE Like some inspections
 4 ONSALE Reduced
 4 ONOR ___ about
 4 ONEWAYORANOTHER Somehow
 4 ONETEN Early afternoon time
 4 ONES Snake eyes
 4 ONES Small bills
 4 ONER Lollapalooza
 4 ONENESS Unity
 4 ONEL Scott Turow's first book
 4 ONEL Scott Turow book
 4 ONEAM Wee hour
 4 ONEAL 1993 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year
 4 ONEA Service status
 4 ONEA Most qualified to serve
 4 ONE Wedded
 4 ONE Together
 4 ONE Singleton
 4 ONCE In the past
 4 ONCE Fairy tale start
 4 ONCE A single time
 4 ONADIME One way to stop
 4 ONA ___ roll
 4 OMIT Pass over
 4 OMEGAS Some sorority women
 4 OMAR Jerusalem's Mosque of ___
 4 OMAR Bradley or Sharif
 4 OLLIE North of Virginia
 4 OLIVIA ``Twelfth Night'' countess
 4 OLIVE Oil source
 4 OLIO Miscellany
 4 OLIN Lena of ``Havana''
 4 OLGA One of Chekhov's Three Sisters
 4 OLEO Toast topper
 4 OLEO Promise, e.g.
 4 OLEO Nondairy spread
 4 OLEO Margarine
 4 OLEIC Kind of acid
 4 OLEG First name in fashion
 4 OLE Spanish cheer
 4 OLE Encouraging word
 4 OLDEN Bygone
 4 OLAN ``The Good Earth'' heroine
 4 OLAF Norwegian saint
 4 OLA Suffix with schnozz
 4 OLA Pay stub?
 4 OKRA Gumbo vegetable
 4 OJO Spanish eye
 4 OISE River to the Seine
 4 OHNO ``Yikes!''
 4 OHNO ``Horrors!''
 4 OHM Man with a law
 4 OHARA ``Butterfield 8'' author
 4 OHARA Scarlett of Tara
 4 OGRE Shrek, for one
 4 OGRE Fiend
 4 OGLE Make eyes at
 4 OGLE Eye up and down
 4 OGIVE Pointed arch
 4 OGEE S-curve
 4 OGEE Double curve
 4 OFT Frequently, in verse
 4 OFT Frequently
 4 OFFER Bid
 4 OEN Wine: Prefix
 4 ODS Some hosp. cases
 4 ODS Some E.R. cases
 4 ODOR Skunk's defense
 4 ODESSA Texas oil city
 4 ODER River to the Baltic
 4 ODEA Concert halls
 4 ODD Roulette bet
 4 ODAY Jazz singer Anita
 4 OCULI Eyes
 4 OCTO Prefix with -pod
 4 OCHRE Earth tone
 4 OCA Mozart's ``L'___ del Cairo''
 4 OBOE ``O'' in old radio lingo
 4 OBOE Mitch Miller's instrument
 4 OBIT Final notice
 4 OBEY Follow orders
 4 OAT Kind of grass
 4 OARED Rowed
 4 OAR Crew member
 4 OAKIE Jack of ``The Great Dictator''
 4 OAHU Diamond Head locale
 4 OAFS Klutzes
 4 NYSE Wall Street inits.
 4 NUKE Microwave
 4 NOWIN Kind of situation
 4 NOUS Entre ___
 4 NOTSO Untrue
 4 NOTONCE Never
 4 NOTA Part of N.B.
 4 NOSH Snack
 4 NORM Benchmark
 4 NORA Asta's mistress
 4 NOR Scand. land
 4 NOODLE Noggin
 4 NONCE Time being
 4 NOMAD Wanderer
 4 NOLA Vincent Lopez's theme song
 4 NOL Cambodia's Lon ___
 4 NOGO Canceled
 4 NOEL Carol
 4 NODE Connecting point
 4 NNE Vane dir.
 4 NITRO Funny-car fuel
 4 NILES Frasier's brother
 4 NIL Zero
 4 NIL Nada
 4 NGAIO Marsh of mystery
 4 NEWS The latest
 4 NEW Mint
 4 NEW Fresh
 4 NETS Clears
 4 NET Take-home
 4 NESS Loch ___ monster
 4 NESS Capone's nemesis
 4 NERF Soft ball material
 4 NEPAL High land
 4 NEONS Some Dodges
 4 NEO Prefix with classical
 4 NEO Prefix with classic
 4 NENE Hawaiian goose
 4 NEMO Nautilus captain
 4 NEIL Astronaut Armstrong
 4 NEHRU Kind of jacket
 4 NEH O.T. book
 4 NEGEV Israeli desert
 4 NEEDI ``___ say more?''
 4 NEEDED Had to have
 4 NEED Require
 4 NEE Family tree word
 4 NEE Born: Fr.
 4 NECK Make out
 4 NEC Japanese computer giant
 4 NEBS Bills
 4 NEATH Not o'er
 4 NEAT ``Cool!''
 4 NEAT Without ice
 4 NEAT Tidy
 4 NEAT Spiffy
 4 NEAT Shipshape
 4 NEARS Closes in on
 4 NEAL ``Hud'' Oscar winner
 4 NCO Sgt. or cpl.
 4 NCAA March Madness org.
 4 NAT Rebellious Turner
 4 NASTY Foul
 4 NARY ___ a soul
 4 NARY ___ a one
 4 NARC D.E.A. agent
 4 NARC Buster?
 4 NAP Day break
 4 NAOMI Supermodel Campbell
 4 NAOMI One of the Judds
 4 NANU Half of Mork's sign-off
 4 NANA ``Peter Pan'' pooch
 4 NANA ``Peter Pan'' dog
 4 NANA Zola novel
 4 NANA Zola heroine
 4 NAN One of the Bobbsey twins
 4 NAIL Do perfectly
 4 NAIF Babe in the woods
 4 NAH ``Nope''
 4 NAH ``I don't think so''
 4 NAH Slangy refusal
 4 NAG Hound
 4 NACRE Button material
 4 NAB Pick up
 4 NAB Catch red-handed
 4 MYRA ``___ Breckinridge''
 4 MUSS Rumple
 4 MSG N.Y.C. sports venue
 4 MOWN Cut
 4 MOTET Sacred song
 4 MOT Bon ___
 4 MOOR Secure
 4 MONO Pre-stereo
 4 MOLTS Sheds
 4 MOLAR Back tooth
 4 MNO Telephone trio
 4 MIRA Actress Sorvino
 4 MIR Russian space station
 4 MINE Greedy cry
 4 MIMI ``La Bohème'' heroine
 4 MILO Venus de ___
 4 MILAN Where to see ``The Last Supper''
 4 MIDAS King with a golden touch
 4 MEWL Whimper
 4 MESSES Pickles
 4 MESS Clutter
 4 MESH Go well together
 4 MERLE Actress Oberon
 4 MERE Simple
 4 MERE Nothing more than
 4 MERE Insignificant
 4 MER French sea
 4 MENU Waiter's offering
 4 MENS Kind of room
 4 MEN Game pieces
 4 MEN Fellows
 4 MELEE Donnybrook
 4 MELD Blend
 4 MELBA Kind of toast
 4 MEL Sportscaster Allen
 4 MEET Satisfy
 4 MED Club ___
 4 MAVEN Expert
 4 MATA Spy ___ Hari
 4 MAS Humanities degs.
 4 MART K follower
 4 MARDI ___ Gras
 4 MARC Painter Chagall
 4 MAR Scratch
 4 MAR Ruin
 4 MANSE Parson's home
 4 MANNA Food from heaven
 4 MANIC Frenzied
 4 MAIZE Indian corn
 4 MAINE Down East
 4 MAI Spring time in Paris
 4 MAGNA ___ cum laude
 4 MAE West of Hollywood
 4 MAE Ginnie ___
 4 MAE Daisy ___
 4 MAD ``Spy vs. Spy'' magazine
 4 MAAM Sir's partner
 4 LYON City on the Rhone
 4 LYNN Boston suburb
 4 LYLE Singer Lovett
 4 LULL Break in the action
 4 LUIS San ___ Obispo, Calif.
 4 LUG Schlep
 4 LUBE Garage job
 4 LTS Mil. titles
 4 LTDS Old Fords
 4 LSU The Fighting Tigers, for short
 4 LSD It was dropped in the 60's
 4 LSAT Future J.D.'s hurdle
 4 LRON ___ Hubbard
 4 LPS CD predecessors
 4 LOX Bagel topper
 4 LOT Fate
 4 LOSER Schlemiel
 4 LOS ___ Alamos
 4 LOS The ``L'' of L.A.
 4 LOP Slice (off)
 4 LOP Cut
 4 LOON Nut
 4 LOOM Weaving machine
 4 LOME Togo's capital
 4 LOLL Take it easy
 4 LOGE Theater section
 4 LOEWE ``Camelot'' composer
 4 LOEW MGM co-founder
 4 LOCO Plumb crazy
 4 LOCH ___ Ness monster
 4 LOBE Stud site
 4 LOBE Ear part
 4 LOB High ball
 4 LITRE Petrol unit
 4 LIT Turned on
 4 LIT English ___
 4 LISA Actress Kudrow
 4 LINA Director Wertmuller
 4 LIMB Arm or leg
 4 LIMA Peru's capital
 4 LILAC Purple shade
 4 LII Year in Claudius's reign
 4 LIEN Legal claim
 4 LIEGE Feudal lord
 4 LID Top
 4 LIAR Fibber
 4 LIAM Actor Neeson
 4 LEVI ___ Strauss & Co.
 4 LETON Reveal
 4 LESS Not as much
 4 LES French article
 4 LEONE Western director Sergio
 4 LEON Ponce de ___
 4 LENT Fast time
 4 LENORE Poe poem
 4 LENO Late-night name
 4 LENA Olin of ``Chocolat''
 4 LENA Musical Horne
 4 LEN Novelist Deighton
 4 LEN Actor Cariou
 4 LEERY Suspicious
 4 LEERAT Ogle
 4 LEER Wanton look
 4 LEE Jeans brand
 4 LEDON Enticed
 4 LECAR Old Renault
 4 LEAVE Split
 4 LEADEN Heavy
 4 LEA Grazing ground
 4 LAZE Take it easy
 4 LAURA Mrs. Bush
 4 LAST Endure
 4 LAS ___ Vegas
 4 LAS ___ Cruces, N.M.
 4 LAS Vegas opening
 4 LAOS Neighbor of Vietnam
 4 LAND Touch down
 4 LAM On the ___ (fleeing)
 4 LAM Flight
 4 LAM Flee
 4 LALO ``Le Roi d'Ys'' composer
 4 LALA ___ land
 4 LAIT Café au ___
 4 LAINE ``Mule Train'' singer, 1949
 4 LAIC Of the flock
 4 LAG Trail
 4 LADS Chaps
 4 LADE Put on board
 4 LAD Young 'un
 4 LAC Varnish ingredient
 4 KUDOS Praise
 4 KOLA Kind of nut
 4 KIWI New Zealander
 4 KITH Friends and neighbors
 4 KIP Laotian money
 4 KEN Understanding
 4 KEEN Sharp
 4 KEDS Some sneakers
 4 KEDS Popular sneakers
 4 KAY Mary ___ cosmetics
 4 KAT Kit ___
 4 KART Go-___
 4 KALE Moolah
 4 JOVI Rock's Bon ___
 4 JOG Nudge
 4 JIHAD Holy war
 4 JEER Raspberry
 4 JAR Bump
 4 JAI ___ alai
 4 IVORY Key material
 4 IVAN Tennis great Lendl
 4 IVAN Author Turgenev
 4 ITSY ___-bitsy
 4 ITSO ``Wishing won't make ___''
 4 ITSME ``Who's there?'' reply
 4 ITS Part of T.G.I.F.
 4 ITO ``How was ___ know?''
 4 ITIS Medical suffix
 4 ITHE Spillane's ``___ Jury''
 4 ITERATE Echo
 4 ITER Roman way
 4 ITER Anatomical passage
 4 ITEM Point
 4 ITE Suffix with Manhattan
 4 ITAL Slanted type: Abbr.
 4 ITAL Romance lang.
 4 ITAL Emphatic type: Abbr.
 4 ISTO Analogy words
 4 ISSEI Japanese immigrant
 4 ISOLATE Cut off
 4 ISO Prefix with propyl
 4 ISMS Doctrines
 4 ISME ``Woe ___!''
 4 ISLE Key
 4 ISLE Capri, e.g.
 4 ISLA Mallorca, e.g.
 4 ISL Atlas abbr.
 4 ISH Relative of -esque
 4 ISEE Words of understanding
 4 ISAK Writer Dinesen
 4 ISA ``This ___ test''
 4 IRONS Shackles
 4 IRON Smooth
 4 IRON Monopoly token
 4 IRISH Dander
 4 IRIS Tennessee's state flower
 4 IRIS Part of the eye
 4 IRES Ticks off
 4 IRE Tick off
 4 IRE Dander
 4 IRE Choler
 4 IRATE Hopping mad
 4 IRATE Fit to be tied
 4 IRANI Shiraz native
 4 IRAE ``Dies ___'' (hymn)
 4 IRA Belfast grp.
 4 IPSE ___ dixit
 4 IPASS Bridge declaration
 4 IOUS Markers
 4 IOTA Speck
 4 INTRO Opening
 4 INTO ``What's gotten ___ you?''
 4 INTO Fascinated by
 4 INTEL Big name in chips
 4 INSET Atlas feature
 4 INS Connections
 4 INRI Cross letters
 4 INRI Cross inscription
 4 INRE Subject preceder
 4 INRE Memo opener
 4 INPUT Suggestions
 4 INON Get ___ the ground floor
 4 INN Bed-and-breakfast
 4 INLOVE Smitten
 4 INIT Quick approval: Abbr.
 4 INGLE Fireplace
 4 INESSE Real
 4 INESSE Existing
 4 INEPT Bumbling
 4 INCAMERA Privately
 4 INCA Ancient Peruvian
 4 INAT ___ the finish
 4 INANE Silly
 4 INANE Pointless
 4 INANE Foolish
 4 INALL Counting everything
 4 INAJAM Stuck
 4 IMIT Not orig.
 4 IMIN Poker declaration
 4 IMARI Japanese porcelain
 4 IMAM Prayer leader
 4 IMAC Apple product
 4 ILSA Role for Ingrid
 4 ILLAT ___ ease
 4 ILL Under the weather
 4 ILK Sort
 4 ILENE Actress Graff
 4 ILED ``___ Three Lives''
 4 ILE ___-de-France
 4 ILE Martinique, e.g.
 4 IKES Turner and others
 4 IGOR Fictional hunchback
 4 IGNORE Tune out
 4 IGIVE ``Uncle!''
 4 IFFY Uncertain
 4 IFAT ``___ first ...''
 4 IER Suffix with cash
 4 IDOL Teen ___
 4 IDO Bachelor's last words
 4 IDIOT Dunderhead
 4 IDIO Peculiar: Prefix
 4 IDES Midmonth date
 4 IDEM Footnote word
 4 IDEA ``I had no ___!''
 4 IDEA Conception
 4 IDEA Brain wave
 4 IDA Boise's state: Abbr.
 4 ICER Cake finisher
 4 ICED Sewed up
 4 ICE Swelling reducer
 4 ICE Rocks
 4 IBAR Building beam
 4 IAN Actor Holm
 4 IAGO Cassio's rival
 4 HYDE London's ___ Park
 4 HURT Smart
 4 HURT Offended
 4 HULA Kind of skirt
 4 HOSNI Egypt's Mubarak
 4 HORSE Mount
 4 HORS ___ de combat
 4 HORS ___ d'oeuvre
 4 HORDE Throng
 4 HORA Circle dance
 4 HOPI Arizona Indian
 4 HONES Sharpens
 4 HON Sweets
 4 HOC Ad ___
 4 HOBO Tramp
 4 HMS Letters at sea
 4 HIVE Busy place
 4 HIS Towel stitching
 4 HEY ``Yo!''
 4 HEX Bewitch
 4 HET Worked (up)
 4 HESSE ``Siddhartha'' author
 4 HESSE 1946 Literature Nobelist
 4 HESS Dame Myra
 4 HERO Sub
 4 HERO Medal recipient
 4 HERE ``Take this!''
 4 HERE Roll call response
 4 HERA Wife of Zeus
 4 HEN Biddy
 4 HEMP Rope material
 4 HELLENE Greek
 4 HEDDA Gossipy Hopper
 4 HEADY Intoxicating
 4 HATER Misanthrope
 4 HASAT Attacks
 4 HAS Experiences
 4 HARK ``Listen!''
 4 HAREM Sheik's bevy
 4 HANA Tennis star Mandlikova
 4 HAN ___ Solo of ``Star Wars''
 4 HAN Solo in space
 4 HAN Chinese dynasty
 4 HALO Nimbus
 4 HALE Vigorous
 4 HAL ``2001'' computer
 4 HAH ``So there!''
 4 HAD Taken
 4 GUSTO Relish
 4 GURU Mentor
 4 GURU Expert
 4 GOOP Sticky stuff
 4 GOO Schmaltz
 4 GOI ``There but for the grace of God ___''
 4 GOAPE Lose it
 4 GOAD Prod
 4 GNUS Wildebeests
 4 GNU Wildebeest
 4 GNAT Punkie
 4 GNAT Itsy-bitsy biter
 4 GNARL Twist
 4 GMEN Feds
 4 GLUT Oversupply
 4 GLOM Latch (onto)
 4 GLOM Grab (onto)
 4 GLIB Smooth-talking
 4 GLEN Secluded valley
 4 GLEE Mirth
 4 GIST Main point
 4 GIRL Miss
 4 GIRL Lass
 4 GINA Actress Gershon
 4 GIBE Taunt
 4 GIA Actress Scala
 4 GETAT Insinuate
 4 GESTE Beau ___
 4 GESSO Painting surface
 4 GENT Lady's man
 4 GENT Chap
 4 GENE Kind of therapy
 4 GELS Hair goops
 4 GEL Come together
 4 GEESE Honkers
 4 GEE ``You don't say!''
 4 GEE ``I didn't know that!''
 4 GEAR Stuff
 4 GDS Mdse.
 4 GAT Hood's gun
 4 GARP ``The World According to ___''
 4 GAR Long-jawed fish
 4 GAP Break
 4 GAMETE Reproductive cell
 4 GAM School of whales
 4 GALA Big bash
 4 FUSS Bother
 4 FROM Gift tag word
 4 FREE Gratis
 4 FRA Monk's title
 4 FORTE Strength
 4 FOP Dandy
 4 FLAN Custard dessert
 4 FIS Hi-___
 4 FINETUNE Tweak
 4 FIEF Feudal estate
 4 FIAT Order
 4 FETE Celebration
 4 FESS Come clean, with ``up''
 4 FERAL Wild
 4 FERAL Untamed
 4 FEIN Sinn ___
 4 FATE Kismet
 4 FACT It's true
 4 EZIO Basso Pinza
 4 EYED Spotted
 4 EYED Ogled
 4 EYED Checked out
 4 EXULT Jump for joy
 4 EXTOL Praise
 4 EXPO Big show
 4 EXIT Way out
 4 EXIT Door sign
 4 EXE River to the English Channel
 4 EXCEL Shine
 4 EWERS Pitchers
 4 EWER Water pitcher
 4 EWE Milk source
 4 EWE Farm female
 4 EVOKE Elicit
 4 EVIL Wicked
 4 EVIL Like Darth Vader
 4 EVERTS Turns inside out
 4 EVER Continuously
 4 EVER By any chance
 4 EVENSTEVEN Tied
 4 EVEN Square
 4 EVEL Daredevil Knievel
 4 EVE Night before
 4 EVADED Got around
 4 EVADE Sidestep
 4 EVADE Duck
 4 EVADE Dodge
 4 EURO New money
 4 ETUI Sewing case
 4 ETTE Suffix with kitchen
 4 ETTE Suffix with disk
 4 ETSEQ Footnote abbr.
 4 ETRE Basic French verb
 4 ETON Prince William's school
 4 ETOILE Prima ballerina
 4 ETNA Sicilian peak
 4 ETNA European erupter
 4 ETHIC Work ___
 4 ETHIC Set of principles
 4 ETHER It'll knock you out
 4 ETHEL Lucy's landlady
 4 ETHAN Actor Hawke
 4 ETH Ordinal suffix
 4 ETH Old verb ending
 4 ETH Biblical suffix
 4 ETE Summer on the Seine
 4 ETCH Delineate
 4 ETATS Les ___-Unis
 4 ETATS Divisions politiques
 4 ETAS Greek vowels
 4 ETAGE French story
 4 ETA Sorority letter
 4 ETA J.F.K. posting
 4 ETA Greek letter
 4 ESTOP Bar
 4 ESTEEM Prize
 4 ESTE Renaissance family name
 4 ESTA ``Como ___ usted?''
 4 EST Superlative ending
 4 ESSO Sinclair rival
 4 ESSO Old U.S. gas brand
 4 ESSES Twisty turns
 4 ESSEN Ruhr Valley city
 4 ESSE In ___ (existing)
 4 ESS Slalom curve
 4 ESS Non-P.C. suffix
 4 ESP Sixth sense
 4 ESME Salinger girl
 4 ESME Salinger dedicatee
 4 ESL Immigrant's course: Abbr.
 4 ESE Wind dir.
 4 ESE Legal conclusion?
 4 ESAU Son of Isaac
 4 ESAU Genesis twin
 4 ERUPT Blow one's top
 4 ERTE One-named designer
 4 ERST Formerly, once
 4 ERST Formerly, formerly
 4 ERSE European tongue
 4 ERRS Stumbles
 4 ERRS Muffs
 4 ERRS Goes off
 4 ERROL Flynn of film
 4 ERR Stray
 4 ERR Muff
 4 ERR Go off
 4 ERR Drop the ball
 4 ERR Be off
 4 EROSE Jagged
 4 EROSE Irregularly notched
 4 EROS Libido
 4 EROS God of love
 4 ERODE Chip away at
 4 ERNS Sea eagles
 4 ERNIE ``Sesame Street'' regular
 4 ERNE White-tailed eagle
 4 ERN Sea eagle
 4 ERITU Verdi aria
 4 ERIN Leprechaun's land
 4 ERIKA Eleniak of ``Baywatch''
 4 ERIK Estrada of ``CHiPs''
 4 ERIC ___ the Red
 4 ERGO Thus
 4 ERGO As a result
 4 ERG Bit of work
 4 ERECT Build
 4 ERE ``... ___ he drove out of sight''
 4 ERE Poetic palindrome
 4 ERE Before, to bards
 4 ERDE Mahler's ``Das Lied von der ___''
 4 ERATO Muse of poetry
 4 ERASE Wipe clean
 4 ERASE Delete
 4 ERASE Clear the slate
 4 ERASE Clear the blackboard
 4 ERAS Historic periods
 4 ERA Part of B.C.E.
 4 ERA Historical period
 4 EOS Dawn deity
 4 EONS Almost forever
 4 EONS Ages and ages
 4 ENURE Harden
 4 ENURE Habituate
 4 ENTIRE Unbroken
 4 ENTIRE Complete
 4 ENT Suffix with absorb
 4 ENT Med. specialty
 4 ENSURE Guarantee
 4 ENS U.S.N.A. grad
 4 ENOW Sufficient, once
 4 ENOS ``The Dukes of Hazzard'' spinoff
 4 ENOS 1961 space chimp
 4 ENO Roxy Music co-founder
 4 ENO Rock producer Brian
 4 ENLARGE Blow up
 4 ENLACE Intertwine
 4 ENID ``National Velvet'' author Bagnold
 4 ENID Author Bagnold
 4 ENG Coll. major
 4 ENE WSW's opposite
 4 ENE Vane dir.
 4 ENE Compass heading
 4 ENDUE Provide
 4 ENDS Wraps up
 4 ENDS Pulls the plug on
 4 ENDEAR Win over
 4 ENC Letter abbr.
 4 EMTS CPR pros
 4 EMOTE Overact
 4 EMO Funny Philips
 4 EMITS Gives off
 4 EMIT Radiate
 4 EMILIO Designer Pucci
 4 EMILIA Iago's wife
 4 EMILE ``South Pacific'' hero
 4 EMILE Boxer Griffith
 4 EMILE Author Zola
 4 EMIL Pianist Gilels
 4 EMIL Oscar winner Jannings
 4 EMERY Manicurist's board
 4 EMERGE Come out
 4 ELYSE ``Family Ties'' mother
 4 ELY Tarzan portrayer
 4 ELSE ``So what ___ is new?''
 4 ELSE In addition
 4 ELSE Besides
 4 ELS Two-time U.S. Open winner
 4 ELS Overhead trains
 4 ELS High rollers?
 4 ELS Chicago trains
 4 ELON North Carolina college
 4 ELO ``Xanadu'' rock grp.
 4 ELO ``Shine a Little Love'' rock grp.
 4 ELO ``Evil Woman'' grp.
 4 ELO ``Do Ya'' rock grp.
 4 ELMO ``Tickle me'' doll
 4 ELM Popular street name
 4 ELM Common street name
 4 ELLIE ``Dallas'' matriarch
 4 ELLER ``Oklahoma!'' aunt
 4 ELL Add-on
 4 ELITE Crème de la crème
 4 ELIS Crimson rivals
 4 ELIOT ``Silas Marner'' author
 4 ELIE Composer Siegmeister
 4 ELIDE Skip
 4 ELICIT Draw out
 4 ELIA ``Essays of ___''
 4 ELIA Essayist's alias
 4 ELI ``Boola Boola'' singer
 4 ELI Samuel's teacher
 4 ELI QB Manning
 4 ELHI K-12, in education
 4 ELEMI Fragrant resin
 4 ELECT Pick
 4 ELDER Church officer
 4 ELBA Exile isle
 4 ELATE Send
 4 ELATE Gladden
 4 ELATE Fill with joy
 4 ELAN Zing
 4 ELAN Joie de vivre
 4 ELAINE ``Seinfeld'' role
 4 EKES Scratches (out)
 4 EKED Squeezed
 4 EKED Scratched (out)
 4 EKED Managed, with ``out''
 4 EKE ___ out a living
 4 EKE Scratch (out)
 4 EIRE Leprechaun's land
 4 EIRE Dublin's land
 4 EGRESS Way out
 4 EGO Self-image
 4 EGIS Sponsorship
 4 EGGON Incite
 4 EGGO Frozen waffle brand
 4 EGGAR Actress Samantha
 4 EGAD Old-time oath
 4 EFT Young newt
 4 EFT Newt
 4 EERIE Unearthly
 4 EER Poetic adverb
 4 EER Always, poetically
 4 EEN Poetic time of day
 4 EEN Bard's nightfall
 4 EEL Sushi fish
 4 EEL Electric ___
 4 EEE Shoebox letters
 4 EDYS Breyers rival
 4 EDSEL Car bomb?
 4 EDO Shogun's capital
 4 EDIFY Enlighten
 4 EDIE Singer Adams
 4 EDIE Actress Falco
 4 EDICT Decree
 4 EDGY Nervous
 4 EDERLE Channel swimmer Gertrude
 4 EDER River to the Fulda
 4 EDER River of Hesse
 4 EDENS Perfect places
 4 EDEN Perfect place
 4 EDEN Fall locale
 4 EDDY Whirling water
 4 EDDY Vortex
 4 EDD Announcer Hall
 4 EDAM Dutch export
 4 EDA Writer LeShan
 4 ECU Old French coin
 4 ECTO Outer: Prefix
 4 ECT Outer: Prefix
 4 ECO Prefix with sphere
 4 ECLAT Showy display
 4 ECHO Reverberate
 4 EBON Black, in poetry
 4 EBB Go back
 4 EBAN Abba of Israel
 4 EATEN Consumed
 4 EAT ``Dig in!''
 4 EAT Take in
 4 EAT Put away
 4 EAT Down
 4 EAT Chow down
 4 EASE Slip (into)
 4 EASE Simplicity
 4 EARNS Brings in
 4 EARN Bring in
 4 EAN Suffix with Caesar
 4 EAMES Kind of chair
 4 EAGER Raring to go
 4 EACH Apiece
 4 DYED Not natural
 4 DRYER Clothesline alternative
 4 DRAMA Pulitzer Prize category
 4 DRAB Colorless
 4 DOHA Qatar's capital
 4 DOES Executes
 4 DNA Kind of test
 4 DIRE Dreadful
 4 DINA Actress Merrill
 4 DIEGO Muralist Rivera
 4 DIE Go out
 4 DEY Susan of ``L.A. Law''
 4 DEUS Jupiter, e.g.
 4 DETRE Raison ___
 4 DETAT Coup ___
 4 DESOTO Mississippi River explorer
 4 DESI Lucy's partner
 4 DESI He loved Lucy
 4 DESI First name in 50's TV
 4 DERIDE Mock
 4 DER ``___ Rosenkavalier''
 4 DEN TV room
 4 DEMME ``The Silence of the Lambs'' director
 4 DEMI Prefix with god
 4 DELLA Street of mystery
 4 DELI Sandwich shop
 4 DELED Struck out
 4 DELE Take out
 4 DEL Dover's state: Abbr.
 4 DEI ``Agnus ___''
 4 DEERE Mower maker
 4 DEER Does and bucks
 4 DEED Exploit
 4 DECO Art ___
 4 DECAL Stick-on
 4 DECA Numerical prefix
 4 DEBRA Actress Winger
 4 DEARE ``The Wreck of the Mary ___''
 4 DEAR Cherished
 4 DEANS ___ list
 4 DEAL Do business
 4 DAZE Stupefy
 4 DAT ``Can't Help Lovin' ___ Man''
 4 DAR Patriotic org.
 4 DANTE ``The Divine Comedy'' poet
 4 DAMUP Obstruct
 4 DALE Broad valley
 4 DADO Pedestal part
 4 DADE Florida's Miami-___ County
 4 DADA Early baby word
 4 CUTIE Doll
 4 CULL Select
 4 CTR Geom. point
 4 CRUX Heart
 4 CRONE Witch
 4 CRAW Sticking point
 4 CRAM Pull an all-nighter
 4 COSI ``___ fan tutte''
 4 CORAL Reef material
 4 COPA Club of song
 4 COO Whisper sweet nothings
 4 CON Jailbird
 4 CON Bamboozle
 4 COMA Deep sleep
 4 COHERE Stick together
 4 COE Runner Sebastian
 4 COAT Jacket
 4 COAST Take it easy
 4 CLOP Hoof sound
 4 CLIO Muse of history
 4 CLEO 1963 role for Liz
 4 CLEF Staff symbol
 4 CIRCA About
 4 CIG Smoke
 4 CID El ___
 4 CIAO ``Ta-ta!''
 4 CIA Tom Clancy subj.
 4 CHOW Grub
 4 CHIC Smart
 4 CHIC In
 4 CHAT Tête-à-tête
 4 CHAR Burn
 4 CHAP Fellow
 4 CHA Half a dance
 4 CESTA Jai alai basket
 4 CEST ``___ la vie''
 4 CENT Penny
 4 CENT Copper
 4 CELLO Yo-Yo Ma's instrument
 4 CELEB Star
 4 CEDES Turns over
 4 CEDE Hand over
 4 CECIL Rhodes of Rhodesia
 4 CBER ``Good buddy''
 4 CBER Good buddy
 4 CAVIL Carp
 4 CASTANET Clicker
 4 CASED Checked out
 4 CARLO Monte ___
 4 CARGO Freight
 4 CAP Tube top
 4 CANE Sugar source
 4 CALYX Flower part
 4 CAL ``Silent'' prez
 4 CAEN Normandy city
 4 CAB Taxi
 4 BROS Warner ___
 4 BRO Sis's sib
 4 BRIO Vivacity
 4 BRINY Sea
 4 BRIE French cheese
 4 BRIC ___-a-brac
 4 BREA La ___ Tar Pits
 4 BRAG Talk big
 4 BRAG Crow
 4 BRAE Scottish hillside
 4 BRAD Thin nail
 4 BOSSA ___ nova
 4 BOSS Order (around)
 4 BORNE Shouldered
 4 BOND 007
 4 BOER Afrikaner
 4 BLAH Ho-hum
 4 BLAB Spill the beans
 4 BETE ___ noire
 4 BETA Kind of test
 4 BET ``Wanna ___?''
 4 BESTED Beat
 4 BESET Under siege
 4 BENE Nota ___
 4 BEN London's Big ___
 4 BEL ___ Paese cheese
 4 BEET Symbol of redness
 4 BASIS Foundation
 4 BASH Big party
 4 BAS Undergrad degs.
 4 BARI Adriatic port
 4 BARB Cutting remark
 4 BALE Make a bundle
 4 BAJA Mexican peninsula
 4 BADEGG No-goodnik
 4 BABA Cake with a kick
 4 AXE Pink-slip
 4 AWL Piercing tool
 4 AWL Leatherworker's tool
 4 AWK Parrot's cry
 4 AWHO Dr. Seuss's ``Horton Hears ___''
 4 AWE Wonderment
 4 AWE Bowl over
 4 AWARE Sentient
 4 AWAKEN Come to
 4 AVON Stratford's stream
 4 AVOID Duck
 4 AVIS Hertz rival
 4 AVID Enthusiastic
 4 AVIATE Fly
 4 AVI Bird: Prefix
 4 AVERT Turn away
 4 AVER Swear to
 4 AVER Assert
 4 AVE Forum greeting
 4 AVAIL Be of use to
 4 AVAIL Be of use
 4 AURAL Hearing-related
 4 AURA Ambience
 4 AULD ``___ Lang Syne''
 4 AUDI Quattro maker
 4 AUDI BMW competitor
 4 ATTHAT Besides
 4 ATTEST Swear (to)
 4 ATTEST Swear
 4 ATTEND Go to
 4 ATSEA Confused
 4 ATOP Surmounting
 4 ATOP Sitting on
 4 ATOP Perched on
 4 ATONER Yom Kippur observer
 4 ATONE Make amends (for)
 4 ATON Loads
 4 ATON Immensely
 4 ATON Heaps
 4 ATOM Speck
 4 ATOM Quark's place
 4 ATMOST Maximally
 4 ATL Part of NATO: Abbr.
 4 ATIE In ___ (even)
 4 ATHOME Not out
 4 ATEASE ``Relax, soldier!''
 4 ATEASE Relaxed
 4 ATEASE Military command
 4 ATE Took the cake?
 4 ATE Gobbled up
 4 ATBAY Cornered
 4 ATATIME Simultaneously
 4 ATAT Rat tail?
 4 ATARI Video game name
 4 ATAN ___ impasse
 4 ATAN ___ all-time high
 4 ASU Sun Devils' sch.
 4 ASTI Piedmont province
 4 ASTAIRE ``Steps in Time'' autobiographer
 4 ASST Secy.
 4 ASST Like some D.A.'s
 4 ASSET Liability's opposite
 4 ASSESS Take stock of
 4 ASSAD Syrian president
 4 ASS Numbskull
 4 ASPS Nile slitherers
 4 ASPIC Savory jelly
 4 ASP Nile viper
 4 ASP Egyptian cobra
 4 ASONE In unison
 4 ASONE In concert
 4 ASOF Starting from
 4 ASOF Starting
 4 ASL Communication for the deaf: Abbr.
 4 ASKING Kind of price
 4 ASKEW Crooked
 4 ASIT ___ were
 4 ASIS Sale sign
 4 ASIN Alphabet book phrase
 4 ASIF Like
 4 ASIDE In reserve
 4 ASIAN Kind of flu
 4 ASIA Largest of seven
 4 ASIA China setting
 4 ASHEN Whitish
 4 ASHEN Pale
 4 ASHE Tennis's Arthur
 4 ASHE Queens's ___ Stadium
 4 ASFARAS To the extent that
 4 ASEC ``Wait ___!''
 4 ASCOT Fancy tie
 4 ASAP Pronto
 4 ARUG Cut ___
 4 ART Know-how
 4 ART Knack
 4 ARR Sheet music abbr.
 4 ARR Part of E.T.A.: Abbr.
 4 ARR Airport monitor abbr.
 4 ARP Dadaism founder
 4 AROSE Cropped up
 4 ARON Elvis ___ Presley
 4 AROMA Fragrance
 4 AROAR Clamorous
 4 ARNO The New Yorker cartoonist Peter
 4 ARNIE ``L.A. Law'' lawyer
 4 ARNIE Golfer Palmer, informally
 4 ARNIE 1970's sitcom
 4 ARNE ``Rule Britannia'' composer
 4 ARNE ``Alfred'' composer
 4 ARMY Host
 4 ARMOR Tanks and such
 4 ARLEN Sen. Specter
 4 ARISEN Up
 4 ARISE Crop up
 4 ARISE Come up
 4 ARIOSO Melodic
 4 ARIL Seed cover
 4 ARIEL Sharon of Israel
 4 ARID Dry
 4 ARIA Song for a diva
 4 ARIA Solo
 4 ARIA Operatic solo
 4 ARIA Diva's song
 4 ARI Uris hero ___ Ben Canaan
 4 ARI Bush spokesman Fleischer
 4 ARGOT Shoptalk
 4 ARF Pound sound
 4 ARENA Sports venue
 4 ARENA Bowl
 4 AREAS Regions
 4 AREAS Precincts
 4 AREA Turf
 4 AREA Territory
 4 AREA Specialty
 4 AREA Side squared, for a square
 4 AREA Plane measure
 4 AREA Gazetteer datum
 4 AREA Field
 4 AREA Bailiwick
 4 ARE ``___ you kidding?''
 4 ARE ``___ we having fun yet?''
 4 ARE It may follow you
 4 ARDOR Zeal
 4 ARCH St. Louis landmark
 4 ARCED Like a rainbow
 4 ARC Semicircle
 4 ARC Bow
 4 ARAL Asia's shrinking ___ Sea
 4 ARABY Sheikdom of song
 4 ARAB ___ League
 4 ARAB Riyadh resident
 4 ARAB Kaffiyeh wearer
 4 APT Quick
 4 APSO Lhasa ___
 4 APSIS Orbital point
 4 APO Mil. address
 4 APO G.I.'s address
 4 APIECE Individually
 4 APIAN Like some colonies
 4 APIA Samoan capital
 4 APEX Summit
 4 APART In pieces
 4 APACE Quickly
 4 AORTAS Main arteries
 4 AOK Just fine
 4 ANY ``___ questions?''
 4 ANY At all
 4 ANTIS Nay sayers
 4 ANTIC Caper
 4 ANTI Pro's opposite
 4 ANTI Opposed to
 4 ANTI Opposed
 4 ANTE Poker stake
 4 ANT Hill dweller
 4 ANT Fire ___
 4 ANT Colony member
 4 ANON Quotation notation
 4 ANON In a bit
 4 ANON By and by
 4 ANOINT Consecrate
 4 ANODE Battery terminal
 4 ANNEX Wing
 4 ANNA Ballerina Pavlova
 4 ANN Cape ___, Mass.
 4 ANIL Indigo dye source
 4 ANI ``Wheel of Fortune'' buy
 4 ANEW Once more
 4 ANEW From square one
 4 ANEW Freshly
 4 ANEW All over
 4 ANENT Regarding
 4 ANEMIC Weak
 4 ANEAR Lend ___
 4 AND Additionally
 4 ANAT Sci. course
 4 ANAT Med school subj.
 4 ANAT Gray's subj.
 4 ANAME ``What's in ___?''
 4 AMUSE Tickle
 4 AMOR Marc Antony's love
 4 AMOR Archer of myth
 4 AMOK One way to run
 4 AMITY Friendliness
 4 AMIE Gallic girlfriend
 4 AMI ``Where ___?''
 4 AMI Bon ___
 4 AMFM Kind of radio
 4 AMEND Modify
 4 AMEN ``Right on!''
 4 AMAZE Floor
 4 AMATI Valuable violin
 4 AMAT Latin 101 word
 4 AMAT Latin 101 verb
 4 AMAT Amo, amas, ___
 4 AMAS One of a Latin trio
 4 AMAIN At full speed
 4 ALT Supermodel Carol
 4 ALT Cockpit abbr.
 4 ALSO Plus
 4 ALS Capp and Capone
 4 ALP Swiss peak
 4 ALOOF Distant
 4 ALONE Without support
 4 ALONE Single-handedly
 4 ALOE Skin soother
 4 ALOE Cream ingredient
 4 ALNICO Magnet alloy
 4 ALLOW Permit
 4 ALIVE Still in the game
 4 ALIVE Breathing
 4 ALIT Settled
 4 ALIT Set down
 4 ALIT Landed
 4 ALIT Got off
 4 ALIMB Out on ___
 4 ALII Et ___
 4 ALIGN True
 4 ALIGN Set straight
 4 ALIEN Extraterrestrial
 4 ALI 2001 biopic
 4 ALGER Tattered Tom's creator
 4 ALFA ___ Romeo
 4 ALEUT Alaskan native
 4 ALERT Heads-up
 4 ALERT Argus-eyed
 4 ALEG ``Shake ___!''
 4 ALEE Out of the wind
 4 ALEE Nautical direction
 4 ALECK Smart ___
 4 ALEC One of the Waughs
 4 ALE Tankard filler
 4 ALE Pub pint
 4 ALE Draft pick
 4 ALDER Tree with catkins
 4 ALDA Actor Alan
 4 ALAS ``What a pity!''
 4 ALAS ``Too bad!''
 4 ALAS ``Ah, me!''
 4 ALAE Wings: Lat.
 4 ALA Chicken ___ king
 4 ALA C.S.A. state
 4 ALA According to
 4 AKIRA Director Kurosawa
 4 AKIN Similar
 4 AJAX Comet competitor
 4 AIRY Well-ventilated
 4 AIR Show
 4 AIR Melody
 4 AINT ``___ it the truth!''
 4 AIMAT Shoot for
 4 AIMAT Draw a bead on
 4 AILS Is under the weather
 4 AIL Trouble
 4 AIL Be sick
 4 AIDE Helper
 4 AID Help
 4 AHSO Mock words of understanding
 4 AHEM ``Excuse me ...''
 4 AHA ``That's it!''
 4 AGREE Come to terms
 4 AGRA Taj Mahal city
 4 AGO Past
 4 AGO Gone by
 4 AGO Give it ___
 4 AGLOW Radiant
 4 AGESAGO Way back when
 4 AGES Census data
 4 AGER Golden-___
 4 AGED Elderly
 4 AGE Gray
 4 AGAVE Tequila source
 4 AGATES Playing marbles
 4 AGAR Thickening agent
 4 AGAR Petri dish filler
 4 AGAPE Open-mouthed
 4 AFRO Bushy do
 4 AFRO Big do
 4 AFRO 60's do
 4 AFORE Ere
 4 AFOR Get an ___ effort
 4 AFOOT Under way
 4 AES Loser to D.D.E.
 4 AERO Prefix with space
 4 AERO Prefix with magnetic
 4 AERATE Make bubbly
 4 AER Atmospheric prefix
 4 AEONS Ages and ages
 4 ADO Ruckus
 4 ADO Hurry-scurry
 4 ADO Flurry
 4 ADO Bustle
 4 ADO Bother
 4 ADLIB Wing it
 4 ADIN Score after deuce
 4 ADIEU Parting word
 4 ADIEU French farewell
 4 ADHOC Kind of committee
 4 ADEPT Skillful
 4 ADELE Fred's dancing sister
 4 ADELA ___ Rogers St. Johns
 4 ADE ``Fables in Slang'' author
 4 ADDTO Supplement
 4 ADD Put on
 4 ADD Build (on)
 4 ADANO Hersey's bell town
 4 ADAMN Rhett's last words
 4 ADA Critic ___ Louise Huxtable
 4 ADA Boise's county
 4 ACURA Legend maker
 4 ACTUP Malfunction
 4 ACRE Farm measure
 4 ACNE Teen spots?
 4 ACME Top spot
 4 ACHOO Blessing preceder
 4 ACHES Partner of pains
 4 ACED Got 100 on
 4 ACDC Current choice
 4 ACCUSE Charge
 4 ABSORB Take in
 4 ABODE Dwelling
 4 ABIDE Stand for
 4 ABIDE Put up with
 4 ABET Assist in crime
 4 ABEE Busy as ___
 4 ABED Not up
 4 ABCS Basics
 4 ABBOT Monastery head
 4 ABASH Disconcert
 4 ABASE Lower
 4 AARE Bern's river
 4 AAR Swiss stream
 4 AAR Berne's river
 4 AAMILNE ``It's Too Late Now'' autobiographer
 4 AAHS Sounds of relief
 4 AAA Battery type
 3 ZORA Author ___ Neale Hurston
 3 ZONE Defense type
 3 ZONE Basketball defense
 3 ZOLA ``Nana'' author
 3 ZOE Tony winner Caldwell
 3 ZITI Rigatoni relative
 3 ZIGS Turns sharply
 3 ZETA Letter after epsilon
 3 ZERO Goose egg
 3 ZENO Paradoxical Greek
 3 ZEN Buddhist sect
 3 ZEE End of a series
 3 ZEAL Enthusiasm
 3 ZANY Wacky
 3 ZANY Madcap
 3 ZANE Western writer Grey
 3 ZANE Actor Billy of ``Titanic''
 3 YVETTE Actress Mimieux
 3 YUM ``Tasty!''
 3 YUL Deborah's ``The King and I'' co-star
 3 YSL Fashion monogram
 3 YSER Scene of heavy W.W. I fighting
 3 YRS Mos. and mos.
 3 YOYO Toy that does tricks
 3 YORE Time past
 3 YORE Days of ___
 3 YOO ``___-hoo!''
 3 YOM ___ Kippur
 3 YOKEL Bumpkin
 3 YMCA Gym site
 3 YEW Fine-grained wood
 3 YET In addition
 3 YESES Approvals
 3 YES ``Undoubtedly''
 3 YERBA ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)
 3 YEP ``Uh-huh''
 3 YENTA Gossip
 3 YENS Longings
 3 YEN Craving
 3 YEMEN Aden's land
 3 YELP Pound sound
 3 YEAST Brewer's need
 3 YEARNS Pines
 3 YEAR Wine label info
 3 YEAR Two semesters
 3 YEAH ``Awright!''
 3 YEA Voice vote
 3 YEA Thumbs-up vote
 3 YDS QB's gains
 3 YAY ``Whoopee!''
 3 YAT China's Sun ___-sen
 3 YASSER Arafat of the P.L.O.
 3 YASIR Late name in Mideast politics
 3 YASIR First name in Mideast politics
 3 YARN Tall tale
 3 YAP Mouth, slangily
 3 YAP Big fat mouth
 3 YAMS Thanksgiving dish
 3 YALTA W.W. II conference site
 3 YAHOOS Louts
 3 XRAY Picture of health?
 3 XIS Greek letters
 3 XIS Fraternity letters
 3 XEROX Copy
 3 XENA Warrior princess of TV
 3 WUSS Weak one
 3 WRITHE Squirm
 3 WRIT Order in the court
 3 WREN Songbird
 3 WPA New Deal org.
 3 WOWS Blows away
 3 WOVEN Interlaced
 3 WORSE Not so good
 3 WOP Doo-___
 3 WOOS Courts
 3 WOODEN Stiff
 3 WOMANLY Feminine
 3 WOK Moo goo gai pan pan
 3 WOE Misfortune
 3 WISE Sage
 3 WIN Carry the day
 3 WILMA One of the Flintstones
 3 WIENER Frank
 3 WIELD Exercise
 3 WIDER Dentist's request
 3 WHOA ``Hold on there!''
 3 WHIR Fan sound
 3 WHETS Stimulates
 3 WHEEZE Old joke
 3 WES N.B.A.'s Unseld
 3 WEPT Cried
 3 WENTAPE Flipped
 3 WEIR Small dam
 3 WEE Tiny
 3 WEE Like a bairn
 3 WEE Early
 3 WEDS Marries
 3 WED Joined
 3 WEBER Artist Max
 3 WEB Fly catcher
 3 WARY On guard
 3 WARM Friendly
 3 WANTAD Classified
 3 WANT Poverty
 3 WANE Fall off
 3 WANE Drop off
 3 WANE Diminish
 3 WAN Showing fatigue
 3 WAN Pasty
 3 WAN Pallid
 3 WALES Dylan Thomas's home
 3 WAIT ``Hold on!''
 3 WAHOO ``Yippee!''
 3 WADS Bankrolls
 3 WAD Walletful
 3 WAD Roll of dough
 3 WACO Baylor's home
 3 VOLE Mouselike animal
 3 VITA Ars longa, ___ brevis
 3 VINE Tarzan's transport
 3 VIM Animation
 3 VIES Struggles
 3 VIA Routing word
 3 VEY ``Oy ___!''
 3 VEX Annoy
 3 VET Nov. honoree
 3 VERNE Captain Nemo's creator
 3 VERA Designer Wang
 3 VENT Blow off steam
 3 VENDEE Buyer
 3 VEND Sell
 3 VENA ___ cava
 3 VARIG Brazilian airline
 3 VANE Barn topper
 3 VALET Hotel employee
 3 UTTER Complete
 3 UTTER Absolute
 3 UTOPIA Perfect world
 3 UTNE ___ Reader (magazine)
 3 UTILE Practical
 3 UTILE Handy
 3 UTERO In ___ (not yet born)
 3 UTE Western Indian
 3 UTE Sport ___ (modern vehicle)
 3 UTE Beehive State native
 3 UTAH Its motto is ``Industry''
 3 USUAL Run-of-the-mill
 3 USUAL Customary
 3 USSR Cold war inits.
 3 USNA Annapolis inits.
 3 USM Mil. branch
 3 USING Taking advantage of
 3 USEUP Deplete
 3 USESUP Exhausts
 3 USES Exploits
 3 USERS Addicts
 3 USER Mouse manipulator
 3 USER Manipulator
 3 USER End ___
 3 USER Customer
 3 USER Computerphile
 3 USED Worn
 3 USED Not mint
 3 USEAS ``___ directed''
 3 USE Exploit
 3 USE Expend
 3 USE Apply
 3 USDA Stamp of approval?
 3 USDA Stamp of approval
 3 USA ___ Today
 3 USA Olympics chant
 3 URSA ``Major'' animal
 3 URSA Constellation animal
 3 URO Tail: Prefix
 3 URN Vase
 3 URN Coffee holder
 3 URLS WWW addresses
 3 URIS ``The Haj'' author
 3 URIS ``QB VII'' author
 3 URIS ``Mila 18'' author
 3 URIS ``Battle Cry'' author
 3 URIS ``A God in Ruins'' novelist
 3 URI William Tell's canton
 3 URI Sch. in Kingston
 3 URI Altdorf's canton
 3 URGE Itch
 3 URGE Impel
 3 URGE Craving
 3 URAL ___-Altaic languages
 3 URAL Orsk's river
 3 UPTON Author Sinclair
 3 UPS Good times
 3 UPRAISE Lift
 3 UPPER Certain berth
 3 UPPED Hiked
 3 UPON Over
 3 UPON Familiar with
 3 UPON Aware of
 3 UPI News inits.
 3 UPAT ___ the crack of dawn
 3 UPA ___ tree
 3 UNWISE Foolish
 3 UNTO ``Do ___ others...''
 3 UNTO Golden rule preposition
 3 UNTO Biblical preposition
 3 UNTIL Before
 3 UNTIE Loosen, as laces
 3 UNTIE Loosen
 3 UNRIPE Green
 3 UNMAN Emasculate
 3 UNLATCH Open
 3 UNLACE Loosen, in a way
 3 UNIT The ``U'' in I.C.U.
 3 UNIT Module
 3 UNIT Military group
 3 UNEASY Restless
 3 UNEARNED Like some income
 3 UNE Article in Le Monde
 3 UNDUE Excessive
 3 UNDO Word processor command
 3 UNDO Word processing command
 3 UNDO Take apart
 3 UNDER Anesthetized
 3 UNCLE ``I give!''
 3 UNC The Tar Heels: Abbr.
 3 UNA Acapulco article
 3 UMIAK Eskimo boat
 3 UMBRA Shadow
 3 UMA Thurman of ``Pulp Fiction''
 3 ULU Eskimo knife
 3 ULTRA Extreme
 3 ULSTER Loose overcoat
 3 ULNA It parallels the radius
 3 ULNA Armbone
 3 ULEE 1997 Fonda role
 3 ULE Suffix with glob
 3 ULE Relative of -let
 3 UKASE Decree
 3 UHUH ``Nah!''
 3 UHOH ``Whoops!''
 3 UGLY Hideous
 3 UGLI ___ fruit
 3 UFOS Roswell sightings
 3 UEY 180° turn, slangily
 3 UDO Japanese vegetable
 3 UBER ``Deutschland ___ Alles''
 3 UAW Detroit org.
 3 TZU Lao-___
 3 TYSON Iron Mike
 3 TYS Cobb and others
 3 TYRO Newbie
 3 TYRA Model Banks
 3 TYNE Northumberland river
 3 TYKE Kid
 3 TWEAK Fine-tune
 3 TWAS ``Jabberwocky'' starter
 3 TVS Sets
 3 TVA New Deal inits.
 3 TUTTI ___-frutti
 3 TURNA ___ profit
 3 TURN Go bad
 3 TUNA Yellowfin, e.g.
 3 TUNA Sandwich filler
 3 TUBAS Big brass
 3 TUBA Big brass
 3 TSU Nashville sch.
 3 TSPS Dosage amts.
 3 TSPS Dosage abbr.
 3 TSKS Sounds of disapproval
 3 TSHIRT Casual top
 3 TSARS Winter Palace residents
 3 TSAR Rimsky-Korsakov's ``The Tale of ___ Saltan''
 3 TRY ``Don't give up!''
 3 TRY Tackle
 3 TRURO Cape Cod town
 3 TRUED Aligned
 3 TRUE So
 3 TRUE Align
 3 TRUDY Jerry Marcus comic strip
 3 TRU Robert Morse Tony-winning role
 3 TROTS Brings (out)
 3 TROD Walked over
 3 TROD Walked on
 3 TRIO The Supremes, e.g.
 3 TRIG Kind of function
 3 TRIG H.S. math
 3 TRIAD Simple chord
 3 TRI Numerical prefix
 3 TREYS Low cards
 3 TREY Deuce topper
 3 TRESS Long lock
 3 TRES ___ chic
 3 TREF Not kosher
 3 TREES Corners
 3 TREE Shade giver
 3 TREE Leaves home?
 3 TREE Kind of diagram
 3 TREE Elder or alder
 3 TREAT Pick up the tab for
 3 TREAT Doctor
 3 TREADON Trample
 3 TREAD Escalator feature
 3 TRAY Cafeteria carrier
 3 TRAPP ``The Sound of Music'' name
 3 TRAP Pitfall
 3 TRAP Mouth, slangily
 3 TRAM Streetcar
 3 TRAILER Kind of park
 3 TRADE Swap
 3 TRA Singsong syllable
 3 TRA Refrain syllable
 3 TOXIN Poison
 3 TOWHEE Long-tailed finch
 3 TOW Wrecker's job
 3 TOTAL Out-and-out
 3 TOT Young 'un
 3 TOT Wee one
 3 TOSS Deep-six
 3 TOSIR ``___, With Love''
 3 TOSCA Puccini opera
 3 TORT Suit material?
 3 TORSOS Some sculptures
 3 TORO Lawn mower brand
 3 TORN Shredded
 3 TORME The Velvet Fog
 3 TORI Famous Amos
 3 TORI Actress Spelling
 3 TORE Dashed
 3 TOPS The best
 3 TOPAZ November birthstone
 3 TOP Blouse, e.g.
 3 TOOTLE Flute sound
 3 TOOBAD ``What a shame''
 3 TONTO Scout master?
 3 TONS Plenty
 3 TONK Honky-___
 3 TONIC Gin's partner
 3 TONI Singer Braxton
 3 TONER Laser printer powder
 3 TONE Muscle quality
 3 TON Whole bunch
 3 TOMS Some cats
 3 TOMS Male turkeys
 3 TOMS Gobblers
 3 TOMEI Oscar winner Marisa
 3 TOM Mr. Turkey
 3 TOLET For rent
 3 TOLET Flat sign
 3 TOLE Lacquered metalware
 3 TOIL Labor
 3 TOI French pronoun
 3 TOFU Sukiyaki ingredient
 3 TOED Pigeon-___
 3 TOE Water tester
 3 TOE Piggy
 3 TODO Fuss
 3 TODATE Until now
 3 TOCK Clock sound
 3 TOATEE Precisely
 3 TOAT Perfectly
 3 TOAT Just so
 3 TOAT Exactly
 3 TOA ___ T
 3 TNT Explosive inits.
 3 TNT Explosive initials
 3 TMI 1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr.
 3 TMAN Govt. agent
 3 TKOS W.B.A. stats
 3 TKO Ref's call
 3 TITULAR Like some heads
 3 TITO One of the Jackson 5
 3 TITLE Sir or madam
 3 TIS ``___ the season...''
 3 TIS Poetic contraction
 3 TIS Old-fashioned contraction
 3 TIS Frank McCourt memoir
 3 TIRED Beat
 3 TIRE Poop out
 3 TINTED Like some windows
 3 TINT Windshield option
 3 TINT Salon job
 3 TINE Prong
 3 TINE Fork part
 3 TIMOR Indonesian island
 3 TILE Mah-jongg piece
 3 TIL Up to, briefly
 3 TIKI Polynesian pendant
 3 TIGERS Go-getters
 3 TIGER Go-getter
 3 TIGER Clemson athlete
 3 TIGE Buster Brown's dog
 3 TIFFS Spats
 3 TIESINTO Connects with
 3 TIERS Levels
 3 TIER Seating section
 3 TIER Rank
 3 TIER Bleacher feature
 3 TIEDUP Busy
 3 TIED Headed for overtime
 3 TIE Link
 3 TIE Draw
 3 TIE Dead heat
 3 TIDBIT Morsel
 3 TIBIA Leg bone
 3 TIBET Lhasa's land
 3 TIARA Pageant wear
 3 TIA Spanish aunt
 3 TIA Actress Carrere
 3 TIA Acapulco aunt
 3 THU Calendar abbr.
 3 THRU By way of, briefly
 3 THORO Complete, informally
 3 THOLE Oarlock
 3 THO However, briefly
 3 THO Even if, briefly
 3 THO E'en if
 3 THEY He and she
 3 THERE ``Voila!''
 3 THEN In that case
 3 THEM Not us
 3 THEIR Not our
 3 THAN Comparison word
 3 THAN Comparative word
 3 THAIS Massenet work
 3 THAI Ethnic cuisine
 3 THAD Sen. Cochran of Mississippi
 3 TETRA Prefix with fluoride
 3 TETE French noodle?
 3 TET ___ Offensive
 3 TET Hanoi holiday
 3 TESTCASE Precedent setter
 3 TESSERA Mosaic piece
 3 TESLAS Magnetic induction units
 3 TESLA Kind of coil
 3 TESLA Electrical pioneer
 3 TESLA Edison contemporary
 3 TESH Radio host John
 3 TERSE Short-winded
 3 TERRA ___ firma
 3 TERP Maryland athlete, for short
 3 TERN Beach bird
 3 TERI Austin of ``Knots Landing''
 3 TERI Actress Polo
 3 TEPEE Crow's home
 3 TENT Carnival sight
 3 TENT Campsite sight
 3 TENS Addition column
 3 TENOR Drift
 3 TEND Watch
 3 TEN X
 3 TEN Sawbuck
 3 TEN Midmorning
 3 TEN Gymnast's goal
 3 TEMPI Adagio and allegro
 3 TEMPE Fiesta Bowl site
 3 TEMP Fill-in
 3 TELLALIE Fib
 3 TEL Rolodex abbr.
 3 TEL No. on a business card
 3 TEEUP Get ready to drive
 3 TEES Golfer's bagful
 3 TEEPEE Crow's home
 3 TEENY Minute
 3 TEEN High schooler
 3 TEEN Adult-to-be
 3 TEEMS Abounds
 3 TEEM Abound
 3 TEED Like some golf balls
 3 TEE Swing site
 3 TEE Course requirement?
 3 TED Newsman Koppel
 3 TECS P.I.'s
 3 TECH Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.
 3 TECH Georgia ___
 3 TEC Gumshoe
 3 TEASE Ride
 3 TEASE Josh
 3 TEAS Afternoon socials
 3 TEAM Kind of spirit
 3 TEAL Freshwater duck
 3 TEAL Blue-green
 3 TEABERRY Wintergreen fruit
 3 TEA Sri Lanka export
 3 TEA Social
 3 TEA Mad Hatter's drink
 3 TDS N.F.L. scores
 3 TCU Horned Frogs' sch.
 3 TBSP Recipe amt.
 3 TBILL Govt. security
 3 TBAR Skier's transport
 3 TAXI Picker-upper
 3 TAXI Kind of stand
 3 TAX Duty
 3 TAW Shooting marble
 3 TAVI Rikki-Tikki-___
 3 TAV Hebrew letter
 3 TAUPE Hose shade
 3 TAU ___ cross
 3 TAU Sigma's follower
 3 TAU Sigma follower
 3 TAU Greek cross
 3 TATAMI Japanese mat
 3 TATA ``Toodle-oo!''
 3 TATA ``Ciao''
 3 TAT Work with a shuttle
 3 TAT Make lace
 3 TASTE Discrimination
 3 TASS Soviet news agency
 3 TAS Profs' helpers
 3 TART Snippy
 3 TARSI Foot bones
 3 TARP Canvas cover
 3 TARAS Gogol's ``___ Bulba''
 3 TARA Twelve Oaks neighbor
 3 TAR Salt
 3 TAR Feather's partner
 3 TAR Bluejacket
 3 TAPIR Three-toed animal
 3 TAPIR Animal with a snout
 3 TAP Water source
 3 TAP Select
 3 TAO Eastern ``way''
 3 TANS Khakis
 3 TANS Beach shades
 3 TANIA Patty Hearst's name in the S.L.A.
 3 TANGO Ballroom dance
 3 TAN Go for the bronze?
 3 TAMER Circus employee
 3 TAMA Author Janowitz
 3 TALUS Anklebone
 3 TALON Eagle's claw
 3 TALL Towering
 3 TALI Anklebones
 3 TALE Account
 3 TALC After-bath powder
 3 TAKERS ``Any ___?''
 3 TAILS Flip response?
 3 TAIL Detective, at times
 3 TAI Skater Babilonia
 3 TAG Put out
 3 TAFFETA Crisp fabric
 3 TAE ___-Bo (exercise system)
 3 TAD Wee bit
 3 TAD Touch
 3 TAD Small amount
 3 TACT Savoir-faire
 3 TACT Diplomat's asset
 3 TACH Dash gauge
 3 TACET Be silent, in music
 3 TABU Forbidden: Var.
 3 TABOR Small drum
 3 TABOO Forbidden
 3 TABLE Put off, as a motion
 3 SYSTS Methods: Abbr.
 3 SYST Part of CBS: Abbr.
 3 SYST Method: Abbr.
 3 SYS Part of CBS: Abbr.
 3 SYS Method: Abbr.
 3 SYRUP Pancake topper
 3 SYR Neighbor of Turk.
 3 SYNC In ___ (together)
 3 SYNC Harmony
 3 SYN Prefix with fuel
 3 SWOON Faint
 3 SWEEPEA Popeye's son
 3 SWEE ___' Pea
 3 SWAYS Influences
 3 SWAP Trade
 3 SWAP Give and take
 3 SWAP Exchange
 3 SWAIN Beau
 3 SVEN Cinematographer Nykvist
 3 SUSIE ``Calvin and Hobbes'' girl
 3 SUR Big ___
 3 SUPS Banquets
 3 SUN Catch some rays
 3 SUMO Ring sport
 3 SUMO Kind of wrestling
 3 SUM Total
 3 SULU ``Star Trek'' helmsman
 3 SUET Mincemeat ingredient
 3 SUEDE Soft leather
 3 SUEDE Shoe material
 3 SUE ``So ___ me!''
 3 SUE Petition
 3 SUDAN Africa's largest country
 3 STYE Eye problem
 3 STUN Leave speechless
 3 STUN Knock for a loop
 3 STU Early Beatle Sutcliffe
 3 STU Alphabet trio
 3 STROVE Endeavored
 3 STROP Razor sharpener
 3 STROLL Constitutional
 3 STREW Scatter
 3 STRATA Sheets
 3 STRATA Levels
 3 STRAP Subway handhold
 3 STPAT Mar. honoree
 3 STORE Squirrel away
 3 STORE Outlet
 3 STOPIT ``Enough!''
 3 STOP ``That's enough!''
 3 STOP Knock off
 3 STONY Expressionless
 3 STOLI Popular vodka, informally
 3 STOAT Brown fur
 3 STOAT Brown ermine
 3 STLO Normandy battle site
 3 STL Cardinal's insignia
 3 STIR To-do
 3 STIR Slammer
 3 STIR Mix up
 3 STIR Flap
 3 STIR Ado
 3 STING Smart
 3 STILT Circus prop
 3 STILE Steps over a fence
 3 STIES Pigpens
 3 STEW One-dish meal
 3 STEVE Allen or Martin
 3 STET Put back
 3 STET Proofreader's mark
 3 STET Proof word
 3 STET Leave be
 3 STET Keep in
 3 STERNS Rears
 3 STERN Demanding
 3 STEP Dance instructor's call
 3 STENS British guns
 3 STENO Gregg grad
 3 STEM Check
 3 STELA Inscribed pillar
 3 STEER Have the helm
 3 STEEL Symbol of strength
 3 STEED War horse
 3 STEED Knight's need
 3 STEAMS Ticks off
 3 STEAL Super bargain
 3 STEAL Lift
 3 STEAK Porterhouse, e.g.
 3 STE ___-Foy, Que.
 3 STE Véronique, e.g.: Abbr.
 3 STDS Benchmarks: Abbr.
 3 STD Criterion: Abbr.
 3 STAYS Collar inserts
 3 STAY Command to Fido
 3 STASIS Equilibrium
 3 STASI Former East German secret police
 3 STASI East German secret police
 3 STASH Secret supply
 3 STARTOFF Begin
 3 START Skittish move
 3 STARR Brenda of the comics
 3 STAREAT Eye
 3 STARE It may be blank
 3 STAR Christmas tree topper
 3 STAR Asterisk
 3 STANDINS Subs
 3 STAND Position
 3 STAN Satirist Freberg
 3 STAN Hockey's Mikita
 3 STAN 1972 Wimbledon winner Smith
 3 STAMEN Flower part
 3 STALAG ``Hogan's Heroes'' setting
 3 STAGED Put on
 3 STAG Like some parties
 3 STAG Deer sir
 3 STAG Dateless
 3 STABS Tries
 3 STAB Pierce
 3 STA ``Come ___?'' (Italian greeting)
 3 STA Amtrak stop: Abbr.
 3 SSTS J.F.K. arrivals
 3 SSTS Concordes
 3 SST Atl. crosser
 3 SSGT Army N.C.O.
 3 SSE Wind dir.
 3 SSE NNW's opposite
 3 SSE Compass heading
 3 SSA F.I.C.A. funds it
 3 SRTA Sp. title
 3 SRS S.A.T. takers
 3 SRS Promgoers: Abbr.
 3 SRS G.R.E. takers
 3 SRO Full house sign
 3 SRI Title of respect
 3 SRI Mr. abroad
 3 SRI Hindu title
 3 SRAS Mmes., in Madrid
 3 SRA Sp. title
 3 SRA Málaga Mrs.
 3 SRA Mrs., in Madrid
 3 SRA Mme., in Madrid
 3 SPRY Active
 3 SPREE Jag
 3 SPREE Binge
 3 SPRAT Jack who ate no fat
 3 SPORT Wear
 3 SPOOFS Lampoons
 3 SPLAY Spread out
 3 SPLAT Water balloon sound
 3 SPIER Peeping Tom
 3 SPIEL Pitch
 3 SPH Geom. solid
 3 SPEW Gush forth
 3 SPEW Erupt
 3 SPERM Kind of whale
 3 SPENT Used up
 3 SPENT All in
 3 SPEE Graf ___
 3 SPED Hotfooted it
 3 SPED Hightailed it
 3 SPEAR Primitive fishing tool
 3 SPCA Humane org.
 3 SPAYS Neuters
 3 SPATS Tiffs
 3 SPAT Squabble
 3 SPASMS Jerks
 3 SPAR Box
 3 SPANO Actor Joe of ``Hill Street Blues''
 3 SPAN Time period
 3 SPADE One in a black suit
 3 SPA Place to relax
 3 SPA Bathroom installation
 3 SOY ___ sauce
 3 SOY Sauce source
 3 SOY Kind of flour
 3 SOW Boar's mate
 3 SOUSE Lush
 3 SOUSA The March King
 3 SOUL Essence
 3 SOTO ``And ___ bed''
 3 SOT Drunkard
 3 SOT Boozer
 3 SOSOON ``Already?''
 3 SOSAD 1960 Everly Brothers hit
 3 SOS Kind of pad
 3 SOS Call for help
 3 SORELY Very much
 3 SOPS Payoffs
 3 SOPOR Deep sleep
 3 SOP Drench
 3 SOP Bribe
 3 SOOT Lampblack
 3 SOO Jack of ``Barney Miller''
 3 SONY Walkman maker
 3 SONY PlayStation maker
 3 SONS Princes, e.g.
 3 SONIA Actress Braga
 3 SONES Loudness units
 3 SONANCE Voice
 3 SOMME English Channel feeder
 3 SOME ``___ Like It Hot''
 3 SOME Not all
 3 SOLD Convinced
 3 SOL The sun
 3 SOL Note after fa
 3 SOILED Dirty
 3 SOIL Make dirty
 3 SOIL Dirty
 3 SOIE French silk
 3 SOI ``___ lied!''
 3 SOFIA Bulgaria's capital
 3 SOFAR To date
 3 SOFA Couch
 3 SODOM Sin city
 3 SODA Scotch's partner
 3 SOBIG 1924 Ferber novel
 3 SOBEIT ``Very well''
 3 SOAPY Melodramatic
 3 SOANDSO Stinker
 3 SOAK Saturate
 3 SOAK Overcharge
 3 SNOW Winter blanket
 3 SNOUT Muzzle
 3 SNOB High-hatter
 3 SNO ___-Cone
 3 SNIT Piqued state
 3 SNIT Agitated state
 3 SNIP Scissors cut
 3 SNIDE Sarcastic
 3 SNIDE Said with a sneer
 3 SNIDE Nasty
 3 SNERD Dummy Mortimer
 3 SNEERER Villain, at times
 3 SNEER Curl one's lip
 3 SNEE Bygone blade
 3 SNAPS Ginger cookies
 3 SNAPAT Be short with
 3 SNAP Go postal
 3 SNAIL Slow mover
 3 SNAG Fly in the ointment
 3 SNAG Catch
 3 SMUT Porn
 3 SMUG Self-satisfied
 3 SMU The Mustangs of the N.C.A.A.
 3 SMOOTH Peanut butter choice
 3 SMOOT ___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
 3 SMOG Urban haze
 3 SMITE Strike down
 3 SMIT Struck, old-style
 3 SMELT Refine, as metal
 3 SLUICE Floodgate
 3 SLR Camera inits.
 3 SLOW Lento
 3 SLOG Trudge
 3 SLOE Wild plum
 3 SLOE Gin flavoring
 3 SLOE Gin flavor
 3 SLOE Blackthorn
 3 SLOB Pig
 3 SLOAN ``McSorley's Bar'' painter
 3 SLIT Skirt feature
 3 SLIT Cut
 3 SLICER Deli machine
 3 SLEPT Was out
 3 SLEEP ``The sweetest gift of heaven'': Virgil
 3 SLEDS Mushers' vehicles
 3 SLED Winter toy
 3 SLED Runners carry it
 3 SLAV Eastern European
 3 SLATS Blind parts
 3 SLAT Blind segment
 3 SLANG Loose talk?
 3 SLAM Verbal assault
 3 SLAM Dis
 3 SLAKE Satisfy
 3 SLAG Waste
 3 SLAG Smelting waste
 3 SLA Patty Hearst kidnap grp.
 3 SKYE ___ terrier
 3 SKUNK Shut out
 3 SKOAL Toast
 3 SKIP Pass over
 3 SKIN Scrape
 3 SKEW Distort
 3 SKEIN Tangle
 3 SKA Reggae relative
 3 SIZE Small, medium or large
 3 SIZE Label info
 3 SIXTY A mile a minute
 3 SITUP Exercise unit
 3 SITE Webmaster's creation
 3 SITE Place
 3 SITAR ``Norwegian Wood'' instrument
 3 SIT Pose
 3 SIRS ``Dear'' ones
 3 SIRES Fathers
 3 SIRE Father
 3 SIR Madam's mate
 3 SIR Lady's man
 3 SIR Knight's title
 3 SIPS Doesn't guzzle
 3 SIP Sample
 3 SINO ___-Soviet relations
 3 SINE Trig ratio
 3 SINCERE Open
 3 SIMP Fool
 3 SILT Bank deposit
 3 SILL Window ledge
 3 SIL The ``S'' in R.S.V.P.
 3 SIGMA Standard deviation symbol
 3 SIEVE It doesn't hold water
 3 SIESTA Rest of the afternoon
 3 SIENA Tuscan city
 3 SIDS Caesar and others
 3 SICA Director Vittorio De ___
 3 SIB Bro or sis
 3 SHY Like a wallflower
 3 SHUT Out of business
 3 SHUN Stay away from
 3 SHU ___ mai (dim sum dish)
 3 SHORTIE Shrimp
 3 SHORE Beach
 3 SHOO ``Get lost!''
 3 SHO ``___ 'nuff!''
 3 SHO HBO alternative
 3 SHIRE English county
 3 SHIN Tibia
 3 SHH ``Quiet, please!''
 3 SHEENA Singer Easton
 3 SHEEN Radiance
 3 SHED Cast off
 3 SHEA Where the Mets play
 3 SHEA Queens stadium
 3 SHAWL Wrap
 3 SHAW Clarinetist Artie
 3 SHARI Lewis with Lamb Chop
 3 SHARER Generous one
 3 SHANA Journalist Alexander
 3 SHAM Pillow cover
 3 SHALL ``I ___ return''
 3 SHALE Oil source
 3 SHAG Kind of carpet
 3 SHAG Carpet type
 3 SHAD Certain herring
 3 SGT ___ Friday
 3 SGT Cpl.'s superior
 3 SEXES Battle of the ___
 3 SEX Census datum
 3 SEWS Stitches
 3 SEWN In stitches
 3 SEW Put in stitches
 3 SEW Darn
 3 SEVER Cut
 3 SEVE Golf's Ballesteros
 3 SETTO Brawl
 3 SETTEE Sofa
 3 SETSAT Attacks
 3 SETS Match parts
 3 SETS Goes down
 3 SETH Dickens's Mr. Pecksniff
 3 SETAT Attack
 3 SETAT Assail
 3 SETAE Bristles
 3 SET Gel
 3 SESTETS Some stanzas
 3 SES French possessive
 3 SERT Muralist José María ___
 3 SERS Sun. talks
 3 SERRATE Notched
 3 SERGEI Composer Rachmaninoff
 3 SERGE Twilled fabric
 3 SERF Lowly worker
 3 SERENE Tranquil
 3 SERE Bone-dry
 3 SERA Word repeated after ``Que''
 3 SERA Red Cross supplies
 3 SER Sun. speech
 3 SEQ Et ___ (footnote abbr.)
 3 SEPT Fall mo.
 3 SEPIA Photo tint
 3 SENTRY Halter?
 3 SENTFOR Summoned
 3 SENT Shipped
 3 SENT On its way
 3 SENT Faxed
 3 SENSOR Security system part
 3 SENSE Have a hunch
 3 SENSATE Feeling
 3 SENS Chamber workers: Abbr.
 3 SEND Thrill
 3 SEND Fax button
 3 SEND Dispatch
 3 SEN Clinton, e.g.: Abbr.
 3 SEMIS Round of four
 3 SEMI Final Four game
 3 SEMI 18-wheeler
 3 SELLS Markets
 3 SELL Unload, as stock
 3 SELL Peddle
 3 SELL Convince
 3 SELF Ego
 3 SELES Two-time U.S. Open tennis champ
 3 SELES Tennis champ Monica
 3 SEINE Île de la Cité locale
 3 SEINE Paris's river
 3 SEGUE Transition
 3 SEG Line part: Abbr.
 3 SEETO Look after
 3 SEETHE Boil
 3 SEESTO Takes care of
 3 SEESTO Looks after
 3 SEES Understands
 3 SEES Gets the picture
 3 SEERS Visionaries
 3 SEERS Prophets
 3 SEEPS Oozes
 3 SEEP Percolate
 3 SEEN Dated
 3 SEEMS Appears
 3 SEEM Look
 3 SEEDY Rundown
 3 SEEDY Poorly kept
 3 SEE ``Told ya!''
 3 SEE Understand
 3 SEE Make out
 3 SEE Go out with
 3 SEE Get the picture
 3 SEE Find out
 3 SEDATE Put under
 3 SECRET Hush-hush
 3 SECEDES Withdraws
 3 SEC Dry, as wine
 3 SEAT Candidate's goal
 3 SEAS Salty septet
 3 SEAGOD Neptune, e.g.
 3 SEA Where the buoys are
 3 SEA Ocean
 3 SEA Mermaid's home
 3 SCUM Riffraff
 3 SCUFF Shoe blemish
 3 SCRUB Second-stringer
 3 SCRIM Curtain fabric
 3 SCREAM Riot
 3 SCRAP Throw out
 3 SCOW Boat with an open hold
 3 SCOT Sean Connery, for one
 3 SCOT Highlander
 3 SCOOT Hotfoot it
 3 SCION Grafting shoot
 3 SCI ___-fi
 3 SCI School subj.
 3 SCHLEP Lug
 3 SCENT Lilac, e.g.
 3 SCENE Part of an act
 3 SCAT ``Out!''
 3 SCAT ``Begone!''
 3 SCARP Line of cliffs
 3 SCARE Start
 3 SCAM Ripoff
 3 SCAM Fraud
 3 SCAB Union foe
 3 SAYSO Final approval
 3 SAYS Simon ___
 3 SAY For instance
 3 SAXE Old German duchy name
 3 SAWTO Handled
 3 SAWN Cut
 3 SAVOR Enjoy
 3 SAVESTIME Uses a shortcut
 3 SAVED Put away
 3 SAUTE Prepare, as mushrooms
 3 SAUTE Pan-fry
 3 SAUL Handel oratorio
 3 SAUCE Booze
 3 SATIATE Gorge
 3 SATE Overfill
 3 SAT Was idle
 3 SASSY Fresh
 3 SASS Talk back to
 3 SASS Cheek
 3 SASE Ed.'s request
 3 SAS Carrier to Oslo
 3 SAS Carrier to Copenhagen
 3 SARI Delhi wrap
 3 SARI Delhi dress
 3 SARD Reddish-brown gem
 3 SARAN See-through wrap
 3 SARAH Vaughan of jazz
 3 SARAH Fergie, formally
 3 SARA ___ Lee cakes
 3 SARA Franklin D.'s mother
 3 SARA F.D.R.'s mother
 3 SAP Undermine
 3 SAP Tree juice
 3 SAP Gullible one
 3 SAP Dupe
 3 SAP Chucklehead
 3 SAO ___ Tomé
 3 SANTE ``À votre ___!''
 3 SANREMO Riviera resort
 3 SANER More rational
 3 SANE Compos mentis
 3 SAND Hourglass fill
 3 SANAA Yemen's capital
 3 SAN ___ Gabriel
 3 SAN ___ Clemente
 3 SAME Ditto
 3 SAMBA Brazilian dance
 3 SALUD Tijuana toast
 3 SALT Pepper's partner
 3 SALK Polio vaccine developer
 3 SALEM Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan
 3 SALA Hacienda room
 3 SAL Bando of baseball
 3 SAL Actor Mineo
 3 SAKI ``The Open Window'' writer
 3 SAKES ``Land ___!''
 3 SAKE Rice wine
 3 SAKE Benefit
 3 SAINT Peter, Paul or Mary
 3 SAIL Go yachting
 3 SAIL Breeze (through)
 3 SAHIB Indian honorific
 3 SAGE Learned
 3 SAGAS Heroic tales
 3 SAGA Long story
 3 SAFER Morley of ``60 Minutes''
 3 SAENS Composer Camille Saint-___
 3 SADISM Extreme cruelty
 3 SADISM Cruelty
 3 SADAT Time's 1977 Man of the Year
 3 SADA Thompson of ``Family''
 3 SADA Emmy-winning Thompson
 3 SAD Regrettable
 3 SAC Fluid container
 3 SABRE Buffalo hockey player
 3 SABOT Wooden shoe
 3 SABLE Mercury model
 3 SABLE Expensive fur
 3 SABER Cavalry weapon
 3 SABE ``Quién ___?''
 3 SAAB Volvo rival
 3 SAAB Swedish auto
 3 RYNE Baseball's Sandberg
 3 RYE Deli loaf
 3 RUT Grind
 3 RUST Fall shade
 3 RUSHEE Fraternity hopeful
 3 RUSE Subterfuge
 3 RUSE Stratagem
 3 RUNT Litter's littlest
 3 RULE Reign
 3 RULE Be a monarch
 3 RUIN Undo
 3 RUIN Completely botch
 3 RUIN Botch
 3 RUHR Essen's river
 3 RUES Wishes undone
 3 RUE Bemoan
 3 RUDER Less polite
 3 RUDE Ill-mannered
 3 RUBS Chafes
 3 RTES Numbered rds.
 3 RTES Hwys.
 3 RTE Rd. or hwy.
 3 RTE A.A.A. recommendation
 3 RTE 66, e.g.: Abbr.
 3 RST Q-U link
 3 RST Alphabetic trio
 3 RRS Monopoly quartet: Abbr.
 3 RRS B.&O. et al.
 3 RPI Sch. in Troy, N.Y.
 3 RPI Coll. in Troy, N.Y.
 3 ROYS Rogers and Clark
 3 ROXY Classic theater name
 3 ROVE Wander
 3 ROUE Rake
 3 ROUE Libertine
 3 ROTE Some learning
 3 ROT Twaddle
 3 ROT Rubbish
 3 ROT Bunk
 3 ROT Balderdash
 3 ROSY Optimistic
 3 ROSS Flagmaker Betsy
 3 ROSH ___ ha-Shanah
 3 ROSH ___ Hashana
 3 ROSES Kentucky Derby prize
 3 ROSES Derby prize
 3 ROSA Santa ___, Calif.
 3 ROSA Parks on a bus
 3 ROSA Parks in 1955 news
 3 ROSA Painter Bonheur
 3 ROPE Lariat
 3 ROOT Dig like a pig
 3 ROOMIE Dormmate
 3 ROOK Piece next to a knight
 3 RONDO Sonata section
 3 ROMP Frolic
 3 ROMP Easy win
 3 ROMP Cakewalk
 3 ROME ``Coriolanus'' setting
 3 ROMA Tomato type
 3 ROM Neighbor of Bulg.
 3 ROM CD follower
 3 ROLLON Deodorant type
 3 ROLLO Rich kid in ``Nancy''
 3 ROLLE Esther of ``Good Times''
 3 ROLE Lady Macbeth, e.g.
 3 ROLE Film part
 3 ROI Louis XIV, e.g.
 3 ROEG Film director Nicolas
 3 ROE Unnamed litigant
 3 ROE Spawn
 3 ROE Preschoolers?
 3 ROE Lobster eggs
 3 RODIN ``The Thinker'' sculptor
 3 RODIN ``The Kiss'' sculptor
 3 ROD Engine part
 3 ROC Mythical bird
 3 ROB Stick up
 3 ROB Knock over
 3 ROAST Friars Club event
 3 ROAR Surf's sound
 3 ROAR Surf sound
 3 ROAM Wander
 3 RNA It's stranded
 3 RNA Genetic material
 3 RMN L.B.J.'s successor
 3 RLS ``Kidnapped'' author's inits.
 3 RKO ``King Kong'' studio
 3 RIVET Fix firmly
 3 RIVE Split
 3 RIVA 1972 Kentucky Derby winner ___ Ridge
 3 RITA ``Lovely'' Beatles girl
 3 RITA Comic Rudner
 3 RIT Musical dir.
 3 RISE Hillock
 3 RISE Greet the day
 3 RIPOSTE Comeback
 3 RIPE Ready to pluck
 3 RIPE Ready for picking
 3 RIPE Ready
 3 RIOTER Water cannon target
 3 RIOT Sidesplitter
 3 RIOT Run amok
 3 RIOT Laughfest
 3 RIOT Laugh ___
 3 RIOT Knee-slapper
 3 RIORITA 1942 Abbott and Costello movie
 3 RIO ___ de Janeiro
 3 RIO ___ Grande
 3 RIO Copacabana site
 3 RINSE Dentist's direction
 3 RIN Thousandth of a yen
 3 RIM Edge
 3 RILL Streamlet
 3 RILES Gets to
 3 RILE Tick off
 3 RIIS ``How the Other Half Lives'' author
 3 RIGS Fixes
 3 RIGOR Severity
 3 RIGEL Star in Orion
 3 RIGA Baltic port
 3 RIGA Baltic capital
 3 RIFT Fissure
 3 RIFLE M-1, for one
 3 RIEL Cambodian currency
 3 RIDGE Chip feature
 3 RICH Loaded
 3 RIC Rocker Ocasek
 3 RIBS Barbecue fare
 3 RIATA Calf catcher
 3 RIAL Iranian money
 3 RIA Estuary
 3 RHOS Fraternity letters
 3 RHO Pi follower
 3 RHINO Safari sight
 3 RHEA Mother of Hades
 3 RHEA Hera's mother
 3 RHEA Actress Perlman
 3 RFD Mail abbr.
 3 REW VCR button
 3 REVS Guns
 3 REV Increase, with ``up''
 3 RETRO Backward-looking
 3 RETIRES Turns in
 3 RETAKE Second shot
 3 RET No longer working: Abbr.
 3 RET Emeritus: Abbr.
 3 REST Take a load off
 3 REST Break
 3 RESIN Gum
 3 RESET VCR button
 3 RES ___ publica
 3 RES ___ gestae
 3 RES Legal matter
 3 RES Lawyer's thing
 3 RES Hi-___
 3 REROUTE Send another way
 3 RERAN Showed again
 3 RERAN Played over
 3 RERAN Aired again
 3 REPOT Move, in a way
 3 REPOSE Peace of mind
 3 REPO Seized vehicle
 3 REPO Bank take-back
 3 REPAY Indemnify
 3 REPAIR Fix
 3 REOS Classic cars
 3 REO Classic car
 3 RENEE Dancer Jeanmaire
 3 RENEE Actress Taylor of ``The Nanny''
 3 RENE Peace Nobelist Cassin
 3 REND Tear apart
 3 RENAL Kidney-related
 3 REN Stimpy's TV pal
 3 REN Cartoon canine
 3 REMY ___ Martin (cognac)
 3 REM ``The One I Love'' group
 3 RELY Lean (on)
 3 RELY Count (on)
 3 RELY Count
 3 RELY Bank
 3 RELO Move, in Realtor-speak
 3 RELIC Museum piece
 3 RELAX Chill, so to speak
 3 RELATE Tell
 3 REHEARSE Run through
 3 REHAB Post-op time
 3 REGIS Denver university
 3 REGAL Fit for a king
 3 REFS Zebras
 3 REFER Direct elsewhere
 3 REFER Allude
 3 REEVE Chaucer pilgrim
 3 REESE Actress Witherspoon
 3 REEL It holds the line
 3 REEK Stink
 3 REEK Need a bath badly
 3 REED Pastoral pipe
 3 REED Marsh growth
 3 REDS Many wines
 3 REDS 1990 World Series champs
 3 REDOAK New Jersey's state tree
 3 REDO Start over
 3 REDO Fix
 3 REDEEM Cash in
 3 REDD Funnyman Foxx
 3 REDD Foxx of ``Sanford and Son''
 3 REDD Comic Foxx
 3 RED Scarlet
 3 RED Inflamed
 3 RED Flushed
 3 RECESS Break
 3 RECEDE Move away
 3 RECAP Sum up
 3 REBUS ``Concentration'' puzzle
 3 REBUS Picture puzzle
 3 REBS Graycoats
 3 REB Yank's foe
 3 REARS Parents
 3 REARS Brings up
 3 REAR Caboose
 3 REAR Behind
 3 REAR Backside
 3 REAM Enlarge, as a hole
 3 REALMS Spheres
 3 REALM Sphere
 3 REAL Genuine
 3 REACT Flinch, say
 3 REACT Don't just stand there
 3 REACH Boxer's stat
 3 REA New Deal prog.
 3 RDS Map lines: Abbr.
 3 RDAS Vitamin bottle info
 3 RDA Nutritionist's fig.
 3 RCA Indianapolis's ___ Dome
 3 RCA Color TV pioneer
 3 RCA Big TV maker
 3 RBIS Grand slam foursome
 3 RBI Diamond stat.
 3 RAZZ Tease
 3 RAZE Tear down
 3 RAZE Demolish
 3 RAY Sunbeam
 3 RAY Bit of sunshine
 3 RAY Beam
 3 RAW Wet behind the ears
 3 RAW Rarer than rare
 3 RAVEN Poe bird
 3 RAVEL ``Bolero'' composer
 3 RATRACE Grind
 3 RATE Judge
 3 RATE Clip
 3 RAREBIT Cheese dish
 3 RARE Hard to find
 3 RAPT Wholly absorbed
 3 RAPS Emulates Eminem
 3 RAPID Galloping
 3 RANT Go ballistic
 3 RANT Deliver a tirade
 3 RANI Punjabi princess
 3 RAN Tore
 3 RAN Sprinted
 3 RAN Operated
 3 RAN Managed
 3 RAN Bled
 3 RAMS Butts
 3 RAMEN Japanese noodle dish
 3 RAMBO Stallone title role
 3 RAMA Avatar of Vishnu
 3 RAL ``Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-___''
 3 RAISERS Parents, e.g.
 3 RAISE Union demand
 3 RAISE Bring up
 3 RAILSAT Berates
 3 RAHS Stadium sounds
 3 RAHS Cheers
 3 RAH ``Go, team!''
 3 RAH Stadium sound
 3 RAH Fan sound
 3 RAH Encouraging word
 3 RAH Cheer
 3 RAGU Prego rival
 3 RAGTAG Shabby
 3 RAGON Tease
 3 RAGE Foam at the mouth
 3 RAGA Indian music
 3 RAF Battle of Britain grp.
 3 RAES Explorer John and others
 3 RAE Actress Charlotte
 3 RADISH Salad slice
 3 RADIO AM/FM device
 3 RADAR Kind of screen
 3 RACY Risqué
 3 RACER Speed demon
 3 QUIT Pack it in
 3 QUES Opposite of an ans.
 3 QUEEG 1954 Bogart role
 3 QUAD Campus area
 3 QUA Sine ___ non
 3 QED Proof letters
 3 PYRE Combustible heap
 3 PUT Impose
 3 PURE 24-karat
 3 PUPU Kind of platter
 3 PULLTAB Can opener
 3 PUCE Purple shade
 3 PTA Educ. group
 3 PST L.A. setting
 3 PSST Attention getter
 3 PSI Telepathy, e.g.
 3 PSI Letter before omega
 3 PSANDQS Manners
 3 PRYNNE ``The Scarlet Letter'' woman
 3 PROSIT ``To your health!''
 3 PROSE Plain writing
 3 PROBONO Free
 3 PROB ``No ___!''
 3 PRO For
 3 PRO Favoring
 3 PRIX Grand finale?
 3 PRIM Strait-laced
 3 PRIG Bluenose
 3 PRESTO Magic word
 3 PRESS Newspapers
 3 PREPARE Whip up
 3 PREP Ready
 3 PRE Historic leader?
 3 PRE Grand ___, Nova Scotia
 3 PRATE Chatter
 3 PRADO Madrid museum
 3 POT Kitty
 3 POT Crock
 3 POSTE Mail, in Marseille
 3 POST Put up
 3 POSIT Put forward
 3 POPPA Old man
 3 POPE Bishop of Rome
 3 POOR Needy
 3 POOR D
 3 POOL Betting group
 3 PONE Corn bread
 3 PONE Corn ___
 3 POLOS Some shirts
 3 POKE Jab
 3 POKE Elbow
 3 POINTE Grosse ___, Mich.
 3 POI Taro dish
 3 POI Luau fare
 3 POE ``Ulalume'' poet
 3 PODIA Lecterns
 3 POD Pea's place
 3 PNIN Nabokov novel
 3 PNEU French tire
 3 PLUS In addition
 3 PLO Arafat's org.
 3 PLO Arafat's grp.
 3 PLEB Commoner
 3 PLATTE Nebraska river
 3 PLATO Academy founder
 3 PIUS Papal name
 3 PIU More, in music
 3 PITA Kind of bread
 3 PINTS Pub orders
 3 PING Engine knock
 3 PIN Brooch
 3 PIN A.T.M. need
 3 PIK Water ___
 3 PIET Painter Mondrian
 3 PIER Loading site
 3 PIED Motley
 3 PIE Epitome of easiness
 3 PICA Typewriter type
 3 PIC Snap
 3 PHRASE Express
 3 PHENOL Carbolic acid
 3 PEU Little, in Lille
 3 PETRI Kind of dish
 3 PETE Red Rose
 3 PESTO Trattoria topping
 3 PESTER Annoy
 3 PEST Nuisance
 3 PEST Noodge
 3 PESETA 100 centimos
 3 PESCI ``My Cousin Vinny'' star
 3 PERTH Capital of Western Australia
 3 PERT Lively
 3 PERSE Inherently
 3 PEROT Candidate of 1992 and '96
 3 PERM Salon job
 3 PERIL Danger
 3 PERES Netanyahu's predecessor
 3 PERE ___ Noël
 3 PERDU Concealed
 3 PERCE Nez ___
 3 PER Pay-___-view
 3 PER Part of w.p.m.
 3 PEPSI Coke competitor
 3 PEP Vim
 3 PEORIA Bradley University site
 3 PEONS Lowly workers
 3 PEON Menial
 3 PENT Locked (up)
 3 PENN ___ Station
 3 PENN Ivy League team
 3 PEND Remain unsettled
 3 PEN Compose
 3 PELF Ill-gotten gains
 3 PEKOE Orange ___
 3 PEI Kennedy Library architect
 3 PEG Identify
 3 PEEVE Tick off
 3 PEEVE Annoy
 3 PEERS Equals
 3 PEERIN Look through a keyhole
 3 PEER Look
 3 PEEP Chick's sound
 3 PEEN Hammer's end
 3 PEEL Rind
 3 PEE ___ Dee River
 3 PEDDLE Hawk
 3 PECS Chest muscles, briefly
 3 PEC Delt neighbor
 3 PEARL Oyster's prize
 3 PEAK Busiest
 3 PEA Shooter ammo
 3 PAYS Is worthwhile
 3 PAW Manhandle
 3 PAVE Surface
 3 PATTI Singer Page
 3 PAT Like some answers
 3 PAT Bit of butter
 3 PASTE Stickum
 3 PAST History
 3 PASSOUT Faint
 3 PAS Dance step
 3 PARSE Break down, in a way
 3 PARE Whittle
 3 PARE Trim
 3 PARBOIL Precook
 3 PARA Prefix with legal
 3 PAR Standard
 3 PAR Average
 3 PAPAL Kind of cross
 3 PAPA One of the Three Bears
 3 PAP Twaddle
 3 PAP Drivel
 3 PANT Huff and puff
 3 PANED Like windows
 3 PANACHE Dash
 3 PALS Buds
 3 PALS Buddies
 3 PALOMINO Trigger, e.g.
 3 PALO ___ Alto, Calif.
 3 PALER Less ruddy
 3 PALATE Gourmet's sense
 3 PAL Sidekick
 3 PAL Mate
 3 PAL Amigo
 3 PAINE ``Common Sense'' pamphleteer
 3 PAESE Bel ___ cheese
 3 PADRE San Diego baseballer
 3 PADRE Military chaplain
 3 PADRE Man with a mission
 3 PACTS Treaties
 3 PACTS Agreements
 3 PACT Hostilities ender
 3 OZARK Arkansas's ___ Mountains
 3 OXEYE Kind of daisy
 3 OXEN Plow pullers
 3 OWNED Had title to
 3 OWN Possess
 3 OWN Part of B.Y.O.B.
 3 OWLS Mice catchers
 3 OWL Mouse catcher
 3 OWES Has a tab
 3 OWEN John Irving's ``A Prayer for ___ Meany''
 3 OWE See red?
 3 OWE Have bills
 3 OVI Prefix with posit
 3 OVERLIE Cover
 3 OVERARM Like some swimming strokes
 3 OVER Completed
 3 OVENS Pizzeria fixtures
 3 OVEN Hot spot
 3 OVEN Dutch ___
 3 OVATE Egg-shaped
 3 OVALS Tracks
 3 OVAL Track shape
 3 OVA Reproductive cells
 3 OVA Lab eggs
 3 OVA Egg cells
 3 OUTDO Best
 3 OUT Not at home
 3 OURS Not theirs
 3 OUR ``___ Gang''
 3 OUR Lord's Prayer start
 3 OUCH ``That hurts!''
 3 OTTO ``Beetle Bailey'' pooch
 3 OTTER Playful animal
 3 OTTER Glossy brown fur
 3 OTT Polo Grounds legend
 3 OTS Tiebreakers, briefly
 3 OTRO Not esto or eso
 3 OTRA ___ vez (again): Sp.
 3 OTRA Other, in Oaxaca
 3 OTOE Siouan speaker
 3 OTOE Oklahoma Indian
 3 OTO Oklahoma Indian
 3 OTIS Elevator pioneer
 3 OTIC Suffix with neur-
 3 OTHER Survey choice
 3 OTERO Alamogordo's county
 3 OTELLO Verdi opera
 3 OTELLO Opera set in Cyprus
 3 OTC Non-Rx
 3 OTC Like some stocks, for short
 3 OSTIA Port of old Rome
 3 OSTEO Prefix with -pathy
 3 OSTEO Bone: Prefix
 3 OSTEAL Bony
 3 OSSA Bones, anatomically
 3 OSS C.I.A. predecessor
 3 OSLO Quisling's city
 3 OSLO Cold capital
 3 OSLO 1952 Winter Olympics site
 3 OSH Kyrgyz city
 3 OSAKA Honshu city
 3 OSAGE ___ orange
 3 OSAGE Missouri feeder
 3 OSAGE Inedible orange
 3 ORYX African antelope
 3 ORY Suffix with access
 3 ORTS Table scraps
 3 ORTHO Garden products brand
 3 ORTEGA Sandinista leader
 3 ORT Crumb
 3 ORSONS Bean and others
 3 ORSON Director Welles
 3 ORSO Guesstimate phrase
 3 ORR Bobby of hockey
 3 ORO ___ y plata (Montana's motto)
 3 ORO ___ y Plata (Montana's motto)
 3 ORO Guadalajara gold
 3 ORNO ``Yes ___?''
 3 ORNATE Rococo
 3 ORK TV planet
 3 ORION Hunter in the night sky
 3 ORIOLE Firebird
 3 ORIG At first: Abbr.
 3 ORIENT Familiarize
 3 ORI ``... ___ quit!''
 3 ORGY Wild revelry
 3 ORG Web site address ending
 3 ORG Web address ending
 3 ORFEO Gluck's ``___ ed Euridice''
 3 ORES Tram loads
 3 ORES They're found in veins
 3 ORES Mine finds
 3 ORES Bonanza finds
 3 OREO Snack since 1912
 3 OREO Snack in a stack
 3 OREO Popular cookie
 3 OREO It may get a licking after dinner
 3 OREM Provo neighbor
 3 ORE Source of iron
 3 ORE Smeltery input
 3 ORE Smelter input
 3 ORE Pay dirt
 3 ORE Miner's find
 3 ORE Bauxite, e.g.
 3 ORD Run-of-the-mill: Abbr.
 3 ORCAS Killer whales
 3 ORCA Ocean predator
 3 ORBIT Circle
 3 ORB Sun, e.g.
 3 ORB Sphere
 3 ORB Globe
 3 ORB Eyeball
 3 ORATE Speechify
 3 ORATE Give a speech
 3 ORATE Be bombastic
 3 ORANT Praying figure
 3 ORANG Big ape
 3 ORAN Mediterranean port
 3 ORALE Papal vestment
 3 ORAL Viva-voce
 3 ORAL Kind of tradition
 3 ORAL Kind of testimony
 3 ORAL Kind of exam
 3 ORACH Spinachlike plant
 3 ORA Man-mouse link
 3 OPUS Work
 3 OPUS Numbered work
 3 OPULENCE Plenty
 3 OPTS Goes (for)
 3 OPTO Vision: Prefix
 3 OPTIC Some nerve
 3 OPTIC Kind of nerve
 3 OPTED Chose
 3 OPT Make a choice
 3 OPS Photo ___ (media events)
 3 OPRAH Big name in book clubs
 3 OPIUM Poppy product
 3 OPINE Think out loud
 3 OPINE Sound off
 3 OPERA ``La Bohème,'' e.g.
 3 OPERA Met offering
 3 OPENS Some tournaments
 3 OPEN Store sign
 3 OPEN Receptive
 3 OPEN Dentist's request
 3 OPED Newspaper page
 3 OPEC Oil grp.
 3 OPCIT Footnote abbr.
 3 OPART Eyeball benders
 3 OPAL Shade of blue
 3 OPAL Iridescent stone
 3 OPAH Moonfish
 3 OOZE Move like molasses
 3 OOZE Exude
 3 OOP ``Alley ___''
 3 OOO Tic-tac-toe winner
 3 OOO Tic-tac-toe win
 3 OOO Queenside castle, in chess notation
 3 OOO New pedometer reading
 3 OOO Hugs, symbolically
 3 OONA A Chaplin
 3 OOMPH Pizazz
 3 OOMPH Get-up-and-go
 3 OOHS Circus cries
 3 OOHED Marveled aloud
 3 OOH ``That feels good!''
 3 ONUS Cross to bear
 3 ONTOP Winning
 3 ONTOP Victorious
 3 ONTO Savvy about
 3 ONTO Not had by
 3 ONTO Not duped by
 3 ONTIME Punctual
 3 ONTHEQT Secretly
 3 ONTAP Ready for drawing
 3 ONT Neighbor of Minn.
 3 ONT Can. province
 3 ONSITE Kind of inspection
 3 ONSETS Beginnings
 3 ONSET Commencement
 3 ONSALE Marked down
 3 ONOS Lennon's in-laws
 3 ONORDER Coming
 3 ONOR ``___ off?''
 3 ONOR ___ about (roughly)
 3 ONOR ___ about (circa)
 3 ONO Lennon's widow
 3 ONLY Sole
 3 ONIT ``Put a lid ___!''
 3 ONIN Getting ___ years
 3 ONI Clandestine maritime org.
 3 ONEUP Get the better of
 3 ONETOONE Kind of correspondence
 3 ONESTAR Poor movie rating
 3 ONESEC ``Hold on!''
 3 ONES Teller's stack
 3 ONES Addition column
 3 ONER Doozy
 3 ONEONONE Private
 3 ONENO Bridge bid, briefly
 3 ONEND Ceaselessly
 3 ONEMORE Another
 3 ONEMAN Kind of band
 3 ONEL Scott Turow title
 3 ONEIL Newsman Roger
 3 ONEDGE Tense
 3 ONEDAY Sometime
 3 ONED Like a line, briefly
 3 ONEAM A wee hour
 3 ONEAL N.B.A.'s Shaquille
 3 ONEAL Center of Los Angeles
 3 ONEA Fit to serve
 3 ONEA Draftable
 3 ONE Solitary
 3 ONE Half and half
 3 ONE Four quarters
 3 ONE A
 3 ONCE Years ago
 3 ONCE Some time ago
 3 ONCE Long ago
 3 ONCE In the old days
 3 ONCE Formerly
 3 ONCE Fairy tale starter
 3 ONCE Fairy tale opener
 3 ONASTREAK Hot
 3 ONAIR Kind of personality
 3 ONA ``Put ___ Happy Face''
 3 ONA ``Not ___ bet!''
 3 ONA ___ whim
 3 ONA ___ hunch
 3 OMS Mantra sounds
 3 OMOO ``Typee'' sequel
 3 OMOO Melville tale
 3 OMNI Present opener?
 3 OMITS Drops
 3 OMIT Jump over
 3 OMIT Fail to mention
 3 OMIT Exclude
 3 OMIT Bypass
 3 OMERTA Mario Puzo best seller
 3 OMENS Signs
 3 OMEN Sign
 3 OMAR Taliban mullah
 3 OMAR Baseball's Vizquel
 3 OMAR Actor Epps
 3 OMANI Yemeni's neighbor
 3 OMANI Muscat resident
 3 OMAN Saudi Arabia neighbor
 3 OMAN Neighbor of Yemen
 3 OMAN Muscat's land
 3 OMAN Gulf war ally
 3 OMAHA City on the Missouri
 3 OLSEN Football Hall-of-Famer Merlin
 3 OLORD Prayer starter
 3 OLMOS Actor Edward James ___
 3 OLMEC Ancient Mexican
 3 OLLA ___ podrida
 3 OLLA Spicy stew
 3 OLIO Medley
 3 OLIN Hollywood's Ken or Lena
 3 OLGA One of Chekhov's ``Three Sisters''
 3 OLES Cheers
 3 OLEO Yellow spread
 3 OLEO Prefix with resin
 3 OLEO Dairy case item
 3 OLEG Designer for Jackie
 3 OLE Bullring cheer
 3 OLD Prehistoric
 3 OLD Moth-eaten
 3 OLD Aged
 3 OLAV Norwegian saint
 3 OLAF Patron saint of Norway
 3 OLAF Norway's patron saint
 3 OLAF Minnesota's St. ___ College
 3 OLA Slangy suffix
 3 OLA Motor add-on
 3 OLA Ending with pay
 3 OKRA Gumbo pods
 3 OKRA Gumbo
 3 OKIE ``The Grapes of Wrath'' figure
 3 OKIE Merle Haggard's ``___ From Muskogee''
 3 OKIE Dust Bowl refugee
 3 OKIE 30's migrant
 3 OKD Gave the go-ahead
 3 OKAYS Sanctions
 3 OKAYS Approves
 3 OKAPI Relative of a giraffe
 3 OKAPI Cousin of a giraffe
 3 OINK Farm sound
 3 OILY Slick
 3 OILY Greasy
 3 OILED Blotto
 3 OHS Circus cries
 3 OHO ``Well, lookee here!''
 3 OHO ``So that's it!''
 3 OHNO ``This can't be!''
 3 OHIO The Buckeye State
 3 OHIO Louisville's river
 3 OHIO Buckeye's home
 3 OHARE Chicago airport
 3 OGRE Shrek, e.g.
 3 OGRE Grimm villain
 3 OGRE Folklore fiend
 3 OGRE Fairy tale villain
 3 OGRE Brute
 3 OGLE Stare at
 3 OGLE Look at flirtatiously
 3 OGLE Gawk at
 3 OGLE Eyeball
 3 OGLE Eye
 3 OFTEN Frequently
 3 OFTEN A lot
 3 OFNOTE Distinguished
 3 OFF Not working
 3 OFAGE Old enough
 3 OER ``___ the ramparts...''
 3 OER ``___ the ramparts ...''
 3 OER Poetic preposition
 3 OER Poetic contraction
 3 OER Not 'neath
 3 OER Done, to Donne
 3 OER Anthem preposition
 3 OEIL Trompe l'___
 3 ODOR Stench
 3 ODIUM Hatred
 3 ODIN Thor's father
 3 ODIN Frigg's husband
 3 ODIE Jim Davis dog
 3 ODETTA One-named folk singer
 3 ODETS ``The Country Girl'' playwright
 3 ODETS ``Awake and Sing!'' playwright
 3 ODES Lyric poems
 3 ODER German border river
 3 ODER Frankfurt's river
 3 ODEA Old music halls
 3 ODEA Ancient theaters
 3 ODE Words of praise
 3 ODE Poetic paean
 3 ODE Lyrical lines
 3 ODE Lyric poem
 3 ODE Laudatory lines
 3 ODE Dedicated lines
 3 ODD Funny
 3 ODAY Singer Anita
 3 OCULAR Eyepiece
 3 OCTO Twice tetra-
 3 OCTO Numerical prefix
 3 OCTA Numerical prefix
 3 OCT World Series mo.
 3 OCS It turns out lts.
 3 OCHS Newspaperman Adolph
 3 OCHO Dos cubed
 3 OCELOT Spotted wildcat
 3 OCEANIC Vast
 3 OCEAN Continental divide?
 3 OCCUR Take place
 3 OCALA Florida's ___ National Forest
 3 OBSESSED Fanatical
 3 OBSESS Haunt
 3 OBOE Double-reed instrument
 3 OBLATE Flattened at the poles
 3 OBITER ___ dictum
 3 OBIE Tony's cousin
 3 OBI Sash
 3 OBI Kimono sash
 3 OBEYS Follows
 3 OBEY Toe the line
 3 OBEY Observe
 3 OBERON Moon of Uranus
 3 OATS Horse feed
 3 OATH Swear words
 3 OATH Many an office has one
 3 OATES Writer Joyce Carol ___
 3 OATEN Like Cheerios
 3 OAT Muesli morsel
 3 OAT Meal source
 3 OAT Granola morsel
 3 OAT Bit in a horse's mouth
 3 OARS Boat propellers
 3 OAR Stick in the water
 3 OAR Sculler's need
 3 OAR It fits in a lock
 3 OAR Galley tool
 3 OAKEN Like some old buckets
 3 OAK Symbol of strength
 3 OAFS Bozos
 3 OAF Butterfingers
 3 NYE Comic Louis
 3 NYE Bill ___, the Science Guy
 3 NYC Big Apple inits.
 3 NUT Screwball
 3 NURSE Sip
 3 NUN Sister
 3 NULL Zero
 3 NUDNIKS Bores
 3 NUDE Art subject
 3 NTH Ultimate
 3 NTH Math degree
 3 NSEC Tiny fraction of a min.
 3 NSA Hush-hush org.
 3 NSA Hush-hush grp.
 3 NRA New Deal inits.
 3 NRA Gun grp.
 3 NOWAY ``Forget it!''
 3 NOW This instant
 3 NOVA Exploding star
 3 NOVA Bagel stuffer
 3 NOUN Verb preceder
 3 NOTREAL Fake
 3 NOTME ``I'm innocent!''
 3 NOTIN Away
 3 NOTI Words of denial
 3 NOTER Observant one
 3 NOTED Prominent
 3 NOTE Memo
 3 NOT ``Hardly!''
 3 NOSY Like a yenta
 3 NOSIER More meddlesome
 3 NOSED Pried
 3 NOSE Bridge site
 3 NOSALE Cash register key
 3 NOS Rejections
 3 NORSE Like Eric the Red
 3 NORI ``Me neither''
 3 NOR Hide-hair connector
 3 NOPAR Like some stock
 3 NOP Alphabet trio
 3 NOOR Jordan's Queen ___
 3 NOONE Not a soul
 3 NOON Twelve
 3 NOON High time?
 3 NONCE Present occasion
 3 NOME Iditarod terminus
 3 NOMADIC Wandering
 3 NOLO ___ contendere
 3 NOLO Court plea, for short
 3 NOLAN Pitcher Ryan
 3 NOHIT Like seven Ryan games
 3 NOHIT Like a rare baseball game
 3 NOG Holiday quaff
 3 NOES Some votes
 3 NOES Refusals
 3 NOELS Seasonal songs
 3 NOEL December air
 3 NOEL Christmas song
 3 NOEL Christmas carol
 3 NOEL Christmas
 3 NODS Go-aheads
 3 NODE Knot
 3 NOD Go-ahead
 3 NOD Doze
 3 NOB Head, slangily
 3 NOAM First name in linguistics
 3 NOAH Wordsmith Webster
 3 NNE SSW's opposite
 3 NNE Austin-to-Dallas dir.
 3 NITRIC Kind of acid
 3 NITER Gunpowder ingredient
 3 NIT It may be picked
 3 NISI Like some decrees
 3 NISEI Japanese-American
 3 NIPAT Try to bite
 3 NINE Opening time, maybe
 3 NINA Ship of 1492
 3 NINA Mexican child
 3 NIN ``Delta of Venus'' author
 3 NIN Writer Anaïs
 3 NILES ``Frasier'' character
 3 NILE World's longest river
 3 NILE Shade of green
 3 NILE Christie's ``Death on the ___''
 3 NILE Cairo's river
 3 NIL Zippo
 3 NIL Nothing at all
 3 NIKES Some sneaks
 3 NIELS Nobelist Bohr
 3 NIE Never, in Nuremberg
 3 NICHE Specialty
 3 NICER More upscale
 3 NICE ``Good one!''
 3 NIB Point
 3 NIA Actress Vardalos
 3 NGO Vietnam's ___ Dinh Diem
 3 NFL Patriots' org.
 3 NEZ Pince-___
 3 NEY Marshal at Waterloo
 3 NEXUS Link
 3 NEXT Waiting room call
 3 NEWTS Red-spotted creatures
 3 NEWS Part of CNN
 3 NEWS Intelligence
 3 NEURAL Kind of network
 3 NETS Takes home
 3 NETGAIN Profit
 3 NET Clear
 3 NEST Den
 3 NEST Catbird seat?
 3 NESS Bitter end?
 3 NERTS ``Phooey!''
 3 NEREID Moon of Neptune
 3 NERDY Square
 3 NERD Uncool sort
 3 NERD Square
 3 NEPAL Sherpa's home
 3 NEON It's inert
 3 NEON It's a gas
 3 NEO ``The Matrix'' role
 3 NEO Newcomer, briefly
 3 NEMESIS Unbeatable foe
 3 NELL Dickens girl
 3 NEL First word of Dante's ``Inferno''
 3 NEH Book after Ezra: Abbr.
 3 NEGRO The ``N'' of U.N.C.F.
 3 NEGATE Undo
 3 NEER Poetic contraction
 3 NEEDY Disadvantaged
 3 NEEDS Must-haves
 3 NEED Requisite
 3 NEED Exigency
 3 NEED Call for
 3 NEE Originally named
 3 NEE Born, in bios
 3 NEDS Beatty and Rorem
 3 NED ``Waking ___ Devine'' (1998 film)
 3 NEBS Beaks
 3 NEAT Nifty
 3 NEAT Like some drinks
 3 NEAT In apple-pie order
 3 NEAR Impending
 3 NEAR Around
 3 NEAR Approach
 3 NEAPS Some tides
 3 NEAP Certain tide
 3 NEA Teachers' grp.
 3 NEA PBS benefactor
 3 NEA Granting grp.
 3 NEA Cultural org.
 3 NCO Sgt., for one
 3 NAY Thumbs down
 3 NATO Cold war winner
 3 NATE ___ the Great (boy detective)
 3 NATAL Kind of star
 3 NAT A Turner
 3 NAS ``If I Ruled the World'' rapper
 3 NARES Nostrils
 3 NARC Drug cop
 3 NARC Buster
 3 NARC Bust maker
 3 NAPS Siestas
 3 NAPES Scruffs
 3 NAOMI Model Campbell
 3 NANO Prefix with technology
 3 NALA ``The Lion King'' lion
 3 NAIL Catch but good
 3 NAH ``Uh-uh''
 3 NAGAT Bother persistently
 3 NADA Big zero
 3 NACRE Mother-of-pearl
 3 NABS Collars
 3 NABS Catches
 3 NAB Get
 3 NAB Catch in the act
 3 MUS Juilliard subj.
 3 MUS Greek letters
 3 MURK Darkness
 3 MUNI Certain bond, informally
 3 MUFTI Civilian clothes
 3 MTNS Range: Abbr.
 3 MSU E. Lansing school
 3 MSS Work for eds.
 3 MSS Ed.'s in-box filler
 3 MRT ``Rocky III'' actor
 3 MRS Partner, with ``the''
 3 MRI Hosp. picture
 3 MRI Dr.'s order
 3 MOTIF Recurring theme
 3 MOSS Trunk growth
 3 MOSS Forest growth
 3 MORON Idiot
 3 MORES Customs
 3 MORE ``Encore!''
 3 MOPE Brood
 3 MOP Swab
 3 MOOT Not worth debating
 3 MOOLAH Scratch
 3 MOOG ___ synthesizer
 3 MOO Low
 3 MONET ``Haystacks'' painter
 3 MONA Poet Van Duyn
 3 MON Back-to-work time: Abbr.
 3 MOMA N.Y.C. cultural center
 3 MOM Soccer ___
 3 MOM May honoree
 3 MOLL Gangster's gal
 3 MOIRE Wavelike design
 3 MOE ``The Simpsons'' bartender
 3 MOB Kind of rule
 3 MOAN Complain
 3 MNOP Alphabet quartet
 3 MITZI Actress Gaynor
 3 MITTS Hands, slangily
 3 MITT Hand holder
 3 MIST Spray
 3 MISER Scrooge
 3 MIR Former Russian orbiter
 3 MINEO Sal of ``Exodus''
 3 MINE Outfielder's cry
 3 MILO Actor O'Shea
 3 MILA Uris's ``___ 18''
 3 MILA Leon Uris's ``___ 18''
 3 MIL .001 inch
 3 MIG Russian fighter
 3 MIDST Thick
 3 MIDST Center
 3 MID ___-Atlantic
 3 MID Central
 3 MICE Cheese nibblers
 3 MICAH Book before Nahum
 3 MICA Isinglass
 3 MIATA Sporty Mazda
 3 MIA Soccer standout Hamm
 3 MEWS Kittens' cries
 3 MEW Kitten's cry
 3 METOOER Copycat
 3 METE Parcel (out)
 3 METE Dole (out)
 3 METE Dole
 3 METE Apportion, with ``out''
 3 MET Ran into
 3 MET Came across
 3 MESH Fit together
 3 MESH Dovetail
 3 MESA Arizona city
 3 MERIT Reason for a raise
 3 MER Debussy subject
 3 MENTHE Crème flavorer
 3 MENSCH Good guy
 3 MENS Department store department
 3 MENLO ___ Park, N.J.
 3 MEMO Note
 3 MELT Tuna ___
 3 MELD Pinochle combo
 3 MEL Country singer McDaniel
 3 MEG Memory unit, for short
 3 MEETS Track events
 3 MEETS Chances upon
 3 MEESE Reagan attorney general
 3 MEDIC Doc
 3 MEDIA Press
 3 MECH Kind of engr.
 3 MEAT Vegetarian's no-no
 3 MEARA Stiller's comedy partner
 3 MEANT Stood for
 3 MEAN Stand for
 3 MEAL Repast
 3 MEADE Gettysburg victor
 3 MDS Hosp. workers
 3 MCRAE Jazz singer Carmen
 3 MCI Sprint rival
 3 MCAN Thom ___ shoes
 3 MBAS New corp. hires
 3 MBA Entrepreneur's deg.
 3 MAW Big mouth
 3 MAVEN Whiz
 3 MAULS Manhandles
 3 MATER Alma ___
 3 MATE Pal
 3 MATE Chess ending
 3 MAST Schooner part
 3 MASSE Billiard stroke
 3 MARINE Corps member
 3 MARAT Corday's victim
 3 MAR Disfigure
 3 MAR Deface
 3 MAORI Polynesian language
 3 MAO Kind of jacket
 3 MANY Umpteen
 3 MANN ``Death in Venice'' author
 3 MANLY Hairy-chested
 3 MANIA Rage
 3 MAN ``Whew!''
 3 MALT Fountain treat
 3 MALT Fountain order
 3 MALI French Sudan, today
 3 MALI Bamako is its capital
 3 MAL Bad start?
 3 MAIZE Corn
 3 MAITAI Rum cocktail
 3 MAIN Primary
 3 MAIN Common street name
 3 MAIN Cardinal
 3 MAID Domestic
 3 MAI ___ tai (drink)
 3 MAHAL Taj ___
 3 MAGI O. Henry's ``The Gift of the ___''
 3 MAE Fannie ___
 3 MAE Common female middle name
 3 MADE Earned
 3 MADAT Angry with
 3 MACS PC alternatives
 3 MAC Bub
 3 MAC Big ___
 3 MAAMS Sirs' counterparts
 3 MAAM What to call a lady
 3 LYS River at Ghent
 3 LYNX Wildcat
 3 LYINGTO Deceiving
 3 LYCEE French school
 3 LUSH Verdant
 3 LURID Sensational
 3 LULU Whopper
 3 LULU Ripsnorter
 3 LUGS Schleps
 3 LUC Director Jean-___ Godard
 3 LUBES Garage jobs
 3 LST ``Saving Private Ryan'' craft: Abbr.
 3 LST W.W. II craft: Abbr.
 3 LSD Acid
 3 LSAT Future atty.'s exam
 3 LOY Myrna of ``The Thin Man''
 3 LOY Actress Myrna
 3 LOVE Zero, on a court
 3 LOUT Oaf
 3 LOUT Boor
 3 LOUSE No-goodnik
 3 LOUD Garish
 3 LOTT Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie
 3 LOTI French novelist Pierre
 3 LOT Auction unit
 3 LOT Auction offering
 3 LOST Found's partner
 3 LOSE Give the slip to
 3 LOS ___ Alamos, N.M.
 3 LORRE ``M'' star, 1931
 3 LORRE ``M'' star
 3 LORRE Peter of ``Casablanca''
 3 LORNE Actor Greene
 3 LORNA ``___ Doone''
 3 LORI Loughlin of ``Full House''
 3 LOREN ``Two Women'' Oscar winner
 3 LOREN Sophia of ``Two Women''
 3 LOREN Actress Sophia
 3 LORD Lady's man
 3 LOPES Runs
 3 LOPED Bounded along
 3 LOP Cut (off)
 3 LOOT Spoils
 3 LOON Nutcase
 3 LOOM Shuttle site
 3 LOOM Hang over one's head
 3 LOO Card game with forfeits
 3 LOO British john
 3 LONI Burt's ex
 3 LONE Unattended
 3 LONE Single
 3 LOMA ___ Linda, Calif.
 3 LOM Actor Herbert
 3 LOLL Veg out
 3 LOIRE Its capital is St.-Étienne
 3 LOIRE France's longest river
 3 LOIN Butcher's cut
 3 LOESS Loamy deposit
 3 LODE Mother ___
 3 LOCO Crackers
 3 LOCI Places
 3 LOC ___ cit. (footnote abbr.)
 3 LOBO Gray wolf
 3 LOATH Reluctant
 3 LOAM Good earth
 3 LLAMA Wool source
 3 LIV Actress Ullmann
 3 LIV Actress Tyler
 3 LIT Beyond tipsy
 3 LISLE Stocking material
 3 LISA One of the Simpsons
 3 LIRE Italian money
 3 LIRA Turkish money
 3 LIPO T'ang dynasty poet
 3 LIPO Prefix with suction
 3 LIP Sass
 3 LION Literary ___
 3 LINT Fluff
 3 LINENS Department store section
 3 LINEAR One-dimensional
 3 LINE Come-on
 3 LINA Director Wertmüller
 3 LIN China's ___ Piao
 3 LIMIT Cap
 3 LIMA City founded by Pizarro
 3 LILLE De Gaulle's birthplace
 3 LILAC Purplish
 3 LILAC New Hampshire's state flower
 3 LILAC Light purple
 3 LIL ``___ Abner''
 3 LIESTO Misinforms
 3 LIED Told a whopper
 3 LIAR Storyteller
 3 LIANA Tropical vine
 3 LIAISE Be a go-between
 3 LIA ___ Fail (Irish coronation stone)
 3 LGE T-shirt size: Abbr.
 3 LGA N.Y.C. airport
 3 LEX Roman law
 3 LEX Big Apple subway, with ``the''
 3 LEVI Dolly of ``Hello, Dolly!''
 3 LEVAR Actor Burton
 3 LEV O.T. book
 3 LETUS ``___ pray''
 3 LETUP Abate
 3 LETT Riga resident
 3 LETHE River in Hades
 3 LETGO ``Unhand me!''
 3 LET Allow
 3 LEST ``___ we forget''
 3 LESS Reduced by
 3 LESS More or ___
 3 LESION Wound
 3 LES Bandleader Brown
 3 LEONI Actress Téa
 3 LEO Regulus's constellation
 3 LENT Fast time?
 3 LENT Advanced
 3 LENS Telescope part
 3 LENO Late-night host
 3 LENIENT Easy
 3 LENI Filmmaker Riefenstahl
 3 LENDL U.S. Open champ, 1985-87
 3 LEND Advance
 3 LENA River through Yakutsk
 3 LEN Sportscaster Berman
 3 LEN Football Hall-of-Famer Dawson
 3 LEM Moon lander, for short
 3 LEK Albanian money
 3 LEILA Bizet opera priestess
 3 LEI Ring around the collar?
 3 LEHAR ``The Merry Widow'' composer
 3 LEGIT On the up and up
 3 LEFTY Southpaw
 3 LEFT Took a powder
 3 LEFT Hit the road
 3 LEERY Distrustful
 3 LEER Unwanted look
 3 LEER Lecherous look
 3 LEEJ Actor ___ Cobb
 3 LEEDS Yorkshire city
 3 LEECH Bloodsucker
 3 LEE Author Harper
 3 LEDTO Caused
 3 LEDGE Shelf
 3 LEDA Mother of Helen of Troy
 3 LEDA Mother of Helen
 3 LEDA Mother of Castor and Pollux
 3 LED Called the shots
 3 LEAST Minimum
 3 LEARN Live's partner
 3 LEAR Regan's father
 3 LEAP Bound
 3 LEAN Spare
 3 LEAF Page
 3 LEADSTO Results in
 3 LEA Grazing spot
 3 LDS Mormons: Abbr.
 3 LBOS Wall St. deals
 3 LBJ J.F.K.'s successor
 3 LAZE Lounge
 3 LAY Put
 3 LAWN Croquet area
 3 LAVA Volcanic flow
 3 LAUDS Praises
 3 LAUD Praise
 3 LATTE Starbucks order
 3 LATS Back muscles, for short
 3 LATH Plaster base
 3 LATEX Paint ingredient
 3 LATER ``Ciao!''
 3 LATE Overdue
 3 LATE Like the White Rabbit
 3 LATE After curfew
 3 LASTS Holds up
 3 LASSO Cow catcher
 3 LASH Whip
 3 LASH Punishment unit
 3 LAS Part of U.N.L.V.
 3 LARVA Caterpillar, for one
 3 LARUE Lash of old westerns
 3 LARGO Florida's Key ___
 3 LARA Pasternak heroine
 3 LAPSE Slip
 3 LAP Napkin's place
 3 LAO Indochinese language
 3 LAND Come down
 3 LANAI Hawaiian island
 3 LANA A Turner
 3 LAME Unconvincing
 3 LAME Poor, as excuses go
 3 LAME Pathetic
 3 LAME Hobbling
 3 LAMA Dalai ___
 3 LALO ``Symphonie espagnole'' composer
 3 LALA Kind of land
 3 LAKES Finger ___
 3 LAKER Staples Center player
 3 LAK ``Mighty ___ a Rose''
 3 LAIRS Retreats
 3 LAIRD Scottish landowner
 3 LAINE Cleo of jazz
 3 LAIN Stretched out
 3 LAIC Like some church matters
 3 LAI Chou En-___
 3 LAH ``Well, ___-di-dah!''
 3 LAGS Falls behind
 3 LAG Hang back
 3 LADLE Soup scoop
 3 LADE Put on board, as cargo
 3 LAD Stripling
 3 LAD Bucko
 3 LACTI Milk: Prefix
 3 LACT Milk: Prefix
 3 LACES Shoestrings
 3 LACE Tie up
 3 LABS Places for experiments
 3 LABS Bell ___
 3 LAB Family dog, for short
 3 KOSHER Legit
 3 KOREA ``M*A*S*H'' setting
 3 KOREA Divided land
 3 KONG King ___
 3 KON ___-Tiki
 3 KOLN City on the Rhein
 3 KOALA Australian ``bear''
 3 KNOTTS Fife player
 3 KNOT Cluster
 3 KNEW Understood
 3 KNELT Prepared to be dubbed
 3 KNEE Patella's place
 3 KNEE Midleg
 3 KNEE Joint with a cap
 3 KNEAD Work with the hands
 3 KNEAD Massage
 3 KLEE Swiss artist Paul
 3 KLEE Artist Paul
 3 KITE Toy with a tail
 3 KISSER Mug
 3 KISS Smooch
 3 KIRI Opera's ___ Te Kanawa
 3 KIN Family
 3 KILN Place for a firing
 3 KIA Sportage maker
 3 KEY Lock opener
 3 KEY Critical
 3 KETT Etta of old comics
 3 KER Plop preceder
 3 KENYA Nairobi's land
 3 KENTS Smallville family
 3 KEN Scope
 3 KEN Knowledge
 3 KEEPON Continue
 3 KEEP Stay fresh
 3 KEEL Fall (over)
 3 KATO Green Hornet's aide
 3 KATIE Couric of ``Today''
 3 KATE Actress Winslet
 3 KAROL Pope John Paul II's real first name
 3 KARMA Destiny
 3 KAPUT Done for
 3 KANE Classic Welles role
 3 KAMA ___ Sutra
 3 KAI Trombonist Winding
 3 JUT Stick (out)
 3 JUT Project
 3 JOY Rapture
 3 JOSH Kid
 3 JOCULAR Not serious
 3 JIVE Baloney
 3 JIBE Be in harmony
 3 JIBE Be in accord
 3 JIB Triangular sail
 3 JETE Ballet jump
 3 JEDI ``Star Wars'' knight
 3 JAW Shoot the breeze
 3 JAR Cookie holder
 3 JAIL Monopoly square
 3 JAG Bender
 3 JAB Quick punch
 3 IWO W.W. II battle site, for short
 3 IWIN Victor's cry
 3 IWERE ``If ___ you ...''
 3 IVOR Actor Novello
 3 IVES ``A Little Bitty Tear'' singer, 1962
 3 IVE ``___ Had It'' (1959 hit)
 3 IVE ``___ Got a Secret''
 3 IVANS Several czars
 3 IVANA Ex-Mrs. Trump
 3 ITTO Stick ___
 3 ITT Cousin ___ of ``The Addams Family''
 3 ITSY Tiny, informally
 3 ITSA ``___ deal!''
 3 ITSA ``___ boy!''
 3 ITS ``___ magic!''
 3 ITO ``Who am ___ say?''
 3 ITO ``What was ___ think?''
 3 ITO ``Am ___ believe …?''
 3 ITO Simpson case judge
 3 ITLL ``___ do''
 3 ITIN Pack ___
 3 ITIN Have ___ for
 3 ITHAD ``___ to Be You''
 3 ITHACA Cornell's home
 3 ITEM Twosome
 3 ITEM Gossip tidbit
 3 ITE Suffix with meteor
 3 ITE Resident's suffix
 3 ITE Ore suffix
 3 ITASCA Lake ___, source of the Mississippi
 3 ITALL ``Darn ___!''
 3 ITALIC Slanted
 3 ISUP ``The jig ___!''
 3 ISTOO Playground retort
 3 ISTLE Basket fiber
 3 ISR Neighbor of Leb.
 3 ISNO ``Ignorance ___ excuse''
 3 ISM School of thought
 3 ISM Belief
 3 ISIT ``What ___ now?''
 3 ISIS Wife of Osiris
 3 ISIS Mother of Horus
 3 ISIN ``The doctor ___''
 3 ISH Sort of: Suffix
 3 ISH Language suffix
 3 ISEE ``That's clear''
 3 ISEE Words said with a nod
 3 ISEE Understanding words
 3 ISEE Psychiatrist's response
 3 ISAY ``Well, well!''
 3 ISAY Brit's exclamation
 3 ISAT ``Time ___ a premium''
 3 ISABEL Sanford of ``The Jeffersons''
 3 ISAAC Writer Asimov
 3 ISA ``That ___ lie!''
 3 ISA O.T. book
 3 IRV Journalist Kupcinet
 3 IRONON Like some patches
 3 IRMA ``The Joy of Cooking'' author Rombauer
 3 IRKED Annoyed
 3 IRK Tee off
 3 IRK Get to
 3 IRES Tees off
 3 IRES Furies
 3 IRENIC Peaceful
 3 IRENE Goddess of peace
 3 IRENA ``The Faerie Queene'' character
 3 IRED Hot
 3 IRE Temper
 3 IRE Rage
 3 IRE Incense
 3 IRE Ill temper
 3 IRE Hot temper
 3 IRATE Angry
 3 IRAN Persia, now
 3 IRAN Ayatollah's land
 3 IRA Lyricist Gershwin
 3 IRA Author Levin
 3 IPSA Res ___ loquitur
 3 IOWA Part of the Corn Belt
 3 IOU Debtor's note
 3 IOTAS Smidgens
 3 IOTAS Bits
 3 IOTA Minute amount
 3 IOTA Little bit
 3 IOS One of the Cyclades
 3 IONIC Charged
 3 IONESCO ``The Bald Soprano'' playwright
 3 IONE ``The Last Days of Pompeii'' heroine
 3 IONA College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
 3 ION It's charged
 3 ION Charged item
 3 INUSE Operating
 3 INURE Habituate
 3 INUP ___ to one's ears
 3 INTRO Foreword, for short
 3 INTRO Foreword
 3 INTOTO Altogether
 3 INTONES Chants
 3 INTO Wild about
 3 INTO Keen about
 3 INTENT Aim
 3 INTEL Silicon Valley giant
 3 INTEARS Crying
 3 INSOLE Shoe part
 3 INSOFARAS To the degree that
 3 INSO Not ___ many words
 3 INSHAPE Fit
 3 INSETS Some blowups
 3 INS Electees
 3 INROAD Encroachment
 3 INRI Crucifix letters
 3 INRE As to
 3 INOR ``___ out?''
 3 INOR ``Are you ___ out?''
 3 INONE Hole-___
 3 INONE Combined
 3 INON ___ a secret
 3 INON Get ___ a good thing
 3 INOIL How anchovies are packed
 3 INNER Secret
 3 INNER Private
 3 INMATE Con
 3 INLAW Acquired relative
 3 INKS Signs, as a contract
 3 INKED Signed
 3 ININK Permanently
 3 INGROUP Clique
 3 ING Having one sharp
 3 INFRA Prefix with red
 3 INFO Poop
 3 INFER Surmise
 3 INF Like Brahms's Symphony No. 3
 3 INERTIA Resistance to change
 3 INERT Unreactive
 3 INERT Still
 3 INERT Not moving
 3 INERT Like krypton
 3 INERT Lifeless
 3 INE Suffix with labyrinth
 3 INE Suffix with glass
 3 INE Suffix with elephant
 3 INDO Prefix with European
 3 INDO Prefix with China
 3 IND Polit. designation
 3 IND N.Y.C. subway
 3 INCISE Cut into
 3 INCH Creep
 3 INCA Ancient Andean
 3 INAWAY Sort of
 3 INASEC Shortly
 3 INASEC Momentarily
 3 INARUT Bogged down
 3 INAPET Sulking
 3 INAPET Peeved
 3 INANE Nonsensical
 3 INANE Mindless
 3 INANE Absurd
 3 INAN ___ instant (quickly)
 3 INAN ___ instant
 3 INALL Together
 3 INAID Grant-___
 3 INA ___ flash
 3 INA Actress Claire
 3 IMRE Nagy of Hungary
 3 IMRE Hungarian patriot Nagy
 3 IMPS Rapscallions
 3 IMPOSE Levy
 3 IMPEL Motivate
 3 IMPEL Drive
 3 IMOK Comment after an accident
 3 IMNO ``___ expert, but ...''
 3 IMIN Poker player's declaration
 3 IMET ``___ a man with seven wives''
 3 IMELDA Marcos of the Philippines
 3 IMAN Single-named supermodel
 3 IMAM Muslim leader
 3 IMAM Muslim holy man
 3 IMAGE Publicist's concern
 3 IMAGE Public persona
 3 IMAGE Mirror ___
 3 IMAGE Candidate's concern
 3 IMACS Apple products
 3 IMAC Apple variety
 3 IMA The Monkees' ``___ Believer''
 3 ILSA Mrs. Victor Laszlo
 3 ILSA Ingrid's ``Casablanca'' role
 3 ILS They: Fr.
 3 ILS French pronoun
 3 ILO Worldwide workers' grp.
 3 ILO U.N. workers' grp.
 3 ILO 1969 Peace Prize grp.
 3 ILLS Pandora's boxful
 3 ILLINI The Big Ten's Fighting ___
 3 ILLINI Big Ten team
 3 ILL Unfavorably
 3 ILL Poorly
 3 ILK Class
 3 ILIE Netman Nastase
 3 ILIAD War story
 3 ILIAD Trojan War epic
 3 ILIA Pelvic parts
 3 ILEA Intestinal parts
 3 ILE Martinique, par exemple
 3 IKES Alibi ___ (excuse makers)
 3 IKE Old White House nickname
 3 III George ___
 3 IHAD ``___ no idea!''
 3 IGUANA Large lizard
 3 IGOR Inventor Sikorsky
 3 IGO Billy Joel's ``___ to Extremes''
 3 IGET ``Now ___ it!''
 3 IFI ``___ were you...''
 3 IDS Fingers
 3 IDOS Wedding exchange
 3 IDOL ``American ___''
 3 IDOL Hero
 3 IDOIDO 1966 Mary Martin musical
 3 IDO Words of commitment
 3 IDO Wedding vow
 3 IDO Swearing-in words
 3 IDO Swear words?
 3 IDO Altar vow
 3 IDLER Do-nothing
 3 IDLE Not busy
 3 IDIOT Dimwit
 3 IDIO Personal prefix
 3 IDIG ``Gotcha''
 3 IDIG ``Got it''
 3 IDIDIT ``Hurray for me!''
 3 IDI First name in tyranny
 3 IDEST That is
 3 IDEO Thought: Prefix
 3 IDEATE Conceive
 3 IDEAS ``Don't get any funny ___!''
 3 IDEALS Paragons
 3 IDEAL Model
 3 IDEA Think tank nugget
 3 IDEA Sneaking suspicion
 3 IDEA Inspiration
 3 IDEA Creative spark
 3 IDE Suffix with sulf-
 3 IDA Gilbert and Sullivan princess
 3 IDA Gilbert & Sullivan princess
 3 ICY Frigid
 3 ICU Hosp. area
 3 ICON Screen symbol
 3 ICON Computer image
 3 ICKY Gross
 3 ICK ``Gross!''
 3 ICI Here, in Le Havre
 3 ICER Hit man
 3 ICE Clinch
 3 IBM Notebook maker
 3 IBM Big Blue
 3 IBERIAN Basque, e.g.
 3 IBERIA Spain and Portugal
 3 IBEG ``___ to differ''
 3 IBEAM Construction girder
 3 IBE ``When Will ___ Loved''
 3 IBARS Building supports
 3 IBAR Construction piece
 3 IBAR Building support
 3 IATE ``Must be something ___''
 3 IAN Publisher Ballantine
 3 IAN Author Fleming
 3 IAN Actor McKellen
 3 IAMA ``___ Camera''
 3 IAGO Othello's betrayer
 3 IAGO Globe plotter
 3 HYDE Jekyll's counterpart
 3 HURTS Smarts
 3 HURL Sling
 3 HUM Be busy
 3 HUES Shades
 3 HUE Color
 3 HUE Clamor
 3 HTS Shaker ___, O.
 3 HST Presidential monogram
 3 HROSS ___ Perot
 3 HRE Charlemagne's realm: Abbr.
 3 HRE Charlemagne's domain: Abbr.
 3 HOYA Georgetown athlete
 3 HOWSO ``In what way?''
 3 HOTWATER Big trouble
 3 HOTS Have the ___ for
 3 HOTL Lanford Wilson's ``The ___ Baltimore''
 3 HOT On a roll
 3 HOSS Pardner's mount
 3 HOSE Gardener's need
 3 HOS Sounds from Santa
 3 HORSED Played (around)
 3 HORDE Multitude
 3 HOPI Pueblo Indian
 3 HOPI Mesa dweller
 3 HOPI Kachina doll makers
 3 HOP Short flight
 3 HOOPLA Hype
 3 HOOEY Bunk
 3 HOO Sob syllable
 3 HONE Fine-tune
 3 HONDA Accord maker
 3 HON Sweetums
 3 HON Dearie
 3 HON Darlin'
 3 HOMER Four-bagger
 3 HOME ``Where the heart is''
 3 HOLA Granada greeting
 3 HOKE Jazz (up)
 3 HOIST Raise
 3 HOE Clod chopper
 3 HODAD Surfer wannabe
 3 HOBO King of the road
 3 HOAR Rime
 3 HMS Pinafore letters
 3 HMO Med. plan
 3 HITE ``Women and Love'' author
 3 HIT Sellout
 3 HIS Part of H.R.H.
 3 HIRED Took on
 3 HIP With it
 3 HINDU Caste member
 3 HILO Hawaiian port
 3 HIE Get a move on
 3 HEY Attention-getter
 3 HEWS Cuts
 3 HEW Fell
 3 HETUP In a lather
 3 HETERO Straight
 3 HESS Pianist Dame Myra
 3 HEROS Subs
 3 HERON Shore bird
 3 HERO Submarine
 3 HERETO Regarding this point
 3 HERES ``___ Johnny!''
 3 HERE ``Take one!''
 3 HERE Epitaph starter
 3 HERA Daughter of Cronus
 3 HER ``And I Love ___''
 3 HENRI Painter Matisse
 3 HENRI Artist Toulouse-Lautrec
 3 HENNA Redhead's dye
 3 HEN Rooster's mate
 3 HEMP Rope fiber
 3 HEME Blood pigment
 3 HEMAN Stud
 3 HEM Skirt's edge
 3 HEM Haw's partner
 3 HELD Maintained
 3 HEIR ___ to the throne
 3 HEINE ``Die Lorelei'' poet
 3 HEEL No-goodnik
 3 HEEDS Obeys
 3 HEED Take note of
 3 HEED Listen to
 3 HEE Tee follower?
 3 HEE Snicker syllable
 3 HEE Part of a bray
 3 HEE Laugh syllable
 3 HEDDA Ibsen's Gabler
 3 HECHE Actress Anne
 3 HEARD Got wind of
 3 HEAL Get better
 3 HEA ``Isn't ___ bit like you and me?'' (Beatles lyric)
 3 HBO ``The Sopranos'' network
 3 HBO Home of ``The Sopranos''
 3 HAZEL Eye color
 3 HAZE Smog
 3 HAWK Peddle
 3 HAW Turn left
 3 HAVETO Must
 3 HAVEAT Attack
 3 HAVE Possess
 3 HAVE Moneyed one
 3 HAUTE ___ couture
 3 HAUT ___ monde
 3 HASTE Swiftness
 3 HASTA ``___ la vista, baby!''
 3 HASNT Lacks
 3 HASH Work (out)
 3 HAS Undergoes
 3 HAS Possesses
 3 HARSH Like Siberian winters
 3 HARA ___-kiri
 3 HAR Part of a guffaw
 3 HAR Laugh sound
 3 HANS Geiger of Geiger counter fame
 3 HANOI Former enemy capital
 3 HANOI Asian capital
 3 HANG Be undecided
 3 HANA Tennis's Mandlikova
 3 HALO Symbol of goodness
 3 HALO Good sign?
 3 HALL Campus building
 3 HALE Sound
 3 HAJI Muslim pilgrim
 3 HAITI Port-au-Prince's land
 3 HAIR Locks
 3 HAIKU Japanese verse
 3 HAHA ``Very funny!''
 3 HAFTS Sword handles
 3 HADJ Pilgrimage to Mecca
 3 HADJ Muslim pilgrimage
 3 GYP Take in
 3 GYN Med. specialty
 3 GUSTO Zest
 3 GUAVA Jelly fruit
 3 GTO Sporty Pontiac
 3 GSA Govt. property overseer
 3 GRUB Eats
 3 GROSSE ___ Pointe, Mich.
 3 GROPE Search blindly
 3 GRILL Give the third degree
 3 GREW Shot up
 3 GRETEL Humperdinck heroine
 3 GRETA Actress Scacchi
 3 GRECO El ___
 3 GREAT Terrific
 3 GRASP Understand
 3 GRAM Unit of fat
 3 GOURD Noggin
 3 GOSH ``Gee whillikers!''
 3 GOPHER Minnesotan
 3 GOOS Gunks
 3 GOOGOO Kind of eyes
 3 GOLEM Automaton
 3 GOITALONE Solo
 3 GOFOR Like
 3 GOESAT Attacks
 3 GODS Mount Olympus dwellers
 3 GOBS Oodles
 3 GOAPE Flip out
 3 GOAD Push
 3 GNP Econ. yardstick
 3 GNP Econ. measure
 3 GNP Econ. figure
 3 GLUE Stickum
 3 GLENS Secluded valleys
 3 GLEE Merriment
 3 GLEE Jubilation
 3 GLEE Jollity
 3 GLADE Forest clearing
 3 GIT ``Scram!''
 3 GIS Dogfaces
 3 GIRD Surround
 3 GIRD Encircle
 3 GILA ___ monster
 3 GIANT Megacorporation
 3 GETTO Really irk
 3 GETSON Mounts
 3 GETS Comprehends
 3 GETIT ``See?''
 3 GETAT Intimate
 3 GETAT Imply
 3 GERE Richard of ``Chicago''
 3 GENT Lady's escort
 3 GENOA Salami choice
 3 GENE Characteristic carrier
 3 GEM Sparkler
 3 GEM Beauty
 3 GELD Neuter
 3 GEL Toothpaste type
 3 GEESE Ninnies
 3 GEENA Oscar winner Davis
 3 GEE Thou
 3 GEAR Paraphernalia
 3 GCLEF Staff leader?
 3 GBS Literary monogram
 3 GAYLE Singer Crystal
 3 GAVE Yielded
 3 GAVE Collapsed
 3 GATE Box office take
 3 GASSER Knee-slapper
 3 GAP Interruption
 3 GAMUT Full range
 3 GALE Kind of force
 3 GAL Square dance partner
 3 GAL Guy's date
 3 GAIT Trot or canter
 3 GAGA Madly in love
 3 GAGA Dotty
 3 GAFFE Faux pas
 3 GAELS Highlanders
 3 GAD Flit (about)
 3 GAD Flit
 3 GABS Yaks
 3 FUROR Uproar
 3 FSTOP Camera setting
 3 FROWN Displeased look
 3 FRI Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr.
 3 FRI Calendar abbr.
 3 FRET Fingerboard ridge
 3 FRAN Humorist Lebowitz
 3 FRAIL Delicate
 3 FRA Italian monk
 3 FORTE Strong point
 3 FOR In favor of
 3 FOO Rock's ___ Fighters
 3 FOIL Thwart
 3 FLU Winter bug
 3 FLU Kind of shot
 3 FLU Bug
 3 FLORA Plants
 3 FLORA Plant life
 3 FLO ``Alice'' waitress
 3 FLEE Take off
 3 FLEE Hightail it
 3 FLAP To-do
 3 FLAIL Thrash
 3 FLAIL Swing wildly
 3 FIRMA Terra ___
 3 FIRE Can
 3 FINE Dandy
 3 FIN Flipper
 3 FILL ``___ 'er up!''
 3 FIDES Bona ___
 3 FETAL Kind of position
 3 FERMI Physicist Enrico
 3 FEET Pedal pushers
 3 FEES Lawyers' charges
 3 FEEDER Tributary
 3 FED Nourished
 3 FAZE Unnerve
 3 FAY Wray of ``King Kong''
 3 FAVA Broad bean
 3 FATS Minnesota ___
 3 FATED In the cards
 3 FASO Burkina ___
 3 FARAD Unit of capacitance
 3 FAIRE Laissez-___
 3 FAD Rage
 3 FACES Confronts
 3 FAB Terrif
 3 EZRA Book after II Chronicles
 3 EZR Book before Neh.
 3 EZIO Pinza of ``South Pacific''
 3 EYRE Rochester's love
 3 EYRE Bronte heroine
 3 EYESORE Dump
 3 EYES Scrutinizes
 3 EYES Regards
 3 EYES Peepers
 3 EYES Looks at
 3 EYER Observer
 3 EYED Gave the once-over
 3 EYE Storm center
 3 EYE Ogle
 3 EYE Needle part
 3 EXPO Really big show
 3 EXPO Montreal player
 3 EXPO Fair
 3 EXPIRE Run out
 3 EXO Outer: Prefix
 3 EXIT Where to get off
 3 EXILE Banish
 3 EXERTS Puts forth
 3 EXCEL Stand out
 3 EXAM Physical, e.g.
 3 EXALT Glorify
 3 EXACT Precise
 3 EWES Farm females
 3 EWE Ram's mate
 3 EWE Meadow mother
 3 EWE Farm mother
 3 EVOKES Calls up
 3 EVITA ``Don't Cry for Me, Argentina'' musical
 3 EVITA 1980 Tony winner
 3 EVIAN Lake Geneva spa
 3 EVES December 24 and 31
 3 EVERT Turn inside out
 3 EVERT Six-time U.S. Open tennis champ
 3 EVERT Six-time U.S. Open champ
 3 EVERI ``If ___ Would Leave You''
 3 EVEREST High point
 3 EVER Penultimate fairy tale word
 3 EVER In any way
 3 EVER At all
 3 EVENSO Still
 3 EVENED Squared
 3 EVEN Tied
 3 EVEN Smooth
 3 EVEN Roulette bet
 3 EVEN Not odd
 3 EVE Time of anticipation
 3 EVE Second person
 3 EVE Planning time
 3 EVE Garden party?
 3 EVE First lady
 3 EVE Early evictee
 3 EVANESCE Fade away
 3 EVAN Sen. Bayh of Indiana
 3 EVADE Skirt
 3 EVADE Give the slip
 3 EVADE Get around
 3 EVA One of the Gabors
 3 EURO Mark's replacement
 3 ETUI Needle holder
 3 ETUDE Chopin piece
 3 ETTE Suffix with major
 3 ETTA Kett of the comics
 3 ETTA James of jazz
 3 ETS U.F.O. crew
 3 ETS S.A.T. company
 3 ETRE To be, in Toulouse
 3 ETRE To be, in Toulon
 3 ETRE To be, in Bordeaux
 3 ETON Town on the Thames
 3 ETON Kind of collar
 3 ETON Berkshire school
 3 ETO W.W. II zone
 3 ETO W.W. II arena
 3 ETO D.D.E.'s command
 3 ETNA View from Catania
 3 ETNA Valle del Bove locale
 3 ETNA Sight from Taormina
 3 ETNA Sicilian smoker
 3 ETHOS Group values
 3 ETHOS Community spirit
 3 ETHNO Prefix with centric
 3 ETHER Early anesthetic
 3 ETES Summers on the Riviera
 3 ETE Somme time
 3 ETAT Camus's ``L'___ de siège''
 3 ETAS Greek H's
 3 ETAL Series finale
 3 ETAL List shortener
 3 ETAL Bibliographical abbr.
 3 ETAL Bibliog. space saver
 3 ETAL And others, for short
 3 ETA KLM announcement
 3 ETA J.F.K. info
 3 ETA H
 3 ETA Greek vowel
 3 ESTOP Prevent legally
 3 ESTOP Bar, at the bar
 3 ESTOP Bar at the bar
 3 ESTO This, to Jorge
 3 ESTES Opera singer Simon ___
 3 ESTES Adlai's 1956 running mate
 3 ESTERS Fragrant compounds
 3 ESTER Aromatic compound
 3 ESTEE Name on a compact
 3 ESTEE Lauder of cosmetics
 3 ESTE 90° from norte
 3 ESTD Founded: Abbr.
 3 ESTAB Cornerstone abbr.
 3 ESTA ``Cómo ___?''
 3 ESTA This, south of the border
 3 ESTA This, in Toledo
 3 EST Not an exact fig.
 3 EST Guinness suffix
 3 EST Guess: Abbr.
 3 EST Body shop fig.
 3 EST Ballpark fig.
 3 EST Approx.
 3 ESSO Petrol brand
 3 ESSO Cities Service competitor
 3 ESSEX Robert Devereux's earldom
 3 ESSENE Ancient ascetic
 3 ESSENCE Core
 3 ESSEN Ruhr city
 3 ESSEN Krupp Works city
 3 ESSEN German industrial city
 3 ESSE To be, to Brutus
 3 ESSAY Op-ed piece
 3 ESSA She, in Italy
 3 ESS Twisty turn
 3 ESS Tee preceder
 3 ESS Feminine suffix
 3 ESPY Make out
 3 ESPO Hockey great Phil, familiarly
 3 ESPIES Spots
 3 ESOS Those, to José
 3 ESO ``___ Beso'' (1962 hit)
 3 ESO That: Sp.
 3 ESNE Crossword worker?
 3 ESME Salinger heroine
 3 ESL Night school subj.
 3 ESL Immigrant's class: Abbr.
 3 ESKER Glacial ridge
 3 ESE WNW's reverse
 3 ESE Suffix with computer
 3 ESE Suffix with Peking
 3 ESE Suffix with Canton
 3 ESE Reverse of WNW
 3 ESE Computer attachment?
 3 ESC Key abbr.
 3 ESC Computer key: Abbr.
 3 ESAU Son of Rebekah
 3 ESAI Morales of ``N.Y.P.D. Blue''
 3 ESA Hockey's Tikkanen
 3 ESA Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen
 3 ERTE One-named artist
 3 ERTE Old Harper's Bazaar illustrator
 3 ERSATZ Fake
 3 ERS Trauma ctrs.
 3 ERS Hosp. units
 3 ERS Hems and haws
 3 ERRS Transgresses
 3 ERRS Messes up
 3 ERRS Goofs up
 3 ERRS Flubs
 3 ERROR Typo
 3 ERROR Overthrow, say
 3 ERROR Overthrow, e.g.
 3 ERROR Diamond flaw?
 3 ERROL Swashbuckler Flynn
 3 ERRED Goofed
 3 ERR Stumble
 3 ERR Misjudge
 3 ERR Miscalculate
 3 ERR Goof
 3 ERR Blunder
 3 EROTIC Hot
 3 EROS Love symbol
 3 ERODE Wear down
 3 ERODE Wear
 3 ERODE Eat away at
 3 ERO Suffix with ranch
 3 ERO Mancinelli opera ``___ e Leandro''
 3 ERNST Surrealist Max
 3 ERNO Cube inventor Rubik
 3 ERNIE Sgt. Bilko
 3 ERNIE Bud Grace comic strip
 3 ERNESTO Automaker Maserati
 3 ERN West ender?
 3 ERN East ender?
 3 ERLE Della's creator
 3 ERIN The Emerald Isle
 3 ERIN Hibernia
 3 ERIK The Phantom of the Opera
 3 ERIE Old railroad name
 3 ERIE New York's ___ Canal
 3 ERIE New York canal
 3 ERIE Ashtabula's lake
 3 ERICH Psychoanalyst Fromm
 3 ERICA Writer Jong
 3 ERIC Playwright Bogosian
 3 ERIC Newsman Sevareid
 3 ERIC Lexicographer Partridge
 3 ERGOT Grain disease
 3 ERGO ``Cogito ___ sum''
 3 ERG Physics unit
 3 ERG Joule fraction
 3 ERG Centimeter-gram-second unit
 3 ERECTOR Kind of set
 3 ERECT Standing
 3 ERECT Set up
 3 ERECT At attention
 3 ERE ``___ pales in Heaven the morning star'': Lowell
 3 ERE Prior to, poetically
 3 ERE Palindromic preposition
 3 ERE It comes before long
 3 ERE Bard's ``before''
 3 ERATO Sister of Urania
 3 ERATO Sister of Thalia
 3 ERATO Poet's Muse
 3 ERAT The ``E'' in Q.E.D.
 3 ERASE Make blank
 3 ERASE Expunge
 3 ERASE Clear
 3 ERAS Timeline divisions
 3 ERAS History chapters
 3 ERAS Great times
 3 ERA Victorian ___
 3 ERA Time piece?
 3 ERA Several periods
 3 ERA Pitcher's stat
 3 ERA Old NOW cause
 3 ERA Christian ___
 3 EPOXY Glue
 3 EPOCH Notable period
 3 EPH Book after Galatians: Abbr.
 3 EPEE Sporting sword
 3 EPEE Blunted blade
 3 EOS Aurora's counterpart
 3 EONS Years and years
 3 EON Long stretch
 3 EON Ages
 3 ENYO Greek war goddess
 3 ENYA ``A Day Without Rain'' singer
 3 ENYA One-named Irish singer
 3 ENVY A deadly sin
 3 ENTS Tolkien tree creatures
 3 ENTREE Access
 3 ENTIRE Undivided
 3 ENTERS Records
 3 ENTER Stage direction
 3 ENTER Computer key
 3 ENTENTE Understanding
 3 ENT Suffix with differ
 3 ENSURES Guarantees
 3 ENSILE Store, as fodder
 3 ENSE Start of Massachusetts' motto
 3 ENS Nav. rank
 3 ENROLL Sign up
 3 ENOS Grandson of Eve
 3 ENOS Genesis name
 3 ENOCH Methuselah's father
 3 ENO Rocker Brian
 3 ENO Brian of Roxy Music
 3 ENNOBLE Dignify
 3 ENNIS Bandleader Skinnay ___
 3 ENNEAD The Supreme Court, e.g.
 3 ENNEA Nine: Prefix
 3 ENNA Sicilian resort
 3 ENMASSE All together
 3 ENL Blow-up: Abbr.
 3 ENISLE Maroon
 3 ENISLE Isolate
 3 ENID City west of Tulsa
 3 ENID Camelot lady
 3 ENHANCE Better
 3 ENGORGE Glut
 3 ENG H.S. class
 3 ENESCO ``Romanian Rhapsodies'' composer
 3 ENES Hydrocarbon suffixes
 3 ENERVATE Weaken
 3 ENERO Calendario opener
 3 ENEMY Other side
 3 ENEMY Foe
 3 ENE U-turn from WSW
 3 ENE Toronto-to-Ottawa dir.
 3 ENE Suffix with butyl
 3 ENE Hurricane heading: Abbr.
 3 ENE Compass dir.
 3 ENE Chemical ending
 3 ENE Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.
 3 ENDSUP Finishes
 3 ENDS Goals
 3 ENDS Extremities
 3 ENDORA ``Bewitched'' witch
 3 ENDORA ``Bewitched'' role
 3 ENDO Within: Prefix
 3 ENDO Prefix with skeleton
 3 ENDIVE Salad leaf
 3 ENDER Rear-___
 3 ENDED Wrapped up
 3 ENDED Wound up
 3 ENDEARS Makes beloved
 3 END Put the kibosh on
 3 END Finish
 3 ENCASE Protect, in a way
 3 ENC Letter accompanier: Abbr.
 3 ENBLOC As a whole
 3 ENAMOR Captivate
 3 ENAMEL Crown covering
 3 ENACTED Passed
 3 ENACT Make into law
 3 ENABLE Allow
 3 EMU It'll never fly
 3 EMU Down Under bird
 3 EMS German spa
 3 EMOTED Hammed it up
 3 EMO Modern rock genre
 3 EMO Funnyman Philips
 3 EMO Comedian Philips
 3 EMMA Austen novel
 3 EMIT Send off
 3 EMIT Send forth
 3 EMIT Release
 3 EMIT Give out
 3 EMIR Qatari leader
 3 EMIR Mideast bigwig
 3 EMIR Kuwaiti ruler
 3 EMILE Writer Zola
 3 EMILE Novelist Zola
 3 EMERSON The Sage of Concord
 3 EMENDS Corrects
 3 EMEND Fix
 3 EMCEE Roast host
 3 EMBER Hot coal
 3 EMBAR Hinder
 3 EMANUEL Common temple name
 3 EMANATE Spring
 3 EMAG Webzine
 3 ELYSE ``Family Ties'' mom
 3 ELY Tarzan portrayer Ron
 3 ELY England's Isle of ___
 3 ELUDE Shake off
 3 ELUDE Get away from
 3 ELUDE Duck
 3 ELTON Rocker John
 3 ELTON John of song
 3 ELSE ``What ___ is new?''
 3 ELSE ``If all ___ fails ...''
 3 ELSE Other
 3 ELSE More
 3 ELSE Further
 3 ELSA Lohengrin's love
 3 ELSA Designer Schiaparelli
 3 ELSA Actress Lanchester
 3 ELS Two-time U.S. Open champ
 3 ELS Loop loopers
 3 ELOPE Split to unite
 3 ELON North Carolina university
 3 ELON Carolina college
 3 ELO ``Xanadu'' grp.
 3 ELO ``Telephone Line'' rock grp.
 3 ELMO Pollster Roper
 3 ELMO Adm. Zumwalt
 3 ELMER Playwright Rice
 3 ELM Nightmarish street
 3 ELLS Wings
 3 ELLEN Popular 1990's sitcom
 3 ELLEN Columnist Goodman
 3 ELLE Model Macpherson
 3 ELLE Marie Claire competitor
 3 ELLAS Fitzgerald and others
 3 ELLA ``The Intimate ___'' (1990 jazz album)
 3 ELLA Scat queen Fitzgerald
 3 ELLA First name in jazz
 3 ELLA 1965 jazz album
 3 ELKS Part of B.P.O.E.
 3 ELKS Fraternal group
 3 ELKS Civic group
 3 ELK Antlered animal
 3 ELITE Select
 3 ELITE Cream of the crop
 3 ELISA ``I Still See ___'' (``Paint Your Wagon'' tune)
 3 ELIS Yalies
 3 ELIS Some Ivy Leaguers
 3 ELIOT Poet T. S. ___
 3 ELIO Film director Petri
 3 ELIHU Diplomat Root
 3 ELIE Peace Nobelist Ducommun
 3 ELIDE Say ``Li'l Abner,'' say
 3 ELIDE Pass over
 3 ELIAS Walt Disney's middle name
 3 ELIAN Name in 2000 headlines
 3 ELIA Charles Lamb, pseudonymously
 3 ELIA Charles Lamb's nom de plume
 3 ELI Yale student
 3 ELI Samuel's mentor
 3 ELI Priest of I Samuel
 3 ELI Biblical judge
 3 ELHI Like some textbook publishers
 3 ELF Little one
 3 ELEE Part of a C.S.A. signature
 3 ELEC Kind of engr.
 3 ELEA Zeno of ___
 3 ELDEST Firstborn
 3 ELD Antiquity
 3 ELCID Charlton Heston title role
 3 ELCID Castilian hero
 3 ELBOW Macaroni shape
 3 ELBOW Jostle
 3 ELBE Hamburg's river
 3 ELBA Portoferraio's island
 3 ELBA Isle of exile
 3 ELATE Overjoy
 3 ELATE Make jubilant
 3 ELATE Lift up
 3 ELANTRA Hyundai model
 3 ELAND Spiral-horned antelope
 3 ELAM Jack of ``Rio Lobo''
 3 ELAL Overseas carrier
 3 ELAL Airline to Israel
 3 EKES Manages, with ``out''
 3 EKEOUT Barely make
 3 EJECT Tape deck button
 3 EITHER Choice word
 3 EIRE Dublin's home
 3 EINE German ``a''
 3 EIN Hegelian article
 3 EIN Hamburger's one
 3 EIN Article of Cologne
 3 EIEIO Farm letters?
 3 EGRET Protected bird
 3 EGRET Everglades wader
 3 EGO Swelled head
 3 EGO Sense of self
 3 EGO I
 3 EGIS Protection: Var.
 3 EGAN Richard of ``A Summer Place''
 3 EGAN New York cardinal
 3 EGAN New York archbishop Edward
 3 EGADS ``Holy smokes!''
 3 EGAD ``Omigosh!''
 3 EGAD ``Holy smokes!''
 3 EGAD ``Holy moly!''
 3 EGAD ``Holy cow!''
 3 EGAD ``Holy Toledo!''
 3 EGAD ``Heavens to Betsy!''
 3 EFTS Newts
 3 EFLAT Black key
 3 EERY Mysterious: Var.
 3 EERO A Saarinen
 3 EERIE Strange
 3 EERIE Hitchcockian
 3 EERIE Creepy
 3 EERIE Chilling
 3 EER Always, to a poet
 3 EEO Fair-hiring letters
 3 EEO Fair-hiring inits.
 3 EENY Start of a counting-out rhyme
 3 EELY Hard to hold
 3 EELS Sushi fish
 3 EEL Unagi, at a sushi bar
 3 EEL Sushi selection
 3 EEL Sushi offering
 3 EEL Migratory fish
 3 EEK Comics shriek
 3 EEK Comics cry
 3 EEG Brain scan, for short
 3 EEE Wide shoe width
 3 EEE Wide shoe spec
 3 EEE Shoe specification
 3 EEE Ample shoe width
 3 EEE A foot wide?
 3 EEC Common Market: Abbr.
 3 EDYS Ice cream brand
 3 EDWIN Newsman Newman
 3 EDWARD The prince in ``The Prince and the Pauper''
 3 EDUCES Draws out
 3 EDU E-mail address ending
 3 EDTV 1999 Ron Howard film
 3 EDS Mag. staff
 3 EDNA ___ St. Vincent Millay
 3 EDNA Dame ___ Everage
 3 EDITS Rewrites
 3 EDIT Tinker with, in a way
 3 EDIT Cut and paste
 3 EDILE Ancient Roman magistrate
 3 EDIFY Uplift
 3 EDIE Peter Gunn's girlfriend
 3 EDIE Newswoman Magnus
 3 EDH Old English letter
 3 EDGY Tense
 3 EDGY Nervously irritable
 3 EDGER Landscaper's tool
 3 EDGED Nosed (out)
 3 EDGE Leg up
 3 EDGE Barely beat
 3 EDER German river
 3 EDENS Paradises
 3 EDEN Shangri-la
 3 EDEN Place of bliss
 3 EDEN Paradise lost
 3 EDEN First home
 3 EDE Dutch city
 3 EDDY Whirl
 3 EDDY Countercurrent
 3 EDAMES ``My Cup Runneth Over'' singer
 3 ECRU Neutral shade
 3 ECRU Neutral color
 3 ECRU Linen hue
 3 ECRU Like raw silk
 3 ECRU Light brown
 3 ECRU Hosiery shade
 3 ECRU Beige
 3 ECRU Almond
 3 ECON Nobel Prize subj.
 3 ECOLE French school
 3 ECOL Earth Day subj.
 3 ECO ``The Island of the Day Before'' author
 3 ECO ``Foucault's Pendulum'' author
 3 ECO System starter
 3 ECO Environmental prefix
 3 ECLAT Razzle-dazzle
 3 ECLAT Conspicuous success
 3 ECHO Say again
 3 ECHO Repeat
 3 ECHO Bounce back
 3 ECH Command level: Abbr.
 3 ECCE ___ signum (here is the proof)
 3 EBRO River of Aragón
 3 EBERT ``I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie'' author
 3 EBB Go out
 3 EBB Fall back
 3 EAVE Roof's edge
 3 EAVE Gutter site
 3 EAU ___ minérale
 3 EAU ___ de cologne
 3 EAU Vichy water
 3 EATS Takes in
 3 EATME Words on a Wonderland cake
 3 EATME Wonderland cake message
 3 EATIN Like some kitchens
 3 EATDIRT Grovel
 3 EATAT Really bother
 3 EAT Partake of
 3 EAT Fill the bill?
 3 EASY ``No sweat''
 3 EASTS Bridge positions
 3 EAST Sunrise direction
 3 EAST Right on the map
 3 EAST Orient
 3 EASES Lets up
 3 EASEL Stand for a portrait
 3 EASEL Oil holder
 3 EASE Relaxation
 3 EASE Leisure
 3 EASE Facilitate
 3 EARTO Keep an ___ the ground
 3 EARS Corn units
 3 EARS All ___
 3 EARNER Breadwinner
 3 EARN Make, as money
 3 EARLE Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs
 3 EAR Pitcher part
 3 EAR Musical gift
 3 EAR Corn serving
 3 EAGER Gung-ho
 3 DYES Colors
 3 DYED Like Easter eggs
 3 DWEEB Nerd
 3 DWEEB Loser
 3 DUO Twosome
 3 DUO Pair
 3 DUMA Russian parliament
 3 DUETO Because of
 3 DUE Expected
 3 DUDE Bro
 3 DUD Turkey
 3 DUD Flop
 3 DUCT Way in or out
 3 DUB Name
 3 DUANE One of the Allman Brothers
 3 DTS Sot's problem
 3 DST It ends in Oct.
 3 DSL High-speed Internet inits.
 3 DRS E.R. workers
 3 DRS A.M.A. members
 3 DROSS Waste
 3 DROP Plummet
 3 DRNO First 007 film
 3 DREW Didn't stand pat
 3 DREI Vier preceder
 3 DREI Eins + zwei
 3 DREAR Gloomy, in poetry
 3 DREAMT Imagined
 3 DRE ``___ Day'' (1993 rap hit)
 3 DRAT ``Doggone it!''
 3 DRANO Pipe cleaner
 3 DRAKE Golden Hind captain
 3 DOZE Not be alert
 3 DOZE Drop off
 3 DOUR Gloomy
 3 DOTELL ``I'm all ears!''
 3 DOTE Spoil, with ``on''
 3 DORIA Andrea ___
 3 DORE French illustrator Gustave
 3 DOR Golden, in France
 3 DOONE ``Lorna ___''
 3 DOONE Blackmore heroine
 3 DOODAD Thingamajig
 3 DONHO ``Tiny Bubbles'' singer
 3 DONA Spanish lady
 3 DON Slip on
 3 DON Slip into
 3 DOIT ``Go ahead!''
 3 DOIN Bump off
 3 DOH Play-___
 3 DOER Active sort
 3 DOE Female rabbit
 3 DODO Dummy
 3 DOC Sawbones
 3 DOA 1988 Meg Ryan film
 3 DOA 1950 film noir classic
 3 DNA ___ lab
 3 DLI Year in Vigilius's papacy
 3 DITZ Airhead
 3 DITCH Get rid of
 3 DITCH Deep-six
 3 DIT Morse code click
 3 DISC Frisbee, e.g.
 3 DIRE In ___ straits
 3 DINE Banquet
 3 DIN Clamor
 3 DIM Headlight setting
 3 DILL Pickle flavoring
 3 DII Early sixth-century date
 3 DIGS Pad
 3 DIETSODA Tab, e.g.
 3 DIET Losing proposition?
 3 DIES Goes kaput
 3 DIES Fizzles out
 3 DIEM Carpe ___
 3 DIE Randomizer
 3 DIE Go kaput
 3 DID Performed
 3 DIANNE Sen. Feinstein
 3 DIANE Sawyer of ABC
 3 DIANA 1957 #1 song
 3 DHABI Abu ___
 3 DEWY Moist
 3 DEVO ``Whip It'' rock group
 3 DEUS ___ ex machina
 3 DETECT Notice
 3 DETAIL Particular
 3 DESKS Office stations
 3 DESK Work station
 3 DESK Pigeonhole's place
 3 DESIRE Hanker for
 3 DESI Lucy's husband
 3 DES ``Der Ring ___ Nibelungen''
 3 DES ___ Plaines
 3 DES From, in France
 3 DERN ``Jurassic Park'' actress
 3 DEP Passbook abbr.
 3 DEO ___ gratias
 3 DENT Job for a body shop
 3 DENT Fender blemish
 3 DENT Ding
 3 DENS TV rooms
 3 DENS Cub Scout groups
 3 DEN Room with an easy chair
 3 DEN Family room
 3 DEMO Audition tape
 3 DELUDE Dupe
 3 DELRIO Texas border city
 3 DELON Actor Alain
 3 DELIA Novelist Ephron
 3 DELETE Computer key
 3 DELE Strike out
 3 DELA Oscar ___ Renta
 3 DELA Crème ___ crème
 3 DEIGN Condescend
 3 DEFT Nimble
 3 DEFOG Clear, in a way
 3 DEFER Put off
 3 DEERE Caterpillar competitor
 3 DEER Lots of bucks
 3 DEEPS Vast extents
 3 DEEP Not shallow
 3 DEEMED Held
 3 DEEM Regard
 3 DEEM Hold
 3 DEE Wallace of ``E.T.''
 3 DEE Actor Billy ___ Williams
 3 DECA Prefix with -gon
 3 DEBI Skater Thomas
 3 DEBI Actress Mazar
 3 DEBAR Shut out
 3 DEARTH Want
 3 DEARTH Scarcity
 3 DEAR Turtledove
 3 DEAR Honeybunch
 3 DEANE Silas of the Continental Congress
 3 DEAN University V.I.P.
 3 DEAN Campus bigwig
 3 DEAN Campus V.I.P.
 3 DEALT Passed out
 3 DEADON Exactly right
 3 DEADEN Muffle
 3 DDE Presidential inits.
 3 DDE J.F.K.'s predecessor
 3 DDAY Time to attack
 3 DCI Seventh-century date
 3 DAZE Stun
 3 DAWES Coolidge's veep
 3 DATED Went out with
 3 DATED Saw
 3 DATE See
 3 DATE Go with
 3 DATA Numbers to crunch
 3 DART Bull's-eye hitter
 3 DARN ``Rats!''
 3 DARN Mend
 3 DARLA ``Our Gang'' girl
 3 DARIN ``Splish Splash'' singer, 1958
 3 DARE Have the nerve
 3 DARE Brave
 3 DARC Jeanne ___
 3 DANTE ``La vita nuova'' poet
 3 DANIEL 1973 Elton John hit
 3 DANE Great ___
 3 DAN Newsman Rather
 3 DAMUP Plug
 3 DAMS Stops up
 3 DAM Hydroelectric project
 3 DAM Beaver's work
 3 DALI ``The Persistence of Memory'' artist
 3 DALE Valley
 3 DAKAR Senegal's capital
 3 DAIS Roaster's spot
 3 DAHLIAS Flowers named for a Swedish botanist
 3 DAHL Author Roald
 3 DAH Morse bit
 3 DAH Morse T
 3 DADE Miami-___ County
 3 DADDYO Cool cat
 3 DADA Arp's art
 3 DAD June honoree
 3 DACHA Russian retreat
 3 DABAT Sponge gently
 3 DAB Tiny bit
 3 CYAN Greenish blue
 3 CUSS Talk a blue streak?
 3 CUP Trophy
 3 CUM Diploma word
 3 CULT Kind of film
 3 CULPA Mea ___
 3 CUE Prompt
 3 CUE Nod, maybe
 3 CRY Weep
 3 CRUZ Santa ___
 3 CRUD ``Phooey!''
 3 CRU French vineyard
 3 CROW Montana tribe
 3 CROCE ``Time in a Bottle'' singer
 3 CRINGE Shrink in fear
 3 CRI ___ de coeur
 3 CRESS Salad green
 3 CREOLE Spicy cuisine
 3 CREEL Angler's basket
 3 CRATES Jalopies
 3 CRATE Jalopy
 3 CRASS Unrefined
 3 CRAG Rugged rock
 3 CPO Navy noncom
 3 CPA Number cruncher, for short
 3 COW Bully
 3 COUP Masterstroke
 3 COT Simple sack
 3 COT Place for a nap
 3 COT Camp sack
 3 COST Price
 3 CORK Stopper
 3 CORE Heart
 3 COPA Manilow song setting
 3 COP Filch
 3 COON Masked critter
 3 COO Murmur
 3 COMESTO Totals
 3 COLA Pepsi, for one
 3 COLA Cuba libre ingredient
 3 COKIE Newswoman Roberts
 3 COIF Hairdo
 3 COEUR Heart of France
 3 COEN ``Fargo'' director
 3 COE Iowa college
 3 COE Cedar Rapids college
 3 COD New England catch
 3 COCO Chanel of fashion
 3 COBRA Snake charmer's snake
 3 COB Corn holder
 3 COAX Wheedle
 3 COAX Sweet-talk
 3 COATI Cousin of a raccoon
 3 COAT Checked item
 3 COACT Do together
 3 CNOTE $100 bill
 3 CMON ``Let's go!''
 3 CMD Mil. authority
 3 CLYDE Glasgow's river
 3 CLOUT Influence
 3 CLIO Madison Avenue award
 3 CLIO History Muse
 3 CLEM Mr. Miniver in ``Mrs. Miniver''
 3 CLEF Staff leader
 3 CLARA Santa ___, Calif.
 3 CLARA Santa ___
 3 CLAD Decked out
 3 CLAD Decent
 3 CITE Ticket
 3 CIS U.S.S.R. successor
 3 CIRCA Around
 3 CIRCA Approximately
 3 CINE Movie theater
 3 CINE Motion picture
 3 CILIA Paramecium propellers
 3 CII Early second-century year
 3 CIAO ``Later''
 3 CIAO ``Later!''
 3 CIA Cloak-and-dagger org.
 3 CHURN Butter maker
 3 CHUB Great Lakes fish
 3 CHIT Voucher
 3 CHINO Material for uniforms
 3 CHIN Gab
 3 CHIC À la mode
 3 CHE Revolutionary Guevara
 3 CHE Friend of Fidel
 3 CHAW Tobacco mouthful
 3 CHAW Plug of tobacco
 3 CHAT Rap
 3 CHASM Gorge
 3 CHAS Chuck alternative
 3 CHAN ``The Chinese Parrot'' hero
 3 CHA When doubled, a dance
 3 CEO Corp. bigwig
 3 CEN 100 yrs.
 3 CEDES Hands over
 3 CEDE Relinquish
 3 CEDAR Chest material
 3 CECE Gospel singer Winans
 3 CEASE Discontinue
 3 CEASE Cut out
 3 CCS IV units
 3 CBC Toronto media inits.
 3 CATE Blanchett of ``Elizabeth''
 3 CAT Hipster
 3 CAT Cool ___
 3 CAT Be-bopper
 3 CAST Play group
 3 CASK Wine holder
 3 CAROM Bank
 3 CARHOP Drive-in employee
 3 CARE Meticulousness
 3 CARE Kind of package
 3 CARAT Jeweler's unit
 3 CAPO Mafia bigwig
 3 CAP Part of some uniforms
 3 CAP Limit
 3 CANT Pessimist's word
 3 CANS Fires
 3 CANOE Birchbark
 3 CANNY Street-smart
 3 CANNY Shrewd
 3 CANNOT Defeatist's word
 3 CANIS ___ Major
 3 CANED Flogged
 3 CAN Fire
 3 CAME Showed up
 3 CALLON Visit
 3 CALICO Spotted
 3 CALI Colombian city
 3 CALEB Biblical spy
 3 CAL ___ Poly
 3 CAIRO Egypt's capital
 3 CAHN ``High Hopes'' lyricist
 3 CAGY Shrewd
 3 CADRE Training group
 3 CACTI Desert plants
 3 CACTI Desert flora
 3 CACO Bad: Prefix
 3 CABS Street fleet
 3 CABLE Monthly bill
 3 CAAN Actor James
 3 BYTE Information unit
 3 BYE ``Later!''
 3 BUTT Rifle part
 3 BUTT Ram
 3 BURSA Anatomical sac
 3 BUM Cadge
 3 BTU A.C. unit
 3 BTU A.C. measure
 3 BSA Troop grp.
 3 BSA Jamboree grp.
 3 BRUT Very dry
 3 BRR Cold call?
 3 BRO Friend in the 'hood
 3 BRIO Verve
 3 BRINE Pickling liquid
 3 BRIE Cracker topper
 3 BRET Writer Harte
 3 BRER ___ Rabbit
 3 BRED Brought up
 3 BRED Born's partner
 3 BREA La ___ tar pits
 3 BRANT Small goose
 3 BRAID Hair feature
 3 BRAE Highlands hillside
 3 BRA Victoria's Secret purchase
 3 BRA Lingerie item
 3 BPOE Lodge letters
 3 BPOE Fraternal org.
 3 BOZ Dickens's pen name
 3 BOY ``Whew!''
 3 BOUT Spell
 3 BOTH This and that
 3 BOTH Not just one
 3 BOSOM Kind of buddy
 3 BOP Conk
 3 BOOZE Hooch
 3 BOOST Leg up
 3 BONN Beethoven's birthplace
 3 BONE Matter of contention
 3 BOK ___ choy
 3 BOHR Physicist Niels
 3 BOHR 1922 Physics Nobelist
 3 BOCA Florida city, informally
 3 BOAR Wild hog
 3 BOA Feathery wrap
 3 BLT Short order, for short
 3 BLOC Voting group
 3 BLOC Alliance
 3 BLED Ran, as colors
 3 BLEAR Cloudiness
 3 BLAST Great time
 3 BLAIR Major's successor
 3 BLABS Spills the beans
 3 BIZET ``The Pearl Fishers'' composer
 3 BIZET ``L'Arlésienne'' composer
 3 BITTE Please, in Potsdam
 3 BISONS Buffalo's AAA baseball team
 3 BISECT Split
 3 BIOG Bookstore sect.
 3 BING ___ cherry
 3 BIKERS Some gang members
 3 BIDE Wait
 3 BIDE Remain
 3 BIAS Slant
 3 BEY Ottoman governor
 3 BETA Phi ___ Kappa
 3 BETA Kind of blocker
 3 BESET Harass
 3 BESET Assail
 3 BENT Not straight
 3 BENS Uncle ___
 3 BENIN Neighbor of Nigeria
 3 BELA Composer Bartók
 3 BEHAN ``Borstal Boy'' author
 3 BEGET Father
 3 BEG Entreat
 3 BEFIT Suit
 3 BEET ___ greens
 3 BEET Sugar source
 3 BEERY Drunken
 3 BEER Miller, for one
 3 BEENE Geoffrey of fashion
 3 BEENE Designer Geoffrey
 3 BEEN ``___ here long?''
 3 BEEN ``It's ___ real!''
 3 BEEF Complaint
 3 BEE Spell-off
 3 BEDIM Obscure
 3 BED Hospital unit
 3 BEAU Steady
 3 BEAT Tuckered out
 3 BBS Air rifle ammo
 3 BATS Loony
 3 BATE Restrain
 3 BARRE Ballet rail
 3 BARNONE Without exception
 3 BARES Reveals
 3 BARELY Just
 3 BANS Prohibits
 3 BANS Outlaws
 3 BANES Spoilers
 3 BANE Ruination
 3 BANC Judge's seat
 3 BAM ``Kapow!''
 3 BALMY Mild, as weather
 3 BALI Neighbor of Java
 3 BALI Island near Java
 3 BALI Island east of Java
 3 BAILS Jumps (out)
 3 BAH ``___, humbug!''
 3 BAH Scrooge's cry
 3 BAG Catch
 3 BAER Boxer Max
 3 BAD Defective
 3 BABS Streisand, in fanzines
 3 BABE Paul Bunyan's ox
 3 BABA Rum-soaked cake
 3 BABA Rum cake
 3 BABA Ali ___
 3 BAAS Pastoral sounds
 3 BAAED Bleated
 3 AYE Sailor's affirmative
 3 AXLE Linchpin's place
 3 AXLE Car bar
 3 AXIOM Self-evident truth
 3 AXILLA Armpit
 3 AXIAL Kind of skeleton
 3 AXEL Skater's jump
 3 AXEL Leap for Lipinski
 3 AXEL Jump on the ice
 3 AXED Pink-slipped
 3 AXE Lumberjack's tool
 3 AXE Hacker
 3 AXE Fire truck item
 3 AXE Fire
 3 AXE Dismiss
 3 AWNS Barley beards
 3 AWFUL Horrible
 3 AWES Wows
 3 AWES Bowls over
 3 AWED Blown away
 3 AWE Leave speechless
 3 AWAY Not home
 3 AWASH Flooded
 3 AWARE Informed
 3 AWARE In the know
 3 AWAIT Look for
 3 AWAIT Hang around for
 3 AVOW Declare
 3 AVON Stratford's river
 3 AVON Mary Kay competitor
 3 AVON Bard's river
 3 AVOID Steer clear of
 3 AVOCADO Green shade
 3 AVIV Tel ___, Israel
 3 AVIS Dollar competitor
 3 AVID Rah-rah
 3 AVID Eager
 3 AVERY New York's ___ Fisher Hall
 3 AVERT Head off
 3 AVERT Forestall
 3 AVERSE Reluctant
 3 AVERSE Disinclined
 3 AVER Swear
 3 AVER State firmly
 3 AVER State
 3 AVER Say it's so
 3 AVER Profess
 3 AVEC ___ plaisir
 3 AVEC Opposite of sans
 3 AVE ___ Maria
 3 AVE Mad. ___
 3 AVATAR Personification
 3 AVATAR Embodiment
 3 AVANTI Sporty Studebaker
 3 AVANT ___-garde
 3 AVALON Toyota model
 3 AVAIL Use
 3 AVAIL Benefit
 3 AVA Clark's ``Mogambo'' co-star
 3 AUTISM Psychologist's study
 3 AURAL Ear-related
 3 AURA Surrounding glow
 3 AUNT Jemima, e.g.
 3 AUF ``___ Wiedersehen''
 3 AUEL ``The Clan of the Cave Bear'' author
 3 ATTU Westernmost Aleutian
 3 ATTIRE Habit
 3 ATTIRE Duds
 3 ATTIMES Now and then
 3 ATTIC Web site?
 3 ATTIC Storage area
 3 ATTAR ___ of roses
 3 ATTAR Perfume
 3 ATTA The U.N.'s Kofi ___ Annan
 3 ATTA Girl lead-in
 3 ATT Lawyer: Abbr.
 3 ATT Big inits. in long distance
 3 ATSEA Nonplussed
 3 ATRIA Places in the heart
 3 ATRIA Heart chambers
 3 ATREST Not moving
 3 ATRA Gillette razor
 3 ATOZ Completely
 3 ATOZ Complete
 3 ATOWN Nevil Shute's ``___ Like Alice''
 3 ATOR Suffix with origin
 3 ATOR Suffix with fabric
 3 ATOP Riding
 3 ATOP Resting on
 3 ATOP Crowning
 3 ATOP At the peak of
 3 ATONES Makes up (for)
 3 ATONE Observe Yom Kippur
 3 ATONE Make up
 3 ATONCE Stat
 3 ATONCE Pronto
 3 ATON Lots and lots
 3 ATOM Molecule part
 3 ATOLL Bikini, e.g.
 3 ATO ___ Z
 3 ATNO ___ time (never)
 3 ATLAS Rand McNally product
 3 ATLARGE Free
 3 ATL Pac.'s counterpart
 3 ATIT Plugging away
 3 ATIT Going ___
 3 ATIT Bickering
 3 ATILT Not straight
 3 ATILT Listing
 3 ATHOS One of the Three Musketeers
 3 ATHOS Dumas swordsman
 3 ATH Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr.
 3 ATFIRST Initially
 3 ATEN Rate ___ (be perfect)
 3 ATEM ``Lemme ___!''
 3 ATEIN Had a home-cooked meal
 3 ATEE To ___
 3 ATEDIRT Was humbled
 3 ATEAM Starters
 3 ATE Supped
 3 ATE Partook of
 3 ATE Noshed
 3 ATE Had something
 3 ATE Dined
 3 ATBAY Held off
 3 ATBATS Times up
 3 ATBAT In the box
 3 ATALOSS Puzzled
 3 ATALL In any way
 3 ATAD Just slightly
 3 ATA ___ standstill
 3 ATA ___ price
 3 ATA ___ premium
 3 ATA ___ crossroads
 3 ASYET To date
 3 ASTRO Houston ballplayer
 3 ASTRAY Off course
 3 ASTRA Kansas motto word
 3 ASTI ___ Spumante
 3 ASTI Vino region
 3 ASTI Piedmont city
 3 ASTER September bloom
 3 ASTER Late bloomer
 3 ASTER Fall flower
 3 ASTER Daisylike bloom
 3 ASTARTE Ancient fertility goddess
 3 ASTAB Take ___ at
 3 ASTA Dog star
 3 ASSURE Guarantee
 3 ASSURE Give confidence to
 3 ASSUME Take for granted
 3 ASST Kind of prof.
 3 ASST Kind of D.A.
 3 ASSORT Group
 3 ASSN Part of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.
 3 ASSET Plus
 3 ASSET Holding
 3 ASSET Good thing
 3 ASSES Fools
 3 ASSES Dolts
 3 ASSES Boobs
 3 ASSERT Maintain
 3 ASSAI Very, in music
 3 ASS Nincompoop
 3 ASS Dolt
 3 ASPIRE Aim
 3 ASPIC Jellied garnish
 3 ASP Nile slitherer
 3 ASP Nile reptile
 3 ASP Nile biter
 3 ASON ``Unto us ___ is given''
 3 ASOF Beginning on
 3 ASNER Seven-time Emmy winner
 3 ASLANT Obliquely
 3 ASKS Inquires
 3 ASKEW Out of kilter
 3 ASK Set a price of
 3 ASIS Yard sale tag
 3 ASIS Warts and all
 3 ASIS Tag sale tag
 3 ASIN ``Q ___ queen''
 3 ASIN Speller's phrase
 3 ASIN A ___ apple
 3 ASIF ``Like, no way!''
 3 ASIDE Parenthetical comment
 3 ASIA The East
 3 ASIA Marco Polo crossed it
 3 ASI ``Just ___ thought!''
 3 ASHE Tennis great Arthur
 3 ASHE New York stadium name
 3 ASHE Gentleman of the court
 3 ASH Tough wood
 3 ASH Shade of blond
 3 ASH Bat wood
 3 ASFOR Concerning
 3 ASES ``___ Death'' (Grieg work)
 3 ASEA On the ocean
 3 ASEA On the main
 3 ASE ``Peer Gynt'' character
 3 ASCII Computer acronym
 3 ASARULE Ordinarily
 3 ASAP ``Rush!''
 3 ASAP ``Quickly!''
 3 ASAP Quickly, in memos
 3 ASAN Wise ___ owl
 3 ASABC Easy ___
 3 ASA Simile's center
 3 ASA Simile center
 3 ASA Botanist Gray
 3 ARTY Dilettantish
 3 ARTLESS Unaffected
 3 ARTIER More pretentious
 3 ARTIE Clarinetist Shaw
 3 ARTE Museo holdings
 3 ART Skill
 3 ART Gallery display
 3 ARSON Match play?
 3 ARS ``___ Poetica''
 3 ARS ___ gratia artis
 3 ARRAY Orderly grouping
 3 ARRAS Tapestry
 3 ARRAS Rich tapestry
 3 ARR Music sheet abbr.
 3 ARR Airport info: Abbr.
 3 ARR Airport abbr.
 3 ARP Dadaist Jean
 3 AROW Lined up
 3 AROW Get one's ducks in ___
 3 AROSE Turned up
 3 AROSE Popped up
 3 AROSE Originated
 3 AROOM Woolf's ``___ of One's Own''
 3 AROO Slangy suffix
 3 ARONI Rice-___
 3 AROMAS Bouquets
 3 AROMA Scent
 3 AROAR Loud, as a crowd
 3 ARNIE Links legend, informally
 3 ARNEL Textile trademark
 3 ARNE ``Rule, Britannia'' composer
 3 ARNAZ Ball's partner
 3 ARM Shirt part
 3 ARM Pitcher's pride
 3 ARLO Folk's Guthrie
 3 ARLO Alice's chronicler
 3 ARLEN ``Stormy Weather'' composer
 3 ARLEN ``I Love a Parade'' composer
 3 ARKS Torah holders
 3 ARKS Refuges
 3 ARISES Crops up
 3 ARIOT Running wild
 3 ARIOSO Melodious
 3 ARIOSO Melodic passage
 3 ARIGHT Properly
 3 ARIES Sign of spring
 3 ARIES Sign before Taurus
 3 ARIE Racer Luyendyk
 3 ARID Saharan
 3 ARID Bone-dry
 3 ARICH ``If I Were ___ Man''
 3 ARIAN Suffix with sect
 3 ARIA Opera solo
 3 ARIA Opera highlight
 3 ARI The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards
 3 ARI Mr. Onassis
 3 ARGOT Cant
 3 ARGON About 1% of the atmosphere
 3 ARGO Ship to Colchis
 3 AREWE ``___ there yet?''
 3 ARETE Rocky ridge
 3 ARETE Mountain ridge
 3 AREST ``Give it ___!''
 3 ARESO ``You ___ Beautiful''
 3 ARES Son of Zeus
 3 ARES Lover of Aphrodite
 3 ARES Harmonia's father
 3 ARES Bellicose god
 3 AREOLA Ring of color
 3 AREO Mars: Prefix
 3 ARENA ``Gladiator'' setting
 3 ARENA Stadium
 3 ARENA Gladiator's place
 3 ARENA Fight site
 3 ARENA Boxing venue
 3 AREEL Staggering
 3 AREEL Spinning
 3 ARECA Tropical palm
 3 AREAS Zones
 3 AREAS Gazetteer data
 3 AREA Square footage
 3 AREA Sphere
 3 AREA Province
 3 AREA Part
 3 AREA Length x width, for a rectangle
 3 AREA Geometry calculation
 3 AREA Domain
 3 AREA Carpet layer's calculation
 3 ARE ``___ you sure?''
 3 ARE ``All the Things You ___''
 3 ARE Subsist
 3 ARE Live and breathe
 3 ARDEN ``As You Like It'' setting
 3 ARCS Pinball paths
 3 ARCO Big name in oil
 3 ARCH Mischievous
 3 ARCH Eyebrow shape
 3 ARCED Rainbowlike
 3 ARCA Medieval chest
 3 ARBOR Shady spot
 3 ARAW Get ___ deal
 3 ARAT ``I smell ___''
 3 ARARAT Genesis locale
 3 ARAB ___-American
 3 ARAB Saudi, e.g.
 3 ARA Southern constellation
 3 ARA Neighbor of Scorpius
 3 ARA Altar in the sky
 3 AQUA Greenish-blue
 3 AQABA Mideast's Gulf of ___
 3 APU ``The Simpsons'' storekeeper
 3 APU Kwik-E-Mart clerk on ``The Simpsons''
 3 APTER More fitting
 3 APSOS Lhasa ___ (dogs)
 3 APSES Church recesses
 3 APSE Church area
 3 APSE Church alcove
 3 APPLE Mac maker
 3 APPEASE Pacify
 3 APPAL Dismay
 3 APLEA Cop ___
 3 APIG Eat like ___
 3 APIECE For one
 3 APIAN Bee-related
 3 APHID Sap sucker
 3 APEX Pinnacle
 3 APES Goons
 3 APERY Silly trick
 3 APERS Copycats
 3 APEG Take down ___
 3 APED Parroted
 3 APED Made like
 3 APE Mock, in a way
 3 APE Imitate
 3 APE Barbary beast
 3 APB P.D. alert
 3 APB Broadcast inits.
 3 APAR On ___ with (equal to)
 3 APACE Without delay
 3 APACE On the double
 3 AORTA Main line
 3 AORTA Main artery
 3 AORTA Line from the heart
 3 AORTA Blood line
 3 AONE Primo
 3 AONE First-rate
 3 AONE Excellent
 3 AOL MSN competitor
 3 AOL Earthlink competitor
 3 AOK Hunky-dory
 3 ANYA Novelist Seton
 3 ANY In the least
 3 ANY Even one
 3 ANWAR Egypt's Sadat
 3 ANTSY On pins and needles
 3 ANTSY Not sitting well?
 3 ANTON Writer Chekhov
 3 ANTON Playwright Chekhov
 3 ANTIC Prank
 3 ANTIC Madcap
 3 ANTI The ``A'' of ABM
 3 ANTI Prefix with lock or knock
 3 ANTI Opposing
 3 ANTI Opponent
 3 ANTI Not for
 3 ANTI Against
 3 ANTE Pot starter
 3 ANTE Pot builder
 3 ANTE Poker payment
 3 ANTE Penny, perhaps
 3 ANTE It's just for openers
 3 ANTA Stage org.
 3 ANTA Architectural pier
 3 ANT Antenna holder
 3 ANSON Williams of ``Happy Days''
 3 ANOUK Actress Aimée
 3 ANON Like most graffiti: Abbr.
 3 ANON Ever's partner
 3 ANODE Positive pole
 3 ANODE Battery part
 3 ANO ``Is that ___?''
 3 ANO ``I'll take that as ___''
 3 ANNO ___ mundi
 3 ANNO The ``A'' in A.D.
 3 ANNO Cornerstone word
 3 ANNE Writer Rice
 3 ANNE Green Gables girl
 3 ANNE Frank or Francis
 3 ANNE British royal
 3 ANNAL Year's record
 3 ANNA ``The King and I'' role
 3 ANNA ``Finnegans Wake'' wife
 3 ANNA Tolstoy heroine
 3 ANNA The ``I'' in ``The King and I''
 3 ANN That girl in ``That Girl''
 3 ANN Raggedy doll
 3 ANN Massachusetts' Cape ___
 3 ANKLET Short sock
 3 ANKH Symbol of life
 3 ANKH Egyptian cross
 3 ANKA ``My Way'' songwriter
 3 ANITRA ``Peer Gynt'' dancer
 3 ANITA ``West Side Story'' girl
 3 ANITA One of the Pointer Sisters
 3 ANIT Have ___ to pick
 3 ANISEED Liqueur flavoring
 3 ANISE Pernod flavoring
 3 ANISE Ouzo flavoring
 3 ANISE Liqueur flavoring
 3 ANIS French cordial flavoring
 3 ANIS Cuckoos
 3 ANIMAL 20 Questions category
 3 ANI ``Wheel of Fortune'' request
 3 ANGUS Cattle breed
 3 ANGORA Sweater material
 3 ANGLE Fish
 3 ANGIE 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit
 3 ANGIE 1973 #1 Rolling Stones hit
 3 ANGELO ``Measure for Measure'' villain
 3 ANEW Once again
 3 ANET Work without ___ (be daring)
 3 ANET Without ___ (daringly)
 3 ANES Hydrocarbon suffixes
 3 ANEEL Slippery as ___
 3 ANDS Added stipulations
 3 ANDREI Peace Nobelist Sakharov
 3 ANDI ``___ quote ...''
 3 ANDI ``Me, myself ___''
 3 AND ``Go on...''
 3 AND Plus
 3 AND In addition
 3 AND Furthermore
 3 ANC Mandela's org.
 3 ANAT Sci. class
 3 ANAS Santa ___ (hot winds)
 3 ANAP Take ___ (rest)
 3 ANADEM Wreath for the head
 3 ANA Suffix with Shakespeare
 3 ANA Literary olio
 3 ANA Bibliographical suffix
 3 ANA Alicia of ``Falcon Crest''
 3 AMU ___ Darya (Asian river)
 3 AMTS Quantities: Abbr.
 3 AMT Quantity: Abbr.
 3 AMT Invoice fig.
 3 AMPERE Current amount
 3 AMPAS Oscars' org.
 3 AMP Sound booster
 3 AMOS Old Testament book
 3 AMOR Omnia vincit ___
 3 AMOR Love, Spanish-style
 3 AMOR Love personified
 3 AMOR Love god
 3 AMOK Frenziedly
 3 AMO ``Yo te ___''
 3 AMMO Shots, for short
 3 AMMO Bullets, e.g.
 3 AMMAN Mideast capital
 3 AMISS Off
 3 AMIE French friend
 3 AMIDST In the thick of
 3 AMID In
 3 AMI ``What ___, chopped liver?''
 3 AMF Big inits. in bowling
 3 AMESS Make ___ of
 3 AMES Skunk River city
 3 AMES NASA's ___ Research Center
 3 AMERIGO Explorer Vespucci
 3 AMER New World abbr.
 3 AMER From the U.S.
 3 AMENRA Egyptian god of the universe
 3 AMEND Change, as the Constitution
 3 AMEND Better
 3 AMEN ``You got that right!''
 3 AMEN Word of agreement
 3 AMEN Prayer's end
 3 AMELIORATE Better
 3 AMELIA Aviator Earhart
 3 AMEBA Tiny creature
 3 AMBI Prefix with polar
 3 AMAZE Wow
 3 AMAZE Astound
 3 AMASS Gather
 3 AMASS Collect
 3 AMAS Latin 101 verb
 3 AMAH Nanking nanny
 3 AMAH Asian nurse
 3 AMAD ``Diary of ___ Housewife''
 3 AMAD In ___ rush
 3 AMA Professional org. since 1847
 3 AMA G.P.'s grp.
 3 AMA G.P. grp.
 3 ALY ___ Khan
 3 ALY Prince ___ Khan
 3 ALUM Reunion attendee
 3 ALTO Violist's clef
 3 ALTO Kind of flute
 3 ALTO Chorus member
 3 ALTO Choir member
 3 ALTER Doctor
 3 ALTER Change
 3 ALT Height: Abbr.
 3 ALT Flight stat.
 3 ALSORAN Election loser
 3 ALSO Likewise
 3 ALSO Additionally
 3 ALSACE ___-Lorraine
 3 ALPS Skiing mecca
 3 ALPO Food for Fido
 3 ALPO Chow chow chow
 3 ALP Mont Blanc, e.g.
 3 ALOUD Not silently
 3 ALOUD For all to hear
 3 ALOU Baseball's Felipe
 3 ALOU Baseball brothers' name
 3 ALOTOF Many
 3 ALOT Tremendously
 3 ALOT Buckets
 3 ALOP Crooked
 3 ALOOP Knock for ___
 3 ALOOF Cool
 3 ALONE Without help
 3 ALONE Deserted
 3 ALOHASTATE Hawaii
 3 ALOHA Waikiki welcome
 3 ALOHA Hilo hello
 3 ALOFT Up
 3 ALOFT Skyward
 3 ALOE Tissue additive
 3 ALOE Natural balm
 3 ALOE Lip balm ingredient
 3 ALOE Hand lotion ingredient
 3 ALOE Hand cream ingredient
 3 ALMS Charity
 3 ALMA Michigan college or its town
 3 ALLY Friend in war
 3 ALLURE Magnetism
 3 ALLTOLD In sum
 3 ALLS ``___ Well That Ends Well''
 3 ALLOW O.K.
 3 ALLOVER Here, there and everywhere
 3 ALLOVER Everywhere
 3 ALLOT Set apart
 3 ALLOR ___ nothing
 3 ALLEN Kind of wrench
 3 ALLEGE Maintain
 3 ALLAT ___ once
 3 ALLALONE Solo
 3 ALLA Teatro ___ Scala
 3 ALL The whole shebang
 3 ALL The lot
 3 ALL Everyone
 3 ALL Everybody
 3 ALL Completely
 3 ALL 100%
 3 ALIT Hit the ground
 3 ALINE Dress with a flare
 3 ALII Others, in Latin
 3 ALII Et ___ (and others)
 3 ALIENEE Property receiver
 3 ALIEN Unfamiliar
 3 ALIEN Unearthly
 3 ALIE ``I cannot tell ___''
 3 ALICE ``The Brady Bunch'' housekeeper
 3 ALIBI Cover story?
 3 ALIBABA ``Arabian Nights'' hero
 3 ALI ``Aladdin'' prince
 3 ALI Will Smith title role
 3 ALI Rope-a-dope boxer
 3 ALI Foreman's superior
 3 ALI Actress MacGraw
 3 ALI 1996 Olympic torch lighter
 3 ALGOL Star in Perseus
 3 ALGA Pond organism
 3 ALG H.S. subject
 3 ALG H.S. class
 3 ALFA ___ Romeo (sports car)
 3 ALEX ``Jeopardy!'' host Trebek
 3 ALES Pub stock
 3 ALES Pub quaffs
 3 ALES Pub potables
 3 ALES Inn inventory
 3 ALERT Red flag
 3 ALERT On one's toes
 3 ALEE On the safe side?
 3 ALEE Not aweather
 3 ALEE Downwind
 3 ALEC Writer Waugh
 3 ALEC Knighted Guinness
 3 ALEAF Shake like ___
 3 ALE Pub order
 3 ALE It may have a big head
 3 ALE Black and tan ingredient
 3 ALDA Alan of ``M*A*S*H''
 3 ALCOVE Recess
 3 ALBA Jessica of ``Dark Angel''
 3 ALB Priestly garb
 3 ALB Priest's robe
 3 ALATE Winged
 3 ALAS ``Oh, woe!''
 3 ALAS Word for Yorick
 3 ALAS Regrettably
 3 ALARM Auto option
 3 ALAR Winged
 3 ALANA TV's ``The George & ___ Show''
 3 ALAN Presidential middle name
 3 ALAN Mathematician Turing
 3 ALAN King of comedy
 3 ALAMODE Apple pie order?
 3 ALAMO San Antonio landmark
 3 ALAMO Memorable mission
 3 ALAMO Crockett's last stand
 3 ALAIN Actor Delon
 3 ALAI Kyrgyzstan range
 3 ALAD ``When I was ___ ...''
 3 ALA ___ mode
 3 ALA Menu words
 3 ALA Menu phrase
 3 ALA In the manner of
 3 ALA Cookbook phrase
 3 AKIN Similar (to)
 3 AKIN Parallel
 3 AKA Letters before an alias
 3 AKA Blotter letters
 3 AJAX Trojan War hero
 3 AJAR Open slightly
 3 AJAR Not quite shut
 3 AJAR Not fully closed
 3 AJAR Cracked open
 3 AJAR Cracked
 3 AJAR Close to closed
 3 AIWA Sony competitor
 3 AISLE Grocery section
 3 AIRY Light
 3 AIRS Haughtiness
 3 AIRS Affectation
 3 AIREDALE Terrier type
 3 AIRE Suffix with million
 3 AIRE Suffix with concession
 3 AIRE Leeds's river
 3 AIRE Frigid finish
 3 AIR Tire filler
 3 AIR Televise
 3 AIR Put on TV
 3 AIR Go public with
 3 AIR Balloon filler
 3 AIMTO ``We ___ please''
 3 AIMEE Evangelist ___ Semple McPherson
 3 AIMAT Target
 3 AILS Suffers
 3 AILS Is sick
 3 AIL Have a bug
 3 AIDE Right-hand person
 3 AIDE Gofer
 3 AIDE Flunky
 3 AIDE Adjutant
 3 AIDAN Actor Quinn
 3 AIDA Verdi opera
 3 AIDA Opera set in Egypt
 3 AHS Sounds of understanding
 3 AHEM ``Excuse me...''
 3 AHEM ``Excuse me''
 3 AHEADOF Leading
 3 AHAB Pequod captain
 3 AHAB Captain of the Pequod
 3 AHA ``Now I get it!''
 3 AGUE Malarial fever
 3 AGUE Chill
 3 AGUA The rain in Spain
 3 AGUA Lago contents
 3 AGTS F.B.I. workers: Abbr.
 3 AGRO Prefix with industry
 3 AGRI Prefix with cultural
 3 AGREE Jibe
 3 AGREE Go along (with)
 3 AGREE Be of one mind
 3 AGRA Uttar Pradesh city
 3 AGRA Pearl Mosque locale
 3 AGRA Indian tourist city
 3 AGR Cabinet Dept.
 3 AGORA Greek marketplace
 3 AGORA Ancient Greek marketplace
 3 AGONIES Torments
 3 AGOG Enthralled
 3 AGOG Bug-eyed
 3 AGOG Awestruck
 3 AGOG All excited
 3 AGO Before now
 3 AGNUS ``___ Dei''
 3 AGNEW 1973 resignee
 3 AGILE Like a gymnast
 3 AGHAST Shocked
 3 AGES Quite a while
 3 AGES Many moons
 3 AGES Long, long time
 3 AGENT Ten-percenter
 3 AGENA Rocket stage
 3 AGELESS Undying
 3 AGEE ``Let Us Now Praise Famous Men'' writer
 3 AGEE ``A Death in the Family'' writer
 3 AGEE Pulitzer writer James
 3 AGEE Pulitzer winner James
 3 AGED Seasoned
 3 AGED Like fine wine
 3 AGE Long time
 3 AGE Gray, in a way
 3 AGE Add years to one's life
 3 AGATE Banded stone
 3 AGASSI Two-time U.S. Open champ
 3 AGASSI 1999 U.S. Open champ
 3 AGAR Seaweed substance
 3 AGAR Lab gel
 3 AGAR Ice cream thickener
 3 AGAPE Visibly shocked
 3 AGANA Guam's capital, old-style
 3 AFT Toward the rear
 3 AFT Behind
 3 AFT Back on board
 3 AFROS Big dos
 3 AFRESH Over
 3 AFOUL Run ___ of (violate)
 3 AFORE Prior to, old-style
 3 AFOOT Underway
 3 AFLOAT Solvent
 3 AFIRE In flames
 3 AFIRE Burning
 3 AFAR Winston Churchill's ``___ Country''
 3 AFAR Way out there
 3 AFAR Off yonder
 3 AES 50's political inits.
 3 AERIE Home with a view
 3 AERIE Hawk's home
 3 AERATES Makes bubbly
 3 AERATE Freshen
 3 AEGIS Auspices
 3 ADZ Cutting tool
 3 ADVERSE Unfavorable
 3 ADVENT Coming
 3 ADS Plugs
 3 ADS Commercials
 3 ADRENAL Kind of gland
 3 ADOS Stirs
 3 ADOS Hullabaloos
 3 ADORN Festoon
 3 ADORN Decorate
 3 ADORN Deck out
 3 ADORE Revere
 3 ADORE Really go for
 3 ADORE Love to pieces
 3 ADORE Love
 3 ADOPTS Takes in
 3 ADOPT Assume
 3 ADOBE Building material
 3 ADO ``Much ___ About Nothing''
 3 ADO Stink
 3 ADO Pother
 3 ADO Hoo-ha
 3 ADO Botheration
 3 ADMIT Fess up
 3 ADIT Mine entrance
 3 ADIN Deuce follower
 3 ADIEU Farewell
 3 ADHOC Like some committees
 3 ADES Summer quaffs
 3 ADES Summer drinks
 3 ADES Fruity coolers
 3 ADELIE Antarctica's ___ Coast
 3 ADELE Jane Eyre's pupil
 3 ADELE Fred's dancing partner
 3 ADEER ``Doe, ___ ...''
 3 ADEE Chick's tail?
 3 ADEAL ``Let's Make ___''
 3 ADE Summer drink
 3 ADE Summer cooler
 3 ADE Fruity drink
 3 ADDUPTO Total
 3 ADDS Puts on
 3 ADDS Contributes
 3 ADDL Extra: Abbr.
 3 ADDIS ___ Ababa
 3 ADDED Threw in
 3 ADD Do sums
 3 ADAR Jewish month
 3 ADAPT Show flexibility
 3 ADAPT Go with the flow
 3 ADAME ``There Is Nothin' Like ___''
 3 ADAMANT Not budging
 3 ADAMANT Inflexible
 3 ADAMA ``Battlestar Galactica'' commander
 3 ADAM Sandler of ``Big Daddy''
 3 ADAM Economist Smith
 3 ADALE Allan-___
 3 ADAH Wife of Esau
 3 ADAGIO Slowly
 3 ADAGE Saying
 3 ACUT ___ above
 3 ACURA Integra maker
 3 ACTOR Cast member
 3 ACTON Follow, as advice
 3 ACTAS Represent
 3 ACTA Proceedings
 3 ACTA Official proceedings
 3 ACRID Pungent
 3 ACRE Plot part
 3 ACRE Part of a plot
 3 ACRE One to grow on?
 3 ACRE Field measure
 3 ACRE Farm division
 3 ACRE Big plot
 3 ACNE Stridex target
 3 ACNE Retin-A treats it
 3 ACNE Clearasil target
 3 ACME Top
 3 ACME High point
 3 ACME #1 spot
 3 ACLU Rights org.
 3 ACLU Rights grp.
 3 ACIDS Litmus reddeners
 3 ACHOO Allergy season sound
 3 ACHE Yearn (for)
 3 ACHE Long
 3 ACH German cry
 3 ACETONE Polish remover
 3 ACES One-spots
 3 ACERB Sharp
 3 ACED Scored 100 on
 3 ACED Sailed through
 3 ACE One-spot
 3 ACE Expert
 3 ACE Crack
 3 ACE Big heart?
 3 ACDC Flexible, electrically
 3 ACCUSER Plaintiff
 3 ACC N.C. State is in it
 3 ACAN Open ___ of worms
 3 ABYSS Bottomless pit
 3 ABUT Touch
 3 ABUT Neighbor
 3 ABUT Border
 3 ABU ___ Dhabi
 3 ABSTAIN Forbear
 3 ABS Stomach muscles, for short
 3 ABRADE Rub
 3 ABOVE Over
 3 ABOVE Beyond's partner
 3 ABOUT More or less
 3 ABORT Scrub
 3 ABOO Peek-___
 3 ABOLT Like ___ from the blue
 3 ABOIL Bubbling over
 3 ABOIL Bubbling
 3 ABOARD On
 3 ABO Blood-typing system
 3 ABO Blood letters
 3 ABLY Well
 3 ABLER More fit
 3 ABLER Less inept
 3 ABLE Up to it
 3 ABLE Talented
 3 ABIT Slightly
 3 ABIE ``___ Baby'' (``Hair'' song)
 3 ABIDE Tolerate
 3 ABHOR Loathe
 3 ABHOR Can't take
 3 ABETS Encourages
 3 ABET ``Not on ___!''
 3 ABET Help
 3 ABET Aid and ___
 3 ABELE White poplar
 3 ABEL Cain's victim
 3 ABEL Cain's brother
 3 ABEL Brother of Cain
 3 ABEAM Perpendicular to the keel
 3 ABE White House nickname
 3 ABE Pres. Lincoln
 3 ABE Playwright Burrows
 3 ABE Honest ___
 3 ABE Actor Vigoda
 3 ABCS Rudiments
 3 ABCS Fundamentals
 3 ABBE French cleric
 3 ABBA ``Dancing Queen'' pop group
 3 ABATE Let up
 3 ABATE Die down
 3 ABAT Blind as ___
 3 ABASE Put down
 3 ABASE Humble
 3 ABASE Bring down
 3 ABASE Belittle
 3 ABAD In ___ way
 3 ABACI Old adders
 3 ABAB Common rhyme scheme
 3 ABA Attorneys' org.
 3 AAR Swiss river
 3 AAR Rhine feeder
 3 AAH ``That feels good!''
 2 ZULU Natal native
 2 ZULU Bantu language
 2 ZUBIN Conductor Mehta
 2 ZOWIE Cry of delight
 2 ZOOT ___ suiter
 2 ZOOT Kind of suit
 2 ZOO Madhouse
 2 ZOO Animal house
 2 ZONED Spaced (out)
 2 ZONE Part of DMZ
 2 ZONE Belt
 2 ZOLA ``Thérèse Raquin'' novelist
 2 ZOIC Suffix on era names
 2 ZOG Last king of Albania
 2 ZOE Pulitzer playwright Akins
 2 ZOE Actress Caldwell
 2 ZOA Animals: Suffix
 2 ZITI Tubular pasta
 2 ZITI Penne alternative
 2 ZIP Nada
 2 ZIP Goose egg
 2 ZION Utah national park
 2 ZINE Fan mag
 2 ZINC Brass component
 2 ZILLION Whole slew of
 2 ZIG Sharp turn
 2 ZESTY Piquant
 2 ZESTA Saltine brand
 2 ZEST Piquancy
 2 ZERO Nil
 2 ZEPHYR Gentle breeze
 2 ZEN School of Buddhism
 2 ZEN Path to enlightenment
 2 ZEN Kind of state
 2 ZEN Kind of Buddhism
 2 ZELDA Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald
 2 ZEES Zorro's marks
 2 ZEE Zuyder ___
 2 ZEE Tappan ___ Bridge
 2 ZEE Last in a series
 2 ZEALOTS Extremists
 2 ZEAL Passion
 2 ZEAL Gung-ho quality
 2 ZEAL Ardor
 2 ZBAR Letter-shaped construction piece
 2 ZASU Pitts of old films
 2 ZASU Pitts of ``Life With Father''
 2 ZAPPA Frank of the Mothers of Invention
 2 ZAP Stun
 2 ZAP Sound of a lightning bolt
 2 ZAP Blast
 2 ZANE Writer Grey
 2 ZAG Veer suddenly
 2 ZAG Sharp turn
 2 ZAFTIG Rubenesque
 2 ZACK ``An Officer and a Gentleman'' hero
 2 YWCA Blue Triangle org.
 2 YVES ``Z'' actor Montand
 2 YVES Actor Montand
 2 YURI Cosmonaut Gagarin
 2 YUP ``Uh-huh''
 2 YUNG Egg foo ___
 2 YUMMY Scrumptious
 2 YUM ``Dee-lish!''
 2 YULE Festive time
 2 YUL Ingrid's ``Anastasia'' co-star
 2 YUL Actor Brynner
 2 YUCCA New Mexico's state flower
 2 YUAN Chinese dollar
 2 YUAN 10 jiao
 2 YSL Designer inits.
 2 YSHAPED Like a slingshot
 2 YSER River to the North Sea
 2 YRS Soph. and jr.
 2 YRS Calendar spans: Abbr.
 2 YRS Age abbr.
 2 YPRES Town destroyed during W.W. I
 2 YOYO It's used to walk the dog
 2 YOYO It has its ups and downs
 2 YOYO It comes easily to hand
 2 YOWL Long, dismal cry
 2 YOWL Distressed cry
 2 YOWL Cry of pain
 2 YOW ``That hurts!''
 2 YOU ``___ rang?''
 2 YOU ``Yeah, ___!''
 2 YOU ``That means ___!''
 2 YORE Yesteryear
 2 YORE Time long past
 2 YONDER Over there
 2 YOND Over there, poetically
 2 YON Thither
 2 YOM Day in Jerusalem
 2 YOLKS Yellow parts
 2 YOKEL Rube
 2 YOKE Oxen's harness
 2 YOKE Coupler
 2 YOGA Eastern discipline
 2 YODEL Mountain air
 2 YODEL Alpine song
 2 YODEL Alpine call
 2 YODA Luke Skywalker's mentor
 2 YOB Age-determining stat.
 2 YNEZ California's Santa ___ Valley
 2 YMCA Pool site, maybe
 2 YMA Vocalist Sumac
 2 YIPE ``Holy moly!''
 2 YIPE ``Holy cow!''
 2 YIPE ``Egad!''
 2 YIPE Cry of pain
 2 YIN Yang's opposite
 2 YIKES ``Holy cow!''
 2 YIELDS Rates of return
 2 YIELD Triangular road sign
 2 YEW Churchyard tree in ``Romeo and Juliet''
 2 YEW Bow wood
 2 YETI Himalayan legend
 2 YET ``Are we there ___?''
 2 YET To this day
 2 YET Thus far
 2 YET So far
 2 YET Nevertheless
 2 YET Even so
 2 YESTER Prefix with day or year
 2 YESSES Approvals
 2 YESSES Acceptances
 2 YESORNO ``Don't evade the question!''
 2 YESMEN Toadies
 2 YESMAN Sycophant
 2 YESMAAM Polite response
 2 YESI Sammy Davis Jr.'s ``___ Can''
 2 YESES Toadies' replies
 2 YES ``Indubitably''
 2 YES ``Amen!''
 2 YES Word on a Ouija board
 2 YES Sycophant's response
 2 YER ``___ out!'' (ump's call)
 2 YER ``___ durn tootin'!''
 2 YER ``So's ___ old man!''
 2 YEPS Slangy assents
 2 YEP ``You betcha''
 2 YEP ``You betcha!''
 2 YEP Slangy affirmative
 2 YEOW ``Ouch!''
 2 YENTL 1983 Streisand role
 2 YENTA Gossipmonger
 2 YENTA Buttinsky
 2 YENS Hungers
 2 YEN It's made in Japan
 2 YEN Hunger
 2 YEN Desire
 2 YEN Asian capital
 2 YEMENI Sana'a native
 2 YEMENI Dweller on the Red Sea
 2 YEMEN Red Sea nation
 2 YELP Puppy's cry
 2 YELP Kennel cry
 2 YELP Cry out
 2 YELP Canine cry
 2 YELL Whoop
 2 YELL Shout
 2 YELL Cry out loud
 2 YEHUDI Violinist Menuhin
 2 YEH ``Uh-huh''
 2 YEATS ``The Wild Swans at Coole'' poet
 2 YEATS ``The Second Coming'' poet
 2 YEAST Bakery supply
 2 YEAS Pro votes
 2 YEAS Affirmative votes
 2 YEARS A long time
 2 YEARN Thirst (for)
 2 YEAR Vintage designation
 2 YEAR Oenologist's interest
 2 YEA Senate declaration
 2 YEA Roll-call vote
 2 YEA Nay's opposite
 2 YEA Formal vote
 2 YEA Assent
 2 YDS QB's gains: Abbr.
 2 YDS N.F.L. stat: Abbr.
 2 YDS Football gains: Abbr.
 2 YDS Drapers' meas.
 2 YAY ``I'm so glad!''
 2 YAWNER It's a bore
 2 YAWNED Opened wide
 2 YAWN Sign of boredom
 2 YAWN Open wide
 2 YAWLS Two-masters
 2 YAW Pilot's problem
 2 YASIR Arafat of the P.L.O.
 2 YARN Shaggy-dog story
 2 YARN Kitten's plaything
 2 YAR Shostakovich's ``Babi ___'' Symphony
 2 YAP Pound sound
 2 YAP Chatter
 2 YAP Big, fat mouth
 2 YANG Positive principle
 2 YANG Masculine side
 2 YAMS Thanksgiving dishes
 2 YAM Verb for Popeye
 2 YAM Thanksgiving side dish
 2 YAM Sweet potato
 2 YALU Manchurian border river
 2 YALIES Bush and Clinton, once
 2 YALIE Bulldog
 2 YALE Where the Clintons met
 2 YALE Where Bill met Hillary
 2 YALE President Taft's alma mater
 2 YALE Jodie Foster's alma mater
 2 YALE Harvard rival
 2 YALE George W. Bush's alma mater
 2 YALE Brown rival
 2 YAKS Gabs
 2 YAK Talk, talk, talk
 2 YAHOOS Boors
 2 YAH Derisive cry
 2 XSANDOS Tic-tac-toe plays
 2 XRAY Like Superman's vision
 2 XOUT Strike from a list
 2 XOUT Strike
 2 XOUT Cancel
 2 XMEN Marvel Comics heroes
 2 XMEN Marvel Comics group
 2 XMASES Short holidays?
 2 XES Crosses (out)
 2 XENON Arc lamp gas
 2 XENIA Seat of Greene County, Ohio
 2 XENA TV's warrior princess
 2 XENA TV's Warrior Princess
 2 XENA Lucy Lawless role
 2 XED Crossed (out)
 2 XACTO Knife brand
 2 WYLIE Poet Elinor
 2 WTS Scale amts.
 2 WROTE Penned
 2 WROTE Dropped a line
 2 WRITE Pen
 2 WRITE Dash off
 2 WRIT Habeas corpus, e.g.
 2 WRIST Slap target, sometimes
 2 WRAY ``King Kong'' star
 2 WRAP Tin foil, e.g.
 2 WRAITH Spirit
 2 WPA New Deal prog.
 2 WPA F.D.R. program
 2 WOUND Twisted
 2 WOULD ___-be
 2 WORST Defeat
 2 WORSE Unfavorable prognosis
 2 WORSE Inferior
 2 WORE Modeled
 2 WORD Promise
 2 WOOS Romances
 2 WOOL Cashmere, e.g.
 2 WOOED Courted
 2 WOOD Golf club
 2 WOO Go a-courting
 2 WONT Refuses to
 2 WONT Habit
 2 WON Triumphed
 2 WON Took the gold
 2 WOMAN John Lennon hit
 2 WOK Stir-fry pan
 2 WOES Troubles
 2 WOE Suffering
 2 WOE Misery
 2 WOE Heartache
 2 WNW Vane dir.
 2 WIT Dorothy Parker quality
 2 WIT 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play
 2 WISP Trace
 2 WISP Bit of smoke
 2 WISEUP Get smart
 2 WISE Like Solomon
 2 WIS Madison's home: Abbr.
 2 WIRE Telegram
 2 WIPED Exhausted, with ``out''
 2 WINS Sports column?
 2 WINS Sports column
 2 WINO Brown bagger
 2 WINGIT Improvise
 2 WINESAP Apple variety
 2 WINDS Orchestra section
 2 WIN Victory
 2 WIN Take the gold
 2 WILY Cunning
 2 WILL Heir lines?
 2 WILEE ___ Coyote
 2 WILE Sly trick
 2 WILDE See 1-Across
 2 WIL Humorist Shriner
 2 WIL Actor Wheaton
 2 WIELDS Handles
 2 WIELD Handle
 2 WIELD Brandish
 2 WIDE Like some loads
 2 WHOS ``___ next?''
 2 WHOM Pronoun in a Hemingway title
 2 WHOAMI End of many a riddle
 2 WHOA ``Hold it!''
 2 WHOA Horse's halter
 2 WHIR Blender sound
 2 WHINE Kvetch
 2 WHIM Fancy
 2 WHET Put an edge on
 2 WHERE Invitation heading
 2 WHENIMSIXTYFOUR Song from the Beatles' ``Sgt. Pepper'' album
 2 WHEN A question of timing
 2 WHELK Marine snail
 2 WHEE ``This is fun!''
 2 WHEE Cry on a roller coaster
 2 WHEAT Toast choice
 2 WHATSNEW ``How's tricks?''
 2 WHATIF Hypothetical
 2 WHAM ``Pow!''
 2 WHAM ``Kapow!''
 2 WHALE Jonah's swallower
 2 WHA Former N.H.L. rival
 2 WETS Soaks
 2 WETS Dampens
 2 WET Rainy
 2 WET All ___
 2 WESTS Bridge positions
 2 WEST ___ Bank
 2 WES ``Scream'' director Craven
 2 WES Unseld of the N.B.A.
 2 WES Montgomery of jazz
 2 WES Horror maven Craven
 2 WERE ``___ #1!''
 2 WERE ``As you ___''
 2 WERE Used to be
 2 WENTIN Entered
 2 WENT Left
 2 WENT Hit the road
 2 WENDS Proceeds
 2 WEND Make (one's way)
 2 WEN Cyst
 2 WELL In good health
 2 WELD Join
 2 WEIR Milldam
 2 WEIR Dam
 2 WEIGHT Scale reading
 2 WEGO ``And away ___!''
 2 WEEWILLIEWINKIE Nightgown wearer of rhyme
 2 WEEP Break down
 2 WEEK Work unit
 2 WEEK Time span
 2 WEEK TV Guide span
 2 WEEK Half a fortnight
 2 WEEDS Cigs
 2 WEED Garden intruder
 2 WEE Very early
 2 WEE Teeny
 2 WEE Like a Burnsian mouse
 2 WEDS Puts together
 2 WEDS Makes one
 2 WED Not separate
 2 WED Make one
 2 WED Get spliced
 2 WEBS Fly traps
 2 WEBB Emily of ``Our Town''
 2 WEB Part of WWW
 2 WEARY Pooped
 2 WEARS Has on
 2 WEARS Becomes frayed
 2 WEAR Have on
 2 WEAR Become tiresome
 2 WEAN Withdraw gradually
 2 WCS Loos
 2 WAYS Paths
 2 WAYNE Detroit's county
 2 WAY Modus operandi
 2 WAXY Like some floors
 2 WAVY Not straight
 2 WAVETO Greet from afar
 2 WATTS Light bulb units
 2 WATTAGE Power
 2 WATER No-cal drink
 2 WASPS Aristophanes comedy, with ``The''
 2 WASHY Wishy-___
 2 WAS Is in the past?
 2 WARY On one's guard
 2 WARY Cautious
 2 WART Job for a dermatologist
 2 WART Imperfection
 2 WART Flaw
 2 WARS The ``W'' in V.F.W.
 2 WARP ``Star Trek'' speed
 2 WARNS Alerts
 2 WARN Alert
 2 WARHORSE Charger
 2 WARGOD Mars, for one
 2 WARES Merchandise
 2 WARES Goods
 2 WARE Ending with hard or soft
 2 WARD Voting district
 2 WARD Charge
 2 WAPNER Onetime TV judge
 2 WANTS Desires
 2 WANING On the decline
 2 WANES Flags
 2 WANE Draw to a close
 2 WANDA Fish in a John Cleese film
 2 WALLA When doubled, a Washington city
 2 WALKINGPAPERS Pink slip
 2 WALED Like corduroy
 2 WALDO Ralph ___ Emerson
 2 WAL Retail store opening?
 2 WAITASEC ``Hold on!''
 2 WAIT ``Hold it!''
 2 WAIST Midsection
 2 WAIF Stray
 2 WAIF Ragamuffin
 2 WAIF Homeless child
 2 WAH ``Do ___ Diddy Diddy'' (1964 hit)
 2 WAGS Tail motions
 2 WAGE ``Minimum'' amount
 2 WAGE Hourly pay
 2 WADI Dry riverbed
 2 WAD Roll of bills
 2 WAC W.W. II female
 2 VWS Bugs
 2 VSO Letters on a brandy bottle
 2 VSO Brandy letters
 2 VOX ___ populi
 2 VOW Word
 2 VOW Promise
 2 VOTRE ``À ___ santé!''
 2 VOTE Cast a ballot
 2 VOLT Electrical unit
 2 VOL Tennessee athlete, for short
 2 VOL Tennessee athlete
 2 VOILA ``There!''
 2 VOILA ``And there you are!''
 2 VOCE Viva ___
 2 VIVO In ___ (occurring naturally)
 2 VIVE On the qui ___
 2 VIVA Start of a cheer
 2 VIVA Cheer starter
 2 VITAL Like some organs
 2 VITAE Aqua ___
 2 VISTA Peace Corps cousin
 2 VISIT Call on
 2 VISE Workshop gripper
 2 VISE Workbench attachment
 2 VISAGE Countenance
 2 VISA MasterCard alternative
 2 VIRILE Hairy-chested
 2 VIRGO Sign of late summer
 2 VIRAL Like the flu
 2 VIRAGO Shrew
 2 VIP Kind of treatment
 2 VIOL Six-stringed instrument
 2 VINE Kudzu, for one
 2 VINE Hollywood crosser
 2 VINCI Leonardo da ___
 2 VIN Beaujolais, e.g.
 2 VIM Pep
 2 VILA Handyman Bob
 2 VIEWS Opinions
 2 VIEW Penthouse feature
 2 VIED Competed
 2 VIE Go for the gold
 2 VIE Go (for)
 2 VIE Contend (for)
 2 VIE Compete (for)
 2 VIDAL ``Myra Breckinridge'' author
 2 VICI ``Veni, vidi, ___''
 2 VICE Number two
 2 VICE Gambling, e.g.
 2 VICAR Parish priest
 2 VIC London's Old ___
 2 VIBES Karma
 2 VIBES Feelings
 2 VIBE Sensation, slangily
 2 VIALS Lab containers
 2 VIAL Medicine bottle
 2 VIA By the agency of
 2 VIA By
 2 VETTED Checked for accuracy
 2 VETS November honorees
 2 VETS Docs for dachshunds
 2 VETO Quash
 2 VETO Literally, ``I forbid''
 2 VET November honoree
 2 VESTIGE Trace
 2 VESPER Evening bell
 2 VERY Darned
 2 VERTEX Summit
 2 VERSO Left-hand page
 2 VERSA Vice follower
 2 VERONA ``Romeo and Juliet'' setting
 2 VERNE ``From the Earth to the Moon'' writer
 2 VERNAL Springy?
 2 VERE ``Billy Budd'' captain
 2 VERB Sink or swim, e.g.
 2 VERB Make or break
 2 VERB Hop, skip or jump
 2 VERA Aloe ___
 2 VERA Actress Miles
 2 VENT Let off steam
 2 VENI ``___, vidi, vici''
 2 VENEER Plywood layer
 2 VEND Peddle
 2 VENAL Easily bribed
 2 VEIL Sign of secrecy
 2 VEGA Star in Lyra
 2 VEGA Lyra's brightest star
 2 VEG Do nothin' at all
 2 VEES Flashed signs
 2 VEER Zig or zag
 2 VEER Swerve
 2 VEEJAY MTV figure
 2 VEE Victory sign
 2 VEE Two-finger sign
 2 VEE Sign of a winner
 2 VEE Flying geese formation
 2 VEE Churchill's sign
 2 VEAL Saltimbocca ingredient
 2 VEAL Calf's meat
 2 VAULT Safe place
 2 VATS Distillery items
 2 VAT Winery sight
 2 VAT Tank
 2 VAT Big wine holder
 2 VAST Widespread
 2 VAST Huge
 2 VASE Flower holder
 2 VASE Bud holder
 2 VASCO Explorer ___ da Gama
 2 VARY Diversify
 2 VARIG Airline to Rio
 2 VAR Alt. spelling
 2 VANYA Chekhov's ``Uncle ___''
 2 VANNA Woman of letters?
 2 VANES Windmill parts
 2 VANE Windmill blade
 2 VAMP Improvise
 2 VALUE Comparison shopper's quest
 2 VALE Caesar's farewell
 2 VAL Kilmer of ``At First Sight''
 2 VAL Batman after Michael
 2 VAIN Puffed up
 2 VAIL Colorado resort
 2 VACA Explorer Cabeza de ___
 2 VAC Hoover, e.g., informally
 2 UVULA Throat dangler
 2 UVEA Part of the eye
 2 UVEA Iris holder
 2 UVA School founded by Thos. Jefferson
 2 UTURNS About-faces
 2 UTURNS 180's
 2 UTURN Reversal
 2 UTURN One-eighty
 2 UTURN About-face
 2 UTTER Unqualified
 2 UTOPIA Promised land
 2 UTNE The ___ Reader (magazine)
 2 UTMOST Maximum
 2 UTILE Serviceable
 2 UTIL Gas, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 UTICA New York city
 2 UTICA Mohawk River city
 2 UTICA City near Syracuse
 2 UTICA Ancient city NW of Carthage
 2 UTES Western Athletic Conference team
 2 UTES Sport ___ (modern vehicles)
 2 UTES Salt Lake City collegians
 2 UTES Huntsman Center team
 2 UTEP Western Athletic Conf. team
 2 UTE Western tribesman
 2 UTE Western native
 2 UTE Western Amerind
 2 UTE Versatile truck, informally
 2 UTE Sport ___ (all-purpose vehicle)
 2 UTE Shoshonean
 2 UTE Indian tongue
 2 UTE Arapaho foe
 2 UTE Adaptable truck, for short
 2 UTAHAN Jazz fan?
 2 UTAHAN Jazz fan, most likely
 2 UTAH Six-sided state
 2 UTAH One of the Four Corners states
 2 UTAH It has six sides
 2 UTAH Area code 801 area
 2 UTAH 2002 Winter Olympics locale
 2 USURP Take forcibly
 2 USURP Appropriate
 2 USUAL Typical
 2 USUAL Regular
 2 USUAL Ordinary
 2 USUAL Like some suspects
 2 USUAL Bar order, with ``the''
 2 USTA Court grp.
 2 USSR ``Back in the ___''
 2 USSR The Beatles' ``Back in the ___''
 2 USSR Cold war initials
 2 USS ___ Missouri
 2 USS ___ Constitution
 2 USS Naval letters
 2 USS Naval inits.
 2 USS Letters at sea
 2 USOSHOW G.I. entertainment
 2 USOPEN Ashe Stadium event
 2 USO ``For the Boys'' subj.
 2 USNA School for a future ens.
 2 USN Service arm: Abbr.
 2 USMC Letters at Camp Lejeune
 2 USMAIL Label on a street-corner box
 2 USLTA Court org.
 2 USHERIN Mark the beginning of
 2 USHER Wedding helper
 2 USHER Theater worker
 2 USHAPED Like a horseshoe
 2 USH Seat, slangily
 2 USEUP Exhaust
 2 USES Puts to work
 2 USES Plays for a sap
 2 USES Operates
 2 USES Manipulates
 2 USES Handles
 2 USES Brings into play
 2 USES Applies
 2 USES A Swiss army knife has lots of them
 2 USERS ___ manual
 2 USERS Consumers
 2 USERS Computer operators
 2 USER ___-friendly
 2 USER Tech support caller
 2 USER Manipulative sort
 2 USER Manipulative one
 2 USER Exploitative type
 2 USER Cybercafe patron
 2 USER Computer operator
 2 USEON Hit with, as a pickup line
 2 USEME 1972 Bill Withers hit
 2 USEDUP Gone
 2 USEDTO In the habit of
 2 USEDTO Comfortable with
 2 USED Preowned
 2 USED Played for a sap
 2 USED No longer mint
 2 USED Kind of car
 2 USED Hand-me-down
 2 USED Brought into play
 2 USE ``It's no ___!''
 2 USE Wear and tear
 2 USE Take advantage of
 2 USE Purpose
 2 USE Function
 2 USE Employ
 2 USE Draw upon
 2 USE Consume
 2 USE Bring to bear
 2 USD Currency exchange board abbr.
 2 USAIR Carrier name until 1997
 2 USAGES Conventions
 2 USABLE Of service
 2 USABLE In working order
 2 USA Stars and Stripes land
 2 USA Red-white-and-blue inits.
 2 USA Cable network
 2 URNS Vases
 2 URNS Some servers
 2 URNS Garden decorations
 2 URNS Coffee holders
 2 URNS Coffee dispensers
 2 URN Tea server
 2 URN Cup filler
 2 URN Coffee maker
 2 URN Coffee ___
 2 URN Big coffee holder
 2 URN Ashes holder
 2 URL www.yahoo.com, e.g.
 2 URL Web browser entry
 2 URL Modern address
 2 URL Dot-com's address
 2 URIS ``Trinity'' novelist
 2 URIS ``Topaz'' author
 2 URIS ``Mitla Pass'' author
 2 URIS ``Battle Cry'' novelist
 2 URIEL An archangel
 2 URICH ``Spenser: For Hire'' star
 2 URIAH Husband of Bathsheba
 2 URI Spoon-bender Geller
 2 URI New England state sch.
 2 URI Altdorf is its capital
 2 URGES Prods
 2 URGED Pushed
 2 URGED Pressed
 2 URGED Exhorted
 2 URGE Prod
 2 URGE More than suggest
 2 URGE Exhort
 2 URGE Drive
 2 URE Suffix with strict
 2 URE Suffix with press
 2 URE North Yorkshire river
 2 URDU Pakistani tongue
 2 URDU Pakistani language
 2 URDU Language of Pakistan
 2 URB City area
 2 URANUS Father of the Titans
 2 URANIA Muse of astronomy
 2 URANIA Astronomy Muse
 2 URAL Orenburg's river
 2 URAL Eurasia's ___ Mountains
 2 URAL Caspian Sea feeder
 2 UPTO ``What've you been ___?''
 2 UPTO ___ snuff
 2 UPTO Engaged in
 2 UPTO Doing
 2 UPTO Capable of
 2 UPTO As far as
 2 UPSIDE Set of advantages
 2 UPSIDE Positive aspect
 2 UPSHOT Outcome
 2 UPSET Unexpected sports outcome
 2 UPSET Election news
 2 UPS Pkg. deliverer
 2 UPS Downs' opposite
 2 UPS Bull markets
 2 UPROSE Revolted
 2 UPRISES Rebels
 2 UPPER Stimulant
 2 UPPED Increased
 2 UPON Stratford-___-Avon
 2 UPON Fairy tale's second word
 2 UPON Conversant with
 2 UPON At the time of
 2 UPN ``America's Next Top Model'' airer
 2 UPN WB competitor
 2 UPLATE Burning the midnight oil
 2 UPLAND Higher ground
 2 UPI Wire service inits.
 2 UPI Reuters competitor
 2 UPI News org.
 2 UPI News letters
 2 UPI News initials
 2 UPENDS Flips
 2 UPEND Turn over
 2 UPEND Tip
 2 UPEND Flip over
 2 UPCAST Directed skyward
 2 UPATREE Trapped
 2 UPA ___ notch
 2 UNUM ``One'' on a one
 2 UNUM Coined word?
 2 UNU Three-time Burmese prime minister
 2 UNTRUE ``That's a lie!''
 2 UNTOLD Countless
 2 UNTO ``Do ___ others as...''
 2 UNTO Gay Talese's ``___ the Sons''
 2 UNTIES Loosens
 2 UNTIE Set free
 2 UNTIE Loose
 2 UNTIE Free from restraint
 2 UNTAMED Wild
 2 UNSTACK Disarrange, in a way
 2 UNSER Family name at Indy
 2 UNSEAL Open
 2 UNSAY Take back, in a way
 2 UNSAID Tacit
 2 UNSAFE Risky
 2 UNS Young ___
 2 UNROBE Strip
 2 UNRIP Tear open
 2 UNREAL ``Can you believe it?!''
 2 UNREAL Imaginary
 2 UNREAL Fantastic
 2 UNOS Spanish articles
 2 UNO Numero ___
 2 UNO Half of dos
 2 UNO Dos preceder
 2 UNO Classic card game
 2 UNNERVE Rattle
 2 UNMAN Frighten
 2 UNMAN Dispirit
 2 UNMAN Deprive of courage
 2 UNMADE Like some beds
 2 UNLESS Except if
 2 UNIV Part of A.A.U.W.: Abbr.
 2 UNITY Togetherness
 2 UNITY Kwanzaa principle
 2 UNITY Agreement
 2 UNITY Accord
 2 UNITS Condos, e.g.
 2 UNITE Wed
 2 UNITE Pool
 2 UNITE Join
 2 UNITE Come together
 2 UNITE Bond
 2 UNITARY Whole
 2 UNIT Troop group
 2 UNIT Newton, for one
 2 UNIT Newton, e.g.
 2 UNIT Kind of pricing
 2 UNIT Hand or foot
 2 UNIT Condo
 2 UNISON Accord
 2 UNIS Colleges, to Aussies
 2 UNIONREP Worker's advocate, for short
 2 UNION Wedding
 2 UNION Merger
 2 UNI Prefix with valve
 2 UNI Prefix with color
 2 UNI Prefix with cellular
 2 UNI Cycle starter
 2 UNHEATED Cold
 2 UNGER Half of the Odd Couple
 2 UNGENTLE Rough
 2 UNFURL Roll out
 2 UNFED Hungry
 2 UNEATEN Like leftovers
 2 UNEASY On pins and needles
 2 UNEASE Nervousness
 2 UNE Le Monde article
 2 UNDONE Foiled
 2 UNDO Nullify
 2 UNDO Bring to ruin
 2 UNDERPIN Support
 2 UNDER Below
 2 UNCUT Full-length
 2 UNCLOG Clear, as a drain
 2 UNCLESAM He wants you
 2 UNCLES Family men
 2 UNCLE ``I give up!''
 2 UNCLE Verbal white flag
 2 UNCLE Cry of defeat
 2 UNCAP Open
 2 UNCA Donald Duck, to his nephews
 2 UNBAR Open, in a way
 2 UNAWARE Napping, so to speak
 2 UNAS Actress Merkel and others
 2 UNARM Render defenseless
 2 UNA ___ corda (musical direction)
 2 UNA Overseas article
 2 UNA Article in La Repubblica
 2 UMPS Strike callers
 2 UMPED Called balls and strikes
 2 UMP Person in a mask
 2 UMM ``Er-r …''
 2 UMBRAGE Offense
 2 UMBRA Planetary shadow
 2 UMBRA Dark area
 2 UMBER Brownish
 2 UMA Thurman of ``The Avengers''
 2 UMA John's ``Pulp Fiction'' co-star
 2 ULULATES Laments loudly
 2 ULTRA The ``U'' in UHF
 2 ULTRA Ne plus ___
 2 ULTERIORMOTIVES Hidden agenda
 2 ULT Last: Abbr.
 2 ULSTER Winter coat
 2 ULSTER Heavy overcoat
 2 ULNAE Arm bones
 2 ULNA Skeleton part
 2 ULNA It parallels a radius
 2 ULNA Arm part
 2 ULEES ``___ Gold''
 2 ULEE Title role for Peter Fonda
 2 ULEE Title beekeeper in a 1997 film
 2 ULEE 1997 title role for Peter Fonda
 2 ULE Small: Suffix
 2 ULAN ___-Ude (Trans-Siberian Railroad city)
 2 ULALUME Poe poem
 2 UKULELE Tiny Tim's instrument
 2 UKE Island strings
 2 UKE Hawaiian strings
 2 UHUH ``Nope!''
 2 UHOH ``Oops!''
 2 UHOH ``Looks like trouble!''
 2 UHHUH ``Yeah''
 2 UHAUL Self-mover's rental
 2 UHAUL Mover's rental
 2 UGLI Wrinkly fruit
 2 UGHS Short pans
 2 UGH ``Yecch!''
 2 UGH ``Gross!''
 2 UGH ``Bleah!''
 2 UGARTE Lorre's ``Casablanca'' role
 2 UFO ET's ride
 2 UFO ET carrier
 2 UFO Amateur video subject, maybe
 2 UELE River to the Ubangi
 2 UELE Congo river
 2 UCLA Troy Aikman's alma mater
 2 UCLA The Bruins of the Pac Ten
 2 UCLA Pac 10 member
 2 UCLA Bruins' home
 2 UCLA 1995 N.C.A.A. hoops champs
 2 UBOAT Wolf pack member
 2 UBOAT W.W. II predator
 2 UBOAT Tin can's target
 2 UBOAT Sub
 2 UBOAT Depth charge target
 2 UAW Walter Reuther's org.
 2 UAW Motor City org.
 2 UAR Egypt and Syria, once: Abbr.
 2 TYSON 1980's-90's ring champ
 2 TYS Cobb et al.
 2 TYS Cobb and Hardin
 2 TYRO Beginner
 2 TYRA Banks on the runway
 2 TYR Norse war god
 2 TYPES Varieties
 2 TYPEB Laid-back
 2 TYPEA Aggressive sort
 2 TYNE North Sea feeder
 2 TYNE Actress Daly
 2 TYLER President before Polk
 2 TYLER Polk's predecessor
 2 TYLER Mary ___ Moore
 2 TYLER First president to marry while in office
 2 TYKES Small fry
 2 TYES Sailing ropes
 2 TWOTONE Like some shoes
 2 TWOSTEP Ballroom dance
 2 TWOS Terrible time?
 2 TWOD Lacking depth
 2 TWIT Needle
 2 TWIST Chubby Checker's dance
 2 TWIRL Spin
 2 TWINE Strong string
 2 TWINE Bale binder
 2 TWIN Romulus or Remus
 2 TWIN Double
 2 TWIG Nest part
 2 TWICETOLD Like Hawthorne's ``Tales''
 2 TWI ___-night doubleheader
 2 TWI Prefix with light
 2 TWERE Quaint contraction
 2 TWENTYFOURSEVEN Always
 2 TWEETER Speaker part
 2 TWEET Sound from a nest
 2 TWEAK Playful pinch
 2 TWAS ``___ the night before...''
 2 TWAS ``___ the night before ...''
 2 TWAS ``Jabberwocky'' start
 2 TWAS ``Jabberwocky'' opener
 2 TVSETS Idiot boxes
 2 TVS Tubes
 2 TVA Norris Dam's project: Abbr.
 2 TVA New Deal program: Abbr.
 2 TUX Prom wear
 2 TUX Formal wear, informally
 2 TUTU Dancer's dress
 2 TUTU Ballet wear
 2 TUTTUT ``For shame!''
 2 TUTORS After-class aides
 2 TUTEE Student getting one-on-one help
 2 TUT Scolding syllable
 2 TUT King in a Steve Martin song
 2 TURTLE Snapper
 2 TURRET Tank top
 2 TUROW ``Presumed Innocent'' novelist
 2 TURNTO Ask, as for aid
 2 TURNRED Flush
 2 TURN Go sour
 2 TURK Istanbul native
 2 TURIN City on the Po
 2 TURF Gang land
 2 TUREEN Soup holder
 2 TUREEN Deep dish
 2 TURBO Supercharger
 2 TUPELO Mississippi city where Elvis was born
 2 TUP Ram, in Ramsgate
 2 TUNE Air
 2 TUNAS Bluefins
 2 TUNAMELTS Lunch counter orders
 2 TUNA Sandwich fish
 2 TUNA Charlie, for one
 2 TUN Wine cask
 2 TUN 252 wine gallons
 2 TULSA Oklahoma city
 2 TULSA City on the Arkansas River
 2 TULLE Gown fabric
 2 TULIP Garden bulb
 2 TULANE The Green Wave, in college sports
 2 TUI Honey eater of New Zealand
 2 TUGAT Pull on
 2 TUG Harbor craft
 2 TUES Calendar abbr.
 2 TUE Wed. preceder
 2 TUDOR Henry VIII's house
 2 TUDOR Elizabeth I was the last one
 2 TUBER Water chestnut, e.g.
 2 TUBE Toothpaste holder
 2 TUBA Marching band member
 2 TUBA Band member
 2 TUB It has a certain ring to it
 2 TTOP 'Vette option
 2 TSTRAP Woman's shoe
 2 TSR Dungeons & Dragons game co.
 2 TSPS Sugar amts.
 2 TSPS Rx amts.
 2 TSPS Recipe abbr.
 2 TSP Medicinal amt.
 2 TSP Kitchen meas.
 2 TSP Cooking meas.
 2 TSLOT Letter-shaped opening
 2 TSK ``Naughty, naughty!''
 2 TSK ``Naughty!''
 2 TSETSES African pests
 2 TSETSE ___ fly
 2 TSETSE Fly with a long proboscis
 2 TSETSE Fly over the Equator
 2 TSETSE Fearsome fly
 2 TSETSE Feared fly
 2 TSETSE African menace
 2 TSE Philosopher Lao-___
 2 TSE China's Lao-___
 2 TSE Canadian market inits.
 2 TSARS Some Romanovs
 2 TSARS Pre-Revolution leaders
 2 TSARS Peter and Paul
 2 TSARS Autocrats
 2 TSAR Winter Palace ruler
 2 TSAR Winter Palace resident
 2 TSAR Russian leader before 1917
 2 TSAR Ruler until 1917
 2 TSAR Romanov ruler
 2 TSAR Pre-1917 ruler
 2 TSAR Peter, for one
 2 TSAR Peter, e.g.
 2 TSAR Peter the Great, e.g.
 2 TSAR Old autocrat
 2 TSAR Nicholas II was the last one
 2 TSAR Nicholas I or II
 2 TSAR Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks
 2 TSAR Ivan or Nicholas
 2 TSAR Bygone leader
 2 TSAR Bygone despot
 2 TSAR Bygone autocrat
 2 TSAR Boris Godunov, for one
 2 TSAR Abdicator of 1917
 2 TRYST Secret meeting
 2 TRYST Assignation
 2 TRY Tax
 2 TRY Taste
 2 TRY Strive
 2 TRY Sample
 2 TRY Give it a whirl
 2 TRY Give it a go
 2 TRY Encouraging word
 2 TRY Crack, so to speak
 2 TRUTH It's a fact
 2 TRUSS Tie up
 2 TRUSS Bridge support
 2 TRUED Made level
 2 TRUE Test choice
 2 TRUE Straight
 2 TRUE Steadfast
 2 TRUE Loyal
 2 TRU Capote, to friends
 2 TRU Capote nickname
 2 TROY Kind of weight
 2 TROUT Rainbow ___
 2 TROT Meadowlands pace
 2 TROT Gait faster than a walk
 2 TROT Certain horse race
 2 TROPIC Start of two Henry Miller titles
 2 TROPE Figure of speech
 2 TROOP Company
 2 TRON Suffix in nuclear physics
 2 TROLL Fairy tale character
 2 TROIS Number of mousquetaires
 2 TROIKAS Triumvirates
 2 TROI ``Star Trek: T.N.G.'' counselor
 2 TROD Trampled
 2 TRITE Shopworn
 2 TRITE Played out
 2 TRITE Old hat
 2 TRIS Speaker of note
 2 TRIS Speaker of baseball
 2 TRIS Cooperstown nickname
 2 TRIP Misstep
 2 TRIP Junket
 2 TRIP Fall preceder
 2 TRIO Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g.
 2 TRIO Threesome
 2 TRIO The Magi, e.g.
 2 TRIO Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g.
 2 TRIO Duet plus one
 2 TRIO Donald Duck's nephews, e.g.
 2 TRIO Crosby, Stills and Nash, e.g.
 2 TRIM Svelte
 2 TRIM Barbershop request
 2 TRIM Barber's job
 2 TRIKE Tot's wheels
 2 TRIESTE Adriatic port
 2 TRIES Strains
 2 TRIES Essays
 2 TRIES Attempts
 2 TRI Sect leader?
 2 TRI Prefix with cycle
 2 TRI Prefix with angular
 2 TREYS Deuce toppers
 2 TREY It doesn't take much
 2 TREY Four's inferior
 2 TREX ``The Lost World'' menace
 2 TREX ``Jurassic Park'' menace, briefly
 2 TREVOR ``Key Largo'' Oscar winner
 2 TREVI ___ Fountain
 2 TRESSES Locks
 2 TRESS Rapunzel feature
 2 TRESS Head lock
 2 TRES ``___ intéressant''
 2 TRES ``___ chic''
 2 TRES ``___ bien!''
 2 TRES Very, in Vichy
 2 TRES Uno y dos
 2 TRES Uno + dos
 2 TRES Half of seis
 2 TRES Andean peak ___ Cruces
 2 TRENTON Capital on the Delaware
 2 TRENT E. C. Bentley detective
 2 TRENDY In
 2 TREND Vogue
 2 TREND The way things are going
 2 TREMOR Aftershock
 2 TREMOLO Vibrating effect
 2 TREK Long hike
 2 TREK Long haul
 2 TREK Hike
 2 TREES Ashes, e.g.
 2 TREED In a tough spot
 2 TREED In a corner
 2 TREE Squirrel's home
 2 TREE Sloth's home
 2 TREE Genealogist's work
 2 TREAT Pick up the tab
 2 TREAT October 31 option
 2 TREAT Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g.
 2 TREAD Radial pattern
 2 TRE Sei halved
 2 TRE Number after due
 2 TRE Italian numero
 2 TRE Italian TV channel
 2 TRE It's past due
 2 TRE Half of sei
 2 TRE Due follower
 2 TRE Cremona crowd?
 2 TRAY Highchair feature
 2 TRAWLED Fished with a net
 2 TRAVEL Go places
 2 TRASHES Bad-mouths
 2 TRASH Refuse
 2 TRASH Make a shambles of
 2 TRAP Sting operation
 2 TRAP Snare
 2 TRAP Links hazard
 2 TRAP Kisser
 2 TRAP Golf hazard
 2 TRANSPOSE Switch
 2 TRANCE Hypnotic state
 2 TRAMS Colliery carriers
 2 TRAM Way around London, once
 2 TRAM Airport conveyance
 2 TRALEE Town in County Kerry
 2 TRAIT Characteristic
 2 TRAIT Blue eyes or baldness, e.g.
 2 TRAIT Attribute
 2 TRAIPSE Gallivant
 2 TRAILS Is behind
 2 TRAILER Movie promo
 2 TRAIL Follow
 2 TRAIL Bring up the rear
 2 TRADES Swaps
 2 TRADER Wall Street figure
 2 TRADE Lifework
 2 TRACT Plot of land
 2 TRACT Piece of land
 2 TRACE Tiny bit
 2 TRACE Tiny amount
 2 TRACE Hint
 2 TRA ``La-la'' lead-in
 2 TRA ``La la'' preceder
 2 TRA ___ la la
 2 TRA Sung syllable
 2 TRA Part of a chorus line?
 2 TRA Musical syllable
 2 TRA La-la lead-in
 2 TRA Caroler's syllable
 2 TOZ From A ___
 2 TOYED Trifled (with)
 2 TOY Play (with)
 2 TOY Miniature
 2 TOY Kind of poodle
 2 TOY Delivery from Santa
 2 TOY Cracker Jack bonus
 2 TOWNE Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert
 2 TOWERINGINFERNO Hot movie of 1974, with ``The''?
 2 TOWEL Spa handout
 2 TOWARDS Facing
 2 TOWARD Facing
 2 TOW Pull along
 2 TOW Pull
 2 TOV Yom ___ (Jewish holiday)
 2 TOV Mazel ___
 2 TOUR Take the show on the road
 2 TOUR See the sights
 2 TOUR It may be grand
 2 TOUCHE ``Well said!''
 2 TOTUP Add
 2 TOTSY Hotsy-___
 2 TOTS Small fry
 2 TOTS Preschoolers
 2 TOTOE Head-___ (thorough)
 2 TOTO Emerald City visitor
 2 TOTO Canine from Kansas
 2 TOTIE Fields of comedy
 2 TOTES Lugs
 2 TOTES Carries
 2 TOTER Schlepper
 2 TOTEM ___ pole
 2 TOTEM Clan emblem
 2 TOTED Schlepped
 2 TOTE Kind of bag
 2 TOTASTE As you like it
 2 TOTAL Wreck
 2 TOTAL Smash to smithereens
 2 TOTAL General Mills brand
 2 TOTAL Demolish
 2 TOT Youngster
 2 TOT Tyke
 2 TOT Tad
 2 TOT Squirt
 2 TOT Sprout
 2 TOT Kid
 2 TOSTADA Taqueria offering
 2 TOSSES Chucks
 2 TOSSERS Horseshoes players
 2 TOSS Turn's partner
 2 TOSS Flip
 2 TOSS Fling
 2 TOSS Eighty-six
 2 TOSH Brit's ``Baloney!''
 2 TOSEA Words repeated at the start of the ``Sailor's Song''
 2 TOSEA Out of port
 2 TOSCANINI Longtime NBC Symphony conductor
 2 TOSCA Teatro Costanzi premiere of 1900
 2 TOS How-___
 2 TORY Whig's rival
 2 TORTS Law school class
 2 TORTE Rich dessert
 2 TORTE Rich cake
 2 TORT Wrongful act
 2 TORSO Trunk with a chest
 2 TORSO Trunk
 2 TORSO Body of art?
 2 TORSO Body of art
 2 TORSI Trunks
 2 TORS Rocky peaks
 2 TORRES Spanish constructions
 2 TORRE Baseball manager Joe
 2 TORPOR Lethargy
 2 TORPEDO Sink
 2 TOROS Pamplona runners
 2 TORO Ring combatant
 2 TORO Mower maker
 2 TORO Lawn mower maker
 2 TORME ``Careless Hands'' singer, 1949
 2 TORK One of the Monkees
 2 TORI Topological shapes
 2 TORI Pop singer Amos
 2 TORI Math rings
 2 TOREUP Shredded
 2 TOREINTO Assailed
 2 TOREAT Attacked violently
 2 TORE Rent
 2 TORAHS Sacred scrolls
 2 TORA ___ Bora (Afghan region)
 2 TOR Windswept spot
 2 TOR Crag
 2 TOQUE Close-fitting hat
 2 TOPSY ___-turvy
 2 TOPS Spinning toys
 2 TOPS First-rate
 2 TOPPED Surpassed
 2 TOPOL ``Fiddler on the Roof'' star
 2 TOPO ``___ the mornin'!''
 2 TOPIC Something to talk about
 2 TOPE Hit the bottle
 2 TOPDOGS Big cheeses
 2 TOP Tee, e.g.
 2 TOP Outdo
 2 TOP Best
 2 TOOTOO Tastelessly affected
 2 TOOTLE Play the flute
 2 TOOT Tugboat sound
 2 TOOT Horn sound
 2 TOOT Choo-choo's sound
 2 TOOT Barfly's binge
 2 TOON Warner Bros. creation
 2 TOOLER Shop worker
 2 TOOLATE ``You missed it''
 2 TOOLATE Not in time
 2 TOOL Plane, e.g.
 2 TOOL Cat's-paw
 2 TOO To boot
 2 TOO Likewise
 2 TOO Further
 2 TOO Excessively
 2 TONYA Skater Harding
 2 TONY Theater award
 2 TONTO Sidekick of early TV
 2 TONTO Old TV sidekick
 2 TONTO Kemo Sabe's sidekick
 2 TONTO Jay Silverheels role
 2 TONOF Like a ___ bricks
 2 TONO ___ avail
 2 TONO Up ___ good
 2 TONNE 1,000 kilograms
 2 TONIO ``Pagliacci'' role
 2 TONIER More chic
 2 TONIC Mixer
 2 TONI ``Beloved'' author Morrison
 2 TONI Nobelist Morrison
 2 TONI N.B.A.'s Kukoc
 2 TONGA Neighbor of Fiji
 2 TONG Chinese mafia
 2 TONES Subdues, with ``down''
 2 TONES Shades
 2 TONES Pitches
 2 TONES Color wheel display
 2 TONER Copier need
 2 TONED In shape
 2 TONE Voice mail prompt
 2 TONE Pitch
 2 TONE Color quality
 2 TON Lot
 2 TON Heap
 2 TON Elephant's weight, maybe
 2 TON Boatload
 2 TOMS Big gobblers
 2 TOMES Weighty books
 2 TOMES Volumes
 2 TOMEI ``My Cousin Vinny'' Oscar winner
 2 TOMEI Marisa of ``What Women Want''
 2 TOMEI Actress Marisa
 2 TOME Volume
 2 TOME Hefty volume
 2 TOMB Dead center?
 2 TOMB Archaeological find
 2 TOMA 1970's Tony Musante series
 2 TOM Barnyard male
 2 TOLL Kind of call
 2 TOLL Cost to cross
 2 TOLERATE Stomach
 2 TOLDYA ``See?!''
 2 TOL ``My mama done ___ me''
 2 TOKYO ___ Rose
 2 TOKYO Ginza locale
 2 TOKEN Arcade coin
 2 TOKE Drag
 2 TOJO Axis leader
 2 TOILE Upholstery fabric
 2 TOILE Patterned fabric
 2 TOIL Slave away
 2 TOIL Plug away
 2 TOIL Hard work
 2 TOGO Like some restaurant orders
 2 TOGO Like some pizza orders
 2 TOGA Roman wrap
 2 TOGA Roman robe
 2 TOGA Robe for Caesar
 2 TOGA Kind of party
 2 TOGA Fraternity party attire
 2 TOGA Forum wear
 2 TOG Deck (out)
 2 TOETOTOE Like some confrontations
 2 TOETOTOE In direct opposition
 2 TOES Low digits
 2 TOES Little piggies
 2 TOERR ``___ is human''
 2 TOERR ``___ is human ...''
 2 TOERR It's human
 2 TOELESS Like sandals
 2 TOE Stocking's end
 2 TOE Nail site
 2 TOE Nail holder
 2 TOE Little piggy
 2 TOE Kicker?
 2 TODOS Flaps
 2 TODO Stir
 2 TODO List heading
 2 TODO Heading on a list of errands
 2 TODO Foofaraw
 2 TODO Flap
 2 TODO Commotion
 2 TODD Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name
 2 TOD ``___ und Verklärung'' (Richard Strauss opus)
 2 TOD Strauss's ``___ und Verklärung''
 2 TOCSIN Alarm bell
 2 TOBOOT As well
 2 TOBED ``And so ___''
 2 TOBE Soliloquy starter
 2 TOBE Soliloquy start
 2 TOAT Precisely
 2 TOAT Just right
 2 TOAST Words to a bride and groom
 2 TOAST A goner
 2 TOAMAN Without exception
 2 TOAMAN Unanimously
 2 TOADY Apple-polisher
 2 TOAD ``The Wind in the Willows'' character
 2 TOAD Warty hopper
 2 TOAD Natterjack
 2 TOAD Little hopper
 2 TOAD Hopper
 2 TOA ___ man
 2 TOA Shelley's ``___ Skylark''
 2 TOA Ode title starter
 2 TNUTS Some bolt holders
 2 TNUT Threaded metal fastener
 2 TNUT Threaded fastener
 2 TNT Rubble-maker
 2 TNT Great leveler
 2 TNT Explosive stuff
 2 TNT Explosive letters
 2 TNT Discharge letters?
 2 TNT Demolitionist's supply
 2 TNT Demolition stuff
 2 TNT Cable inits.
 2 TNT Cable choice
 2 TNT Blasting stuff
 2 TNT Blaster's need
 2 TNT Blast maker
 2 TNT Big bang maker
 2 TNOTE Government issue
 2 TNN Old cable TV inits.
 2 TNN Basic cable channel
 2 TMEN Some govt. agents
 2 TMEN Counterfeiters' nemeses
 2 TMEN Counterfeiter catchers
 2 TMC HBO alternative
 2 TLC Special attention, for short
 2 TLC R.N.'s forte
 2 TLC Letters of concern
 2 TKTS Times Square sign
 2 TKOS W.B.A. calls
 2 TKOS Bout enders, in brief
 2 TKO Bout stopper, for short
 2 TIVOLI Copenhagen park
 2 TIVO Popular video recorder
 2 TITO Jackson 5 member
 2 TITLED Called
 2 TITI South American monkey
 2 TITHE Church offering
 2 TITAN Cronus or Oceanus
 2 TITAN Colossus
 2 TISH Mrs. Addams, to Gomez
 2 TISCH New York University's ___ School of the Arts
 2 TIS ``___ the season …''
 2 TIS ``___ the season to be jolly''
 2 TIS ``My country'' follower
 2 TIS Sequel to ``Angela's Ashes''
 2 TIS Scale notes
 2 TIRES They get their kicks
 2 TIRES Flags
 2 TIRED Wiped out
 2 TIRE Spare change?
 2 TIRE Michelin product
 2 TIRE Lose steam
 2 TIRE Goodyear product
 2 TIRE Bore
 2 TIRE Bad thing to blow
 2 TIRADE Tongue-lashing
 2 TIRADE Rant
 2 TIRADE Philippic
 2 TIPTOE Walk quietly
 2 TIPTOE Move with stealth
 2 TIPS Rewards for waiting
 2 TIPPI Actress Hedren
 2 TION Noun suffix
 2 TIO Spanish uncle
 2 TINY Wee
 2 TINTS Salon supply
 2 TINTER Salon worker
 2 TINT Windshield feature
 2 TINT TV knob
 2 TINT TV control
 2 TINT Salon request
 2 TINS Cookie containers
 2 TINS Anchovy containers
 2 TINPAN Alley name
 2 TINO First baseman Martinez
 2 TINO Baseballer Martinez
 2 TINHAT Soldier's helmet, slangily
 2 TINES Points at the dinner table
 2 TINE Point at the dinner table?
 2 TINE Fork feature
 2 TINE Food sticker
 2 TINA Louise of ``Gilligan's Island''
 2 TINA Brown of Talk magazine
 2 TINA Actress Louise
 2 TINA A Turner
 2 TIN Part of the alloy britannia
 2 TIN Material for a whitesmith
 2 TIN Malaysian export
 2 TIN Like some ears
 2 TIN Bolivian export
 2 TIMER VCR feature
 2 TIMER Track official
 2 TIME Proctor's call
 2 TIM Comic Conway
 2 TILTS Arcade flubs
 2 TILT Knight fight
 2 TILL Money drawer
 2 TILL Cash cache
 2 TILER Home subcontractor
 2 TILED Like some floors
 2 TILE Mosaic piece
 2 TILE Game piece
 2 TILDES Marks in Spanish class
 2 TIL ``Shop ___ you drop''
 2 TIL Up to, for short
 2 TIL Up to
 2 TIL Kay Kyser's ``___ Reveille''
 2 TIKI Kind of torch on ``Survivor''
 2 TIEUP Traffic jam
 2 TIEUP Highway headache
 2 TIETO Link
 2 TIES No-win situations?
 2 TIES Lashes
 2 TIES Connections
 2 TIERRA ___ del Fuego
 2 TIER Layer
 2 TIER Echelon
 2 TIER Class
 2 TIEINTO Connect with
 2 TIEIN Link
 2 TIED Even
 2 TIE Trash bag accessory
 2 TIE Standoff
 2 TIE Make fast
 2 TIE Knot
 2 TIE Backgammon impossibility
 2 TIE 50-50, e.g.
 2 TIE 20-20, e.g.
 2 TIDY Like some sums
 2 TIDE Ocean motion
 2 TIDE It ebbs and flows
 2 TIDAL Kind of wave
 2 TID Rx instruction
 2 TICS Nervous twitches
 2 TICK Watch word?
 2 TICK Clock sound
 2 TIC ___-tac-toe
 2 TIC Twitch
 2 TIBER Rome's river
 2 TIARA Princess topper
 2 TIARA Crown
 2 TIARA Coronet
 2 TIA Overseas relative
 2 TIA Córdoba kinswoman
 2 TIA Argentine aunt
 2 THY ``___ will be done''
 2 THY Your, of yore
 2 THY Lord's Prayer pronoun
 2 THWART Foil
 2 THUS In this way
 2 THUG Tough
 2 THUG Hoodlum
 2 THUDS Heavy footsteps
 2 THUD Fall sound
 2 THRU Like some streets
 2 THRU Kind of traffic
 2 THRONE Seat of power
 2 THROES Violent struggles
 2 THREW Flung
 2 THREW Cast
 2 THREE Midafternoon
 2 THREADS Clothes, slangily
 2 THOUS G's
 2 THOUS Big bills
 2 THOU Grand
 2 THOU G
 2 THOU Biblical pronoun
 2 THOSE ``___ Calloways'' (Disney film)
 2 THOS Pres. Jefferson
 2 THORN Sticker
 2 THOR Norse thunder god
 2 THOR Marvel Comics superhero
 2 THOR God with a hammer
 2 THON Fund-raising suffix
 2 THOM ___ McAn shoes
 2 THOLE Oar pin
 2 THO Notwithstanding that, briefly
 2 THO However, informally
 2 THIS ``What's ___?''
 2 THIS Not that
 2 THIRD Show place
 2 THINS Dilutes
 2 THINE Biblical possessive
 2 THIN Waiflike
 2 THIEVE Lift, so to speak
 2 THICKE Alan of ``Growing Pains''
 2 THETRILLISGONE Songbird's lament?
 2 THETAS Some sorority women
 2 THETA Sorority letter
 2 THEO Huxtable boy
 2 THEN Consequently
 2 THEMASSES Hoi polloi
 2 THEMA Recurring melody
 2 THELOT Everything
 2 THEIST Believer
 2 THEFTS Rap sheet data
 2 THEEND Famous last words?
 2 THEE What you used to be
 2 THEDA Silents star Bara
 2 THEBELLS Poe poem
 2 THEA Mother of Helios
 2 THE It's definite
 2 THE French beverage
 2 THAW Take out of the freezer
 2 THAW Spring event
 2 THAW Become friendlier
 2 THATSTHEWAYITIS ``C'est la vie''
 2 THATSIT ``Eureka!''
 2 THATSIT ``Aha!''
 2 THATS ``___ life!''
 2 THATIS In other words
 2 THAT ``Take ___!''
 2 THAT What this isn't
 2 THARP Choreographer Twyla
 2 THAR ``___ she blows!''
 2 THAR Whaler's direction
 2 THANK Acknowledge
 2 THANE Macbeth, for one
 2 THAN Part of a comparison
 2 THAN Larger ___ life
 2 THAN Holier ___ thou
 2 THALIA Sister of Clio
 2 THALIA Muse of comedy
 2 THAIS Massenet opera
 2 THAI Popular cuisine
 2 THAI Bangkok native
 2 THAI Asian tongue
 2 TGIF Cry of relief
 2 TGI ___ Friday's (restaurant chain)
 2 TEY Christie contemporary
 2 TEXT Words
 2 TEXT TelePrompTer filler
 2 TEXT Student's book
 2 TEXT Sermon basis
 2 TEX Cowpunch's moniker
 2 TETRAD Foursome
 2 TETRA Prefix with -hedron
 2 TETRA Aquarium fish
 2 TETE Head, to Henri
 2 TETE Head of Haiti
 2 TETE French head
 2 TETE French bean
 2 TET Vietnamese holiday
 2 TET Offensive time?
 2 TET Lunar New Year
 2 TET Asian occasion
 2 TESTY Short-tempered
 2 TESTY Irritable
 2 TESTY Irascible
 2 TESTY Cross
 2 TESTY Cantankerous
 2 TESTTUBE Synthetic
 2 TEST Try out
 2 TEST Try
 2 TEST Midterm, say
 2 TEST Midterm, e.g.
 2 TEST Makeup, e.g.
 2 TEST Feeler
 2 TEST Check
 2 TEST Audition
 2 TESSA ``The Gondoliers'' girl
 2 TESS ``Working Girl'' girl
 2 TESS Hardy soul?
 2 TESS Hardy character
 2 TESS Actress Harper
 2 TESS 1994 Shirley MacLaine title role
 2 TESLA Inventor Nikola
 2 TESLA Electronics pioneer Nikola
 2 TESLA Electrical pioneer Nikola
 2 TERSER Less verbose
 2 TERSE Not windy
 2 TERSE Brusque
 2 TERRY Towel material
 2 TERRY Robe fabric
 2 TERROR Brat
 2 TERRI Gibbs of country music
 2 TERRET Harness ring
 2 TERRA ___ incognita
 2 TERRA ___ cotta
 2 TERR Virgin Is., e.g.
 2 TERNS Shorebirds
 2 TERN Sea swallow
 2 TERN Relative of a gull
 2 TERM School session
 2 TERI TV's Hatcher
 2 TERI Garr of ``Young Frankenstein''
 2 TERI Garr of ``Tootsie''
 2 TERI Actress Austin
 2 TERESA Weatherspoon of the W.N.B.A.
 2 TERESA Mezzo Berganza
 2 TERA Prefix with hertz
 2 TER Prescription notation
 2 TER Artist Gerard ___ Borch
 2 TENTO Nearing the hour
 2 TENTO Fifty minutes past the hour
 2 TENTH Final Commandment
 2 TENT It may be pitched
 2 TENT Fair sight
 2 TENSILE Kind of strength
 2 TENSEST Stretched to the limit
 2 TENSES Present and future
 2 TENSED Got uptight
 2 TENSED Got tight
 2 TENSE Wound up
 2 TENSE Perfect, e.g.
 2 TENSE On edge
 2 TENSE Not relaxed
 2 TENSE Keyed up
 2 TENSE It may be present
 2 TENSE It may be perfect
 2 TENSE In danger of snapping
 2 TENSE High-strung
 2 TENSE Ex-lax?
 2 TENSE English 101 subject
 2 TENS Till stack
 2 TENS Till section
 2 TENS Till compartment
 2 TENS Some bills
 2 TENS Counting method
 2 TENS Column next to the ones
 2 TENS Change for a twenty
 2 TENS Certain column
 2 TENORS Choir section
 2 TENOR Pavarotti, e.g.
 2 TENONS Mortise insertions
 2 TENONER Carpenter, at times
 2 TENON Part of a joint
 2 TENNIS It has its faults
 2 TENLB Potato sack wt., maybe
 2 TENETS Convictions
 2 TENET Principle
 2 TENET Dogma
 2 TENET C.I.A. director under Clinton and Bush
 2 TENET Article of faith
 2 TENDTO Take care of
 2 TENDSTO Takes care of
 2 TENDS Waits on
 2 TENDS Looks after
 2 TENDS Inclines
 2 TENDRIL Ivy feature
 2 TENDERER Not so tough
 2 TEND Look after
 2 TEND Keep an eye on
 2 TEND Incline
 2 TEND Be inclined
 2 TENAM Coffee break time, perhaps
 2 TENAM Coffee break time, maybe
 2 TEN X rating?
 2 TEN Ring count
 2 TEN Perfect rating
 2 TEN Mark of perfection
 2 TEN Hamilton's bill
 2 TEMPT Entice
 2 TEMPE Phoenix neighbor
 2 TEMP Sub
 2 TEM President pro ___
 2 TELLA ``I cannot ___ lie''
 2 TELL Show's partner
 2 TELL Be a snitch
 2 TELESIS Intelligently planned progress
 2 TELECAST Program airing
 2 TELE Prefix with photo
 2 TELE Prefix with conference
 2 TELE Marketing leader?
 2 TEL ___ el Amarna, Egypt
 2 TEL ___ Avivian
 2 TEL Monthly bill: Abbr.
 2 TEL Address book no.
 2 TEKWAR William Shatner sci-fi novel
 2 TEK William Shatner's ``___War''
 2 TEK Shatner's ``___War''
 2 TEHEE Titter
 2 TEHEE Little laugh
 2 TEHEE Giggle
 2 TEETH Choppers
 2 TEES Tight ends?
 2 TEES Golf ball props
 2 TEES Caddie's bagful
 2 TEEPEE Home on the range
 2 TEENY Wee
 2 TEENY Minuscule
 2 TEENS Parenting challenges
 2 TEENER High schooler
 2 TEEN Romeo or Juliet
 2 TEEN High-schooler
 2 TEEN Freshman, probably
 2 TEEN Adolescent
 2 TEEMS Swarms
 2 TEEMS Abounds (with)
 2 TEEMED Swarmed
 2 TEEM Overbrim
 2 TEED Ticked (off)
 2 TEED Prepared to drive, with ``up''
 2 TEED Prepared to drive
 2 TEE Summer wear
 2 TEE Start of a giggle
 2 TEE Kind of time
 2 TEE Golfer's gadget
 2 TEE Golf peg
 2 TEE Golf ball support
 2 TEE Golf bag item
 2 TEE Driver's helper?
 2 TEDS ``Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure''
 2 TEDS Turner and others
 2 TEDS Sen. Stevens and others
 2 TEDDY Lingerie item
 2 TED ``First Blood'' director Kotcheff
 2 TED Turner of TV channels
 2 TED Turner in Atlanta
 2 TED Sitcom newsman Baxter
 2 TED Sen. Stevens of Alaska
 2 TED Rocker Nugent
 2 TED One of the Kennedys
 2 TED Mack of early TV
 2 TED Clarinetist Lewis
 2 TED A Kennedy
 2 TECS Gumshoes
 2 TECHIE Computer whiz
 2 TECH ``Rambling Wreck From Georgia ___''
 2 TEC Shamus
 2 TEC Private eye
 2 TEC Dick
 2 TEASET Afternoon service
 2 TEASER Promo
 2 TEASEL Thistlelike plant
 2 TEASE Kid
 2 TEASE Flirt with
 2 TEAS Darjeeling and oolong
 2 TEAS After-dinner selection
 2 TEARUP Shred
 2 TEARSAT Claws
 2 TEARS Eye drops
 2 TEARINTO Attack
 2 TEARIEST Most overcome
 2 TEARDROP Pendant gem shape
 2 TEAR Zip
 2 TEAR Spree
 2 TEAR Shed item
 2 TEAR Hightail it
 2 TEAR Get misty-eyed
 2 TEAR Drop from the eye
 2 TEAPOY Three-legged ornamental table
 2 TEAOR ``Coffee, ___ Me?''
 2 TEAMUP Join forces (with)
 2 TEAM ``Go, ___!''
 2 TEAM Bulls or Bears
 2 TEALS Dabbling ducks
 2 TEAL Pond swimmer
 2 TEAL Pond duck
 2 TEAL Cousin of a canvasback
 2 TEAL Bluish green
 2 TEAK Deck material
 2 TEACH Train
 2 TEABAGS Brewers' needs
 2 TEA Picker-upper
 2 TEA Lipton product
 2 TEA Kind of service
 2 TEA It's served in spots
 2 TEA It may be high in the afternoon
 2 TEA High ___
 2 TEA Darjeeling or oolong
 2 TEA Caffeine source
 2 TDS Six-pointers, for short
 2 TDS QBs' goals
 2 TDS N.F.L. stats
 2 TCELL Immune response orchestrator
 2 TBSP Cookbook abbr.
 2 TBS SuperStation initials
 2 TBONE New York strip alternative
 2 TBIRD ``Fun, Fun, Fun'' car
 2 TBAR Skier's aid
 2 TBAR Alpine transport
 2 TBA Course list abbr.
 2 TAXI Subway alternative
 2 TAXI It's hailed by city dwellers
 2 TAXI Curbside call
 2 TAXI Checker, perhaps
 2 TAXED Burdened
 2 TAWS Fancy marbles
 2 TAWNY Lion-colored
 2 TAW Spotted, to Tweety
 2 TAW Showy shooter
 2 TAW Choice marble
 2 TAUT Ex-lax?
 2 TAURO Bull: Prefix
 2 TAUR Bull: Prefix
 2 TAUPE Brownish gray
 2 TAUNT Twit
 2 TAU St. Anthony's cross
 2 TAU Fraternity letter
 2 TAU Certain cross
 2 TAU Ancient cross
 2 TATTOO Kind of artist
 2 TATTLE Be a snitch
 2 TATTER Rag
 2 TATI ``Mon Oncle'' star
 2 TATES ``Soap'' family
 2 TATERS Spuds
 2 TATER Idaho, e.g.
 2 TATE ``Soap'' family name
 2 TATE Poet laureate of 1700
 2 TATE London's ___ Gallery
 2 TATE British poet laureate Nahum
 2 TATAS Goodbyes
 2 TATAMIS Japanese mats
 2 TATAMI Japanese floor covering
 2 TATA ``Toodle-oo''
 2 TATA ``Ciao!''
 2 TATA ``Bye!''
 2 TAT Part of an exchange
 2 TASTY Toothsome
 2 TASTES Preferences
 2 TASTE Spoonful, say
 2 TASTE Smack
 2 TASTE Refinement
 2 TASTE One of the senses
 2 TASSEL Mortarboard attachment
 2 TASSE Café cup
 2 TASS Russia's Itar-___ news agency
 2 TASS Itar-___ news agency
 2 TASMAN Discoverer of New Zealand
 2 TASK What to do
 2 TASK Charge
 2 TASER Stun gun
 2 TASER Electric dart shooter
 2 TAS Brits' thank-yous
 2 TARTARE Raw
 2 TARTAR Unwanted buildup
 2 TART Sharp
 2 TART Pucker-producing
 2 TART Lip-puckering
 2 TART Like some apples
 2 TART Biting
 2 TARSI Anklebones
 2 TARSAL Of the ankle
 2 TARS Swabbies
 2 TARS Sailors
 2 TARRY Hang back
 2 TAROT Fortuneteller's card
 2 TAROT Diviner's deck
 2 TARO Tropical root
 2 TARO Starch source
 2 TARO Poi source
 2 TARO Member of the arum family
 2 TARO Hawaiian tuber
 2 TARES Shipping weights
 2 TARE Weight not charged for
 2 TARDE Afternoon: Sp.
 2 TARAS Skater Lipinski and others
 2 TARA Reid of ``American Pie''
 2 TARA Mitchell mansion
 2 TARA Gold medalist Lipinski
 2 TARA Butler's quarters?
 2 TAR Toni Morrison's ``___ Baby''
 2 TAR Sticky stuff
 2 TAR Road goo
 2 TAR Road crew supply
 2 TAR Pitching choice
 2 TAR Pit contents
 2 TAR Gob
 2 TAPS Memorial Day solo
 2 TAPS Last call?
 2 TAPIR Snouted animal
 2 TAPINTO Access
 2 TAPIN Golf gimme
 2 TAPETA Retina layers
 2 TAPE VCR insert
 2 TAPE Sticky stuff
 2 TAPA Spanish snack
 2 TAP Make use of
 2 TAP Choose
 2 TAOS New Mexico resort
 2 TAO Way of the East
 2 TAO Confucian path
 2 TAO Concept embodying yin and yang
 2 TAO Chinese truth
 2 TAO Chinese principle
 2 TAO Chinese ``way''
 2 TAO Central truth
 2 TANYA Country singer Tucker
 2 TANTE Oncle's wife
 2 TANTARA Trumpet blast
 2 TANTARA Clarion blast
 2 TANKED Blotto
 2 TANGS Zippy flavors
 2 TANGS Flavors
 2 TANGO Argentine dance
 2 TANG Punch
 2 TANG Little kick
 2 TANEY Chief Justice after Marshall
 2 TANDEM Two-seater
 2 TANA Lake ___ (Blue Nile source)
 2 TAN ``The Joy Luck Club'' author
 2 TAN Whup
 2 TAN Thrash
 2 TAN Paddle
 2 TAN Browning work?
 2 TAN Beachgoer's goal
 2 TAMTAM Gong
 2 TAMS Woolen caps
 2 TAMPA The Bucs stop here
 2 TAMPA Busch Gardens locale
 2 TAMP Press down
 2 TAMP Pack down
 2 TAMP Pack (down)
 2 TAMIL Indian tongue
 2 TAMIL Dravidian language
 2 TAMIAMI ___ Trail (Everglades highway)
 2 TAMEST Least wild
 2 TAMED Broken
 2 TAME Unexciting
 2 TAME Hardly racy
 2 TAMALE Steamed dish
 2 TAMA Novelist Janowitz
 2 TAM Topper
 2 TAM Tartan cap
 2 TAM Flat hat
 2 TAM Cap
 2 TALON Picker-upper
 2 TALLY Add up
 2 TALL Unbelievable
 2 TALL One way to stand
 2 TALL Hard to believe
 2 TALL Farfetched
 2 TALKY Loquacious
 2 TALKER Conversationalist
 2 TALK Spill the beans
 2 TALIA Sylvester's ``Rocky'' co-star
 2 TALIA Shire of ``Rocky''
 2 TALESE ``Unto the Sons'' author
 2 TALESE ``The Kingdom and the Power'' author
 2 TALENT Skill
 2 TALENT Scout's quest
 2 TALE Story
 2 TALE Scheherazade specialty
 2 TALE Raconteur's offering
 2 TALE It's hard to believe
 2 TALC Barber's supply
 2 TAL Youngest world chess champion before Kasparov
 2 TAL Chess champion of 1960-61
 2 TAL 60's chess champ
 2 TAL 1960's chess champ
 2 TAKER Selfish sort
 2 TAKEON Hire
 2 TAKEON Assume
 2 TAKEN Conned
 2 TAKEI Sulu portrayer, in ``Star Trek''
 2 TAKEHOME Net
 2 TAKE Bit of filming
 2 TAJ Atlantic City casino, with ``the''
 2 TAINT Sully
 2 TAILS Flip side?
 2 TAILOR Make fit
 2 TAIL Peacock's pride
 2 TAIL Mermaid feature
 2 TAIL Kite part
 2 TAI ___ chi (martial art)
 2 TAI Popular sushi fish
 2 TAI Clavell's ``___-Pan''
 2 TAHOE Chevy truck model
 2 TAHOE California/Nevada lake
 2 TAHINI Sesame paste
 2 TAGS Makes it
 2 TAG Telephone ___
 2 TAG Moniker
 2 TAG Make it
 2 TAG It's game
 2 TAELS Asian weight units
 2 TAEL Old Chinese money
 2 TAEBO Modern workout system
 2 TAE ___ Bo (exercise system)
 2 TAE Menlo Park initials
 2 TADS Young 'uns
 2 TADS Little ones
 2 TADAS Shouts of triumph
 2 TADA ``Voilà!''
 2 TADA ``There!''
 2 TADA ``Look what I did!''
 2 TADA ``Et voilà!''
 2 TAD Smidge
 2 TAD Modicum
 2 TAD Little 'un
 2 TACT Mediator's skill
 2 TACT Diplomacy
 2 TACT Delicacy
 2 TACOS Snacks in shells
 2 TACOS Fiesta fare
 2 TACO Tex-Mex snack
 2 TACO Snack in a shell
 2 TACO Mexican sandwich
 2 TACO Meal in a shell
 2 TACO Kind of salad
 2 TACO Crunchy munchie
 2 TACKY Tasteless
 2 TACKS Carpet fasteners
 2 TACKON Add
 2 TACKLE Take on
 2 TACK Bulletin board item
 2 TACIT Implied
 2 TACH R.p.m. indicator
 2 TAC Middle X or O
 2 TAC Middle X of X-X-X
 2 TAC Center X or O
 2 TABU Popular cologne
 2 TABU Off-limits: Var.
 2 TABU No-no: Var.
 2 TABSET Typewriter feature
 2 TABOOS No-nos
 2 TABOO Off-limits
 2 TABLET Gelcap alternative
 2 TABLE Postpone
 2 TABASCO Hot sauce
 2 TAB Typewriter key
 2 TAB Keyboard key
 2 TAB Computer key
 2 TAB Can opener
 2 SYSTOLE Part of a heartbeat
 2 SYSTEM Modus operandi
 2 SYS The ``S'' of CBS: Abbr.
 2 SYRUP Egg cream ingredient
 2 SYRIA Neighbor of Israel
 2 SYR Damascus' land: Abbr.
 2 SYNGE ``The Playboy of the Western World'' author
 2 SYNCH Lip-___
 2 SYNC In ___ (harmonious)
 2 SYLPH Slender woman
 2 SYDNEY 2000 Olympics city
 2 SYD Old cartoonist Hoff
 2 SYD Charlie Chaplin's brother
 2 SYD A Chaplin
 2 SWORE Cursed
 2 SWOOSH Rushing sound
 2 SWISS Kind of cheese
 2 SWISS Cheese choice
 2 SWISHES Rustles
 2 SWINGS Playground section
 2 SWEPT Used a broom
 2 SWEETON Liking
 2 SWEET Like dessert wines
 2 SWEDE Stockholm native
 2 SWEAT Worry
 2 SWEAT Hard work
 2 SWEARTO Solemnly affirm
 2 SWEARTO Affirm under oath
 2 SWEAR Talk a blue streak?
 2 SWE Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr.
 2 SWE Nor. neighbor
 2 SWAY Go to and fro
 2 SWAT Smack
 2 SWAT Kind of team
 2 SWASH Swagger
 2 SWARMS Groups of bees
 2 SWAP Kind of meet
 2 SWAP Cashless deal
 2 SWANS Tchaikovsky ballet roles
 2 SWAMP Overwhelm
 2 SWAMI Wise guy
 2 SWAMI Mystic
 2 SWAM Emulated Janet Evans
 2 SWAM Did laps, say
 2 SWAG Spoils
 2 SWAB Tar
 2 SWAB Q-Tip
 2 SVELTE Sylphlike
 2 SUZYQ Popular snack cake
 2 SUV Ford Explorer, e.g.
 2 SUV Blazer, e.g.
 2 SUSHI Kind of bar
 2 SUSHI Bar offering
 2 SURGE Power glitch
 2 SURER More likely
 2 SURE ``You betcha!''
 2 SURE ``Why not?!''
 2 SUR South of Spain
 2 SUR Big ___, Calif.
 2 SUPRA Toyota model
 2 SUP Have dinner
 2 SUP Dine
 2 SUP Banquet
 2 SUNS Stars
 2 SUN Juliet, to Romeo
 2 SUMS Totals
 2 SUMP Water pit
 2 SUMP Cesspool
 2 SUMO Clash of heavyweights
 2 SUMMA Like some college honors
 2 SUMAC Poison plant
 2 SUM Bottom line
 2 SULTAN Mideast V.I.P.
 2 SULKS Broods
 2 SULA Toni Morrison novel
 2 SUIT Exec
 2 SUI ___ juris
 2 SUGAR Some lumps
 2 SUFI Muslim mystic
 2 SUEZ Mideast canal
 2 SUET Feeder filler
 2 SUES Petitions
 2 SUERS Litigants
 2 SUEDE Jacket material
 2 SUED Took to court
 2 SUED Sought damages
 2 SUE Take action against
 2 SUE Seek damages
 2 SUE Good name for a lawyer?
 2 SUE Go after, in a way
 2 SUE Go after
 2 SUCRE South American capital
 2 SUCRE Bolivian capital
 2 SUCCOR Assistance
 2 SUCCEED Follow
 2 SUBLET Certain apartment
 2 SUAVE Urbane
 2 SUAVE Debonair
 2 STYX Underworld river
 2 STYX River to the underworld
 2 STYRO Commercial prefix with foam
 2 STYNE ``Funny Girl'' composer Jule
 2 STYNE ``Funny Girl'' composer
 2 STYMIES Blocks
 2 STYLIST Do doer
 2 STYLI Needles
 2 STYLES Does salon work
 2 STYLE Fashion
 2 STY Sow's pen
 2 STY Sloppy digs
 2 STY Slop spot
 2 STY Porker's pad
 2 STY Pork place?
 2 STY Pig's digs
 2 STY It's a mess
 2 STY Hog haven
 2 STY Farm pen
 2 STY Farm area
 2 STY Dump
 2 STURDY Well-built
 2 STUPORS Dazes
 2 STUN Zap
 2 STUN Surprise greatly
 2 STUN Leave slack-jawed
 2 STUN Jar
 2 STUD Poker variety
 2 STUD Formal accessory
 2 STU ``Rugrats'' dad
 2 STU Trio after R
 2 STU Erwin of early TV
 2 STU Comic Gilliam
 2 STU Actor Erwin
 2 STS Thoroughfares: Abbr.
 2 STS John, Paul and George: Abbr.
 2 STS Bourbon and others: Abbr.
 2 STS Aves.
 2 STS Ave. intersectors
 2 STRUTS Car bars
 2 STRUM Play, in a way
 2 STRUG Olympic gymnast Kerri
 2 STROP Sharpener
 2 STROM Late Sen. Thurmond
 2 STROLL Boardwalk diversion
 2 STRODE Went boldly
 2 STRIP Take off
 2 STRIDES Progress
 2 STREW Spread around
 2 STRESSED Under pressure
 2 STREP ___ throat
 2 STREP Antibiotic target
 2 STREEP ``Sophie's Choice'' Oscar winner
 2 STREEP Actress Meryl
 2 STRAY Leave the straight and narrow
 2 STRATEGY Game plan
 2 STRAPSIN Prepares for a rough ride
 2 STRAFE Attack by plane
 2 STR Atlas abbr.
 2 STPETE Tampa neighbor, informally
 2 STPAUL One of the Twin Cities
 2 STPAUL Minnesota twin?
 2 STP ``The Racer's Edge''
 2 STP Racing initials
 2 STP Racing car product
 2 STP Popular oil additive
 2 STP Indy letters
 2 STP Fuel additive
 2 STOWED Put away
 2 STOWE Vermont ski resort
 2 STOW Warehouse
 2 STOW Stash away
 2 STOW Put on board
 2 STOW Put in the hold
 2 STOW Lodge
 2 STOVE Hot spot
 2 STORY News feature
 2 STORY Alibi
 2 STORM Rush
 2 STORM Eye site
 2 STORK Baby bird?
 2 STORESUP Accumulates
 2 STORES Mall units
 2 STORED Put away
 2 STORE Warehouse
 2 STORE Mall component
 2 STORE Cache
 2 STOPUP Clog
 2 STOPS Quits
 2 STOPIT ``Quit that!''
 2 STOPGAP Makeshift
 2 STOP Train station
 2 STOP Organ knob
 2 STOOP Posture problem
 2 STOOGE Underling
 2 STOOGE Flunky
 2 STOODIN Substituted (for)
 2 STOOD Prepared to sing the national anthem
 2 STONED High
 2 STONE Pit
 2 STOMP Jazz dance
 2 STOMP Defeat decisively
 2 STOMATA Leaf apertures
 2 STOMACHS Stands
 2 STOLEN Hot
 2 STOLE Lifted, so to speak
 2 STOLE Lifted
 2 STOLE It's a wrap
 2 STOKE Feed, as a fire
 2 STOIC Zeno, notably
 2 STOIC Zeno follower
 2 STOIC Stiff-upper-lip type
 2 STOA Portico
 2 STOA Greek promenade
 2 STOA Greek portico
 2 STOA Ancient colonnade
 2 STMARK Tintoretto's ``The Miracle of ___ Freeing the Slave''
 2 STLO Town on the Vire
 2 STLO Normandy town
 2 STLO Manche capital
 2 STLO July 1944 battle site
 2 STLO D-Day invasion town
 2 STLO Capital of Manche
 2 STL N.L. Central team: Abbr.
 2 STL Letters on a Cardinal's cap
 2 STL Cardinal letters
 2 STIRS Moves a muscle
 2 STIR The big house
 2 STIR Recipe directive
 2 STIR Pother
 2 STIR Pokey
 2 STIR Paint can direction
 2 STIR Move a muscle
 2 STIR Move
 2 STIR Mix (up)
 2 STIR Hullabaloo
 2 STIR Hubbub
 2 STIR Hoosegow
 2 STIR Cookbook direction
 2 STIR Commotion
 2 STIR Bustle
 2 STIR Awaken
 2 STIPENDS Allowances
 2 STIPE Michael of R.E.M.
 2 STINT Time on the job
 2 STINT Stretch
 2 STINKO Bombed
 2 STING Kind of operation
 2 STING Con game
 2 STILT Pink-legged bird
 2 STILT Circus sight
 2 STILETTO Kind of heel
 2 STILETTO Hole puncher
 2 STILE Subway entrance
 2 STILE Fence feature
 2 STIGMAS Bad marks
 2 STIFLE Squelch
 2 STIES Dumps
 2 STEW This-and-that dish
 2 STEW Slow-cook
 2 STEW Hot pot
 2 STEW Dither
 2 STEVIE Singer Nicks
 2 STET Leave in, to an editor
 2 STET Leave in, as text
 2 STET Leave in
 2 STET Galley notation
 2 STET Galley mark
 2 STES Jeanne d'Arc et al.: Abbr.
 2 STEROL Unsaturated alcohol
 2 STEROID Olympics no-no
 2 STERNO Caterer's heater
 2 STERNER Less forgiving
 2 STERNE ``Tristram Shandy'' author
 2 STERN Uncompromising
 2 STERN Back of a boat
 2 STERN Back
 2 STERES Cordwood units
 2 STEREO Sound setup
 2 STEREO Dorm room staple
 2 STERE Metric volume
 2 STERE Cubic meter
 2 STERE Cordwood measure
 2 STER Trick ending?
 2 STER Suffix with old
 2 STER Suffix with hip or quip
 2 STER Suffix with hip
 2 STEPSISTER Fairy tale meanie
 2 STEPPE Treeless plain
 2 STEPON Walk over
 2 STEPIN Intervene
 2 STEP Part of a process
 2 STEP Measure
 2 STEP Kind of aerobics
 2 STEP Footfall
 2 STEP Escalator part
 2 STEP Dance lesson
 2 STEP Big first for a baby
 2 STEP Aerobic bit
 2 STENT Surgical tube
 2 STENOPAD Tablet
 2 STENO Trial figure
 2 STENO Pool party?
 2 STENO Pad user
 2 STEN ``Nana'' star Anna
 2 STEN W.W. II weapon
 2 STEN Submachine gun
 2 STEN British weapon
 2 STEN British submachine gun
 2 STEMS Flower holders?
 2 STEM Watch part
 2 STEM Rose part
 2 STEM Plant part
 2 STEM Pipe part
 2 STEM Part of a rose
 2 STEM Originate (from)
 2 STEM Originate
 2 STEM Kind of cell
 2 STEM Hold back
 2 STEM Goblet feature
 2 STEM Flower stalk
 2 STELE Stone marker
 2 STELE Marker
 2 STELE Inscribed pillar
 2 STELE Commemorative marker
 2 STEIN Oktoberfest souvenir
 2 STEIGER Best Actor of 1967
 2 STEERS Has the wheel
 2 STEERER Helmsman
 2 STEER Animal in a roundup
 2 STEEPLE Bell site
 2 STEEP Prepare, as tea
 2 STEELY Hard
 2 STEELIE Metal marble
 2 STEELE Writer Shelby
 2 STEEL Pittsburgh product
 2 STEEL Girder material
 2 STEED Charger
 2 STEAM Cook, as clams
 2 STEALIN Enter quietly
 2 STEAL Pocket
 2 STEAL Pilfer
 2 STEAL Great buy
 2 STEAL Diamond datum
 2 STEAK Fajita filler
 2 STEADS Positions
 2 STEAD Position
 2 STEAD Lieu
 2 STE ___ Jeanne d'Arc
 2 STE Marie, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 STE Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 STE Fr. martyress, maybe
 2 STE Bernadette, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 STDS Yardsticks: Abbr.
 2 STDS Norms: Abbr.
 2 STDS F.C.C. concerns: Abbr.
 2 STDENIS First bishop of Paris
 2 STD Part of P.S.T.: Abbr.
 2 STD Most-used edition: Abbr.
 2 STD Benchmark: Abbr.
 2 STD Basic version: Abbr.
 2 STAYS Doesn't fold
 2 STAYS Doesn't dash off
 2 STAYPUT ``Don't move!''
 2 STAYED Hung around
 2 STAYDRY Keep out of the rain
 2 STAY ``Don't go!''
 2 STAY Postponement
 2 STAY Dog command
 2 STAY Corset part
 2 STAVE Ward (off)
 2 STATS Sports figures
 2 STATES Union members
 2 STATEN ___ Island, N.Y.
 2 STATE Union member
 2 STATE Say
 2 STATE Condoleezza Rice's department
 2 STATE Condition
 2 STAT ``Now!''
 2 STAT Right away
 2 STAT Rebounds, e.g.
 2 STAT R.B.I., e.g.
 2 STAT E.R. order
 2 STAT E.R. cry
 2 STAT Boxer's reach, e.g.
 2 STASIS Balance
 2 STASH Narc's find
 2 STARTON Begin
 2 STARTED Under way
 2 STARTANEW Go back to square one
 2 START Maze word
 2 START Kick off
 2 START Begin
 2 STARS Great balls of fire
 2 STARR First Super Bowl M.V.P.
 2 STAREAT Ogle
 2 STARE Goggle
 2 STARE Gaze
 2 STARE Gawk
 2 STAR Top banana
 2 STAR Phone button below the 7
 2 STAR Military award
 2 STAR Headline
 2 STAR Have the lead
 2 STAR *
 2 STAPH Kind of infection
 2 STANDIN Sub
 2 STANDIN Double
 2 STANDEE Straphanger
 2 STAND Bear
 2 STANCES Positions
 2 STANCE Position
 2 STANCE Golf lesson topic
 2 STAN ``South Park'' boy
 2 STAN Ollie's partner in old comedy
 2 STAN Ollie's partner
 2 STAN Kenton of jazz
 2 STAN Jazzman Getz
 2 STAN Baseball's Musial
 2 STAMINA Marathoner's need
 2 STAMEN Pollen producer
 2 STALL Hold off
 2 STALL Drag one's feet
 2 STALKS Pursues
 2 STALIN Leader born in Georgia
 2 STALE Past its prime
 2 STALE Old hat
 2 STAKE Investment
 2 STAIR Way up
 2 STAIR Step
 2 STAIR Flight segment
 2 STAINED Like some glass
 2 STAIN One may be taken to the cleaners
 2 STAID Strait-laced
 2 STAID Sedate
 2 STAID Not wild
 2 STAHL Lesley of ``60 Minutes''
 2 STAGNANT Still
 2 STAGES Puts on
 2 STAG Without a date
 2 STAG Solo
 2 STAG Party animal?
 2 STAG One way to go to a party
 2 STAG Like some shows
 2 STAG Like bachelor parties
 2 STADT German town
 2 STADIA Sports facilities
 2 STADIA Bowls
 2 STACKS Library area
 2 STABAT ``___ Mater'' (hymn)
 2 STAB Stick
 2 STAB Shot
 2 STAB Run through
 2 STAB Poke holes in
 2 STAB Knife
 2 STAB Bayonet
 2 STA Union ___: Abbr.
 2 STA Stop on a line: Abbr.
 2 STA Railroad stop: Abbr.
 2 STA RR stop
 2 STA R.R. stop
 2 STA Place for a platform: Abbr.
 2 STA Depot: Abbr.
 2 SSW Opposite NNE
 2 SSTS High fliers
 2 SSTS Fast fliers
 2 SST Retired flier
 2 SST Mach 1 breaker
 2 SST J.F.K. sight
 2 SSSS Sound of a leak
 2 SSS Snake's sound
 2 SSS Onetime lottery org.
 2 SSS Lottery-running org.
 2 SSS Barbecue sound
 2 SSRS Lith. and Lat., once
 2 SSRS Georgia et al., once: Abbr.
 2 SSR Ukr., once
 2 SSR Outdated atlas abbr.
 2 SSR Old map abbr.
 2 SSR Old geographical inits.
 2 SSR Lith., once
 2 SSNS ID's for the I.R.S.
 2 SSN Nine-digit ID
 2 SSN Common ID
 2 SSGT Certain N.C.O.
 2 SSE Venice-to-Naples dir.
 2 SSE Vane dir.
 2 SSE Compass pt.
 2 SSE Compass dir.
 2 SSE Chicago-to-Miami dir.
 2 SSE Birmingham-to-Montgomery dir.
 2 SSE Atlanta-to-Tampa dir.
 2 SSE Atlanta-to-Miami dir.
 2 SRTAS Muchachas: Abbr.
 2 SRTA Sp. miss
 2 SRTA Mex. title
 2 SRS L.S.A.T. takers
 2 SRS High class?: Abbr.
 2 SRO Sign of a smash
 2 SRO Sellout sign
 2 SRO Sellout indicator
 2 SRO Letters of success
 2 SRO Breaking capacity, briefly
 2 SRO B'way posting
 2 SRO Angel's favorite letters
 2 SRI Mr., abroad
 2 SRI Madras Mr.
 2 SRI Indian honorific
 2 SRI Holy Hindu's title
 2 SRI Asian honorific
 2 SRAS They're married in Mex.
 2 SRAS Sp. titles
 2 SRA Sp. lady
 2 SRA Overseas title: Abbr.
 2 SRA Overseas Mrs.
 2 SRA Mrs., abroad
 2 SRA Mme. across the Pyrenees
 2 SRA Mex. Mrs.
 2 SRA Married mujer: Abbr.
 2 SRA Madrid Mme.
 2 SQUAREOFF Prepare to fight
 2 SQUAB Young pigeon
 2 SPYS 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof
 2 SPY Bug someone, e.g.
 2 SPURT Jet
 2 SPURON Encourage
 2 SPUR Cowboy boot attachment
 2 SPUNK Pluck
 2 SPUME Froth
 2 SPUDS Taters
 2 SPRY Peppy
 2 SPRY Lively
 2 SPRY Agile
 2 SPRITES Pixies
 2 SPRIT Sail extender
 2 SPRIT Nautical pole
 2 SPRIG Shoot
 2 SPRIER Comparatively quick
 2 SPREE Toot
 2 SPREE Tear
 2 SPREE Mall binge
 2 SPREE Bout of indulgence
 2 SPRAT Lover of lean cuisine
 2 SPOT Parking place
 2 SPOT Good name for a Dalmatian
 2 SPOT Advance, slangily
 2 SPORES Seeds
 2 SPORE Reproductive body
 2 SPORE Germ
 2 SPORE Future fern
 2 SPORE Fern-to-be
 2 SPOOL Thread holder
 2 SPLAY Spread
 2 SPITFIRE Battle of Britain fighter
 2 SPITE Malice
 2 SPITE Ill will
 2 SPIT Rod at a pig roast
 2 SPIT Roasting rod
 2 SPIREA Ornamental shrub
 2 SPIRE Steeple
 2 SPINET Small piano
 2 SPINES Quills
 2 SPINDLE Record holder
 2 SPINAL Like some injuries
 2 SPINAL Kind of cord
 2 SPIN ``Wheel of Fortune'' choice
 2 SPIN Quick trip
 2 SPIN Public relations effort
 2 SPIN Interpretation
 2 SPILT Ran over
 2 SPIGOT Tap
 2 SPICY Hot
 2 SPICE Jazz (up)
 2 SPICE Enliven, with ``up''
 2 SPHERE Ball
 2 SPHERE Area
 2 SPEWS Gushes
 2 SPENT Wiped out
 2 SPENT Pooped
 2 SPENT Drained
 2 SPENDS Shells out
 2 SPELUNK Explore caves
 2 SPELLED Relieved
 2 SPEEDO Big name in swimwear
 2 SPEECH Oration
 2 SPEDUP Accelerated
 2 SPED Zipped
 2 SPED Scurried
 2 SPED Floored it
 2 SPED Earned a citation?
 2 SPECTATE Watch
 2 SPECIE Coins
 2 SPECIE Coined money
 2 SPEC Small detail?
 2 SPEC Particular, for short
 2 SPEC On ___ (without a contract)
 2 SPEARED Like some olives
 2 SPEAR Asparagus unit
 2 SPEAK Command to a dog
 2 SPCA Watchdog org.?
 2 SPCA Pet lovers' org.
 2 SPAY Fix, in a way
 2 SPAY Fix
 2 SPAWN Give rise to
 2 SPATES Floods
 2 SPATE Sudden outpouring
 2 SPATE Rush
 2 SPATE Run
 2 SPATE Avalanche
 2 SPAT Small fight
 2 SPAT Run-in
 2 SPAT Row
 2 SPAT Petty quarrel
 2 SPAT Cross words
 2 SPASM Tic
 2 SPAS Watering holes
 2 SPAS Pampering places
 2 SPAS Hot tubs
 2 SPAS Healthful retreats
 2 SPARTA Peloponnesian War victor
 2 SPARTA Ancient military hub
 2 SPARSE Thinly spread
 2 SPARSE Spread out
 2 SPARS Wrangles
 2 SPARROW Songbird
 2 SPARK Fire starter
 2 SPAREME ``Puh-leeze!''
 2 SPARE Extra
 2 SPAR Wrangle
 2 SPAR Rigging support
 2 SPAR Joust verbally
 2 SPAR Have words (with)
 2 SPAR Dispute
 2 SPAR Debate (with)
 2 SPAR Bandy words
 2 SPANO Joe of ``Apollo 13''
 2 SPAN Reach across
 2 SPAN Nine inches
 2 SPAN Go across
 2 SPAN Farm team
 2 SPAN Cross
 2 SPAN Attention ___
 2 SPAKE Said, old-style
 2 SPAGHETTI Insulating tubing
 2 SPADES Dark suit
 2 SPADER Gardener, at times
 2 SPADED Dug, in a way
 2 SPADE Garden tool
 2 SPAD W.W. I plane
 2 SPACE Elbowroom
 2 SPA Vacation spot
 2 SPA Resort
 2 SPA Place to recuperate
 2 SPA Masseur's workplace, maybe
 2 SPA Massage locale
 2 SPA Marienbad, for one
 2 SPA Loser's place?
 2 SPA Jacuzzi
 2 SPA Hydromassage facility
 2 SPA Hot springs
 2 SOYS Some beans
 2 SOYAS Nutritious beans
 2 SOY Tofu base
 2 SOY Oil source
 2 SOY Modern ink source
 2 SOX White or Red follower
 2 SOWS Farm females
 2 SOWETO 1976 uprising site
 2 SOWED Planted
 2 SOW Scatter
 2 SOW Promulgate
 2 SOW Implant
 2 SOW Farm female
 2 SOVIETS Reds
 2 SOUSED Blotto
 2 SOUSA ``King Cotton'' composer
 2 SOURS Turns
 2 SOURCE Reporter's need
 2 SOUR Go bad
 2 SOUP Progresso product
 2 SOUL Music category
 2 SOU Trifle
 2 SOU Not worth a ___
 2 SOU Nearly worthless coin
 2 SOTO Explorer Hernando de ___
 2 SOTHERE ``Told ya!''
 2 SOTHERE ``Take that!''
 2 SOSO Passable
 2 SOSO Nothing special
 2 SOSO Comme ci, comme ça
 2 SOSAD ``Alas''
 2 SOSA One of Maris's overtakers
 2 SOSA Cub with a club
 2 SOSA 1998 National League M.V.P.
 2 SOS ``Send help!''
 2 SOS Message in a bottle?
 2 SORTS Puts into piles
 2 SORTOF Somewhat
 2 SORTOF Rather
 2 SORTA Somewhat, slangily
 2 SORT Work with mail
 2 SORT Nature
 2 SORT Kind
 2 SORESPOT Touchy subject
 2 SORER More tender
 2 SOREN Theologian Kierkegaard
 2 SORE Teed off
 2 SORE Resentful
 2 SORE Like some losers
 2 SORE Hurting
 2 SORA Short-billed rail
 2 SOPS Soaks (up)
 2 SOPS Bribes
 2 SOPS Absorbs, with ``up''
 2 SOPORS Deep sleeps
 2 SOPOR Lethargy
 2 SOPH Frosh, next year
 2 SOP Payoff
 2 SOOTY Like a chimney sweep
 2 SOOTH Truth, old-style
 2 SOONYI Woody's wife
 2 SOONERORLATER Eventually
 2 SOON Presently
 2 SOON By and by
 2 SOON Any day now
 2 SONYS Some TV's
 2 SONIC ___ boom
 2 SONIC Part of SST
 2 SONIC Like some booms
 2 SONIC Like a depth finder
 2 SONG Spiritual, e.g.
 2 SONG Lay
 2 SONG Dance partner?
 2 SONG Carol
 2 SONATA Series of movements
 2 SONATA Beethoven's ``Moonlight ___''
 2 SONAR Whale finder
 2 SONAR Submarine detector
 2 SONAR Sub detector
 2 SON ``My boy''
 2 SON Trinity component
 2 SON Royal wish
 2 SON Prince, e.g.
 2 SON Junior
 2 SON Ham, to Noah
 2 SON George W., to George
 2 SOMME Amiens is its capital
 2 SOMERS ``Three's Company'' actress
 2 SOMEHOW In a way
 2 SOME A smattering of
 2 SOME A portion
 2 SOME A bit
 2 SOMALI Mogadishu resident
 2 SOMALI Kenyan's neighbor
 2 SOMA ``Brave New World'' drug
 2 SOLVE Figure out
 2 SOLTI Conductor Georg
 2 SOLOS Flies alone
 2 SOLI Arias, usually
 2 SOLEA Roman sandal
 2 SOLE Unique
 2 SOLE Step on it
 2 SOLE Shoe bottom
 2 SOLE One and only
 2 SOLD Auctioneer's closing word
 2 SOLD Auction cry
 2 SOLAR Like some renewable energy
 2 SOLAR Kind of panel
 2 SOLACE Comfort giver
 2 SOLACE Comfort
 2 SOL Scale part
 2 SOL Peruvian coin
 2 SOL Our sun
 2 SOL La lead-in
 2 SOL Fa follower
 2 SOIT ``___ seems''
 2 SOIT ``___ goes''
 2 SOIREE Evening do
 2 SOIR ``Bon ___''
 2 SOILS Dirties
 2 SOILS Besmirches
 2 SOILS Agronomists' study
 2 SOIL Sully
 2 SOIL Potting need
 2 SOHO Manhattan neighborhood
 2 SOHO London's ___ Square
 2 SOHO London district
 2 SOFTIE Pushover
 2 SOFTEN Tone down
 2 SOFABED Convertible
 2 SOFA Divan
 2 SODS Lays down the lawn
 2 SODOI ``Ditto''
 2 SODAS Fountain drinks
 2 SODA Pop
 2 SODA Kind of water
 2 SOD Outfield surface
 2 SOD Lay turf
 2 SOD Groundskeeper's supply
 2 SOCKS Punches
 2 SOCIAL Mixer
 2 SOCCER World Cup sport
 2 SOC S.P.C.A. part: Abbr.
 2 SOC Coll. major
 2 SOC Assn.
 2 SOBS Wails
 2 SOBER Unlit?
 2 SOBEIT Amen
 2 SOBAD 1984 Paul McCartney hit
 2 SOB Have a bawl
 2 SOB Cry loudly
 2 SOAVE Italian wine
 2 SOAS In order (to)
 2 SOARED Zoomed
 2 SOAR Zoom
 2 SOAR Skyrocket
 2 SOAR Fly like an eagle
 2 SOAPOPERA Never-ending story
 2 SOAP ``General Hospital,'' e.g.
 2 SOAP Wet bar?
 2 SOAP It's sold in bars
 2 SOAKS Long baths
 2 SOAK Take to the cleaners
 2 SOAK Marinate
 2 SOAK Long bath
 2 SOAK Good, long bath
 2 SNUG Like a bug in a rug
 2 SNUB Social slight
 2 SNUB Social rebuff
 2 SNUB Slight
 2 SNUB Give the cold shoulder
 2 SNOWPEA Stir-fry tidbit
 2 SNOW Winter forecast
 2 SNOW Kind of job
 2 SNOW Falling flakes
 2 SNORER Dormitory annoyance
 2 SNORE Sound asleep?
 2 SNORE Dorm annoyance
 2 SNOOTS High-hats
 2 SNOOT High-hatter
 2 SNOOT High-hat
 2 SNOOP Pry
 2 SNOOP Busybody
 2 SNOOD Hair net
 2 SNOCONE Carnival treat
 2 SNOCAT Vehicle with caterpillar treads
 2 SNOBS Hoity-toity sorts
 2 SNO ___-Jet (winter vehicle)
 2 SNO ___-Cat (off-road vehicle)
 2 SNL Inits. in comedy
 2 SNITS Piques
 2 SNITS Foul moods
 2 SNIT Huff
 2 SNIT Foul mood
 2 SNIT Fit of pique
 2 SNIT Agitation
 2 SNIPS Impertinent ones
 2 SNIPPY Curt
 2 SNIPE Take potshots (at)
 2 SNIPE Straight-billed game bird
 2 SNIP Use scissors
 2 SNIP Salon sound
 2 SNIP Barbershop sound
 2 SNIP Barber's motion
 2 SNIFFLE Cold symptom
 2 SNIDER Baseball Hall-of-Famer Duke
 2 SNIDE Like some remarks
 2 SNIDE Like a snicker
 2 SNERT Hägar's dog
 2 SNERT Comic strip canine
 2 SNERD Bergen spoke for him
 2 SNEERS Shows contempt
 2 SNEERS Bad looks
 2 SNEERAT Pooh-pooh
 2 SNEER Scrooge's look
 2 SNEER Look of disdain
 2 SNEER Look of contempt
 2 SNEE Snick-a-___
 2 SNEE Snick's partner
 2 SNEE Snick and ___
 2 SNEE Old knife
 2 SNEAKY Backdoor
 2 SNEAK ___ preview
 2 SNEAK Weasel
 2 SNEAK Dishonest sort
 2 SNEAD Three-time Masters winner
 2 SNEAD Three-time Masters champ
 2 SNEAD Golfer Sam
 2 SNCC 1960's civil rights org.
 2 SNATH Scythe handle
 2 SNARL Tie-up
 2 SNARE Take in
 2 SNARE Catcher
 2 SNAPUP Buy in a hurry
 2 SNAPS Pics
 2 SNAPS Loses it
 2 SNAP Polaroid
 2 SNAP Piece of cake
 2 SNAP Lose it
 2 SNAP Jacket part
 2 SNAP Hike
 2 SNAP Go bonkers
 2 SNAP Become unhinged
 2 SNAKE Wind
 2 SNAIL Symbol of slowness
 2 SNAIL Slowpoke
 2 SNAIL Escargot
 2 SNAIL Creepy one?
 2 SNAGS Hose woes
 2 SNAG Unforeseen difficulty
 2 SNAG Minor setback
 2 SNAG Hose problem
 2 SNAG Holdup
 2 SNAG Glitch
 2 SNAFU Mix-up
 2 SNAFU Big mess
 2 SNACKBAR Cineplex feature
 2 SMUT It's not clean
 2 SMUT Censor's target
 2 SMUT Blue books?
 2 SMU Texas Mustangs, for short
 2 SMU Mustangs' sch.
 2 SMU Laura Bush's alma mater, for short
 2 SMU Dallas sch.
 2 SMOTE Walloped, old-style
 2 SMORE Campfire treat
 2 SMOKE Fire sign
 2 SMOG E.P.A. concern
 2 SMITH Forger
 2 SMIRK Brat's look
 2 SMELT Refine
 2 SMELLARAT Be suspicious
 2 SMEE ``Peter Pan'' role
 2 SMEE Barrie buccaneer
 2 SMEE Barrie baddie
 2 SMEARSON Daubs
 2 SMEAR Sling mud at
 2 SMEAR Makeup problem
 2 SMEAR Attack ad, maybe
 2 SMEAL Feminist Eleanor
 2 SMASHED Lit
 2 SMASH Boffo show
 2 SMASH Bang up
 2 SMARTS Savvy
 2 SMARTER More stylish
 2 SMARTED Hurt
 2 SMART Whiplike?
 2 SMART On the ball
 2 SMART Kind of cookie
 2 SMART Eligible for Mensa
 2 SMART Brainy
 2 SMALL Like some talk
 2 SMACKERS Bucks
 2 SMACK Kiss
 2 SMA Little, in Leith
 2 SLYLY With subterfuge
 2 SLYE Roy Rogers's real surname
 2 SLY Tricky
 2 SLY Slippery
 2 SLY Roguish
 2 SLY On the ___
 2 SLY Insidious
 2 SLY Guileful
 2 SLY Canny
 2 SLY Arch
 2 SLUR Putdown
 2 SLUR Cast aspersions on
 2 SLUR Aspersion
 2 SLUM Urban renewal target
 2 SLUM Urban blight
 2 SLUES Swings around
 2 SLUE Turn on a pivot
 2 SLUE Pivot
 2 SLRS Some cameras, for short
 2 SLR Kind of camera: Abbr.
 2 SLOVENE Eastern European
 2 SLOTH Indolence
 2 SLOT Schedule position
 2 SLOT Schedule
 2 SLOT Kind of car
 2 SLOT Coin opening
 2 SLOPED Inclined
 2 SLOPE Incline
 2 SLOP Swill
 2 SLOP Hogwash
 2 SLOOP Single-master
 2 SLOOP Fore-and-aft-rigged vessel
 2 SLOMO Replay option
 2 SLOMO Replay feature
 2 SLOMO It helps you see plays
 2 SLOG Toil wearily
 2 SLOES Tart fruits
 2 SLOES Blackthorn fruits
 2 SLOE Tart plum
 2 SLOE Blackthorn fruit
 2 SLOB No neatnik
 2 SLOB Messy dresser
 2 SLOAN ``Wake of the Ferry'' painter
 2 SLOAN ___-Kettering Institute
 2 SLO ___-pitch softball
 2 SLO Traffic caution
 2 SLO Street caution
 2 SLO Highway warning
 2 SLIT Kind of skirt
 2 SLIT Buttonhole
 2 SLIPSHOD Careless
 2 SLIP Lingerie item
 2 SLIP Faux pas
 2 SLIP Berth place
 2 SLINK Move furtively
 2 SLING Armrest?
 2 SLIMS Diets
 2 SLIME Gunk
 2 SLIM Negligible
 2 SLIEST Most cunning
 2 SLIEST Most artful
 2 SLIDIN Paul Simon's ``Slip ___ Away''
 2 SLIDE Item with a ladder
 2 SLID Went down
 2 SLICER Deli need
 2 SLEWS Gobs
 2 SLEW Offed
 2 SLEW Lot
 2 SLEW Great deal
 2 SLEW Did in
 2 SLEEVE Record protector
 2 SLEET Winter hazard
 2 SLEET Winter forecast
 2 SLEET Unwelcome forecast
 2 SLEEPER Surprise success
 2 SLEEK Well-groomed
 2 SLEEK Built for speed
 2 SLEDS Flexible Flyers
 2 SLEDS Coasters
 2 SLED Musher's transport
 2 SLED Kind of dog
 2 SLED Husky burden
 2 SLED Gravity-powered vehicle
 2 SLED Coaster
 2 SLAW Popular side
 2 SLAVES Toils (away)
 2 SLAVERED Drooled
 2 SLAVE Drudge
 2 SLAV Serb or Croat
 2 SLAV Moravian, e.g.
 2 SLAV Czech or Serb
 2 SLAV Croat, e.g.
 2 SLATS Crib parts
 2 SLATED Scheduled
 2 SLATE Ticket
 2 SLATE Schedule
 2 SLATE Party offering
 2 SLATE Offering to voters
 2 SLATE List of candidates
 2 SLAT Strip
 2 SLAT Crate component
 2 SLASH Virgule
 2 SLASH Not just trim
 2 SLASH /
 2 SLAPDASH Careless
 2 SLAP Sharp rebuke
 2 SLAP Prelude to a duel
 2 SLAP High-five, e.g.
 2 SLANT Bias
 2 SLAMMER Hoosegow
 2 SLAM Lambaste
 2 SLAM Bridge feat
 2 SLAG Smeltery refuse
 2 SLAB Thick piece
 2 SLAB Meat loaf serving
 2 SLAB Hunk
 2 SLAB Concrete section
 2 SLA Patty Hearst's kidnap grp.
 2 SLA Hearst's captors: Abbr.
 2 SLA Hearst kidnap grp.
 2 SKYS ``The ___ the limit!''
 2 SKYLAB First U.S. space station
 2 SKYE Hebrides island
 2 SKY Wild blue yonder
 2 SKY What's up?
 2 SKY Blue shade
 2 SKULK Move stealthily
 2 SKOKIE Chicago suburb
 2 SKOALS Toasts
 2 SKITS Sketches
 2 SKIT ``Laugh-In'' segment
 2 SKIT Playlet
 2 SKIT Burlesque bit
 2 SKIPIT ``Never mind!''
 2 SKIP LP flaw
 2 SKIN Scrape, as the knee
 2 SKIN It's got you covered
 2 SKIN Casing
 2 SKILL Talent
 2 SKILL Expertise
 2 SKIJUMP Winter Olympics sight
 2 SKIES Irving Berlin's ``Blue ___''
 2 SKIER Lodge resident
 2 SKID Lose traction
 2 SKID It may leave its mark
 2 SKID Cargo platform
 2 SKI Schuss
 2 SKI Make tracks?
 2 SKEW Warp
 2 SKEW Twist
 2 SKEW Misrepresent
 2 SKEET ___ shooting
 2 SKEET Shooting sport
 2 SKED TV exec's work
 2 SKATE Play in the N.H.L.
 2 SKAT 32-card game
 2 SKA Relative of reggae
 2 SKA Jamaican pop
 2 SKA Cousin of reggae
 2 SKA Caribbean music
 2 SKA Calypso offshoot
 2 SIZES Store selection
 2 SIX Half a dozen
 2 SIVA Part of the Hindu trinity
 2 SITU In ___ (where found)
 2 SITU In ___ (undisturbed)
 2 SITU In ___ (as found)
 2 SITSON Squelches
 2 SITS Meets
 2 SITOUT Skip
 2 SITON Keep under wraps
 2 SITIN 60's protest
 2 SITE Net-surfer's stop
 2 SITAR Ravi Shankar's instrument
 2 SITAR Long-necked instrument
 2 SIT Take a load off
 2 SIT Obedience school command
 2 SIT Dog command
 2 SISTINE Raphael's ``___ Madonna''
 2 SISSY Hardly a he-man
 2 SISQO ``Thong Song'' rapper
 2 SISI Spanish ayes
 2 SISI Señor's emphatic yes
 2 SISI Answer to a señor
 2 SIS Start of a cheer
 2 SIS Cheer starter
 2 SIS Bro's sibling
 2 SIS Bro's partner
 2 SIS A sib
 2 SIRS Old-fashioned letter opener
 2 SIRS Knights
 2 SIRRAH Shakespearean term of address
 2 SIRES Pedigree figures
 2 SIRES Horse fathers
 2 SIREE Yes or no follower
 2 SIRED Begot
 2 SIRE ``Your majesty''
 2 SIRE Filly's father
 2 SIR ``My dear man''
 2 SIR ``Dear'' one
 2 SIR Paul McCartney, for one
 2 SIR Elton John, e.g.
 2 SIPS Tastes
 2 SIP Thimbleful
 2 SIP Small intake
 2 SIP Bit of a draft
 2 SINS Faults
 2 SINO Chinese: Prefix
 2 SINK Make, as a putt
 2 SING Rat
 2 SINE Kind of wave
 2 SINE Kind of curve
 2 SINAI Red Sea peninsula
 2 SINAI Biblical mount
 2 SINAI 1967 war locale
 2 SIN Wrongdoing
 2 SIN Wrong
 2 SIN Transgression
 2 SIN Kind of tax
 2 SIN Break a Commandment
 2 SIMOLEON Buck
 2 SIM Actor Alastair
 2 SILT Delta deposit
 2 SILO Storage site
 2 SILO Round building
 2 SILL Window part
 2 SILL Window feature
 2 SILL Threshold
 2 SILKS Jockey's wear
 2 SILICA Flint is a form of it
 2 SILENTTREATMENT Passive-aggressive response
 2 SILAS Diplomat Deane
 2 SIKH Punjabi believer
 2 SIGHT Pupils take part in it
 2 SIGH Sound of relief
 2 SIFTS Examines closely
 2 SIEVE It won't hold water
 2 SIERRA Code word for ``S''
 2 SIEG Victory: Ger.
 2 SIE You, abroad
 2 SIDLE Move laterally
 2 SIDLE Move crabwise
 2 SIDESTEP Skirt
 2 SIDESTEP Duck
 2 SIDES Teams
 2 SIDED Allied (with)
 2 SIDED Allied
 2 SIDEA Top of a platter
 2 SIDE Team
 2 SIDE Fries, maybe
 2 SID Half-brother of Tom Sawyer
 2 SICS Sets (on)
 2 SICK Under the weather
 2 SICK Mentally twisted
 2 SIC [not my error]
 2 SIC Set (on)
 2 SIC Quotation qualification
 2 SIC Dog command
 2 SIC Attack word
 2 SIC As written
 2 SIBS They're all in the family
 2 SIB Family member
 2 SIB Bro, for one
 2 SIAMESE Like Anna's students
 2 SIAMESE Closely connected
 2 SIAM Musical kingdom
 2 SHUSH ``Pipe down!''
 2 SHUNT Turn aside
 2 SHUNT Divert
 2 SHUN Eschew
 2 SHUN Avoid
 2 SHULA N.F.L. coach Don
 2 SHULA Longtime Dolphins coach
 2 SHUE ``Leaving Las Vegas'' co-star
 2 SHUE ``Leaving Las Vegas'' actress
 2 SHUE Actress Elisabeth
 2 SHROUD Hide from view
 2 SHREW Nagger
 2 SHREW Nag
 2 SHR Nasdaq unit: Abbr.
 2 SHOWY Ostentatious
 2 SHOWS TV Guide listings
 2 SHOW Third place
 2 SHOW Program
 2 SHOVE Treat rudely, in a way
 2 SHOVE Rudely push
 2 SHOTS Immunizations
 2 SHOTAT Tried to bring down
 2 SHOT Ruined
 2 SHOT Opportunity
 2 SHORT Lacking
 2 SHOPSAT Patronizes
 2 SHOO ``Scram!''
 2 SHOO ``Beat it!''
 2 SHOO Drive off
 2 SHOO Drive away
 2 SHOES Pumps and clogs
 2 SHOERS Smiths
 2 SHOE It's about a foot
 2 SHOE It may contain a tree
 2 SHOAT Young hog
 2 SHO ``___ nuff!''
 2 SHO HBO competitor
 2 SHNOOK Dope
 2 SHIV Switchblade
 2 SHIV Gangster's blade
 2 SHIRT Polo, e.g.
 2 SHIRR Bake, as eggs
 2 SHIRKER Goldbrick
 2 SHIRE Queen's county
 2 SHIPS Sends
 2 SHIPS Harbor sights
 2 SHIP Send
 2 SHIP FedEx, say
 2 SHINTO Literally, ``way of the gods''
 2 SHINED Polished
 2 SHINDY Rumpus
 2 SHIMON Israel's Peres
 2 SHIM Mason's wedge
 2 SHIM Leveling wedge
 2 SHIER More likely to retire
 2 SHH ``Pipe down!''
 2 SHEW Sullivan had a really big one
 2 SHES The Beatles' ``___ Leaving Home''
 2 SHES Cows and sows
 2 SHERPA Guide
 2 SHEREE Actress North
 2 SHERE Sex researcher Hite
 2 SHEPS Some guard dogs, for short
 2 SHEP Bandleader Fields
 2 SHEL Illustrator Silverstein
 2 SHEL Cartoonist Silverstein
 2 SHEL Author/illustrator Silverstein
 2 SHEKEL 100 agorot
 2 SHEILA Aussie lassie
 2 SHEER Utter
 2 SHEENS Lusters
 2 SHEEN Luster
 2 SHEDS Outbuildings
 2 SHED Tool building
 2 SHED Throw off
 2 SHEBAT Month before Adar
 2 SHEBA Yemen, once
 2 SHEBA Queen's land
 2 SHEARS Clippers
 2 SHEARED Cut
 2 SHEAR Fleece
 2 SHEA Big Apple park
 2 SHEA 2000 World Series locale
 2 SHE ``___ Cried'' (1962 hit)
 2 SHE ___-wolf
 2 SHE Wolf or devil preceder
 2 SHE That girl
 2 SHE H. Rider Haggard novel
 2 SHE Cow or sow
 2 SHE Any car, affectionately
 2 SHE 1965 Ursula Andress film
 2 SHAY Open carriage
 2 SHASTA Soft drink brand
 2 SHASTA National forest in California
 2 SHASTA Cascades peak
 2 SHARPEI Wrinkly-skinned dog
 2 SHARP Tacky?
 2 SHARP Quick
 2 SHARP On the dot
 2 SHARONA ``My ___'' (#1 hit for the Knack)
 2 SHARI Emmy-winning Lewis
 2 SHARE Percentage
 2 SHARD Pottery fragment
 2 SHAR ___-Pei (dog)
 2 SHAQ ___ attack
 2 SHAQ N.B.A. nickname
 2 SHAQ Hoops nickname
 2 SHAPED Like topiary
 2 SHANT Quaint contraction
 2 SHAMU Sea World attraction
 2 SHAMS Pillow covers
 2 SHAMPOOS They clean locks
 2 SHAME ``Naughty you!''
 2 SHAME Embarrassment
 2 SHAM Pretended
 2 SHAM Fake
 2 SHALT Commandment word
 2 SHALLOT Bordelaise ingredient
 2 SHAKERS Bygone religious group
 2 SHAKEDOWNCRUISE Maiden voyage preceder
 2 SHAH Bygone royal
 2 SHAG Uneven hairdo
 2 SHAG Fetch
 2 SHAG Chase flies
 2 SHADY Disreputable
 2 SHAD Fish usually caught in the winter
 2 SHA Refrain syllable
 2 SGTS Some N.C.O.'s
 2 SGTS Certain NCO's
 2 SGT Pepper, for one
 2 SEXY Like Playboy models
 2 SEXKITTEN Siren
 2 SEWS Uses a Singer
 2 SEWN Stitched
 2 SEWARD Lincoln's Secretary of State
 2 SEW Stitch up
 2 SEW Produce duds
 2 SEW Finish (up)
 2 SEVER Partition
 2 SEVENAM Common alarm clock setting
 2 SEV A few: Abbr.
 2 SEUSS Children's doctor?
 2 SETTO Brief fight
 2 SETTO Bench-clearing incident
 2 SETTLE Agree out of court
 2 SETTEE Living room piece
 2 SETTEE Couch
 2 SETTE Tre + quattro
 2 SETSAT Assails
 2 SETS Studio stages
 2 SETS Solidifies
 2 SETS Places for props
 2 SETS Match maker?
 2 SETS Fixes
 2 SETON ___ Hall
 2 SETHS Actor Green and others
 2 SETH ___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine)
 2 SETH Genesis brother
 2 SETH Brother of Cain and Abel
 2 SETH Adam's third
 2 SETH Actor Green of ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
 2 SETA Stiff hair
 2 SETA Bristle
 2 SET Stiffen
 2 SET Salon job
 2 SET Ready
 2 SET Go down
 2 SESTETS Sonnet parts
 2 SESTET Sonnet section
 2 SESSIONS Congressional periods
 2 SESS Cong. period
 2 SESAME Opening word
 2 SESAME Oil source
 2 SES Parisian possessive
 2 SES French pronoun
 2 SERVE Wait on
 2 SERTAS Some mattresses
 2 SERTA Simmons competitor
 2 SERTA Sealy rival
 2 SERT Rockefeller Center muralist
 2 SERIF Printing flourish
 2 SERIF Line of type
 2 SERIES One thing after another
 2 SERIAL Soap, e.g.
 2 SERGEI Composer Prokofiev
 2 SERGE Durable fabric
 2 SERFS Feudal workers
 2 SERENE Unflappable
 2 SERENE Pacific
 2 SERENE Composed
 2 SERENE Collected
 2 SERENE Calm
 2 SERE Sun-cracked
 2 SERE Dry as dust
 2 SERE Desertlike
 2 SERE Dehydrated
 2 SERE Arid
 2 SERBS Some Bosnians
 2 SERB Native of Novi Sad
 2 SERB Macedonian's neighbor
 2 SERAPES Sonora shawls
 2 SERA ``Buona ___'' (Italian greeting)
 2 SERA Vaccines
 2 SERA Some transfusions
 2 SERA Some injections
 2 SERA Hospital supplies
 2 SERA Blood fluids
 2 SERA Antivenins
 2 SERA Antitoxins
 2 SER Father's talk: Abbr.
 2 SEQ Et ___ (and the following)
 2 SEPTS School mos.
 2 SEPTIC Kind of tank
 2 SEPTA Nasal dividers
 2 SEPTA Dividing membranes
 2 SEPTA Anatomical dividers
 2 SEPT Back-to-school time: Abbr.
 2 SEPT Aug. follower
 2 SEPOY ___ Rebellion of 1857-59
 2 SEPIA Old photo color
 2 SEPIA Dark brown
 2 SEPIA Brown shade
 2 SEPAL Floral leaf
 2 SEP Calendar abbr.
 2 SENTUP Parodied
 2 SENTOUT Dispatched
 2 SENT Off
 2 SENT In ecstasy
 2 SENT Elated
 2 SENT Dispatched
 2 SENSOR Electric eye, e.g.
 2 SENSED Had a hunch
 2 SENSE Smarts
 2 SENSE Meaning
 2 SENSE Have a feeling
 2 SENSE Feel
 2 SENSATE Having feelings
 2 SENS Burns and Allen: Abbr.
 2 SENORA Lady of Spain
 2 SENORA Lady of León
 2 SENOR What to call un hombre
 2 SENNETT ``Keystone Kops'' producer
 2 SENECA ``What fools these mortals be'' writer
 2 SENECA Nero's tutor
 2 SENDUP Parody
 2 SENDS Ships
 2 SENDIN Submit
 2 SEND Transmit
 2 SEND Fax, say
 2 SEND Fax or FedEx
 2 SEND Enrapture
 2 SEND E-mail, e.g.
 2 SEND Cell-phone button
 2 SENAT French assembly
 2 SENAT Foreign assembly
 2 SEN Upper house member: Abbr.
 2 SEN Rep.'s counterpart
 2 SEN One of 100 in D.C.
 2 SEN One in 100: Abbr.
 2 SEN Hill person: Abbr.
 2 SEN D.C. bigwig
 2 SEN Capitol Hill V.I.P.: Abbr.
 2 SEMOLINA Pasta ingredient
 2 SEMITE Arab, e.g.
 2 SEMIS Tournament round
 2 SEMIS Round after the quarters
 2 SEMIS 18-wheelers
 2 SEMINAL Formative
 2 SEMI Tractor-trailer
 2 SEMI Rig
 2 SEMI Rest area sight
 2 SEMI Interstate hauler
 2 SEMI Highway hauler
 2 SEMI Formal introduction?
 2 SEMESTER Academic term
 2 SEM Two qtrs.
 2 SELMA 1965 King arrest site
 2 SELLTO Do business with
 2 SELLS Hawks
 2 SELIG Baseball's Bud
 2 SELIG Baseball exec Bud
 2 SELIG Baseball commissioner Bud
 2 SELF ``To thine own ___ be true''
 2 SELF Narcissist's love
 2 SELES Three-time French Open winner
 2 SELES Hingis rival
 2 SELES Graf rival
 2 SELENE Sister of Helios
 2 SELENE Moon goddess
 2 SELECTS Culls
 2 SELECT Pick
 2 SELASSIE Rasta's messiah
 2 SELAH Psalms interjection
 2 SELA Ward on TV
 2 SELA Ward of the screen
 2 SELA Ward of ``Once and Again''
 2 SEKO Zaire's Mobuto Sese ___
 2 SEIZE Collar
 2 SEINE Saint-Germain's river
 2 SEINE Paris divider
 2 SEI Tre + tre
 2 SEGUE Smooth transition
 2 SEGOS Utah lilies
 2 SEGO Western lily
 2 SEGO Utah's state flower
 2 SEGO Utah's ___ Canyon
 2 SEGMENT Part
 2 SEGAR ``Popeye'' creator
 2 SEGAR Popeye's creator
 2 SEGA Dreamcast maker
 2 SEGA Big name in video games
 2 SEG Part: Abbr.
 2 SEEYOU ``Later''
 2 SEEYA ``Ta-ta!''
 2 SEEYA ``Later, dude!''
 2 SEEYA ``Later''
 2 SEETO Mind
 2 SEETHE Stew
 2 SEESRED Bristles
 2 SEESAWS Goes up and down
 2 SEESAW Vacillate
 2 SEESAW Plaything for two
 2 SEES Regards
 2 SEES Attends
 2 SEERS Prognosticators
 2 SEER Palmist, e.g.
 2 SEER Palm reader, e.g.
 2 SEER Oracle
 2 SEER Nostradamus, for one
 2 SEER Merlin, e.g.
 2 SEER Fortuneteller
 2 SEER Crystal ball user
 2 SEEP Slip through the cracks
 2 SEEP Leak slowly
 2 SEEP Exude
 2 SEEP Dribble
 2 SEENTO Taken care of
 2 SEENTO Handled
 2 SEEN Viewed
 2 SEEN No longer secret
 2 SEEN Glimpsed
 2 SEEN Espied
 2 SEEMTO Appear that way
 2 SEEMS Looks like
 2 SEEMS Looks
 2 SEEME Terse summons
 2 SEEME Teacher's summons
 2 SEEM Appear to be
 2 SEEKOUT Try to find
 2 SEEING Inasmuch (as)
 2 SEEIN Greet and seat
 2 SEEEYETOEYE Concur
 2 SEEDY Squalid
 2 SEEDER Farm machine
 2 SEED Start of something big
 2 SEED Progeny
 2 SEED Origin
 2 SEED Gardener's spring purchase
 2 SEEAFTER Take care of
 2 SEE ``What'd I tell ya?''
 2 SEE ``What did I tell you?''
 2 SEE ``Savvy?''
 2 SEE ``I told you so!''
 2 SEE ``Didn't I tell you?''
 2 SEE ``Comprende?''
 2 SEE Word before ``I told you so!''
 2 SEE Take in
 2 SEE Spot
 2 SEE Match
 2 SEE Glimpse
 2 SEDUCE Win over
 2 SEDONA Arizona tourist locale
 2 SEDGES Marsh plants
 2 SEDGE Marsh plant
 2 SEDERS Exodus commemorations
 2 SEDERS Ceremonial dinners
 2 SEDER When haroseth is eaten
 2 SEDER Exodus commemoration
 2 SEDATE Calm
 2 SEDAN Roomy vehicle
 2 SEDAN Four-door
 2 SEDAN Driver's choice
 2 SED But, to Brutus
 2 SECTS Shakers and others
 2 SECTS Divisions
 2 SECT Split-off group
 2 SECT Broken-off branch
 2 SECS Parts of a min.
 2 SECS Moments
 2 SECS Jiffs
 2 SECEDES Breaks away
 2 SECEDE Withdraw
 2 SECEDE Pull out
 2 SECANT Trigonometry ratio
 2 SEC ``Wait a ___!''
 2 SEC ``Hold on a ___!''
 2 SEC Short time
 2 SEC Not sweet
 2 SEC Flash
 2 SEC Blink of an eye
 2 SEAWEED Iodine source
 2 SEAWATER Brine
 2 SEAT Spot in the Senate
 2 SEAT Plane reservation
 2 SEAT Musical chairs goal
 2 SEASON Time of the year
 2 SEAS Wet septet
 2 SEAS Limitless quantities
 2 SEAS Caribbean and others
 2 SEARS ___ Tower
 2 SEARLE Celebrex manufacturer
 2 SEARCHME ``Dunno''
 2 SEAR Mark with a branding iron
 2 SEAR Burn the surface of
 2 SEAR Brand, in a way
 2 SEAR Affix a brand to
 2 SEAOTTERS Abalone eaters
 2 SEAN One of the Lennons
 2 SEAN Astin of ``Lord of the Rings''
 2 SEAN Actor Connery
 2 SEAMLESS Like some stockings
 2 SEAMEN Gobs
 2 SEAM Clothes line
 2 SEAM A-line line
 2 SEALY Serta rival
 2 SEALTHEDEAL Shake on it
 2 SEALS Christmas ___
 2 SEALANE Shipping route
 2 SEAL Navy commando
 2 SEAL Barker
 2 SEAFOX Thresher shark
 2 SEABIRD Albatross, e.g.
 2 SEABASS Marine food fish
 2 SEA Poseidon's domain
 2 SEA Last word of ``America, the Beautiful''
 2 SEA Irish ___
 2 SEA Coral ___
 2 SDS Old activist org.
 2 SDS 60's grp.
 2 SDS 1960's radical grp.
 2 SDI Star Wars, initially
 2 SDI Star Wars letters
 2 SDI Star Wars inits.
 2 SDI Military inits.
 2 SDI Cold war abbr.
 2 SDAK Neb. neighbor
 2 SDAK Minn. neighbor
 2 SDAK Badlands Natl. Park locale
 2 SCUTTLE Sink
 2 SCUT Cottontail's tail
 2 SCURRY Rush
 2 SCUM Pond gunk
 2 SCUM Pond dross
 2 SCUM Lowlife
 2 SCRUB Prepare for surgery
 2 SCRUB Cancel
 2 SCROOGE Miser
 2 SCREW Prison guard, in slang
 2 SCREAM Laugh riot
 2 SCRAPE Predicament
 2 SCRAPE Jam
 2 SCRAM ``Git!''
 2 SCRAM ``Get lost!''
 2 SCRAM ``Beat it!''
 2 SCRAM Beat it
 2 SCRAG Scrawny one
 2 SCOW Garbage boat
 2 SCOW Garbage barge
 2 SCOW Flat-bottomed boat
 2 SCOUR Use elbow grease on
 2 SCOTTS ___ Bluff National Monument
 2 SCOTS English variety
 2 SCOTIA Nova follower
 2 SCOTCH Nix
 2 SCOT Dundee denizen
 2 SCOT Aberdeen native
 2 SCOOTER Two-wheeler
 2 SCOOT Skedaddle
 2 SCOOT Run
 2 SCONES Quick breads
 2 SCONE British biscuit
 2 SCOLDS Dresses down
 2 SCOLD Upbraid
 2 SCOLARI Hanks's ``Bosom Buddies'' co-star
 2 SCOFF Speak derisively
 2 SCIFI Video store section
 2 SCI Poli ___
 2 SCI Kind of fair: Abbr.
 2 SCI Geol., e.g.
 2 SCI Chem. or biol.
 2 SCI Biol. or chem.
 2 SCHWA Pronunciation symbol
 2 SCHMO Stupid jerk
 2 SCHMO Noodlehead
 2 SCHEMED Connived
 2 SCHEME Plot
 2 SCH P.T.A. meeting place: Abbr.
 2 SCH Coll., e.g.
 2 SCENTED Like some candles
 2 SCENT Track
 2 SCENT Pine, e.g.
 2 SCENT Bloodhound's trail
 2 SCENT Bloodhound's clue
 2 SCENIC Picturesque
 2 SCENES Spectacles
 2 SCENERY Set back?
 2 SCENE Public spat
 2 SCENE Public row
 2 SCENE Happening place
 2 SCENA Extended operatic solo
 2 SCATS Beats it
 2 SCATHE Excoriate
 2 SCAT ``Vamoose!''
 2 SCAT ``Shoo!''
 2 SCAT ``Git!''
 2 SCAT ``Get out!''
 2 SCAT Ella Fitzgerald specialty
 2 SCARY Hair-raising
 2 SCARSDALE Kind of diet
 2 SCARFS Gobbles (up)
 2 SCARF Winter wear
 2 SCARER Bogeyman
 2 SCAREDOFF Like Miss Muffet, ultimately
 2 SCARED One way to run
 2 SCARE Daunt
 2 SCARE Close call
 2 SCAR Slash mark?
 2 SCAR Sign of damage
 2 SCAR Mark left by Zorro?
 2 SCAR Lasting effect
 2 SCAR Kind of tissue
 2 SCAR Identifying mark
 2 SCAPE Suffix with sea or moon
 2 SCANT Limited
 2 SCANT Barely enough
 2 SCANDAL Watergate, e.g.
 2 SCAN Glance over
 2 SCAN Computer picture
 2 SCAMS Rip-offs
 2 SCAMS Cons
 2 SCAMPS Urchins
 2 SCAMPI Seafood dish
 2 SCAMP Little rascal
 2 SCAM Sting
 2 SCAM Defraud
 2 SCALP Resell illegally
 2 SCALER Tackle box gizmo
 2 SCALENE Like some triangles
 2 SCALE Map feature
 2 SCALE Bathroom item
 2 SCALAR Graduated
 2 SCALA La ___
 2 SCAG Heroin, slangily
 2 SCADS Oodles
 2 SCABS Signs of healing
 2 SCAB Sign of healing
 2 SCAB One who crosses the line?
 2 SCAB Healing sign
 2 SAYSSO States as fact
 2 SAYSHITO Greets
 2 SAYS ``___ who?''
 2 SAYS Utters
 2 SAYONARA Parting word
 2 SAYNO Decline
 2 SAYIT ``___ Isn't So'' (Hall & Oates hit)
 2 SAYING Saw
 2 SAYAH Doctor's order
 2 SAY Utter
 2 SAY Articulate
 2 SAY Approximately
 2 SAXES Jazz instruments
 2 SAX Part of a jazz combo
 2 SAWN Like logs
 2 SAWN Cut, as a log
 2 SAWFIT Deemed appropriate
 2 SAW Toothed tool
 2 SAW Dated
 2 SAW Adage
 2 SAVEON Get for less
 2 SAVE Word processor command
 2 SAVE Set aside
 2 SAVE Reliever's triumph
 2 SAVE Put away
 2 SAVE Goalie's feat
 2 SAVE Except for
 2 SAVE Copy to a floppy
 2 SAVE Computer command
 2 SAUTE Cook in a wok, perhaps
 2 SAUNTER Amble
 2 SAUNAS Steamy spots
 2 SAUNA Hot spot
 2 SATYR Debaucher
 2 SATORI Zen enlightenment
 2 SATISFY Hit the spot
 2 SATIRE Lampoon
 2 SATINY Smooth
 2 SATIN Lustrous fabric
 2 SATIN Gown material
 2 SATIN Audited, with ``on''
 2 SATIE ``Socrate'' composer
 2 SATIE Debussy contemporary
 2 SATIE Composer Erik
 2 SATES Fills
 2 SATE Make content
 2 SATE Gorge
 2 SATE Glut
 2 SATE Fill up
 2 SATE Fill to the gills
 2 SATE Fill beyond full
 2 SATAN ``Paradise Lost'' figure
 2 SATAN Tempter
 2 SATAN Prince of Darkness
 2 SAT Was on the bottom?
 2 SAT Warmed the bench
 2 SAT Used a bench
 2 SAT Posed
 2 SAT Idled
 2 SAT Gained a lap
 2 SAT Convened
 2 SASSY Smart-mouthed
 2 SASSY Pert
 2 SASSY Fresh-mouthed
 2 SASSY Flippant
 2 SASSY Flip
 2 SASSIER More impertinent
 2 SASSER Smart one
 2 SASSED Got fresh with
 2 SASSED Dissed, in a way
 2 SASS Mouth off to
 2 SASS Guff
 2 SASS Disrespect
 2 SASHA Skater Cohen
 2 SASHA Princess in Woolf's ``Orlando''
 2 SASH Window frame
 2 SASH Pane holder
 2 SASH Obi
 2 SASH Cummerbund
 2 SASES MS. enclosures
 2 SASE MS. enclosure
 2 SASE Freelancer's encl.
 2 SASE Enclosure with a MS.
 2 SAS Overseas carrier
 2 SAS Carrier to Sweden
 2 SAS Carrier to Stockholm
 2 SARTO Painter Andrea del ___
 2 SARONG South Seas attire
 2 SARK Cutty ___
 2 SARI It's a wrap
 2 SARI Hindu wrap
 2 SARI Hindu garment
 2 SARI Eastern attire
 2 SARI Draped dress
 2 SARGE ``Beetle Bailey'' character
 2 SARGE Boot camp boss
 2 SARGE Barracks boss
 2 SAREE Eastern wrap
 2 SARANAC New York's ___ Lakes
 2 SARAN Wrap choice
 2 SARAN Kitchen wrap
 2 SARAH Skater Hughes
 2 SARAH Jazz singer Vaughan
 2 SARA ``___ Smile'' (1976 hit)
 2 SARA ``Nobody doesn't like ___ Lee''
 2 SARA ___ Lee Corporation
 2 SARA ___ Delano Roosevelt
 2 SARA Mystery writer Paretsky
 2 SARA 1986 #1 hit for Starship
 2 SAPS Suckers
 2 SAPS Ninnies
 2 SAPS Gullible sorts
 2 SAPPY Mawkish
 2 SAPIENT Discerning
 2 SAPID Flavorful
 2 SAP Weaken
 2 SAP Sucker
 2 SAP Softhead
 2 SAP Gull
 2 SANTE Health, in Le Havre
 2 SANTA Nick name?
 2 SANTA Father Christmas
 2 SANS ___ souci
 2 SANS Lacking
 2 SANIBEL Florida island
 2 SANG Warbled
 2 SANG Caroled
 2 SANEST Least wild
 2 SANER Not so crazy
 2 SANER More sound
 2 SANE Sound
 2 SANE Playing with a full deck
 2 SANE On one's rocker?
 2 SANE Of sound mind
 2 SANE Not crazy
 2 SANE Fit to be tried
 2 SANE Commonsensical
 2 SANDER Shop tool
 2 SAND Beach, basically
 2 SAN ___ Quentin
 2 SAN ___ Diego
 2 SAN Honshu honorific
 2 SAN Gabriel, for one
 2 SAMS ___ Club
 2 SAMOSA Small turnover
 2 SAMOSA Indian turnover
 2 SAMOA Pago Pago's place
 2 SAMIAM Dr. Seuss character
 2 SAMEHERE ``Ditto''
 2 SAME ``___ here''
 2 SAME Bar order, with ``the''
 2 SAM ``Gunsmoke'' bartender
 2 SAM Friend of Frodo
 2 SALVO Artillery burst
 2 SALTY Off-color
 2 SALTINE Soup cracker
 2 SALT Seasoned sailor
 2 SALT Preserve, in a way
 2 SALT NaCl
 2 SALT Highway department supply
 2 SALSA Hot stuff
 2 SALSA Hot sauce
 2 SALOME Strauss opera
 2 SALMI Game ragout
 2 SALMAN Author Rushdie
 2 SALLE French explorer La ___
 2 SALINE Like tears
 2 SALIENT Hard to miss
 2 SALESMAN Drummer
 2 SALERNO Italian seaport
 2 SALEM R. J. Reynolds brand
 2 SALEM House of the Seven Gables site
 2 SALEM Capital on the Willamette
 2 SALE Successful pitch
 2 SALE Store sign
 2 SALE Shopper stopper
 2 SALE Post-Christmas event
 2 SALE Circular announcement
 2 SALE After-Christmas event
 2 SALARIED On the payroll
 2 SALA Large hall
 2 SAL ``My gal'' of song
 2 SAL ``Do the Right Thing'' pizzeria owner
 2 SAL Gal of song
 2 SAKS Nordstrom rival
 2 SAIL Spinnaker, e.g.
 2 SAIL Flying jib, e.g.
 2 SAIDSO Declared
 2 SAIDA ``You ___ mouthful!''
 2 SAID Aforementioned
 2 SAHL Satirical Mort
 2 SAHIB ``Master''
 2 SAHIB Sir, in India
 2 SAHARA ``The English Patient'' setting
 2 SAHARA Most of Mauritania
 2 SAHARA Most of Libya
 2 SAGS Wilts
 2 SAGS Droops
 2 SAGO Kind of palm
 2 SAGETEA Herbal drink
 2 SAGES Wise guys
 2 SAGE Wise one
 2 SAGE Wise guy
 2 SAGE Stuffing ingredient
 2 SAGE Stuffing herb
 2 SAGE Ranch brush
 2 SAGE Herb in stuffing
 2 SAGA Roman-fleuve
 2 SAGA It's hard to tell
 2 SAG Wilt
 2 SAG Lose oomph
 2 SAG Give in to gravity
 2 SAG Decline
 2 SAFEST Least risky
 2 SAFE Ump's call
 2 SAFE Hotel convenience
 2 SAENS Composer Saint-___
 2 SAE Ed.'s request
 2 SADNESS Gloom
 2 SADIST Tormentor
 2 SADIE Miss Hawkins of Dogpatch
 2 SADE ``The Sweetest Taboo'' singer, 1985
 2 SAD Woeful
 2 SAD In a funk
 2 SACS Bursae
 2 SACRE ``___ bleu!''
 2 SACRE Start of an oath
 2 SACRA Pelvic bones
 2 SACKS Gridiron stat
 2 SACK Pink-slip
 2 SAC Pouch
 2 SAC Midwest Indian
 2 SAC Anatomical pouch
 2 SAC Amniotic ___
 2 SABU ``Elephant Boy'' boy
 2 SABOT Cousin of a clog
 2 SABLE Fine fur
 2 SABINE Texas/Louisiana border river
 2 SABERSAW Portable cutter
 2 SABE Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)
 2 SAB Rest time: Abbr.
 2 SAABS Swedish imports
 2 SAAB Car since 1949
 2 SAAB Auto import
 2 RYN Rembrandt van ___
 2 RYES They may be seeded
 2 RYES Some whiskeys
 2 RYES Bar selections
 2 RYES Bakery selections
 2 RYE White alternative
 2 RYE Sandwich choice
 2 RYE Manhattan ingredient
 2 RYE Deli bread
 2 RYE Bar stock
 2 RYDER Golf's ___ Cup
 2 RYDER Actress Winona
 2 RYANS ``___ Hope'' (former soap)
 2 RYANS ``___ Daughter'' (1970 film)
 2 RYAN ``Saving Private ___''
 2 RYAN Tom Clancy hero
 2 RYAN Pitcher Nolan
 2 RYAN O'Neal of ``Love Story''
 2 RYAN Clancy hero Jack
 2 RWE Literary monogram
 2 RUTS Dead-end jobs
 2 RUTH Buzzi of ``Laugh-In''
 2 RUT Same old, same old
 2 RUT Groove
 2 RUT Furrow
 2 RUSTY Out of practice
 2 RUSTS Corrodes
 2 RUSSO ___-Japanese War
 2 RUSSET Unpolished leather
 2 RUSSET Brown shade
 2 RUSS Sen. Feingold
 2 RUSHAT Charge
 2 RUSH Hurry
 2 RUSE Trick
 2 RUSE Deceit
 2 RURAL Like Mayberry
 2 RURAL Bucolic
 2 RUR Man-vs.-machine play
 2 RUR Capek drama
 2 RUPEE Indian coin
 2 RUNT Shrimp
 2 RUNT Pipsqueak
 2 RUNOVER Steamroll
 2 RUNON Talk a blue streak
 2 RUNON Speak at length
 2 RUNNINGWATER Plumbing convenience
 2 RUNINTO Encounter
 2 RUNIN Altercation
 2 RUNG Hierarchy level
 2 RUNE Old character
 2 RUNE Mysterious letter
 2 RUN Bleed
 2 RUMS Jamaican exports
 2 RUMPUS Hullabaloo
 2 RUM Piña colada ingredient
 2 RUM Coke's partner
 2 RULER Schoolbag item
 2 RULE Preside over
 2 RULE Make a call
 2 RULE Hold sway over
 2 RULE Hold sway
 2 RUINS Archaeological site
 2 RUIN Totally botch
 2 RUIN Havoc
 2 RUHR German industrial valley
 2 RUHR German industrial region
 2 RUHR Essen basin
 2 RUFUS Groucho's ``Duck Soup'' role
 2 RUES Regrets
 2 RUER Sorry sort
 2 RUER One having second thoughts
 2 RUED Wished undone
 2 RUED Regretted
 2 RUED Like many a mistake
 2 RUED Lamented
 2 RUED Felt bad about
 2 RUE Morgue, for one
 2 RUE French way
 2 RUDY New York's Giuliani
 2 RUDI Designer Gernreich
 2 RUDE Like a churl
 2 RUDE Hardly genteel
 2 RUDE Boorish
 2 RUBLE Moscow money
 2 RUBLE 100 kopecks
 2 RUBE Yokel
 2 RUBE Sticks figure
 2 RUBE Rustic
 2 RUBE Hick
 2 RUBATO With freedom of tempo
 2 RUANDA Bantu language
 2 RTS Some linemen: Abbr.
 2 RTS A.C.L.U. concerns: Abbr.
 2 RTES Numbered hwys.
 2 RTE Way: Abbr.
 2 RTE U.S. 101, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 RTE Numbered hwy.
 2 RTE MapQuest offering: Abbr.
 2 RTE I-95, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 RTE Address abbr.
 2 RTE A.A.A. suggestion: Abbr.
 2 RSVPS Replies to an invitation, briefly
 2 RSVP Common request
 2 RST Queue after Q
 2 RST Q-U connection
 2 RRS They have Xings
 2 RRS Monopoly foursome: Abbr.
 2 RRS Four Monopoly properties: Abbr.
 2 RPMS Tach readings
 2 RPM Engine speed, for short
 2 RPI N.Y. engineering sch.
 2 ROYS Rogers and others
 2 ROYKO Columnist Mike
 2 ROYALWE Formal pronoun
 2 ROYALFLUSH Poker player's dream
 2 ROYAL Shade of blue
 2 ROYAL Palace dweller
 2 ROYAL Kind of treatment
 2 ROY Mr. Rogers
 2 ROWS Column crossers
 2 ROWER Crew member
 2 ROWEL Wheel on a spur
 2 ROWEL Part of a spur
 2 ROWDY Obstreperous
 2 ROW Donnybrook
 2 ROVES Wanders
 2 ROUSSEAU ``The Social Contract'' philosopher
 2 ROUSE Stir up
 2 ROULADE Musical embellishment
 2 ROUGE Compact stuff
 2 ROUGE Cheek cosmetic
 2 ROUEN Site of Joan of Arc's demise
 2 ROUE Womanizer
 2 ROTUNDA Capitol feature
 2 ROTTEN No-good
 2 ROTS Falls apart
 2 ROTOR Turbine part
 2 ROTOR Kind of blade
 2 ROTOR Helicopter part
 2 ROTOR Chopper blade
 2 ROTO Old paper part
 2 ROTI French roast
 2 ROTH ``Portnoy's Complaint'' author
 2 ROTE Some schoolwork
 2 ROTE Learning style
 2 ROTCS Univ. military programs
 2 ROTC University mil. group
 2 ROTC Drilling grp.
 2 ROTATE Take turns
 2 ROT Fail to keep
 2 ROT Dry ___
 2 ROT Decay
 2 ROSY Looking up
 2 ROSTERS Rolls
 2 ROSSINI ``Semiramide'' composer
 2 ROSSES Characters in ``Macbeth'' and ``Richard II''
 2 ROSS ``ER'' doctor
 2 ROSS The supreme Supreme
 2 ROSS One of the friends on ``Friends''
 2 ROSIE First name in talk shows
 2 ROSIE First name in TV talk
 2 ROSEN 1953 A.L. M.V.P. Al
 2 ROSEN 1953 A.L. M.V.P.
 2 ROSE Picked up
 2 ROSE Gift on ``The Bachelor''
 2 ROSA Spanish flower
 2 ROREM ``Air Music'' composer
 2 ROREM Composer Ned
 2 ROPIEST Most fibrous
 2 ROPER Rodeo performer
 2 ROPED Enticed, with ``in''
 2 ROPED Caught, in a way
 2 ROPE Skip it
 2 ROPE Hitchcock title
 2 ROOTS Heritage
 2 ROOTS Genealogy
 2 ROOTER Fan
 2 ROOT Cheer
 2 ROOSTER Nature's alarm clock
 2 ROOST Settle down for the night
 2 ROOST Night stick?
 2 ROOS Outback critters
 2 ROOS Little hoppers
 2 ROOM Study, say
 2 ROOM Scope
 2 ROOM Latitude
 2 ROOM Capacity
 2 ROOKS Movable castles
 2 ROOKIE Tyro
 2 ROOK Fleece
 2 ROOF It may be pitched
 2 ROO ``Winnie-the-Pooh'' baby
 2 ROO Pal of Piglet
 2 ROO Kanga's kid
 2 ROO Friend of Pooh
 2 ROO Aussie hopper, for short
 2 ROO Aussie hopper
 2 RONI Rice-A-___
 2 RONEE Blakley of ``Nashville''
 2 RONEE Actress Blakley
 2 RONA Writer Jaffe
 2 RONA First name in gossip
 2 RON Wood of the Rolling Stones
 2 RON Jockey Turcotte
 2 RON Howard of ``Happy Days''
 2 RON Harry Potter's best friend
 2 RON Ex-Yankee Guidry
 2 RON Ely of Tarzan fame
 2 RON 1980's White House nickname
 2 ROMPS Easy wins
 2 ROMP Walkaway
 2 ROMP Cavort
 2 ROMES Some apples
 2 ROMEOS Lady-killers
 2 ROMEO Rival of Paris
 2 ROMEO Lover
 2 ROME Where the Vatican is
 2 ROME The Eternal City
 2 ROME City on the Tiber
 2 ROME 1960 Olympics site
 2 ROMBAUER ``The Joy of Cooking'' author
 2 ROMANO Italian cheese
 2 ROMANO Cheese made from ewe's milk
 2 ROM Data storage site
 2 ROLO Hershey brand
 2 ROLL Somersault
 2 ROLFE Virginia colonist John
 2 ROLFE Husband of Pocahontas
 2 ROLEX Expensive watch
 2 ROLES Cameos, e.g.
 2 ROLEO Loggers' contest
 2 ROLE Stage part
 2 ROLE Play thing?
 2 ROLE Play part
 2 ROLE Function
 2 ROLE Character
 2 ROLAIDS Tums alternative
 2 ROK Seoul soldier
 2 ROILED Stirred up
 2 ROIL Shake up
 2 ROI King of France
 2 ROI Charles, e.g.
 2 ROGUE Scoundrel
 2 ROGUE Scamp
 2 ROGET Man of many words?
 2 ROGET Man of many words
 2 ROGER ``Gotcha''
 2 ROEG ``The Witches'' director Nicolas
 2 ROE ___ v. Wade
 2 ROE Salmon ___
 2 ROE Old World deer
 2 ROE Lobster coral
 2 ROE Kind of deer
 2 ROE Beluga yield
 2 RODMAN Dennis of the N.B.A.
 2 RODEO Where to get a fast buck?
 2 RODE Went on
 2 RODE Was a passenger
 2 ROD Towel holder
 2 ROD Staff associate?
 2 ROD Reel's partner
 2 ROD Pistol, slangily
 2 ROD Bacillus shape
 2 ROCS Fabled fliers
 2 ROCOCO Like Chippendale furniture
 2 ROC ``Arabian Nights'' menace
 2 ROC Big bird
 2 ROBS Steals from
 2 ROBS Holds up
 2 ROBOT Iron man?
 2 ROBIN Batman's sidekick
 2 ROBERTO Oscar winner Benigni
 2 ROBERTO Director Rossellini
 2 ROBE Cover-up
 2 ROBE Choir attire
 2 ROBE Boxer's wear
 2 ROBE Boxer's attire
 2 ROBE After-bath wear
 2 ROBB L.B.J. in-law
 2 ROB Steal from
 2 ROB Rip off
 2 ROB Mug
 2 ROB Burgle
 2 ROAST Swelter
 2 ROAST Certain tribute
 2 ROARS Surf sounds
 2 ROARS Engine sounds
 2 ROARK ``The Fountainhead'' character
 2 ROAR Guffaw
 2 ROAR Crowd noise
 2 ROANS Some horses
 2 ROAN Horse of a certain color
 2 ROAN Bookbinding leather
 2 ROAMS Ranges
 2 ROAMS Drifts
 2 ROAMER Vagabond
 2 ROAMER Gadabout
 2 ROAMED Drifted
 2 ROAM Not stay put
 2 ROAM Gad about
 2 ROACH Kind of motel
 2 RNS E.R. personnel
 2 RNA Ribosomal ___
 2 RNA H.S. biology topic
 2 RNA Genetics lab study
 2 RNA Genetic info carrier
 2 RNA Cellular stuff
 2 RMS Apt. divisions
 2 RMN Former White House inits.
 2 RLS ``Treasure Island'' monogram
 2 RLS ``Treasure Island'' author's inits.
 2 RKO MGM rival, once
 2 RIVET Pin
 2 RIVES Tears apart
 2 RIVERA Mexican muralist
 2 RITZY Posh
 2 RITZ Ostentatious display
 2 RITES Marriage and others
 2 RITE Liturgy
 2 RITE Ceremony
 2 RITE Baptism or bris
 2 RITA Romance writer's award
 2 RITA Romance novelist's award
 2 RITA Moreno of ``West Side Story''
 2 RIT Slowing, in mus.
 2 RISQUE Suggestive
 2 RISETO Meet, as expectations
 2 RISESTO Meets
 2 RISERS Stair parts
 2 RISERS Platforms
 2 RISERS Choirs may stand on them
 2 RISE Stairstep measure
 2 RISE Slope
 2 RISE Court order?
 2 RISE Angry reaction
 2 RIPUP Tear to shreds
 2 RIPS Tears
 2 RIPS Saws with the grain
 2 RIPON Wisconsin college
 2 RIPON Bad-mouth
 2 RIPEN Turn red, perhaps
 2 RIPEN Mature
 2 RIPE Ready to eat
 2 RIPE Ready for plucking
 2 RIPE Pickable
 2 RIPE Opportune
 2 RIP Upholstery problem
 2 RIP Tombstone letters
 2 RIP Tear
 2 RIP Stretch of turbulent water
 2 RIP Dead letters?
 2 RIOTS Rebels
 2 RIOTS Mob scenes
 2 RIOTS Laughfests
 2 RIOT Urban unrest
 2 RIOT Scream
 2 RIORITA 1942 Abbott and Costello film
 2 RIO ___ Bravo
 2 RIO Southern vacation spot
 2 RIO Océano feeder
 2 RIO Guanabara Bay city
 2 RIO Earth Summit site
 2 RIO City on Guanabara Bay
 2 RIO Carnaval site
 2 RIO Brazilian hot spot
 2 RIO Brazilian city, familiarly
 2 RINSE Washer cycle
 2 RINSE Dentist's order
 2 RINGO Fab Four name
 2 RINGO Fab Four member
 2 RING One year in a trunk
 2 RIND Peel
 2 RIND Marmalade ingredient
 2 RIN Oysters ___ season
 2 RIN Fraction of a sen
 2 RIMY Frosted
 2 RIMY Frost-covered
 2 RIMS Lens holders
 2 RIMED Frost-covered
 2 RIME Winter coating
 2 RIME Coleridge work
 2 RIM Pacific ___
 2 RIM Margin
 2 RILL Brook
 2 RILEY Life of ___
 2 RILES Stirs up
 2 RILES Bugs
 2 RILED Upset
 2 RILE Tee off
 2 RILE Rub the wrong way
 2 RILE Nettle
 2 RILE Irritate
 2 RILE Anger, with ``up''
 2 RILE Agitate
 2 RIIS Social reformer Jacob
 2 RIIS New York's Jacob ___ Park
 2 RIGS Fixes, in a way
 2 RIGOR Asperity
 2 RIGID Unbending
 2 RIGG Actress Diana
 2 RIGA European capital
 2 RIG Semi
 2 RIG Fix, in a way
 2 RIG 18-wheeler
 2 RIFTS Fissures
 2 RIFTS Breaks in relations
 2 RIFT Falling out
 2 RIFT Break in relations
 2 RIFT Break
 2 RIFLE Winchester, e.g.
 2 RIFF Jazz phrase
 2 RIFF Jazz bit
 2 RIFE Widespread
 2 RIFE Teeming
 2 RIESEN Chocolate candy brand
 2 RIEN It means nothing to the French
 2 RIELS Cambodian currency
 2 RIEL Cambodian money
 2 RIDS Relieves (of)
 2 RIDS Relieves
 2 RIDS Purges
 2 RIDS Clears
 2 RIDOF Free from
 2 RIDGE Chain of hills
 2 RIDER Equestrian
 2 RIDE Hitchhiker's quest
 2 RIDE Get carried away?
 2 RIDE Fair feature
 2 RIDE Fair attraction
 2 RID Purged
 2 RID Empty (of)
 2 RID Disencumber
 2 RID Clear (of)
 2 RICOH Copier company
 2 RICKS ``Casablanca'' cafe
 2 RICK ``Casablanca'' role
 2 RICK ``Casablanca'' cafe owner
 2 RICH Rolling in dough
 2 RICERS Kitchen gadgets
 2 RICER Kitchen gadget
 2 RICE It may be polished
 2 RICAN Puerto ___
 2 RIBALD Like Playboy cartoons
 2 RIB Poke fun at
 2 RIATA Rope with a loop
 2 RIATA Gaucho's accessory
 2 RIAS Narrow inlets
 2 RIALTO Theater area
 2 RIALS Iranian money
 2 RIA Creek
 2 RHUE Actress Madlyn
 2 RHONES Some French wines, informally
 2 RHONE Wine region
 2 RHONE River of Lyon
 2 RHODESIAN ___ ridgeback (hunting dog)
 2 RHODA TV's Morgenstern
 2 RHO P
 2 RHINE Kind of wine
 2 RHINE German wine valley
 2 RHETT Scarlett's love
 2 RHESUS Kind of monkey
 2 RHEO Stat start
 2 RHEE First president of South Korea
 2 RHEA Three-toed bird
 2 RHEA Mother of Zeus
 2 RHEA Mother of Hera
 2 RHEA Moon of Saturn
 2 REY King, in Cádiz
 2 REXALL Classic drugstore name
 2 REX Name fit for a king?
 2 REX Mardi Gras figure
 2 REX Alternative to Bowser
 2 REWEAVE Fix, as a rug
 2 REWARD Poster heading
 2 REVEL Make merry
 2 REVEL Celebrate
 2 REVEAL Unmask
 2 REVEAL Give away
 2 REV Speed (up)
 2 REV Minister: Abbr.
 2 REUP Start another hitch
 2 REUBEN Sandwich with sauerkraut
 2 REUBEN Deli order
 2 RETURNS Election data
 2 RETRY Take another shot
 2 RETRY Hear again
 2 RETRO Hardly modern
 2 RETRO Back in?
 2 RETRO Back in
 2 RETOSS Mix anew, as greens
 2 RETORTS Comebacks
 2 RETINAE Picture receivers
 2 RETEST Take back to the lab
 2 RETD No longer working: Abbr.
 2 RETAKES New shoots
 2 RET Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr.
 2 RESTS Pauses
 2 RESTS Doesn't work
 2 RESTS Doesn't play
 2 RESTS Catches one's breath
 2 REST Unwind
 2 REST Take it easy
 2 REST Take a breather
 2 REST Staff symbol
 2 REST Sit a spell
 2 REST Sabbath activity
 2 REST Others
 2 REST Musical mark
 2 REST Medical advice, often
 2 REST Breather
 2 REST Balance
 2 RESP Legal defendant: Abbr.
 2 RESOUND Echo
 2 RESORTS In places
 2 RESONATE Ring
 2 RESOLVE Clear up
 2 RESOD Surface anew
 2 RESOD Cover anew, as a plot
 2 RESIN Varnish ingredient
 2 RESIN Pine exudation
 2 RESIGN Quit
 2 RESIDES Lives
 2 RESIDE Live
 2 RESHAPE Turn into something else
 2 RESEW Hem again
 2 RESET Kind of button
 2 RESET Change, as a clock
 2 RESENTS Minds
 2 RESENT Take offense at
 2 RESEND Forward
 2 RESEEK Look for again
 2 RESEED Tend to, as a bad lawn
 2 RESCUER Firefighter, at times
 2 RESCUEME 1991 Madonna hit
 2 RESAY Iterate
 2 RESAW Cut again
 2 RES Notes after dos
 2 RES Like some phone nos.
 2 RES Hi-___ monitor
 2 RES Abbr. next to a telephone number
 2 RERUN Any ``Seinfeld,'' now
 2 REROOT Transplant
 2 REPS Sales force
 2 REPS Gym set
 2 REPRISED Played again
 2 REPOT Move, as a plant
 2 REPO Tow job
 2 REPO Defaulter's loss
 2 REPO Defaulter's comeuppance
 2 REPLETE Brimming
 2 REPINE Fret
 2 REPIN Adjust, as a brooch
 2 REPELS Drives back
 2 REPEL Run off
 2 REPEL Gross out
 2 REPEL Drive away
 2 REPAY Make good on
 2 REPAPER Cover over
 2 REOS Model T contemporaries
 2 REOS Model T alternatives
 2 REOS Essex contemporaries
 2 REOPEN Go back into business
 2 REO Vintage auto
 2 REO Stutz contemporary
 2 REO Stutz Bearcat contemporary
 2 REO Royale of old autodom
 2 REO Hupmobile contemporary
 2 REO Hudson contemporary
 2 REO Early auto
 2 REO Bygone car
 2 REO Alternative to a Maxwell
 2 RENTS Monopoly income
 2 RENTS Doesn't own
 2 RENTA ___-car
 2 RENTA ___-Wreck
 2 RENTA Oscar de la ___
 2 RENT Not own
 2 RENT Monthly expense
 2 RENT Monthly budget item
 2 RENT Landlord's due
 2 RENT It may be due on a duplex
 2 RENT Cost of living?
 2 RENOWN Celebrity
 2 RENOUNCE Give up
 2 RENO Nevada city
 2 RENO Gambling mecca
 2 RENO Clinton's attorney general
 2 RENO Clinton Cabinet member
 2 RENO City near Sparks
 2 RENO Attorney General Janet
 2 RENO Ashcroft's predecessor
 2 RENNIE ``The Day the Earth Stood Still'' star Michael
 2 RENNET Milk curdler
 2 RENI Italian painter Guido
 2 RENI Italian artist Guido
 2 RENEW Take up again
 2 RENEW Freshen
 2 RENEW Extend
 2 RENEGE Go back
 2 RENEE Taylor of ``The Nanny''
 2 RENE Surrealist Magritte
 2 RENE Russo of ``Outbreak''
 2 RENE Painter Magritte
 2 RENE Mathematician Descartes
 2 RENE 1968 Peace Nobelist Cassin
 2 REND Split apart
 2 REND Rip apart
 2 REND Divide
 2 RENAME Put a new handle on
 2 RENA Sofer of soaps
 2 REN ``In the Good Old Summertime'' lyricist Shields
 2 REN TV cartoon dog
 2 REMOTER Not so likely
 2 REMORSE Compunction
 2 REMO San ___
 2 REMIT Invoice word
 2 REMISS Negligent
 2 REMISS Derelict
 2 REMIND Prompt
 2 REMAP Chart anew
 2 REMAND Send back
 2 REMAINS Stays behind
 2 REM Kind of sleep
 2 RELY Depend
 2 RELO Move, in Realtor lingo
 2 RELIT Kindled anew
 2 RELIEVE Take over for
 2 RELIES Leans (on)
 2 RELIC Excavation find
 2 RELIANT Self-___
 2 RELET Rent again
 2 RELET Like some apartments
 2 RELET Found a new tenant for
 2 RELENT Soften
 2 RELEGATE Consign
 2 RELEE Noted Civil War biography
 2 RELEARN Brush up on
 2 RELAY Track event
 2 RELAY Pass-the-baton race
 2 RELATIVE Not absolute
 2 RELATE Empathize
 2 RELAPSE Backslide
 2 REL Theologian's subj.
 2 REL Shepherd's field: Abbr.
 2 REL Bill of Rights subj.
 2 REINSIN Checks
 2 REINS Control, symbolically
 2 REININ Curb
 2 REINE Marie Antoinette, e.g.
 2 REINA Spanish queen
 2 REINA Isabella, por ejemplo
 2 REIN This pulls a bit
 2 REIN Harness part
 2 REIN Curb, with ``in''
 2 REID Journalist Whitelaw ___
 2 REI Portuguese king
 2 REHEEL Fix, as a pump
 2 REHEAR Try again
 2 REHEAR Consider again
 2 REHANG Move, as a picture
 2 REGRESS Go back
 2 REGIS First name in TV talk
 2 REGAL Magnificent
 2 REGAL Kingly
 2 REG Coffee order: Abbr.
 2 REFS Makes calls
 2 REFS Judges
 2 REFRY Cook, as beans
 2 REFILL Bar order
 2 REFER Send on
 2 REFER Direct (to)
 2 REFER Direct
 2 REF Whistle-blower
 2 REF Whistle blower
 2 REF Ump
 2 REF Striped shirt wearer
 2 REF One who cries foul?
 2 REF Make calls
 2 REF Gridiron official, for short
 2 REF Call, as a game
 2 REEVE ``The Canterbury Tales'' pilgrim
 2 REEVE Superman player
 2 REEVE One of the Canterbury pilgrims
 2 REESE ``Touched by an Angel'' co-star
 2 REESE ``Touched By an Angel'' co-star
 2 REESE Candy manufacturer Harry
 2 REESE Baseball's Little Colonel
 2 REES Roger of ``Nicholas Nickleby''
 2 REES Roger of ``Cheers''
 2 REELS Studio stock
 2 REELIN Land
 2 REEL Walk like a sot
 2 REEL Spin
 2 REEL Fishing rod attachment
 2 REEKS Stinks
 2 REEK Stink to high heaven
 2 REEK Raise a stink
 2 REEFER Illicit cigarette
 2 REEF Snorkeling site
 2 REEF Coral formation
 2 REEF Atoll protector
 2 REED Swamp thing
 2 REED Kind of instrument
 2 REED College in Portland, Ore.
 2 REED Cattail, e.g.
 2 REED Bassoon, e.g.
 2 REEBOK Nike rival
 2 REDTAPE Bureaucratic stuff
 2 REDSTAR Antares, e.g.
 2 REDS Some M & M's
 2 REDS McCarthy's quarry
 2 REDS Commies
 2 REDS Cold war foe
 2 REDONE Fixed up
 2 REDONE Fixed
 2 REDOLENT Aromatic
 2 REDO Decorate anew
 2 REDO Change the decor
 2 REDNOSE Christmas light?
 2 REDIAL Modern phone feature
 2 REDI Quick, in trade names
 2 REDHOT Extremely popular
 2 REDEYE Night flight
 2 REDEYE Fly-by-night?
 2 REDEEM Turn in
 2 REDD Funny Foxx
 2 REDD Comedian Foxx
 2 RED One side in checkers
 2 RED McCarthy quarry
 2 RED Lobsterlike
 2 RED Checkers color
 2 RED Bloodshot
 2 RECUR Come back
 2 RECUR Come again
 2 RECTO Odd-numbered page
 2 RECT Prefix with angular
 2 RECT Geom. shape
 2 RECOUP Get back
 2 RECON Scout's mission
 2 RECESS Time out
 2 RECESS Play time
 2 RECENT Late
 2 RECEDE Ebb
 2 RECD Shipping dept. stamp
 2 RECD Invoice abbr.
 2 RECD In-basket stamp: Abbr.
 2 RECAPS Summaries
 2 RECAP Summation
 2 RECAP Summary
 2 RECANT Take back
 2 RECALL Carmaker's woe
 2 REC Kind of center
 2 REBORN Like some Christians
 2 REBORN Converted, in a way
 2 REBATE Sales lure
 2 REBA WB sitcom
 2 REBA Musical McEntire
 2 REBA First name in country
 2 REBA Country's McEntire
 2 REBA Country name
 2 REB Yankee's foe
 2 REB Fighter at Chancellorsville
 2 REATA Rodeo rope
 2 REATA Lariat
 2 REATA Gaucho's rope
 2 REASONER Logician
 2 REARER Parent, e.g.
 2 REAR Parent
 2 REAR Fanny
 2 REAR Back
 2 REAPS Realizes
 2 REAPED Collected
 2 REAP Win
 2 REAP Take in
 2 REAP Realize
 2 REAP Get back
 2 REAP Bring in the sheaves
 2 REAMED Didn't just criticize
 2 REAM Printer's amount
 2 REAM Paper purchase
 2 REAM 500 sheets
 2 REALM Empire
 2 REAL Not imagined
 2 REAL Not fake
 2 REAL Honest
 2 REAL Down-to-earth
 2 REAL Authentic
 2 READY Query before ``Here goes!''
 2 READS Analyzes
 2 READIES Primes
 2 READE Aptly named English novelist
 2 READ Try for a part
 2 READ Scan
 2 REACT Strike back
 2 REACH Get to
 2 REA ``Bad Behavior'' star, 1993
 2 REA Stephen of ``Still Crazy''
 2 REA New Deal program: Abbr.
 2 REA Mens ___ (criminal intent)
 2 REA Best Actor nominee of 1992
 2 RDS Map rtes.
 2 RDS Country rtes.
 2 RDAS Vitamin amts.
 2 RDAS Suggestions on food labels: Abbr.
 2 RDA Vitamin bottle info
 2 RDA Nutritional std.
 2 RDA Nutritional inits.
 2 RCA ___ Victor
 2 RCA Zenith competitor
 2 RCA VCR maker
 2 RCA Elvis's label
 2 RCA Electronics giant
 2 RCA Company with a dog in its logo
 2 RBIS Sluggers' stats
 2 RBIS Power stats
 2 RBIS Diamond stats
 2 RBIS Aaron's 2,297
 2 RBI Stat for Sosa
 2 RBI Slugger's stat
 2 RBI Baseball stat.
 2 RAZE Completely demolish
 2 RAZE Bring down the house
 2 RAYS They're caught on beaches
 2 RAYS Tanners catch them
 2 RAYS Beams
 2 RAYGUN Zapper
 2 RAYE Zany Martha
 2 RAYE Martha in denture ads
 2 RAY Sci-fi killer
 2 RAY Bit of hope
 2 RAY Beam of light
 2 RAWDEAL Unfair treatment
 2 RAWDEAL Short end of the stick
 2 RAW Untrained
 2 RAW Damp and chilly
 2 RAW Cold and wet
 2 RAVEN Talking bird of poetry
 2 RAVE Four-star
 2 RAVE All-night party
 2 RAVE **** review
 2 RAUL Outfielder Mondesi
 2 RAUL Julia on screen
 2 RAUL Brother of Fidel
 2 RAUL Actor Julia
 2 RAU Writer Santha Rama ___
 2 RATTED Told (on)
 2 RATTED Sang
 2 RATTAN Wicker material
 2 RATSO 1969 Hoffman role
 2 RATSO 1969 Dustin Hoffman role
 2 RATON Betray à la a snitch
 2 RATIO Pi, e.g.
 2 RATES Hotel posting
 2 RATER Critic
 2 RATE Miles per hour, e.g.
 2 RATE Have status
 2 RATE Be worthy of
 2 RATE Bank posting
 2 RATATAT Knocking sound
 2 RAT Turn state's evidence
 2 RAT Stoolie
 2 RAT Sing
 2 RASTA Haile Selassie disciple
 2 RASPY Hoarse
 2 RASPY Grating
 2 RASP Farrier's tool
 2 RASHAD ``Cosby'' co-star
 2 RASH Unthought-out
 2 RASH Too hasty
 2 RASH Spate
 2 RASH Poison ivy woe
 2 RASH Ill-considered
 2 RASE Level, in London
 2 RASCAL Imp
 2 RAS ___ al-Khaimah (one of the United Arab Emirates)
 2 RARITY Blue moon, e.g.
 2 RAREST Least cooked
 2 RARER Less typical
 2 RARER Less common
 2 RAREBIT Dish served on toast
 2 RARE Unusually excellent
 2 RARE Uncommon
 2 RARE Scarce
 2 RARE Reddish
 2 RARE Pinkish
 2 RARE Like hen's teeth
 2 RARE Exceptional
 2 RARE Choice
 2 RARAAVIS One in a million
 2 RARA Avis adjective
 2 RAPT Enthralled
 2 RAPT Engrossed
 2 RAPT Absorbed
 2 RAPSTAR Eminem, e.g.
 2 RAPIER Kind of wit
 2 RAPID Swift
 2 RAPID Speedy
 2 RAP Sound at the door
 2 RAP Shoot the breeze
 2 RAP Seance sound
 2 RAP Hip-hop
 2 RAP Criminal charge
 2 RAP Blame
 2 RAO 1990's Indian P.M.
 2 RANTS Carries on
 2 RANTO Cost
 2 RANT Harangue
 2 RANRIOT Cut loose
 2 RANON Babbled
 2 RANK Colonel or captain
 2 RANINTO Met
 2 RANI Sari-clad royal
 2 RANI Rajah's wife
 2 RANGE Where the deer and the antelope play
 2 RANGE Where the buffalo roam
 2 RANG ``You ___?''
 2 RANG Phoned
 2 RANG Gave a buzz
 2 RANG Called
 2 RANG Buzzed
 2 RANEE Indian dignitary
 2 RANEE Hindu queen
 2 RANDY Lustful
 2 RANDY Lecherous
 2 RANDR Time off
 2 RANDI ``Amazing'' magician
 2 RANDI Actress Oakes of ``CHiPs''
 2 RANDB Grammy category
 2 RAND Big name in mapmaking
 2 RANCH Russian alternative
 2 RAN Sought a seat
 2 RAN Ruled
 2 RAN Published
 2 RAN Printed
 2 RAN Headed
 2 RAN Dashed
 2 RAN Commanded
 2 RAN Campaigned
 2 RAMS Trans World Dome team
 2 RAMPS Wheelchair-accessible routes
 2 RAMPS Stadium walkways
 2 RAMPS Level connectors
 2 RAMP Wheelchair access
 2 RAMP Turnpike turnoff
 2 RAMP Freeway exit
 2 RAMP Alternative to steps
 2 RAMONA 1936 Loretta Young title role
 2 RAMBO Sly character
 2 RAMAPO New York/New Jersey's ___ Mountains
 2 RAM St. Louis pro
 2 RAM Hit head-on
 2 RAM Farm butter
 2 RAM Battering device
 2 RALPH Designer Lauren
 2 RALLY Come from behind
 2 RALEIGH North Carolina's capital
 2 RAKESIN Amasses
 2 RAKE Pile maker
 2 RAKE Libertine
 2 RAKE Garden tool
 2 RAKE Croupier's tool
 2 RAJA Indian royal
 2 RAJA Indian prince
 2 RAJA Indian king
 2 RAJ Rule opposed by Gandhi
 2 RAITT 1989 Grammy winner for ``Nick of Time''
 2 RAISE Up the ante
 2 RAISE Rear
 2 RAISE Put up
 2 RAISE Poker ploy
 2 RAINY Wet, weatherwise
 2 RAINY Wet
 2 RAIN Shower
 2 RAIN Picnic hamperer
 2 RAIN Parade stopper
 2 RAIN Parade spoiler
 2 RAIN Drops from the sky
 2 RAIMENT Attire
 2 RAILS Train tracks
 2 RAIL Racetrack fence
 2 RAIL Commuter line
 2 RAID Police cry
 2 RAID Police action
 2 RAID Bust, so to speak
 2 RAI One of Thor Heyerdahl's boats
 2 RAHRAH Enthusiastic
 2 RAH ``Go team!''
 2 RAH The old college cheer
 2 RAH Stadium cheer
 2 RAH Sound of support
 2 RAH Noise from a fan
 2 RAH Cheerleader's cheer
 2 RAGU Popular sauce
 2 RAGU Brand of sauce
 2 RAGTRADE Fashion industry, slangily
 2 RAGTOPS Convertibles
 2 RAGE Storm
 2 RAGE Road ___
 2 RAGA Sitar music
 2 RAGA Music of India
 2 RAG Maid's cloth
 2 RAFTS A lot
 2 RAFT Flat floater
 2 RAFFIA Basket material
 2 RAF W.W. II heroes: Abbr.
 2 RAF W.W. II fliers
 2 RAF Brit. fliers
 2 RAE ``The Facts of Life'' actress
 2 RAE Victoria Island explorer
 2 RAE Sally Field's ``Norma ___''
 2 RAE Norma ___ (Sally Field role)
 2 RAE Explorer of the Canadian Arctic
 2 RADII Spokes
 2 RADII Pie cuts, essentially
 2 RADIANT Glowing
 2 RADAR ``M*A*S*H'' role
 2 RADAR Speeder's bane
 2 RAD ``Far out''
 2 RAD Awesome
 2 RACY Suggestive
 2 RACK Torture device
 2 RACINE ``Phèdre'' playwright
 2 RACES Revs
 2 RACER Indy entrant
 2 RACED Tore
 2 RACECAR Indy entry
 2 RACE Marathon
 2 RACE Dash
 2 RABID More than fervent
 2 RABE ``Streamers'' playwright
 2 RABE ``Hurlyburly'' playwright
 2 RABE Broccoli ___ (leafy vegetable)
 2 RABBIT Cottontail
 2 RABBI Browning's Ben Ezra, e.g.
 2 RABAT Capital near Casablanca
 2 QUONDAM Former
 2 QUO ``___ Vadis?''
 2 QUO Status ___
 2 QUO Quid pro ___
 2 QUIZ Interrogate
 2 QUITIT ``Enough already!''
 2 QUIT Throw in the towel
 2 QUIT Go cold turkey
 2 QUIP Witticism
 2 QUIP Groucho remark
 2 QUE ``___ pasa?''
 2 QUE What's what in Spain
 2 QUE Neighbor of N.Y.
 2 QUE Can. province
 2 QUAY Landing
 2 QUAY Jetty
 2 QUART Milk purchase
 2 QUAI Paris's ___ d'Orsay
 2 QUAHOG Edible clam
 2 QUAD Campus locale
 2 QUAD Campus hangout
 2 QTS Parts of gals.
 2 QTIP Little swab
 2 QOM Iranian city
 2 QED Proof ender
 2 QED Logical conclusion
 2 QED Letters after a proof
 2 QATAR Persian Gulf state
 2 QATAR Persian Gulf nation
 2 QATAR Its capital is Doha
 2 QANDA Press conference activity
 2 QANDA Kind of session
 2 PYX Eucharist vessel
 2 PUZO Vito Corleone's creator
 2 PUTT Short shot
 2 PUTIN Apply (for)
 2 PUTIN Add
 2 PUT Place
 2 PURSE Prize money
 2 PURIST Noncompromiser
 2 PUREE Blender setting
 2 PUREE Blender button
 2 PURE Unadulterated
 2 PURA Aqua ___
 2 PUPAE Cocoon dwellers
 2 PUPA Insect stage
 2 PUP Part of a litter
 2 PUNT Fourth-down option
 2 PUMAS Cougars
 2 PULSE Sign of life
 2 PULSE Beat
 2 PULI Hungarian sheepdog
 2 PULES Whines
 2 PULED Whimpered
 2 PUG Wrinkle-faced pooch
 2 PUG Dog with a curled tail
 2 PUENTE Bandleader Tito
 2 PUCE Brownish purple
 2 PUB Where to find porters
 2 PTS Sports stat.
 2 PTS Scores: Abbr.
 2 PTS Quart divs.
 2 PTS Mtge. units
 2 PTS Liq. measures
 2 PTS Goals, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 PTERO Wing: Prefix
 2 PTER Wing: Prefix
 2 PTAS School grps.
 2 PTAS Sch. groups
 2 PTAS Fund-raising grps.
 2 PTA ``Harper Valley ___''
 2 PTA School tie?
 2 PTA Sch. group
 2 PTA Mom-and-pop org.?
 2 PTA Mom-and-pop org.
 2 PTA Elhi org.
 2 PTA Class-conscious grp.
 2 PTA 1968 hit ``Harper Valley ___''
 2 PSYCHO Hitchcock classic
 2 PST S.F. hours
 2 PST L.A. clock setting
 2 PSST ``Over here!''
 2 PSST ``Hey, there!''
 2 PSST ``Hey, over here!''
 2 PSST ``Hey you!''
 2 PSST ``Hey ... over here!''
 2 PSST ``Check this out!''
 2 PSST Head-turner
 2 PSS They're not part of the body: Abbr.
 2 PSS Ltr. addenda
 2 PSIS They're trident-shaped
 2 PSI Tire meas.
 2 PSI Telepathy and such
 2 PSI Telekinesis, e.g.
 2 PSI Pressure unit: Abbr.
 2 PSI Pressure meas.
 2 PSI Letter after chi
 2 PSI Fraternity letter
 2 PSHAW ``I don't buy it''
 2 PSEUDO False start?
 2 PSAT Jr.'s exam
 2 PSAT H.S. junior's test
 2 PSALMS Whence the line ``Thy word is a lamp unto my feet''
 2 PSALM Hymn
 2 PRY Meddle
 2 PRY Jimmy
 2 PRUNE Cut back
 2 PRUDE Bluenose
 2 PRS 7, on a phone
 2 PROWAR Hawkish
 2 PROW Stem
 2 PROW Figurehead's place
 2 PROVO 2002 Olympics venue
 2 PROTEM For the time being
 2 PROSIT Oktoberfest toast
 2 PROS Whizzes
 2 PROS Some Olympians, nowadays
 2 PROS Mavens
 2 PRORATE Apportion
 2 PROPOSE Ask for a hand?
 2 PROPER Right
 2 PROPEL Move forward
 2 PROP Support, with ``up''
 2 PROP Play thing
 2 PRONTO ``Now!''
 2 PRONTO On the double
 2 PRONE Lying facedown
 2 PROMO Teaser
 2 PROMO TV teaser
 2 PROMO Spot broadcast, often
 2 PROEM Introduction
 2 PROEM Intro
 2 PROD Egg on
 2 PRO Whiz
 2 PRO Paid player
 2 PRO Experienced
 2 PRMAN Spin doctor
 2 PRIX Grand ___
 2 PRISM Rainbow maker
 2 PRIOR Rap sheet listing
 2 PRIMO Top-notch
 2 PRIMAL First
 2 PRIMA ___ donna
 2 PRIM Schoolmarmish
 2 PRIM Governessy
 2 PRIEST Druid, e.g.
 2 PRIED Snooped
 2 PRIDE ``The possession of fools'': Herodotus
 2 PRICK Puncture
 2 PREYON Victimize
 2 PREYEDON Victimized
 2 PREY Quarry
 2 PREWAR From the 1930's
 2 PREV Before: Abbr.
 2 PRETTY Easy on the eyes
 2 PRESTO Magician's word
 2 PRESTO Immediately
 2 PRESSMAN Newspaper employee
 2 PRESS Urge
 2 PRESORT Arrange by ZIP code, e.g.
 2 PRESAGE Foreshadow
 2 PRES Firm head: Abbr.
 2 PREP Make ready, briefly
 2 PREP Get ready, for short
 2 PREP Get ready
 2 PREOP Before surgery
 2 PRELATE Church dignitary
 2 PRELATE Bishop, e.g.
 2 PREGO Response to ``grazie''
 2 PREGO Polite Italian word
 2 PREFER Lean toward
 2 PREFAB Home built in a day?
 2 PREEN Primp
 2 PREEMPT Bump
 2 PRE Season opener?
 2 PRE Relative of ante-
 2 PRE Grand ___ (``Evangeline'' setting)
 2 PRE Canada's Grand ___ National Historic Park
 2 PRE Before: Prefix
 2 PRAWNS Some scampi
 2 PRATED Ran on
 2 PRATE Jabber
 2 PRAM Baby buggy
 2 PRADO Site of some famous hangings
 2 PQRS OT filler
 2 POWWOW Huddle
 2 POUR Decant
 2 POUR Come down hard
 2 POULT Young fowl
 2 POTS Kitties
 2 POTPIE Baked entree
 2 POTENT Packing a punch
 2 POTATO Latke ingredient
 2 POT Winner's take
 2 POT Put a lid on it
 2 POT Poker prize
 2 POT Big belly
 2 POT Beer belly
 2 POSY Floral arrangement
 2 POSTON ``Newhart'' actor Tom
 2 POSSE Search party
 2 POSSE Chasers
 2 POSH Luxurious
 2 POSEUR Phony
 2 POSER Toughie
 2 POSED Put forward
 2 POSE Sit for a photo
 2 POSE Sit
 2 POSE Prepare to be shot
 2 POSE It may be struck
 2 PORTO ___-Novo (Benin's capital)
 2 PORTAL Way in
 2 PORT Left at sea
 2 PORNO Dirt
 2 POREOVER Study
 2 PORE Sweat source
 2 PORE Minute opening
 2 PORE Look (over)
 2 PORE Go (over)
 2 POPUP Easy out
 2 POPTART Toaster treat
 2 POPS Daddy-o
 2 POPES John, Paul and John Paul
 2 POP Short report
 2 POOR ``D''
 2 POOR Impoverished
 2 POONA City ESE of Bombay
 2 POOL ``Dirty'' activity
 2 POOCH Bowwow
 2 POO Nanki-___ of ``The Mikado''
 2 PONY Small liqueur glass
 2 PONY Pay (up)
 2 PONE Corn cake
 2 POND Swimming site
 2 POND Duck's home
 2 POMP Splendor
 2 POMP Ceremonial splendor
 2 POMELO Big citrus fruit
 2 POME Fleshy fruit
 2 POMADE Hair dressing
 2 POM Little dog, for short
 2 POLS D.C. bigwigs
 2 POLO Sport with mallets
 2 POLO Pullover
 2 POLO Game you can't play left-handed
 2 POLO Game on horseback
 2 POLLOI Hoi ___
 2 POLLEN Common allergen
 2 POLIO Salk's conquest
 2 POLICERAID Bust
 2 POLESTAR Guiding light
 2 POLENTA Cornmeal mush
 2 POLEAX Medieval weapon
 2 POLE John Paul II, e.g.
 2 POLE Fishing need
 2 POLAR Frigid
 2 POL Campaigner, for short
 2 POKY Snaillike
 2 POKER Bluffer's game
 2 POKE Small bag
 2 POISE Sang-froid
 2 POINT Gist
 2 POILU W.W. I soldier
 2 POI Samoan staple
 2 POI Luau food
 2 POI Luau dish
 2 POI Islands dish
 2 POI Hawaiian dish
 2 POHL Sci-fi writer Frederik
 2 POETIC Kind of license
 2 POET Yeats or Keats
 2 POET Pound, e.g.
 2 POEM Work with feet
 2 POEM Ode or haiku
 2 POEM Limerick, e.g.
 2 POE ``MS. Found in a Bottle'' writer
 2 POE Dupin's creator
 2 PODS Pea holders
 2 PODS Miniature sci-fi vehicles
 2 POD Pea jacket?
 2 POD Pea container
 2 POCONOS Pennsylvania resort area
 2 POCONO Pennsylvania's ___ Mountains
 2 POCO Somewhat, to Salieri
 2 POCK Small indentation
 2 PNOM ___-Penh
 2 PNIN 1957 Nabokov novel
 2 PNEUMATIC Kind of drill
 2 PLUSES Good things
 2 PLUMAGE Peacock's pride
 2 PLOY Stratagem
 2 PLOY Ruse
 2 PLOW Furrow former
 2 PLOTZ Fall over in a faint
 2 PLOT Paranoiac's worry
 2 PLOP Raindrop sound
 2 PLOP Alka-Seltzer sound
 2 PLO U.N. observer grp.
 2 PLO Mahmoud Abbas's grp.
 2 PLIERS Electrician's need
 2 PLIE Graceful bend
 2 PLIE Barre room bend
 2 PLEURAL Of lung membranes
 2 PLED Responded in court
 2 PLED Implored
 2 PLEBS Commoners
 2 PLEBE Military academy freshman
 2 PLEADS Begs
 2 PLEAD Implore
 2 PLEA ``Not guilty,'' e.g.
 2 PLEA ``Guilty,'' e.g.
 2 PLEA Nolo contendere, e.g.
 2 PLAZA Town square
 2 PLAYER Cast member
 2 PLAYAT Dabble in
 2 PLATTE Missouri feeder
 2 PLATO Dialogue writer
 2 PLATH ``The Bell Jar'' writer
 2 PLATE Batter's position
 2 PLASMA Red Cross supply
 2 PLANO Dallas suburb
 2 PLANK Ship board
 2 PLANE 747, e.g.
 2 PLANAR Two-dimensional
 2 PLAN Work out
 2 PLAN Scheme
 2 PLAN Map out
 2 PLAIT Braid of hair
 2 PLAIT Braid
 2 PLACE Finish second
 2 PJS Bedwear, informally
 2 PIZZAZZ Dash
 2 PIXY Sprite
 2 PIXIE Sprite
 2 PIXIE Mischievous one
 2 PIX Snaps
 2 PIUS One of 12 popes
 2 PIU More, musically
 2 PITY Feel sorry for
 2 PITT The Panthers of the Big East
 2 PITS Absolute worst
 2 PITMEN Miners
 2 PITHY Concise
 2 PITH Core
 2 PITA Sandwich bread
 2 PITA Kind of sandwich
 2 PITA Hummus holder
 2 PIT Set (against)
 2 PISTE Ski trail
 2 PISCES Sign after Aquarius
 2 PISAN Galileo, for one
 2 PIPET Lab tube
 2 PIPED Spoke (up)
 2 PIPE Snowman prop
 2 PIOUS Reverent
 2 PIOUS Devout
 2 PION Subatomic particle
 2 PINTO Kind of bean
 2 PINTA Noted caravel
 2 PINT Pub purchase
 2 PINT Pub order
 2 PINT Four gills
 2 PINOT Burgundy grape
 2 PINON Assign to, as blame
 2 PINNA Feather, zoologically
 2 PINHEAD Dope
 2 PING Engine sound
 2 PINED Yearned
 2 PINED Carried a torch (for)
 2 PINEAPPLE Luau serving
 2 PINE Yearn
 2 PINE Languish
 2 PINCE ___-nez
 2 PIN Wrestling win
 2 PIN Wrestler's goal
 2 PILOT Kitchen light
 2 PILOSE Hairy
 2 PILLAGE Sack
 2 PILEIN Enter all at once
 2 PILE Stack
 2 PILE Lot of loot
 2 PIKE Toll road
 2 PIGSTY Boar's abode
 2 PIETY Devoutness
 2 PIES Pizzas
 2 PIES Bakers' wares
 2 PIER Waterfront walk
 2 PIER Unloading site
 2 PIER Jetty
 2 PIER Docking spot
 2 PIED ___ Piper
 2 PIED Multicolored
 2 PIE Quiche, e.g.
 2 PIE Pizza
 2 PIE Mincemeat dessert
 2 PIE Kind of chart
 2 PIE Cobbler
 2 PIE Chart type
 2 PICT Early Briton
 2 PICS Snaps
 2 PICOT Ornamental loop
 2 PIC Photo
 2 PIANOS Some bar features
 2 PIANO Kind of bar
 2 PIANO Bench site
 2 PIANO Baby grand, e.g.
 2 PIAF ``La Vie en Rose'' singer
 2 PIA ___ mater
 2 PIA Carrier to Karachi
 2 PIA Airline to Karachi
 2 PHYS M.D.
 2 PHRASE ``Wheel of Fortune'' category
 2 PHOTO It's a snap
 2 PHOS Light: Prefix
 2 PHONO Record player
 2 PHONO Platter player
 2 PHONE Call
 2 PHOENIX Suns' spot
 2 PHOBIA Fear
 2 PHIL Pop singer Collins
 2 PHIL One of the Everly Brothers
 2 PHD Third degree?
 2 PHD High degree
 2 PHARAOH Exodus figure
 2 PHAR ``___ Lap'' (1983 film)
 2 PGA Tour organizer, for short
 2 PGA Links letters
 2 PFC Army E-3
 2 PEZ Dispenser candy
 2 PEWS Seats with kneelers
 2 PEW Nave bench
 2 PETULA Singer Clark
 2 PETTY Small-minded
 2 PETS Guinea pigs, maybe
 2 PETITE Small
 2 PETIT ___ point
 2 PETIT ___ four
 2 PETEY ``Our Gang'' dog
 2 PETERS Dies (out)
 2 PETE Red Rose, once
 2 PETE Journalist Hamill
 2 PETCAT Garfield, for one
 2 PETAL Flower feature
 2 PETA Antifur org.
 2 PETA Anti-fur org.
 2 PET Treat like a dog?
 2 PET Sulky state
 2 PET Stroke
 2 PET Prized
 2 PET Pique
 2 PET Most preferred
 2 PET Lovey
 2 PESTS Pains in the neck
 2 PESTS Buttinskies
 2 PESTS Annoyers
 2 PESTO Sauce with basil
 2 PESTO Basil-based sauce
 2 PEST Termite, e.g.
 2 PEST Pain in the neck
 2 PEST Nudnik
 2 PEST Fly, e.g.
 2 PEST Bother
 2 PESOS Mexican moolah
 2 PESOS Mexican money
 2 PESOS Mexican coins
 2 PESOS Mexican bread
 2 PESO Mexican moolah
 2 PESO Mexican mint product
 2 PESO Cancún coin
 2 PESO 100 centavos
 2 PES Zoologist's foot
 2 PES Anatomical foot
 2 PERU Lima's locale
 2 PERU Indiana town where Cole Porter was born
 2 PERU Andean land
 2 PERTEST Most cheeky
 2 PERT Sprightly
 2 PERT Sassy
 2 PERT Fresh-mouthed
 2 PERT Forward
 2 PERT Flippant
 2 PERSIST Keep going
 2 PERSE By itself
 2 PEROT 1992 also-ran
 2 PERMS Salon jobs
 2 PERLE Hostess Mesta
 2 PERKED Brightened, with ``up''
 2 PERK Fringe benefit
 2 PERK Extra
 2 PERIL Sword of Damocles
 2 PERIL Jeopardy
 2 PERID August birthstone
 2 PERI ``Frasier'' actress Gilpin
 2 PERI Prefix with scope or meter
 2 PEREZ Reds Hall-of-Famer Tony
 2 PERES Rabin's successor
 2 PEREGRINE Swift falcon
 2 PEREC Georges who wrote ``Life: A User's Manual''
 2 PERE A Dumas
 2 PER ___ capita
 2 PER Via
 2 PER The ``p'' of m.p.h.
 2 PER The ``p'' in r.p.m.
 2 PER The ``p'' in m.p.g.
 2 PER Pricing word
 2 PER Price word
 2 PER Part of a price
 2 PER For each
 2 PEPYS Diarist Samuel
 2 PEPS Picks (up)
 2 PEPS Livens (up)
 2 PEPE ___ Le Pew
 2 PEP Zip
 2 PEP Zing
 2 PEP Sparkle
 2 PEP Energy
 2 PEONY Spring bloom
 2 PEON Working stiff
 2 PEON Hacienda hand, maybe
 2 PENTA Prefix with -gon
 2 PENTA Five: Prefix
 2 PENT Cooped (up)
 2 PENT Confined, with ``up''
 2 PENS Writes
 2 PENNYANTE Small-time
 2 PENNE Tubular pasta
 2 PENNE Pasta choice
 2 PEND Await judgment
 2 PENAL Kind of code
 2 PENA Elizabeth of ``La Bamba''
 2 PEN Writer
 2 PEN White House souvenir
 2 PEN Signature piece?
 2 PEN Mont Blanc, e.g.
 2 PEN Corral
 2 PEN Confident solver's tool
 2 PEN Ballpoint, e.g.
 2 PELTS Animal hides
 2 PELT Trapper's prize
 2 PELT Hide
 2 PELT Bombard
 2 PELOTAS Jai alai balls
 2 PELE Cosmos star
 2 PEKOE Sri Lanka export
 2 PEKES Lap dogs
 2 PEKE Small dog, informally
 2 PEKE Lap dog, for short
 2 PEKE Lap dog
 2 PEI Province east of N.B.
 2 PEI National Gallery architect
 2 PEI Louvre Pyramid architect
 2 PEI Can. province
 2 PEI Architect I. M. ___
 2 PEG Hard throw, in baseball
 2 PEG Dowel
 2 PEEWEES Half-pints
 2 PEEVE Pet ___
 2 PEEVE Irk
 2 PEERESS She ranks
 2 PEERESS Lady, e.g.
 2 PEER Squint
 2 PEER One may exert pressure
 2 PEER Look closely
 2 PEER Jury member
 2 PEEPS Henhouse sounds
 2 PEENS Pounding parts
 2 PEENS Hammer parts
 2 PEEN Striking end
 2 PEELE ``The Old Wives' Tale'' playwright
 2 PEELE English dramatist George
 2 PEEL Leave in a hurry, with ``out''
 2 PEEKER Cheater, perhaps
 2 PEEKAT Glimpse
 2 PEEK Cheat, in a way
 2 PEEDEE Carolina river
 2 PEDS Walkers, for short
 2 PEDRO California's San ___ Bay
 2 PEDI Prefix with cab
 2 PEDI Foot: Prefix
 2 PED ___ Xing
 2 PED Walker, briefly
 2 PECTIN Jelly ingredient
 2 PECAN Ice cream flavor
 2 PEC Chest muscle
 2 PEAU ___ de soie (silk cloth)
 2 PEATS Fossil fuel blocks
 2 PEAT ___ moss
 2 PEAT Kind of moss
 2 PEAT Everglades deposit
 2 PEASE Porridge ingredient
 2 PEAS They can be sweet
 2 PEAS Stew ingredients
 2 PEAS Exemplars of twinship
 2 PEARS Compote fruit
 2 PEAR Nectar source
 2 PEAR Nectar flavor
 2 PEALED Rang out
 2 PEAL Thunder sound
 2 PEAHEN Showy bird's mate
 2 PEABO R & B singer Bryson
 2 PEA Vegetable that rolls
 2 PEA Unimpressive brain size
 2 PEA Thimblerig prop
 2 PEA Stew ingredient
 2 PEA Shooter pellet
 2 PEA Potpie morsel
 2 PEA Low-tech missile
 2 PEA Kind of patch
 2 PDJAMES Adam Dalgliesh's creator
 2 PCT Loan figure: Abbr.
 2 PCS Mac rivals
 2 PCS IBM products
 2 PCS Compaq products
 2 PCP Narc's find
 2 PBS ``Nova'' network
 2 PBS Charlie Rose's network
 2 PAYTV Cable for money
 2 PAYNE John of ``Miracle on 34th Street''
 2 PAYEE Check recipient
 2 PAYEE Check endorser
 2 PAY Fork over
 2 PAX Opposite of bellum
 2 PAWS Dog's ``dogs''
 2 PAWS Bears' hands
 2 PAWAT Manhandle
 2 PAW Nail site
 2 PAVE Make way?
 2 PAVE Finish a drive?
 2 PAVE Do roadwork
 2 PAVE Asphalt
 2 PAUSE VCR button
 2 PAULO Sao ___
 2 PAULA Singer Abdul
 2 PAULA Newswoman Zahn
 2 PATTIE Flat peppermint candy
 2 PATTI Rock poet Smith
 2 PATSY Fall guy
 2 PATSY Easy mark
 2 PATIO Place for a barbecue
 2 PATHS Trails
 2 PATHOS Feeling of pity
 2 PATH Way to go
 2 PATH Way
 2 PATH Walkway
 2 PATES Spreads
 2 PATES Crowns
 2 PATELLA Kneecap
 2 PATE Noggin
 2 PATANSWERS Glib responses
 2 PATAKI Cuomo's successor as New York governor
 2 PAT Frisk, with ``down''
 2 PAT Butter serving
 2 PAT Butter portion
 2 PASTRY Danish, e.g.
 2 PASTEL Soft shade
 2 PASTEL Many a Degas
 2 PASTE Clobber
 2 PASTE Cheap jewelry
 2 PASTA Noodles
 2 PAST Over
 2 PAST After the hour
 2 PASSER QB, at times
 2 PASSE Old hat
 2 PASSE Not in
 2 PASS Quarterback's option
 2 PASS Make the grade?
 2 PASS Hail Mary, e.g.
 2 PASS Get by
 2 PASS Free ticket
 2 PASHA Ottoman title
 2 PASA ``Qué ___?''
 2 PAS ___ de deux
 2 PAS Mas' mates
 2 PAS Faux ___
 2 PARTYPOOPER Wet blanket
 2 PARTY Shindig
 2 PARTY Do
 2 PARTS Labor's partner
 2 PARTIAL Incomplete
 2 PART Role
 2 PART Hair line
 2 PARSED Analyzed
 2 PARSEC Astronomical distance
 2 PARSEC 3.26 light-years
 2 PARSE Analyze syntactically
 2 PARS Links numbers
 2 PARROT Repeat
 2 PARR One of Henry VIII's six
 2 PAROLEE One out?
 2 PARLOR Sitting room
 2 PARKA Winter wear
 2 PARIAHS Outcasts
 2 PARI ___-mutuel
 2 PARER Kitchen gizmo
 2 PAREE French city, in song
 2 PAREE Cole Porter title city
 2 PARE Skin
 2 PARE Shave
 2 PARE Scale down
 2 PARE Reduce, as expenses
 2 PARE Peel
 2 PARADE Memorial Day event
 2 PAR When it's broken, that's good
 2 PAR Scorecard number
 2 PAR Norm
 2 PAR Hole goal
 2 PAR Duffer's goal
 2 PAPP Founder of New York's Public Theater
 2 PAPAYA Yellow fruit
 2 PAPAS Dads
 2 PAPA ___ Bear
 2 PAPA Sobriquet for Haydn
 2 PAPA Mama's partner
 2 PAPA Dad
 2 PAOLO Painter Veronese
 2 PANIC Pre-exam feeling, maybe
 2 PANIC Go to pieces
 2 PANGS Twinges
 2 PANG Twinge
 2 PANELS Juries
 2 PANEL Discussion group
 2 PANE Glazier's unit
 2 PANE Glazier's item
 2 PANE French door part
 2 PANDER Cater basely
 2 PANAMA Kind of hat
 2 PAN Prospector's need
 2 PAMPER Baby
 2 PAMELA ``Dallas'' role
 2 PAM One of the Ewings, on ``Dallas''
 2 PAM One of the Ewings on ``Dallas''
 2 PAM One of TV's Ewings
 2 PAM Country singer Tillis
 2 PAM Actress Dawber
 2 PALS People to hang with
 2 PALOMAR California observatory
 2 PALL Gloomy atmosphere
 2 PALES Loses color
 2 PALEO Opposite of neo-
 2 PALEALE Draft choice
 2 PALE Whitish
 2 PALE Not too bright
 2 PALE Hardly tanned
 2 PALAVER Discussion
 2 PALATE Sense of taste
 2 PAL Goombah
 2 PAL Friend
 2 PAL Cohort
 2 PAK Neighbor of Iran: Abbr.
 2 PAIRS Skating event
 2 PAIRS Skating competition
 2 PAIR Twosome
 2 PAIR Brace
 2 PAINTS Puts on a coat
 2 PAINT Do watercolors
 2 PAINE ``Common Sense'' writer
 2 PAIL Bucket
 2 PAIL Beach item
 2 PAH Tuba sound
 2 PAGODAS Asian shrines
 2 PAGODA Chinese temple
 2 PAGERS Items on belts
 2 PAGER Doctor's aid
 2 PAGER Cell alternative
 2 PAGED Summoned
 2 PAGED Beeped
 2 PAGE Use a beeper
 2 PAGE Summon
 2 PAGE Leaf unit
 2 PAGAN Heathen
 2 PAELLA Spanish dish
 2 PADRONE Exploitative employer
 2 PADDY Rice ___
 2 PAD Walk softly
 2 PAD Shock absorber
 2 PAD Mouse's place
 2 PAD Crash site?
 2 PACTS Deals
 2 PACT Warsaw ___
 2 PACKET Bundle
 2 PACK Smoker's purchase
 2 PACINO Oscar winner for ``Scent of a Woman''
 2 PACES Treasure map distances
 2 PACER Indiana basketballer
 2 PACER Harness racer
 2 PACE Walk back and forth
 2 PAC ___-Man (arcade game)
 2 PAC Lobbying grp.
 2 PABST Colt 45 producer
 2 PABLO Poet Neruda
 2 PABLO Artist Picasso
 2 PAAVO Nurmi, the Flying Finn
 2 PAAR Punnily titled 1952 quiz show ``Up to ___''
 2 PAAR Carson's predecessor
 2 OZONE Thunderstorm product
 2 OYL ``Thimble Theater'' name
 2 OYL Popeye's Olive ___
 2 OYL Olive in the comics
 2 OYEZ Court cry
 2 OYER ___ and terminer (criminal court)
 2 OXO Useless tic-tac-toe row
 2 OXO Tic-tac-toe loser
 2 OXO Tic-tac-toe failure
 2 OXIDE Nitrous ___ (laughing gas)
 2 OXEYE Daisy variety
 2 OXEN Yoked beasts
 2 OXEN They can take a yoke
 2 OXEN Team members
 2 OXEN Big bovines
 2 OXBOW ``The ___ Incident'' (1943 Fonda film)
 2 OXBOW U-shaped river bend
 2 OWNER Title holder
 2 OWNER Dog tag datum
 2 OWN Personal
 2 OWN On one's ___
 2 OWN Hold title to
 2 OWN Hold
 2 OWN Fess (up)
 2 OWLS Birds in barns
 2 OWLET Young hooter
 2 OWL Rice University mascot
 2 OWL Hooter
 2 OWES Is in the red
 2 OWES Is beholden to
 2 OWES Has markers out
 2 OWEN ``A Prayer for ___ Meany''
 2 OWED Was in the red
 2 OWE Need to pay
 2 OWE Have markers out
 2 OWE Have a tab
 2 OWE Be indebted to
 2 OWE Be beholden to
 2 OWE Be behind
 2 OVULES Small eggs
 2 OVULE Small egg
 2 OVULE Rudimentary seed
 2 OVULE Fertilization site
 2 OVOLO Convex molding
 2 OVO Ab ___ (from the start)
 2 OVO Ab ___ (from day one)
 2 OVINE Like Bo-Peep's charges
 2 OVID ``The Art of Love'' poet
 2 OVID ``Ars Amatoria'' poet
 2 OVI Prefix with sac
 2 OVERTONES Hints
 2 OVERT Open
 2 OVERT Manifest
 2 OVERRULE Veto
 2 OVERICE Not neat
 2 OVERHERE ``Psst!''
 2 OVERDUE Late
 2 OVERDO Exaggerate
 2 OVERCOAT Chesterfield, e.g.
 2 OVERA ___ barrel
 2 OVER ``Your turn''
 2 OVER [see other side]
 2 OVER Walkie-talkie word
 2 OVER Through
 2 OVER Partner of ``done with''
 2 OVER Kaput
 2 OVER In preference to
 2 OVER In charge of
 2 OVER Concluded
 2 OVENS Pizza places
 2 OVEN Rising locale?
 2 OVEN Place to broil
 2 OVEN Kind of mitt
 2 OVEN It's within your range
 2 OVEN Cooker
 2 OVEN Baker's need
 2 OVAL White House office shape
 2 OVAL Racetrack
 2 OVAL Race track shape
 2 OVAL Race track
 2 OVAL Place for a run
 2 OVAL Locket shape
 2 OVAL Like an oxeye window
 2 OVA Spawn
 2 OVA Some germ cells
 2 OVA Seeds
 2 OVA In vitro items
 2 OVA Gametes
 2 OVA Fertility clinic stock
 2 OUZO Greek liqueur
 2 OUZO Colorless liqueur
 2 OUZO Anise-flavored liqueur
 2 OUTTOSEA Sailing
 2 OUTTO ___ lunch
 2 OUTSIDE Like some pitches
 2 OUTRE Weird
 2 OUTRE Eccentric
 2 OUTPUT Production
 2 OUTOF Words before sight and mind
 2 OUTGO Expenditure
 2 OUTER Kind of space
 2 OUTER External
 2 OUTEAT Best at putting things away
 2 OUTDO Surpass
 2 OUTDO Perform better than
 2 OUTCRY Uproar
 2 OUTAGE Power problem
 2 OUT Ump's call
 2 OUT Passé
 2 OUT Kayoed
 2 OUSTS Boots
 2 OUST Remove from office
 2 OUST Give the heave-ho
 2 OUST Dethrone
 2 OUST Bump
 2 OURS Yours and mine
 2 OURS Willa Cather's ``One of ___''
 2 OUR Your and my
 2 OUR Sharer's word
 2 OUNCE Prevention measure?
 2 OUNCE Postal scale unit
 2 OUIJA Kind of board
 2 OUI Arles assent
 2 OTTS Giant Mel et al.
 2 OTTS Baseball's Mel and others
 2 OTTO ``How to Make an American Quilt'' author Whitney ___
 2 OTTO ___ von Bismarck
 2 OTTO Sgt. Snorkel's dog
 2 OTTO One of the Ringling Brothers
 2 OTTO One of four Holy Roman emperors
 2 OTTO Germany's ___ von Bismarck
 2 OTTO Dog in ``Beetle Bailey''
 2 OTTO Comics canine
 2 OTTER Sleek swimmer
 2 OTTER Riverbank romper
 2 OTTER Playful water animal
 2 OTTER Playful aquatic animal
 2 OTTER Fur source
 2 OTTER Aquatic mammal
 2 OTTAWA Pontiac, e.g.
 2 OTT The Little Giant
 2 OTT Giants manager before Durocher
 2 OTT Giant Hall-of-Famer
 2 OTT Giant Giant
 2 OTT Baseball's Mel
 2 OTT Baseball's Master Melvin
 2 OTRO Other, in Oaxaca
 2 OTRO Another, in Andalusia
 2 OTRA Other, to Ortega
 2 OTOS Platte River tribe
 2 OTOS Platte River people
 2 OTOOLE ``My Favorite Year'' star
 2 OTOOLE Peter of ``Lawrence of Arabia''
 2 OTOE Western Indian
 2 OTOE Plains tribe
 2 OTOE Plains Indian
 2 OTOE Oklahoma native
 2 OTOE Native Nebraskan
 2 OTOE Missouri's ally, once
 2 OTOE Missouri River tribe
 2 OTO Western Indian
 2 OTO Siouan speaker
 2 OTO Siouan
 2 OTO Indian near the Platte
 2 OTIS Mayberry sot
 2 OTIS Inventor Elisha
 2 OTIS Elevator man
 2 OTIS Elevator inventor
 2 OTIOSE Indolent
 2 OTIOSE Idle
 2 OTIC Auricular
 2 OTHO Roman emperor after Galba
 2 OTHERS Them
 2 OTHER Questionnaire choice
 2 OTHER None of the above
 2 OTHER Catchall category
 2 OTHER Additional
 2 OTERI Cheri of ``Scary Movie''
 2 OTELLO 1887 Verdi opera
 2 OTE Native: Suffix
 2 OTC Stock page letters
 2 OTC Stock page heading: Abbr.
 2 OTB Gambling inits.
 2 OTARU Hokkaido port
 2 OSWEGO New York river to Lake Ontario
 2 OSU The Buckeyes, briefly
 2 OSU Buckeye sch.
 2 OSTIA Port of ancient Rome
 2 OSTIA Old Roman port
 2 OSTEO Medical prefix
 2 OST German direction
 2 OST Düsseldorf direction
 2 OSSIE Late actor Davis
 2 OSSEOUS Bony
 2 OSSA Peak in Thessaly
 2 OSSA Peak in Greek myth
 2 OSSA Bones
 2 OSS W.W. II spy org.
 2 OSS W.W. II org.
 2 OSS W.W. II intelligence org.
 2 OSS Org. in old spy stories
 2 OSS Old spy grp.
 2 OSS C.I.A.'s forerunner
 2 OSMIUM Heavy metal
 2 OSMAN Turkish Empire founder
 2 OSMAN Ottoman Empire founder
 2 OSLO Sonja Henie's birthplace
 2 OSLO Nobel Peace Prize city
 2 OSLO Kon-Tiki Museum site
 2 OSLO Christiania, now
 2 OSLO Capital near the 60th parallel
 2 OSLO 1952 Olympics site
 2 OSLO 1952 Olympics host
 2 OSLIN Singer K. T. ___
 2 OSLIN K. T. of country music
 2 OSLER Canadian physician Sir William ___
 2 OSIS Medical suffix
 2 OSHEA Milo or Tessie
 2 OSHEA Milo of ``The Verdict''
 2 OSHEA Milo of ``Barbarella''
 2 OSHEA Irish-born actor Milo
 2 OSHEA Comic actress Tessie
 2 OSHA Worker protection org.
 2 OSHA Fed. workplace watchdog
 2 OSH City in Kyrgyzstan
 2 OSES Sugar suffixes
 2 OSES Suffix for abnormalities
 2 OSE Verb ending
 2 OSE Suffix with malt
 2 OSE Carbohydrate ending
 2 OSAY Anthem opening
 2 OSAKA Japanese port
 2 OSAKA Honshu port
 2 OSAKA Expo '70 site
 2 OSAKA 1970 World's Fair site
 2 OSAGES Siouan speakers
 2 OSAGE Missouri river
 2 OSAGE Missouri River tributary
 2 OSA Explorer Johnson
 2 ORYX Endangered antelope
 2 ORTS Dog bowl bits
 2 ORTS Crumbs
 2 ORTON ``What the Butler Saw'' playwright
 2 ORTO ``___ take arms against a sea of troubles'': Hamlet
 2 ORTHO Straight: Prefix
 2 ORTEGA Daniel of Nicaragua
 2 ORT Uneaten morsel
 2 ORT Food scrap
 2 ORSON Sci-fi writer ___ Scott Card
 2 ORSON Bean on the screen
 2 ORSO Guesstimate words
 2 ORSO Estimator's phrase
 2 ORSK Ural River city
 2 ORSER Skater Brian
 2 ORSER Canadian skater Brian
 2 ORSEA By land ___
 2 ORS Surgery sites, for short
 2 ORR ``Catch-22'' pilot
 2 ORR Three-time Hart Trophy winner
 2 ORR Legend on the ice
 2 ORR Hockey's Bobby
 2 ORR Famous Bruin
 2 ORR Bruin legend Bobby
 2 ORPHANS ``Father Murphy'' extras
 2 ORONO Town near Bangor
 2 ORONO Town NE of Bangor
 2 ORONO Maine university town
 2 ORONO Home of the Black Bears
 2 ORO ``___ y Plata'' (Montana's motto)
 2 ORO Treasure on the Spanish Main
 2 ORO Tijuana gold
 2 ORO Spanish treasure
 2 ORO Sierra Madre treasure
 2 ORO Pizarro's prize
 2 ORO Partner of plata
 2 ORO Conquistador's prize
 2 ORNOT ``Ready ___ ...''
 2 ORNERY Mean
 2 ORNE Writer Sarah ___ Jewett
 2 ORNE Caen's river
 2 ORNATE Baroque
 2 ORLOP Lowest deck on a ship
 2 ORLOP Lowest deck
 2 ORLON Synthetic fiber
 2 ORLON Synthetic fabric
 2 ORLE Shield border
 2 ORION Pleiades pursuer
 2 ORION Lover of Eos
 2 ORION Hunter of myth
 2 ORION Betelgeuse's constellation
 2 ORIOLE Jim Palmer, notably
 2 ORIOLE Camden Yards player
 2 ORIOLE Baltimore bird
 2 ORIOLE Baltimore ballplayer
 2 ORINGS Rubber gaskets
 2 ORING Rocket gasket
 2 ORING NASA gasket
 2 ORING Gasket
 2 ORIENTE East, in Ecuador
 2 ORIENTAL Monopoly avenue
 2 ORIENT Situate
 2 ORIENT Show the ropes to
 2 ORIENT Get situated
 2 ORIANA Writer Fallaci
 2 ORI ``… ___ quit!''
 2 ORI ``It must be him, ___ shall die''
 2 ORI ``...___ quit!''
 2 ORI ``... ___ shall die''
 2 ORI Mouth: Prefix
 2 ORGY Unrestrained revelry
 2 ORGY Bacchanal
 2 ORGS Grps.
 2 ORGS Assns.
 2 ORGANS Some are vital
 2 ORGAN Club publication
 2 ORFF ``Carmina Burana'' composer
 2 ORESTES Clytemnestra's slayer
 2 ORESTEIA Aeschylus trilogy
 2 ORES Valuable deposits
 2 ORES They lack refinement
 2 ORES They come out at the seams
 2 ORES Miners' finds
 2 ORES Metal containers
 2 ORES Assayers' stuff
 2 OREOS Nabisco cookies
 2 OREO ___ O's (Post cereal)
 2 OREO Three-ply snack
 2 OREO Snack item since 1912
 2 OREO Snack choice
 2 OREO Lunchbox treat
 2 OREO Hydrox rival
 2 OREO Hydrox alternative
 2 OREO Creme-filled snack
 2 OREO Creme-filled cookie
 2 OREO Creme cookie
 2 ORELSE Ultimatum words
 2 OREL Turgenev's birthplace
 2 OREL Russian city on the Oka
 2 OREL Baseball's Hershiser
 2 OREGON Where to find Eugene
 2 OREGANO Mint family member
 2 OREG Wash. neighbor
 2 ORE You can dig it
 2 ORE Vein contents
 2 ORE Valuable rock
 2 ORE Sourdough's find
 2 ORE Rush attraction
 2 ORE Refinable rock
 2 ORE Load from a lode
 2 ORE Bonanza find
 2 ORDIE Do-___
 2 ORDERS They may be marching
 2 ORDEALS Trials
 2 ORDAIN Make a father
 2 ORD Former California fort
 2 ORCH Seating sect.
 2 ORCA Sea World attraction
 2 ORCA Ocean danger
 2 ORCA Marine menace
 2 ORCA Boat in ``Jaws''
 2 ORCA Black-and-white predator
 2 ORC Tolkien cannibal
 2 ORC Tolkien beast
 2 ORC Mythical monster
 2 ORBS Planets and such
 2 ORBS Globes
 2 ORBS Eyes
 2 ORBITER It goes around the world
 2 ORBED Globular
 2 ORATORICAL Eloquent
 2 ORATES Bloviates
 2 ORATED Speechified
 2 ORATE Spiel
 2 ORATE Provide an address
 2 ORATE Pontificate
 2 ORATE Emulate Cicero
 2 ORANGE Creamsicle color
 2 ORANG Zoo critter
 2 ORAN North African port
 2 ORAN Algerian seaport
 2 ORAN Algeria's Gulf of ___
 2 ORALS Tough tests
 2 ORALS Face-to-face exams
 2 ORALE Pope's cape
 2 ORAL Word-of-mouth
 2 ORAL Voiced
 2 ORAL Uttered
 2 ORAL Rev. Roberts
 2 ORAL Not written
 2 ORAL Like some vaccines
 2 ORAL Like some surgery
 2 ORAL Kind of thermometer
 2 ORAL Kind of surgery
 2 ORAL Kind of surgeon
 2 ORACLES Medium settings?
 2 ORA ``...man ___ mouse?''
 2 ORA Pray, to Publius
 2 ORA Mouths: Lat.
 2 ORA Mouths, anatomically
 2 OPUS Major work
 2 OPTSTO Decides one will
 2 OPTS Prefers, with ``for''
 2 OPTS Decides
 2 OPTS Chooses, with ``for''
 2 OPTIMAL Best
 2 OPTICS Field of vision?
 2 OPTIC Sight-related
 2 OPTIC Of the eye
 2 OPTED ___ out (declined)
 2 OPT Decide to leave, with ``out''
 2 OPT Decide
 2 OPT Be decisive
 2 OPS Photo ___ (camera sessions)
 2 OPS Harvest goddess
 2 OPRY Grand Ole ___
 2 OPRAH Sofia's portrayer in ``The Color Purple''
 2 OPRAH Daytime TV staple
 2 OPRAH Book club name
 2 OPRAH Big name in daytime TV
 2 OPP Facing: Abbr.
 2 OPP Across the street from: Abbr.
 2 OPIUM Kind of den
 2 OPIUM Codeine source
 2 OPINES Guesses
 2 OPINE Suppose
 2 OPINE Imagine
 2 OPIE Sheriff Taylor's son
 2 OPIE Ron Howard role
 2 OPIE Mayberry kid
 2 OPIE English painter John
 2 OPIE Aunt Bee's charge
 2 OPIE Aunt Bee's boy
 2 OPES Unlocks, poetically
 2 OPERE ___ citato
 2 OPERAS Met productions
 2 OPERA ``Lohengrin,'' e.g.
 2 OPERA Works
 2 OPERA Where to hear an aria
 2 OPERA La Scala offering
 2 OPERA Bizet work
 2 OPER Abbr. on some dials
 2 OPER 0 on a phone: Abbr.
 2 OPENTOE Shoe style
 2 OPENTOE Sandal feature
 2 OPENTO Not rejecting out of hand
 2 OPENIT Gift-giver's urging
 2 OPEN Up for grabs
 2 OPEN Unlock
 2 OPEN Frank
 2 OPEN Doing business
 2 OPEN Dentist's order
 2 OPEL Kadett maker
 2 OPEL German automaker
 2 OPED Newspaper's ___ page
 2 OPEC Oil cartel
 2 OPEC Crude group?
 2 OPE Unlock, poetically
 2 OPE Unlock, in verse
 2 OPE Unlock, in poetry
 2 OPE Reveal, poetically
 2 OPE Reveal, in poetry
 2 OPE Expose, in verse
 2 OPAQUE Hard to understand
 2 OPALS Milky gems
 2 OPALINE Iridescent
 2 OPAL Stone of many Libras
 2 OPAL October's birthstone
 2 OPAL October birthstone
 2 OPAL Milky-white gem
 2 OPAL Girasol, e.g.
 2 OPAL Fire ___ (gem)
 2 OPAL Birthstone after sapphire
 2 OPAH Brightly colored fish
 2 OOZE Sludge
 2 OOZE Percolate slowly
 2 OOZE Gooey stuff
 2 OOPS ``My bad''
 2 OOPS ``My bad!''
 2 OOPS Error message?
 2 OOP ``Alley ___!''
 2 OOO Winning tic-tac-toe row
 2 OONA The last Mrs. Chaplin
 2 OONA One of the O'Neills
 2 OONA A Mrs. Chaplin
 2 OON Suffix with ball or bass
 2 OON Suffix with ball
 2 OOMPH Zing
 2 OOM South Africa's ___ Paul Kruger
 2 OOHS Sounds of amazement
 2 OOHS Cries at fireworks
 2 OOHLALA ``C'est magnifique!''
 2 OOHED ___ and aahed
 2 OOH ``Wow!''
 2 OOH ``I'm impressed!''
 2 OOH Cry at fireworks
 2 OOF Gut reaction?
 2 ONUSES Unwelcome obligations
 2 ONUS Load to bear
 2 ONUS Duty
 2 ONUS Burden of proof
 2 ONTOP Good way to go out
 2 ONTO Not taken in by
 2 ONTO Not deceived by
 2 ONTO Cognizant of
 2 ONTIME In installments
 2 ONTHESLY Furtively
 2 ONTHENOSE Exactly
 2 ONTAP Ready
 2 ONTAP Like draft beer
 2 ONTAP Coming up
 2 ONT Windsor's prov.
 2 ONT Neighbor of Man.
 2 ONT N.Y. neighbor
 2 ONT Minn. neighbor
 2 ONT Mich. neighbor
 2 ONSITE Present
 2 ONSITE At the scene
 2 ONSIDE Kind of kick
 2 ONSHORE Like some breezes
 2 ONSETS Geneses
 2 ONSET Outbreak
 2 ONSET Early stage
 2 ONSET Dawn
 2 ONSET Birth
 2 ONSCREEN In the movies
 2 ONSALE Discounted
 2 ONRAMP Cloverleaf part
 2 ONRAMP Cloverleaf component
 2 ONPAPER Theoretically
 2 ONORDER Not in stock yet
 2 ONOR ___ about (near)
 2 ONOFF Switch words
 2 ONO ``Walking on Thin Ice'' singer
 2 ONO Yoko ___
 2 ONO Warbler Yoko
 2 ONO Sean ___ Lennon
 2 ONO Musician Yoko
 2 ONO Musical Yoko
 2 ONO A Beatle bride
 2 ONNO ___ account (never)
 2 ONME ``This round's ___!''
 2 ONME ``This one's ___!''
 2 ONME ``Lean ___''
 2 ONME ``Lay it ___!''
 2 ONME Treater's words
 2 ONLY The ``O'' in S.R.O.
 2 ONLY One's partner
 2 ONLY Nothing but
 2 ONLY As recently as
 2 ONLOW Not at full power
 2 ONLOAN Borrowed
 2 ONLEAVE Off base, perhaps
 2 ONIT ``Don't bet ___!''
 2 ONIONY Like some salad dressings
 2 ONIONS Whopper toppers
 2 ONION Ring source
 2 ONION Part of ``the works''
 2 ONION Gibson garnish
 2 ONION Burger topper
 2 ONION Bagel choice
 2 ONIN ``Come ___!''
 2 ONICE In abeyance
 2 ONICE Chilling
 2 ONICE Chilled
 2 ONHER ``___ Majesty's Secret Service''
 2 ONFOOT Hoofing it
 2 ONEUP Slightly ahead
 2 ONETOONE Kind of relationship
 2 ONESTOP Like some shopping
 2 ONESIDED Unfair
 2 ONES Washington bills
 2 ONES Wallet fillers
 2 ONES Till fill
 2 ONES Singles
 2 ONES People
 2 ONES Kind of column
 2 ONES Individuals
 2 ONES Half of binary code
 2 ONES Change machine input
 2 ONES Certain column
 2 ONER Unique person
 2 ONER Pip
 2 ONER Humdinger
 2 ONER Dilly
 2 ONEONTA City on the Susquehanna
 2 ONEONONE Confrontation
 2 ONENO Bridge bid, informally
 2 ONEND Without a break
 2 ONEND Upturned, as a box
 2 ONEND Uninterruptedly
 2 ONEND Successively
 2 ONEMANRULE Dictatorship
 2 ONEMANARMY Rambo
 2 ONELANE Narrow, in a way
 2 ONEL First-year Harvard law student
 2 ONEIOTA The tiniest bit
 2 ONEINCH Mark of a ruler
 2 ONEIN ___ a million
 2 ONEIDAS New York tribe
 2 ONEI ``The ___ Love'' (R.E.M. hit)
 2 ONEG Blood type, briefly
 2 ONEDGE Wound up
 2 ONEDGE Uptight
 2 ONEDGE Jittery
 2 ONED Linear
 2 ONED Lacking width and depth
 2 ONECAR Like some garages
 2 ONEAT ___ a time
 2 ONEARMEDBANDITS Slots
 2 ONEAM Latish bedtime
 2 ONEAM Late bedtime
 2 ONEAL Actress Tatum
 2 ONEADAY Vitamin regimen
 2 ONEACT Like O'Neill's ``Bound East for Cardiff''
 2 ONEA ___-Day vitamins
 2 ONEA Suitable for service
 2 ONEA Serviceable?
 2 ONEA Ready to serve
 2 ONEA Liable to be called
 2 ONEA Fit for drafting
 2 ONE ``___ moment''
 2 ONE ``The loneliest number''
 2 ONE ``Take ___''
 2 ONE Wee hour
 2 ONE United
 2 ONE Till bill
 2 ONE Start of long-distance dialing
 2 ONE Start for step or stop
 2 ONE Lunch hour
 2 ONE Inseparable
 2 ONE Indivisible
 2 ONE I
 2 ONE Formula ___
 2 ONE Early afternoon
 2 ONE Bit of binary code
 2 ONDVD Like many movies nowadays
 2 ONDOPE High, in a way
 2 ONDECK Next
 2 ONCUE At the right time
 2 ONCREDIT One way to buy things
 2 ONCEOVER Glance
 2 ONCE ``___ bitten, twice shy''
 2 ONCE Whenever
 2 ONCE Way back when
 2 ONCE Story starter
 2 ONCE First word of ``The Raven''
 2 ONCE A while ago
 2 ONCE A long time ago
 2 ONCALL Available
 2 ONATEAR Running wild
 2 ONATEAR Raising hell
 2 ONAPAR Even (with)
 2 ONAN ``Chestnuts roasting ___ open fire''
 2 ONAN ___ empty stomach
 2 ONALERT Vigilant
 2 ONALARK Just for fun
 2 ONALARK For fun
 2 ONAJAG Painting the town red
 2 ONAIR Way to walk
 2 ONAIR Walking ___
 2 ONAIR Pleasant way to walk
 2 ONADIET Losing
 2 ONADARE Impetuously, maybe
 2 ONA ___ mission
 2 ONA ___ lark
 2 ONA ___ diet
 2 ONA ___ dare
 2 ONA Put ___ show
 2 ONA Out ___ limb
 2 OMS Meditation sounds
 2 OMOO Melville work
 2 OMNIS Old Dodges
 2 OMNIA ___ vincit amor
 2 OMNI It means everything
 2 OMNI Bygone science magazine
 2 OMNES All, in stage directions
 2 OMITS Misses
 2 OMITS Leaves out
 2 OMIT Overlook
 2 OMIT Not name
 2 OMENS Straws in the wind
 2 OMENS Harbingers
 2 OMENS Forebodings
 2 OMEN Straw in the wind
 2 OMEN Sign from above
 2 OMEN Handwriting on the wall
 2 OMEN Gathering clouds, say
 2 OMEN Black cat, to some
 2 OMEN Augur
 2 OMELET Frittata
 2 OMELET Egg dish
 2 OMELET Brunch staple
 2 OMELET Brunch dish
 2 OMEGA The end
 2 OME Cockney residence
 2 OMB Fed. money overseer
 2 OMAR ``The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one'' poet
 2 OMAR Sharif of film
 2 OMAR Poet Khayyám
 2 OMAR First name in bridge
 2 OMAR Early writer on algebra
 2 OMAR Actor Sharif
 2 OMANI Sultanate citizen
 2 OMANI Sultan Qabus bin Said, e.g.
 2 OMANI Saudi neighbor
 2 OMANI Rial spender
 2 OMAN Muscat is its capital
 2 OMAN Mideast's Gulf of ___
 2 OMAN Mideast land
 2 OMAN Land on the Strait of Hormuz
 2 OMAN Gulf sultanate
 2 OMAN Arabian sultanate
 2 OMAN Arabian Peninsula land
 2 OMAN Arab League member
 2 OMAHA Siouan language
 2 OMAHA Nebraska city
 2 OMAHA Mutual of ___
 2 OMAHA Creighton University site
 2 OMAHA 1935 Triple Crown winner
 2 OLOGY Science
 2 OLOF Former Swedish P.M. Palme
 2 OLMOS ``Stand and Deliver'' star, 1987
 2 OLMOS ``Stand and Deliver'' star
 2 OLLIE Stan's partner in comedy
 2 OLLIE Half of an old comedy duo
 2 OLLA Guisado cooker
 2 OLLA Cantina cooker
 2 OLIVE Popeye's gal
 2 OLIVE Antipasto morsel
 2 OLIOS Stews
 2 OLIOS Hodgepodges
 2 OLIO Mélange
 2 OLIO Mixture
 2 OLIO Mixed bag
 2 OLIN Leading ammunition maker
 2 OLIN Actor Ken
 2 OLGA ``Three Sisters'' sister
 2 OLGA ``Eugene Onegin'' mezzo
 2 OLGA Russian saint
 2 OLGA Russian name meaning ``holy''
 2 OLGA Mezzo Borodina
 2 OLESTRA Chipmaker's substitute
 2 OLESON Nels of ``Little House on the Prairie''
 2 OLES Hearty cheers
 2 OLES Corrida cries
 2 OLES Bullfight cheers
 2 OLES Arena shouts
 2 OLERUD 1993 A.L. batting champ John
 2 OLEOS Dairy section selections
 2 OLEOS Bread spreads
 2 OLEO Yellow stick
 2 OLEO Table spread
 2 OLEO Skillet lubricant
 2 OLEO Promise, for one
 2 OLEO Pat on the buns?
 2 OLEO Muffin topper
 2 OLEO It's sold in bars
 2 OLEO It may be on a roll
 2 OLEO Dairy aisle buy
 2 OLEO Corn product
 2 OLEO Blue Bonnet, e.g.
 2 OLEN Author Robert ___ Butler
 2 OLEMISS The Rebels
 2 OLEIN Fatty liquid
 2 OLEANDER Poisonous ornamental
 2 OLEANDER Ornamental shrub
 2 OLEAN Fake fat brand
 2 OLE Hearty cheer
 2 OLE Good cheer
 2 OLE Good ___ boy
 2 OLE Córdoba cry
 2 OLE Big cheer
 2 OLDTIMER Veteran
 2 OLDSAW Familiar saying
 2 OLDS Cutlass or Delta 88
 2 OLDS Cutlass maker
 2 OLDPRO Veteran
 2 OLDMONEY Inherited wealth
 2 OLDIE Any Platters platter
 2 OLDHAT Passé
 2 OLDHAT Dated
 2 OLDE Ye follower
 2 OLDE Shoppe sign word
 2 OLDE Like a shoppe
 2 OLDAGE Senescence
 2 OLD Timeworn
 2 OLD Elderly
 2 OLD Dated
 2 OLAV Patron saint of Norway
 2 OLAV One of five Norwegian kings
 2 OLAV Norway's patron saint
 2 OLAV Norse saint
 2 OLAV King Harald's predecessor
 2 OLAV King Harald's father
 2 OLAV Gold-medal speed skater Johann ___ Koss
 2 OLAF One of five Norwegian kings
 2 OLAF Norwegian king
 2 OLAF Elgar's ``King ___''
 2 OLA Spanish wave
 2 OLA Slangy intensifier
 2 OLA Pay back?
 2 OLA Motor suffix, commercially
 2 OLA Commercial suffix with Rock
 2 OLA Commercial suffix with Motor
 2 OKS Green lights
 2 OKS Gives the nod
 2 OKS Approves
 2 OKRAS Gumbo vegetables
 2 OKRA Soup vegetable
 2 OKING Giving the go-ahead
 2 OKIE Tom Joad, for one
 2 OKD Green-lighted
 2 OKAYS Signs off on
 2 OKAYS Green-lights
 2 OKA River to the Volga
 2 OJOS Spanish eyes
 2 OJAI Resort town near Santa Barbara
 2 OJAI City east of Santa Barbara
 2 OISE Department north of Paris
 2 OISE Chantilly's department
 2 OINK Sty cry
 2 OINK Sound on Old MacDonald's farm
 2 OINK Farm cry
 2 OILY Unctuous
 2 OILLIT Like some old-fashioned lamps
 2 OILLINE Vital engine conduit
 2 OILIER More unctuous
 2 OILER Persian Gulf ship
 2 OILER Gulf ship
 2 OILER Edmonton skater
 2 OILCAN ``The Wizard of Oz'' prop
 2 OIL Wildcatter's find
 2 OIL Texas tea
 2 OIL Source of Rockefeller money
 2 OIL Lubricate
 2 OIL Black gold
 2 OID Suffix with planet
 2 OID Suffix with fact
 2 OHYES ``That's for sure''
 2 OHYES ``But of course!''
 2 OHTO ``___ be in England''
 2 OHTO ``___ be in England ...''
 2 OHSO Very
 2 OHOH ``Oops!''
 2 OHOH Cry of excitement
 2 OHOH Cry of eagerness
 2 OHO ``So there you are!''
 2 OHO Exclamation of surprise
 2 OHNO ``You gotta be kidding!''
 2 OHNO ``What, again?!''
 2 OHNO ``Say it ain't so!''
 2 OHNO ``It can't be!''
 2 OHMY ``Horrors!''
 2 OHMS ___ law
 2 OHMS Units of resistance
 2 OHMS Resistance units
 2 OHME Words of woe
 2 OHM Resistance unit
 2 OHM Physicist Georg
 2 OHM Its symbol is an omega
 2 OHIO Home to Columbus
 2 OHIO Cincinnati's home
 2 OHIO Cairo's river
 2 OHIO Buckeye State
 2 OHGOD Cry of terror
 2 OHED Expressed surprise
 2 OHBOY ``Goody!''
 2 OHARE Midwest hub
 2 OGRISH Monstrous
 2 OGRE Tyrant
 2 OGRE Grimm beast
 2 OGLES Makes eyes at
 2 OGLES Looks at lustfully
 2 OGLE Look up and down
 2 OGLE Look like a wolf
 2 OGLE Leer at
 2 OGLE Eye rakishly
 2 OGLE Eye amorously
 2 OGEE S-shaped curve
 2 OGEE Arch type
 2 OGDENS Nash and others
 2 OFTER More frequently, old-style
 2 OFTEN ``Come here ___?''
 2 OFT Frequently, in poetry
 2 OFOZ ``The Wizard ___''
 2 OFNO ___ consequence
 2 OFID ``The Wizard ___''
 2 OFGAB Gift ___
 2 OFFS Rubs out
 2 OFFS Ices
 2 OFFCAST Discarded
 2 OFF Wide of the mark
 2 OFF On vacation
 2 OFF Not at work
 2 OFART Work ___
 2 OFAN In the blink ___ eye
 2 OFA ___ piece (consistent)
 2 OFA Son ___ gun
 2 OES Row makers
 2 OER ``___ the glad waters of the dark blue sea'': Byron
 2 OER ``___ the fields we go''
 2 OER ``Star-Spangled Banner'' preposition
 2 OER Done, for Donne
 2 OER Across, in verse
 2 OENO Vintner's prefix
 2 OED Multivolume ref.
 2 ODYSSEY Amazing adventure
 2 ODS Takes too much, briefly
 2 ODS Takes too much
 2 ODS Has too much, briefly
 2 ODOR What the nose knows
 2 ODOR Stink
 2 ODOR Spray target
 2 ODOR Smell
 2 ODOR Repute
 2 ODOR Methane's lack
 2 ODOM Baseball's Blue Moon
 2 ODIUM Loathing
 2 ODIUM Intense hatred
 2 ODIUM Ignominy
 2 ODISTS Keats and others
 2 ODIN Valhalla V.I.P.
 2 ODIN Sleipnir's rider
 2 ODIN Norse war god
 2 ODILE ``Swan Lake'' role
 2 ODIE Jon Arbuckle's dog
 2 ODIE Garfield's pal
 2 ODIE Comics pooch
 2 ODIE Comics dog
 2 ODIE Comics canine
 2 ODIE Comic strip dog
 2 ODIE Cartoon dog
 2 ODIC Lyrical
 2 ODEUM Music hall
 2 ODEUM Concert hall
 2 ODETS ``The Flowering Peach'' playwright
 2 ODETS ``Golden Boy'' dramatist
 2 ODETO Schiller's ``___ Joy''
 2 ODESSA ``Potemkin'' setting
 2 ODESSA Ukrainian port
 2 ODESSA Black Sea port
 2 ODESA Black Sea port, new-style
 2 ODES Words from Wordsworth
 2 ODES Some tributes
 2 ODES Praiseful poems
 2 ODES Poetic tributes
 2 ODES Keatsian works
 2 ODES Horace volume
 2 ODER River of Brandenburg
 2 ODER European border river
 2 ODER Baltic Sea feeder
 2 ODEON Classic theater
 2 ODEON Cineplex ___ (theater chain)
 2 ODEON Ancient Greek theater
 2 ODENSE Danish city
 2 ODELL Newbery-winning author Scott ___
 2 ODELL Children's author Scott
 2 ODED Had too much, briefly
 2 ODEA Music halls
 2 ODEA Greek theaters
 2 ODE ``___ to Joy''
 2 ODE ``___ to Billie Joe''
 2 ODE ``To Autumn,'' e.g.
 2 ODE Tribute, of sorts
 2 ODE Praiseful poem
 2 ODE Poetic homage
 2 ODE Pindar work
 2 ODE Literary piece
 2 ODE Keats piece
 2 ODE Jonson work
 2 ODE Gray piece
 2 ODE Flowery verse
 2 ODE Catullus composition
 2 ODE Ben Jonson wrote one to himself
 2 ODDS Bookie's quote
 2 ODDNESS Idiosyncrasy
 2 ODDMAN One who's ``out''
 2 ODD ``That's ___ ...''
 2 ODD Uneven?
 2 ODD Strange
 2 ODD Quirky
 2 ODD Peculiar
 2 ODD Anomalous
 2 ODAS Harem rooms
 2 OCULAR Visual
 2 OCTS Fall times: Abbr.
 2 OCTET Square dance group, e.g.
 2 OCTET Largish combo
 2 OCTAL In base 8
 2 OCTA Prefix with -hedron
 2 OCT When D.S.T. ends
 2 OCT U.N. Day mo.
 2 OCT School mo.
 2 OCT Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Month
 2 OCT Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Mo.
 2 OCT Halloween's mo.
 2 OCT Halloween mo.
 2 OCS Mil. training site
 2 OCONNOR Reagan Supreme Court nominee
 2 OCHS Publisher Adolph
 2 OCHO ___ Rios, Jamaica
 2 OCHO Cuatro y cuatro
 2 OCHER Autumn color
 2 OCEANS Seas
 2 OCEANS A whole lot
 2 OCEAN Main
 2 OCEAN Indian ___
 2 OCEAN Drink
 2 OCCUR Come to pass
 2 OCCAM Philosopher William of ___
 2 OCAT One ___ (kids' game)
 2 OCASEY ``The Plough and the Stars'' playwright
 2 OCAS Wood sorrels
 2 OCALA Silver Springs neighbor
 2 OCALA Seat of Marion County, Fla.
 2 OCALA City west of Daytona Beach
 2 OCALA City SSE of Gainesville
 2 OBVIATE Render unnecessary
 2 OBSESS Preoccupy
 2 OBS Delivery room doctors, for short
 2 OBOL Ancient Greek coin
 2 OBOIST Woodwind player
 2 OBOIST Double-reed player
 2 OBOES They're found among the reeds
 2 OBOE ___ d'amore
 2 OBOE Wind up on stage?
 2 OBOE Symphony member
 2 OBOE Slender instrument
 2 OBOE Reed section member
 2 OBOE Cousin of a bassoon
 2 OBLIGE Require
 2 OBLADI Start of a Beatles title
 2 OBJET ___ d'art
 2 OBIT Passing mention?
 2 OBIT Life preserver?
 2 OBIT Life lines?
 2 OBIS Eastern ties
 2 OBIES Theater awards
 2 OBIES Awards since 1956
 2 OBIE Village Voice award
 2 OBIE Playwright's dream
 2 OBIE Award for ``Curse of the Starving Class''
 2 OBIE Award for Samuel Beckett
 2 OBIE Annual theater award
 2 OBI Sapporo sash
 2 OBI Kimono tie
 2 OBI Kimono closer
 2 OBEYS Doesn't ignore
 2 OBEYER Compliant one
 2 OBEYED Minded
 2 OBEY Listen to
 2 OBESE Way too weighty
 2 OBESE Really big
 2 OBESE Not just fat
 2 OBESE More than plump
 2 OBESE Corpulent plus
 2 OBESE Corpulent
 2 OBEDIENT Following orders
 2 OBE Eng. award
 2 OBE Award bestowed by Queen Eliz.
 2 OBAMA Senator who wrote ``Dreams From My Father''
 2 OATY Like Cheerios
 2 OATS Rolled items
 2 OATS Feedbag feed
 2 OATS Feed bag contents
 2 OATH ``@#$%!,'' e.g.
 2 OATH Swearing-in words
 2 OATH Pledge
 2 OATH It may be minced
 2 OATH Curse
 2 OATES ``Unholy Loves'' author
 2 OATER Horse opera
 2 OATEN Like some cereals
 2 OATEN Like granola
 2 OAT ___ grass
 2 OAT Wild thing?
 2 OAT Stable staple
 2 OAT Kind of bran
 2 OAT Horse bit
 2 OAT Granola grain
 2 OAT Cheerios grain
 2 OAT Bran source
 2 OAST Hops kiln
 2 OAST Brewer's kiln
 2 OAST Brewer's equipment
 2 OAS W. Hemisphere grp.
 2 OAS Rio Treaty implementer: Abbr.
 2 OAS Grp. founded in Bogotá
 2 OAS Alliance created in 1948: Abbr.
 2 OARSMEN Crew members
 2 OARS Sculls
 2 OARS Pair at sea
 2 OARS Paddles
 2 OARED Propelled a boat
 2 OAR Sweep
 2 OAR Sculler
 2 OAR Scull
 2 OAR Crew tool
 2 OAR Crew need
 2 OAKS Thousand ___, Calif.
 2 OAK Symbol of might
 2 OAK Pin ___
 2 OAHU Where Pearl City is
 2 OAHU Pearl Harbor locale
 2 OAHU Island near Kauai
 2 OAHU Home to Honolulu
 2 OAHU Hawaiian island
 2 OAFS Galoots
 2 OAF Clodhopper
 2 NYU Manhattan sch.
 2 NYSE Wall St. letters
 2 NYSE Trading letters
 2 NYSE Ticker locale: Abbr.
 2 NYSE Nasdaq rival
 2 NYSE Financial page inits.
 2 NYMET Shea player, for short
 2 NYLONS Hose
 2 NYETS Duma votes
 2 NYET Putin's refusal
 2 NYET Da's opposite
 2 NYE Actress Carrie
 2 NYALA African antelope
 2 NUTTY Bats
 2 NUTS ``Darn it!''
 2 NUTS Loony
 2 NUT Zealot
 2 NUT Kook
 2 NUT Fruitcake
 2 NUT Crackpot
 2 NURSE Surgeon's assistant
 2 NUPTIAL Like some vows
 2 NUNS Women in habits
 2 NUNN Former Georgia senator Sam
 2 NUNN Former Georgia senator
 2 NUN Sister or mother
 2 NUN Mother Teresa, for one
 2 NUN Convent dweller
 2 NUMEROUNO Top dog
 2 NUMERO Dos, e.g.
 2 NULL Nonexistent
 2 NUL Void, in Vichy
 2 NUKE Zap
 2 NUKE Microwave, slangily
 2 NUIT Ravel's ``Gaspard de la ___''
 2 NUI Rapa ___ (Easter Island)
 2 NUDE Stocking shade
 2 NUDE Hosiery shade
 2 NUDE Au naturel
 2 NUBS Gists
 2 NUBILE Marriageable
 2 NUB Kernel
 2 NUB Essence
 2 NTWT Product package abbr.
 2 NTWT Packing info: Abbr.
 2 NTHDEGREE Utmost
 2 NTH Utmost degree
 2 NTH Ultimate degree
 2 NTH Mathematician's ordinal
 2 NTH Kind of power
 2 NTH Greatest possible
 2 NTH Extreme
 2 NTEST Bikini experiment, for short
 2 NSYNC ``Bye Bye Bye'' band
 2 NSW Australian state: Abbr.
 2 NSA Hush-hush govt. group
 2 NSA Fed. hush-hush group
 2 NSA Eavesdropping org.
 2 NSA Code-cracking org.
 2 NRC A.E.C. successor
 2 NRA Supporter of arms, for short
 2 NRA Piece activists?: Abbr.
 2 NRA New Deal agcy.
 2 NPR ``Morning Edition'' airer
 2 NPR ``Fresh Air'' airer
 2 NPR ``All Things Considered'' network
 2 NPR Big inits. in news
 2 NOWISE Not at all
 2 NOW ``This instant!''
 2 NOW ``On the double!''
 2 NOW Parent's order
 2 NOVO De ___ (again)
 2 NOVA ___ Scotia
 2 NOVA PBS science show
 2 NOVA Astronomical sighting
 2 NOVA Astronomer's sighting
 2 NOV Remembrance Day mo.
 2 NOV Peanut Butter Lovers Mo.
 2 NOV Guy Fawkes Day mo.
 2 NOUSE ``Don't even bother''
 2 NOUN You name it
 2 NOTSOHOT Eh
 2 NOTSO ``Wrong!''
 2 NOTSO ``Au contraire!''
 2 NOTRE Dame's introduction
 2 NOTRARE Medium, maybe
 2 NOTONE Zero
 2 NOTONE Opposite of all
 2 NOTON Off
 2 NOTOF ___ this earth
 2 NOTO Say ___ (refuse)
 2 NOTO Say ___ (deny)
 2 NOTNOW ``Later!''
 2 NOTNOW Later
 2 NOTICED Saw
 2 NOTED Illustrious
 2 NOTED Eminent
 2 NOTE Staff member?
 2 NOTE Score unit
 2 NOTE Post-it
 2 NOTE Post-It
 2 NOTE Observe
 2 NOTE Do, say
 2 NOTAS Less
 2 NOTARY ___ public
 2 NOTAONE Zip
 2 NOTA ``___ chance!''
 2 NOTA ___ care in the world
 2 NOT ``___ to worry''
 2 NOT ``___ so fast!''
 2 NOT ``Just the opposite!''
 2 NOT ``As if!''
 2 NOSY Snoopy
 2 NOSTRA Cosa ___
 2 NOSOAP ``Uh-uh!''
 2 NOSIR Polite turndown
 2 NOSIER More intrusive
 2 NOSHES Snacks
 2 NOSH Nibble
 2 NOSH Bite
 2 NOSEE ___-um (gnat)
 2 NOSEE Long time follower
 2 NOSED Pried (into)
 2 NOSED Beat (out)
 2 NOSE Snoop (around)
 2 NOSE Plane part
 2 NOSE It smells
 2 NOSE Beak
 2 NOSALE Register button
 2 NOS Turndowns
 2 NOS Dissenting votes
 2 NOS Discouraging words
 2 NORW Neighbor of Swed.
 2 NORUSH ``Take your time''
 2 NORTE Opposite of sur
 2 NORSE Like the Vikings
 2 NORSE Like Vikings
 2 NORMAL Standard
 2 NORMAL Everyday
 2 NORMA Actress Shearer
 2 NORGE Scandinavian land, to natives
 2 NORA ``Heartburn'' author Ephron
 2 NORA ``A Doll's House'' wife
 2 NORA One of Asta's masters
 2 NOR ___'easter
 2 NOR Swe. neighbor
 2 NOR Postal motto conjunction
 2 NOR Postal creed word
 2 NOR Part of Scand.
 2 NOR Negative joiner
 2 NOR Negative conjunction
 2 NOR Easter's beginning
 2 NOR Easter lead-in
 2 NOPROB ``Piece of cake!''
 2 NOPE Yep's opposite
 2 NOPE Slangy denial
 2 NOPAR Without face value
 2 NOPAR Like some stocks
 2 NOPAR Kind of stock
 2 NOOSE Choker
 2 NOOR Queen who wrote ``Leap of Faith''
 2 NOOR Koh-i-___ diamond
 2 NOONS Middays
 2 NOONE Who might be to blame
 2 NOONE Who ``ever loved you more than I,'' in song
 2 NOON ``High'' time
 2 NOON When shadows are short
 2 NOON It precedes one
 2 NOON It follows 11
 2 NOOK Secluded spot
 2 NOOK Hiding place
 2 NOO Emergency call
 2 NONUSERS Teetotalers
 2 NONSTOP 24/7
 2 NONOS Things to avoid
 2 NONOS They're taboo
 2 NONOS Taboos
 2 NONO Jaywalking, e.g.
 2 NONO Inadvisable action
 2 NONFAT Opposite of whole
 2 NONE ___ the wiser
 2 NONE ___ of the above
 2 NONE Not a lick
 2 NONE Bar ___
 2 NONCHALANT Cool
 2 NONCE Present
 2 NONAME Generic
 2 NON ___ compos mentis
 2 NON Vote in Québec
 2 NON Alternative to smoking
 2 NOME Seward Peninsula city
 2 NOME Norton Sound port
 2 NOMAN Odysseus, to the Cyclops Polyphemus
 2 NOMAD Rover
 2 NOMAAM Polite turndown
 2 NOM ___ de guerre
 2 NOM Nancy, in Nancy
 2 NOLTE ``The Prince of Tides'' star
 2 NOLTE Nick of ``Cape Fear''
 2 NOLO ___ contendere (court plea)
 2 NOLO Legal plea, for short
 2 NOLO Court plea, informally
 2 NOLIE ``Really!''
 2 NOLIE ``It's the truth!''
 2 NOLESS At least
 2 NOLESS As much
 2 NOLAN ``A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' family name
 2 NOLAN Strikeout king Ryan
 2 NOLAN Actor Lloyd ___
 2 NOISY In need of a muffler
 2 NOISY Clamorous
 2 NOISE Hubbub
 2 NOISE Clamor
 2 NOIRE Bête ___
 2 NOIR Roulette bet
 2 NOI ``___ won't!''
 2 NOI ``There's ___ in 'team'''
 2 NOHOW Not at all
 2 NOHOW At all, in dialect
 2 NOHIT Like very few games
 2 NOH Kabuki kin
 2 NOH Japanese drama
 2 NOGOOD Useless
 2 NOGO Scrubbed
 2 NOGGINS Beans
 2 NOG Holiday drink
 2 NOES Denials
 2 NOEND Very much
 2 NOEND Interminably
 2 NOEL Yuletide
 2 NOEL Winter air
 2 NOEL Wassailer's song
 2 NOEL Present time
 2 NOEL Holiday song
 2 NODS Silent signals
 2 NODS Silent assents
 2 NODES Knots
 2 NODES Bumps
 2 NODEAL ``Forget it!''
 2 NODE Orbital point
 2 NODE Lymph bump
 2 NODE Junction point
 2 NODE Central point
 2 NODAL Knobby
 2 NOD Doze (off)
 2 NOCANDO ``Impossible''
 2 NOBLES Court figures
 2 NOBLE Lofty
 2 NOAH Wyle of ``ER''
 2 NOAH Ham's father
 2 NOAH Genesis skipper
 2 NOAH Flood survivor
 2 NNW Compass heading
 2 NNE Tampa-to-Jacksonville dir.
 2 NNE San Antonio-to-Ft. Worth dir.
 2 NNE SSW's reverse
 2 NNE Route abbr.
 2 NNE Opposite SSW
 2 NNE 22.5 degrees
 2 NLER N.Y. Met, e.g.
 2 NIX Put the kibosh on
 2 NIVEN Best Actor of 1958
 2 NITS They may be picked
 2 NITRO Rocket fuel ingredient, for short
 2 NITRO Part of TNT
 2 NITRO Hot rod propellant
 2 NITRO Explosion maker
 2 NITRE Saltpetre
 2 NITE Evening, informally
 2 NITE Evening, in ads
 2 NITA Actress Talbot
 2 NIT Something to pick
 2 NIT Louse-to-be
 2 NIT Coll. hoops competition
 2 NISI Not yet final, at law
 2 NISAN Month after Adar
 2 NIPS Narrowly defeats
 2 NIP Touch of frost
 2 NIP Tang
 2 NIP Small bite
 2 NIP Quick drink
 2 NIP Puppy's bite
 2 NIP Frostiness
 2 NIP Chill
 2 NIOBE Weeper of myth
 2 NINTH Beethoven's ``Choral'' Symphony
 2 NINON Sheer fabric
 2 NINON Curtain fabric
 2 NINO El ___
 2 NINO Chihuahua child
 2 NINNY Fool
 2 NINJA Martial arts expert
 2 NINER Montana, e.g., once
 2 NINER Frisco footballer
 2 NINE Emergency CB channel
 2 NINE Diamond complement
 2 NINA Ship of Columbus
 2 NINA One of Columbus's ships
 2 NINA Historic ship
 2 NINA Historic caravel
 2 NIN ``Children of the Albatross'' author
 2 NIN Palindromic diarist
 2 NIN Diarist Anaïs
 2 NIMH ``The Secret of ___'' (1982 film)
 2 NIMBLE Light-footed
 2 NIM Matchsticks game
 2 NILE ``Cleopatra'' backdrop
 2 NILE ``Blue'' or ``White'' river
 2 NILE Sight in Memphis
 2 NILE Cairo's waterway
 2 NIL Naught
 2 NIL Lacking value
 2 NIL Goose egg
 2 NIL Bubkes
 2 NIKON Popular camera
 2 NIKE Winged goddess
 2 NIKE Greek goddess of victory
 2 NIK Suffix with neat
 2 NIHILO Ex ___ (from nothing)
 2 NIGHTIE Lingerie item
 2 NIGHTCAP Bedtime drink
 2 NIGER Chad toucher
 2 NIGEL Actor Bruce
 2 NIELSEN Kind of rating
 2 NIECES Some relations
 2 NIECES Sisters' daughters
 2 NIECES Reunion attendees
 2 NIECE Heiress, perhaps
 2 NIECE Flower girl, sometimes
 2 NIE Never, in Nürnberg
 2 NIE Never, in Neuss
 2 NIDI Insect nests
 2 NICTATE Wink: Var.
 2 NICOSIA Mediterranean capital
 2 NICK Notch
 2 NICK Cutlet?
 2 NICHE Recess
 2 NICER Warmer and sunnier
 2 NICEONE ``Way to go!''
 2 NICEONE ``Good shot!''
 2 NICENE Christians' ___ Creed
 2 NICE ``Good shot!''
 2 NICE ``Good going!''
 2 NICE Likable
 2 NICE Agreeable
 2 NIBS Penpoints
 2 NIACIN Pellagra preventer
 2 NIA Vardalos of ``My Big Fat Greek Wedding''
 2 NIA Actress Long
 2 NHL Vezina Trophy org.
 2 NHL Stanley Cup org.
 2 NHL Flyers' org.
 2 NGAIO Author Marsh
 2 NFL Draft org.
 2 NEZ ___ Percé
 2 NEY Napoleonic marshal
 2 NEXUS Tie
 2 NEXT Call in a bakery
 2 NEXT Barbershop call
 2 NEWTS Salamanders
 2 NEWTO Unfamiliar with
 2 NEWT Former Speaker Gingrich
 2 NEWT First name on Capitol Hill
 2 NEWGATE Notorious London prison
 2 NEWEST Just out
 2 NEW ``What's ___?''
 2 NEW Unfamiliar
 2 NEVER ``When hell freezes over!''
 2 NEVE ``Scream'' star Campbell
 2 NEV Calif. neighbor
 2 NEUTER Like worker bees
 2 NEUTER It's gender
 2 NEUT Not masc. or fem.
 2 NEURON Synapse neighbor
 2 NEURON Brain cell
 2 NEUR Prefix with -algia
 2 NEU Opposite of alt
 2 NEU Modern: Ger.
 2 NETWT Cereal box stat.
 2 NETTY Meshlike
 2 NETTLE Rub the wrong way
 2 NETS Realizes
 2 NETS New Jersey five
 2 NETLOSS Schedule C figure
 2 NETHER Infernal
 2 NET Surfing site
 2 NET Safety device
 2 NET Like some prices
 2 NET Court divider
 2 NESTS Settles in
 2 NESTEGG Savings
 2 NESTEA Snapple competitor
 2 NEST Love ___
 2 NEST Leaves home?
 2 NEST It may be out on a limb
 2 NEST Hatchling's home
 2 NEST Cozy retreat
 2 NESSMAN WKRP news director Les
 2 NESS Stack part
 2 NES Old video game inits.
 2 NERVINE Soothing medicine
 2 NERTS ``Doggone!''
 2 NERTS ``Dagnabbit!''
 2 NERO ``I, Claudius'' role
 2 NERO Student of Seneca
 2 NERO Roman ``fiddler''
 2 NERO Galba's predecessor
 2 NERO Detective Wolfe
 2 NERO Claudius's successor
 2 NERF Toy ball material
 2 NERF Kid's ball material
 2 NERDS Jocks' antitheses
 2 NERD Unlikely candidate for prom king
 2 NERD Socially challenged person
 2 NERD Geeky sort
 2 NEPAL Katmandu's land
 2 NEOS Revivalists
 2 NEON Superbright
 2 NEON Sign gas
 2 NEON Like some colors
 2 NEON Light on Broadway
 2 NEON Kind of sign
 2 NEON Element #10
 2 NEON Broadway brightener
 2 NEON Advertising sign
 2 NEO ``The Matrix'' hero
 2 NEO Prefix with realism
 2 NEO Prefix with orthodox
 2 NEO New: Prefix
 2 NEO Modern: Prefix
 2 NEO Liberal leader?
 2 NEO Classic opener
 2 NENES Bogotá babies
 2 NENE State bird of Hawaii
 2 NENE Hawaiian bird
 2 NENE Endangered goose
 2 NENE Aloha State bird
 2 NEN Pitcher Robb ___
 2 NEMO Verne skipper
 2 NEMO Jules Verne captain
 2 NELLIGAN ``Eleni'' star
 2 NELL ``Little'' Dickens girl
 2 NELL Title role for Jodie Foster
 2 NELL Dudley Do-Right's beloved
 2 NELL 1994 Jodie Foster title role
 2 NEILS Simon and Diamond
 2 NEILS Diamond and others
 2 NEIL Singer Young
 2 NEIL Diamond of records
 2 NEIL Diamond of note
 2 NEIL Buzz's moonmate
 2 NEHRU 1940's-60's world leader
 2 NEHIS Some soft drinks
 2 NEHI Royal Crown product
 2 NEHI Beverage brand
 2 NEH Book before Esther: Abbr.
 2 NEGEV Beersheba locale
 2 NEG Photog's item
 2 NEG Item in a photog's file
 2 NEET Nair rival
 2 NEET Hair removal brand
 2 NEET Depilatory brand
 2 NEESON ``Rob Roy'' star, 1995
 2 NEEDY Strapped
 2 NEEDY Poor
 2 NEEDY Indigent
 2 NEEDY Hard up
 2 NEEDY Down and out
 2 NEEDY Destitute
 2 NEEDTO Must
 2 NEEDSTO Must
 2 NEEDS Requires
 2 NEEDS Has to have
 2 NEEDS Exigencies
 2 NEEDNT ``You ___ worry''
 2 NEEDNOT Is unobliged to
 2 NEEDLE Rib
 2 NEEDED Vital
 2 NEEDED Not optional
 2 NEEDED Essential
 2 NEED Welfare state?
 2 NEED Sine qua non
 2 NEED Scholarship criterion
 2 NEED Impecuniosity
 2 NEED Have to have
 2 NEED Grant basis
 2 NEED Financial aid criterion
 2 NEED Essential
 2 NEED Desideratum
 2 NEED Cry out for
 2 NEE Wedding page word
 2 NEE Society column word
 2 NEE Previously
 2 NEE Once known as
 2 NEE Genealogy word
 2 NEE Born, in Bordeaux
 2 NEE Born in France
 2 NEE Born as
 2 NEE Born abroad
 2 NED Sparks on the screen
 2 NED Outlaw Kelly
 2 NED Nancy Drew's boyfriend
 2 NED Nancy Drew's beau
 2 NED James Fenimore Cooper's ``___ Myers''
 2 NED Beatty of ``Deliverance''
 2 NED Aussie outlaw Kelly
 2 NECKS Makes out
 2 NECKS Chicken parts
 2 NEC IBM competitor
 2 NEC Computer giant
 2 NEB Colo. neighbor
 2 NEATS ___-foot oil
 2 NEATO ``Swell!''
 2 NEATO ``Rad!''
 2 NEATO ``Keen!''
 2 NEATO Swell
 2 NEATO Peachy-keen
 2 NEATO Cool
 2 NEATENS Puts in order
 2 NEATEN Put in order
 2 NEAT Well-groomed
 2 NEAT Trim
 2 NEAT Straight, at the bar
 2 NEAT Straight up
 2 NEAT Straight
 2 NEAT Sans ice
 2 NEARTO Close by
 2 NEARED Closed in on
 2 NEAR Within view
 2 NEAR Within earshot
 2 NEAR Warm, so to speak
 2 NEAR Not distant
 2 NEAR Getting warm
 2 NEAR Close in on
 2 NEAP ___ tide
 2 NEAP Semimonthly tide
 2 NEALON Kevin formerly of ``S.N.L.''
 2 NEALE Two-time U.S. Open winner Fraser
 2 NEALE Football Hall-of-Famer Greasy ___
 2 NEAL Broten of hockey fame
 2 NEA PBS supporter
 2 NEA PBS funder
 2 NEA King Features competitor
 2 NEA Grant source: Abbr.
 2 NDAK Site of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park
 2 NDAK Sask. neighbor
 2 NDAK Fargo's state: Abbr.
 2 NDAK Bismarck's state: Abbr.
 2 NCR Big maker of A.T.M.'s
 2 NCR A.T.M. maker
 2 NCOS Sgts., e.g.
 2 NCOS Sgts. and cpls.
 2 NCO Army fig.
 2 NCAA Sweet 16 org.
 2 NCAA Sports org. since 1906
 2 NCAA School sports org.
 2 NCAA Org. with eligibility rules
 2 NBC ``The West Wing'' network
 2 NBC Peacock network
 2 NBA Jazz grp.
 2 NBA Hoops grp.
 2 NAYS Some floor votes
 2 NAY Roll-call call
 2 NAY Opponent's vote
 2 NAY Not only that but also
 2 NAY Dissenting vote
 2 NAY Aye's opposite
 2 NAW ``Uh-uh''
 2 NAVY Shade of blue
 2 NAVY Blue shade
 2 NAVEL Central point
 2 NAVE Pews' place
 2 NAVE Pew area
 2 NAVE Narthex neighbor
 2 NAVE Church section
 2 NAVAL The ``N'' of U.S.N.A.
 2 NAV Part of U.S.N.A.: Abbr.
 2 NAUTICAL Like some knots
 2 NAUSEA Sartre novel
 2 NATURES Dispositions
 2 NATTY Spruce
 2 NATTY Smart
 2 NATTER Yak, yak, yak
 2 NATTER Go on
 2 NATS Turner and others
 2 NATO Partnership for Peace grp.
 2 NATO Defense grp.
 2 NATO Alliance acronym
 2 NATL One of the major leagues: Abbr.
 2 NATE ``Six Feet Under'' son
 2 NATE Basketball's Archibald
 2 NATE Basketball Hall-of-Famer Archibald
 2 NATE Archibald of the N.B.A.
 2 NATALIE Wood in Hollywood
 2 NATAL Kind of chart
 2 NATAL Area of South Africa
 2 NAT Slave Turner
 2 NAT Noted Turner
 2 NAT Jazzman Adderley
 2 NAT Insurrectionist Turner
 2 NASTY Spiteful
 2 NAST Political cartoonist Thomas
 2 NAST Harper's Weekly cartoonist
 2 NAST Cartoonist Thomas
 2 NAST Boss Tweed skewerer
 2 NASSER Egypt's Lake ___
 2 NASSAU Long Island county
 2 NASH ``The Turtle'' poet
 2 NASH Car until 1957
 2 NASCAR Winston Cup org.
 2 NASALS Some speech sounds
 2 NASAL Kind of spray
 2 NASA Org. with a mission
 2 NASA Discovery grp.
 2 NAS ___ Pensacola (mil. center)
 2 NAS TV's ``Emerald Point ___''
 2 NARRATE Tell tales
 2 NARC Drug buster
 2 NARC Drug agent
 2 NARA Japan's first capital
 2 NAPS Refreshers
 2 NAPS Drops off
 2 NAPPY Diaper, in Britain
 2 NAPPING Not alert
 2 NAPPERS Siesta takers
 2 NAPA Wine county
 2 NAPA Wine area
 2 NAPA Vintners' valley
 2 NAPA Sonoma neighbor
 2 NAP Time out?
 2 NAP Siesta
 2 NAP Short snooze
 2 NAP Day break?
 2 NAP Brief time out?
 2 NANTES 1598 edict city
 2 NANO Second start?
 2 NANO Second introduction?
 2 NANO Billionth: Prefix
 2 NANNY Mary Poppins, e.g.
 2 NANG Da ___, Vietnam
 2 NANCY 1980's White House name
 2 NANAS Grannies
 2 NANA Zola courtesan
 2 NANA Mom's mom
 2 NANA Granny
 2 NANA Family nickname
 2 NANA Dog of literature
 2 NANA Darling dog
 2 NANA Beloved family member
 2 NAN Photographer Goldin
 2 NAN Palindromic girl's name
 2 NAN Masefield play ``The Tragedy of ___''
 2 NAN Indian bread
 2 NAMES Directory contents
 2 NAMELY To wit
 2 NAMELESS How some shall remain
 2 NAMED Appointed
 2 NAME Specify
 2 NAME Partner of rank and serial number
 2 NAME Identify
 2 NAM Vet's memory, maybe
 2 NAIVE Unsophisticated
 2 NAIVE Green
 2 NAILS Symbols of hardness
 2 NAILER Hammer user
 2 NAILED Caught but good
 2 NAIL It gets hit on the head
 2 NAHS Slangy dissents
 2 NAHA Okinawa port
 2 NAH ``No dice''
 2 NAH ``Bad idea''
 2 NAGS Emulates Xanthippe
 2 NAGS Bothers
 2 NAGS Bettors bet on them
 2 NAGS Badgers
 2 NAES Dundee denials
 2 NAE Scot's refusal
 2 NAE Scot's denial
 2 NAE Highlands negative
 2 NAE Dumfries denial
 2 NADIR Rock bottom
 2 NADINE Literature Nobelist Gordimer
 2 NACL Table salt, to a chemist
 2 NACL Salt
 2 NACHOS Cheesy snacks
 2 NACHO Snack chip
 2 NACHO Kind of chip
 2 NACHO Cheesy snack
 2 NABS Catches in the act
 2 NABOBS Bigwigs
 2 NABOB Bigwig
 2 NAB Run in
 2 NAB Get the drop on
 2 NAB Bag
 2 NAB Apprehend
 2 NAACP Civil rights org.
 2 MYST Popular computer game
 2 MYST Classic computer game
 2 MYRRH Gift of the Magi
 2 MYRRH Biblical gift
 2 MYRA Dame Hess
 2 MYERS Fort ___, Fla.
 2 MUTE Remote button
 2 MUTAGEN Radiation, e.g.
 2 MUSEE Louvre, par exemple
 2 MUSED Pondered
 2 MUSE Ponder
 2 MUS Sorority letters
 2 MURAL Piece of cave art
 2 MURAL Big picture
 2 MUON Unstable particle
 2 MUNI Tax-free bond, briefly
 2 MUNDANE Ordinary
 2 MUNCH Chew (on)
 2 MUM Queen ___
 2 MUM Closemouthed
 2 MULL Think (over)
 2 MULE Stubborn sort
 2 MULE Stubborn beast
 2 MUIR Naturalist John
 2 MUG Kind of shot
 2 MUESLI Breakfast cereal
 2 MUD Really bad coffee
 2 MUCH Considerably
 2 MTST ___ Helens
 2 MTS Whitney and others: Abbr.
 2 MTS Range units: Abbr.
 2 MTS High points: Abbr.
 2 MTN Range part: Abbr.
 2 MTN Atlas abbr.
 2 MTA N.Y.C. subway overseer
 2 MTA N.Y.C. subway inits.
 2 MTA 1959 Kingston Trio hit
 2 MST Denver clock setting: Abbr.
 2 MST Colo. is on it
 2 MST Colo. clock setting
 2 MSS Submissions to eds.
 2 MSS Ed.'s pile
 2 MSGS E-mail: Abbr.
 2 MSGR Religious title: Abbr.
 2 MSG ``No ___''
 2 MSG Chinese food additive
 2 MRT Mohawk-sporting actor
 2 MRS ``___ Miniver''
 2 MRS ``___ Doubtfire''
 2 MRS Miss after marriage
 2 MRIS Dr.'s orders
 2 MRED Rocky Lane spoke for him
 2 MRE G.I. chow in Desert Storm
 2 MPS Brit. legislators
 2 MPS Army cops
 2 MPS AWOL chasers
 2 MPH Speedometer letters
 2 MPH Dashboard inits.
 2 MPG Automobile sticker fig.
 2 MOXIE Nerve
 2 MOW Shorten, in a way
 2 MOW Cut
 2 MOVIE Three-reeler, e.g.
 2 MOVIE Flick
 2 MOVESIN Starts an occupation
 2 MOURN Lament
 2 MOURN Grieve
 2 MOUND Pitcher's place
 2 MOUES Pouts
 2 MOUE Grimace
 2 MOTT Street in New York's Chinatown
 2 MOTH Sweater eater
 2 MOTET Choral work
 2 MOTEL ___ 6
 2 MOTE Speck
 2 MOT Clever comment
 2 MOT Bon ___ (witticism)
 2 MOST The bulk
 2 MOSES He took two tablets
 2 MOS Criminal patterns, for short
 2 MOS Calendar pages: Abbr.
 2 MORT ``Beetle Bailey'' creator Walker
 2 MORT Mad magazine cartoonist Drucker
 2 MORSEL Choice bit
 2 MORSE Kind of alphabet
 2 MORSE Code name
 2 MOROSE Down in the dumps
 2 MORN ``September ___'' (Neil Diamond hit)
 2 MORN Poetic time of day
 2 MORN Eve's opposite
 2 MORES Conventions
 2 MOREORLESS Roughly
 2 MORENO Rita of ``West Side Story''
 2 MORASS Quagmire
 2 MORASS Bog
 2 MORAL Upright
 2 MOR Land across from Gibraltar: Abbr.
 2 MOPE Wear a long face
 2 MOP Item in a bucket
 2 MOP Finish, with ``up''
 2 MOOT Like some points
 2 MOOSE Lodge member
 2 MOOSE Bullwinkle, for one
 2 MOOS Lows
 2 MOOS Farm sounds
 2 MOORE Sculptor Henry
 2 MOOR Drop anchor
 2 MOOR Anchor
 2 MOON Phobos, to Mars
 2 MOOLA Green stuff
 2 MOOLA Cabbage
 2 MOOG Synthesizer pioneer
 2 MOOED Hit a low note?
 2 MOOD Temper
 2 MOOD State of mind
 2 MOOD Kind of ring or swing
 2 MOOCH Sponge
 2 MOO Bossy remark?
 2 MONTE ___ Carlo
 2 MONO Like old recordings
 2 MONK Brother
 2 MONDE Paris newspaper, with ``Le''
 2 MONA Political columnist Charen
 2 MON Tues. preceder
 2 MOMENTUM Campaign asset
 2 MOLY ``Holy ___!''
 2 MOLE Spymaster's worry
 2 MOLE Dermatologist's concern
 2 MOLAR One may be crowned
 2 MOL 40-Down, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 MOJO Magic charm
 2 MOISTEN Wet
 2 MOIL Drudge
 2 MOIETIES Halves
 2 MOI ``You don't mean me?!''
 2 MOI ``Who, me?''
 2 MOHS ___ scale
 2 MOHS Kind of scale
 2 MOGUL Big shot
 2 MOEN Faucet brand
 2 MOEN Big name in faucets
 2 MODERN Part of MOMA
 2 MODEL Runway walker
 2 MODE Statistics calculation
 2 MOD Stylish, in the 60's
 2 MOD Like the Who, in the 60's
 2 MOCS Soft shoes
 2 MOCK Imitation
 2 MOCHA Shade of brown
 2 MOBIL Shell competitor
 2 MOB Syndicate
 2 MOB Mafia
 2 MOAT Castle defense
 2 MOAN ``Oh, my aching head!,'' e.g.
 2 MOAN Reaction to bad news
 2 MOAN Haunted house sound
 2 MOAN Gripe
 2 MOAN Express regret
 2 MOAB Biblical kingdom
 2 MNOP Alphabet run
 2 MLI Mid 11th-century date
 2 MLI 11th-century date
 2 MIXEDBAG Assortment
 2 MIV 11th-century date
 2 MITZI Gaynor of ``South Pacific''
 2 MITT Catcher's need
 2 MITT Catcher's catcher
 2 MITT Baseball glove
 2 MITER Kind of joint
 2 MITER High hat
 2 MITE Tiny bit
 2 MITCH Musical Miller
 2 MIT Sch. on the Charles
 2 MIT Cambridge univ.
 2 MISSY Girl
 2 MISSKANSAS Vera Miles, in 1948
 2 MISS Fail to see
 2 MISO Soybean paste
 2 MISLEAD Trick
 2 MISLAY Lose
 2 MISHAPS Fender benders, e.g.
 2 MISE ___-en-scène
 2 MISDO Bungle
 2 MISCUE Error
 2 MIROS Some Surrealist works
 2 MIRIAM Singer Makeba
 2 MIRES Sticks in the mud
 2 MIRE Swamp
 2 MIRE Muck
 2 MIRAGE Don't believe it!
 2 MIRA Red giant in the constellation Cetus
 2 MIRA Red giant in Cetus
 2 MIR Russian orbiter
 2 MIR Fallen space station
 2 MIOSIS Constriction of the pupil
 2 MINT Perfect
 2 MINT Make money
 2 MINT Like new
 2 MINSK Belarus's capital
 2 MINOT Seat of Ward County, N.D.
 2 MINOT North Dakota city
 2 MINOR Like some keys
 2 MINN Voyageurs Natl. Park locale
 2 MINK Stole material
 2 MINIONS Bidding doers
 2 MINIMAL Barely enough
 2 MINIM Half note
 2 MINI Subcompact
 2 MINI Short skirt
 2 MINH Chi follower
 2 MINEO ``Exodus'' actor
 2 MINEO Sal of ``Giant''
 2 MINED Dug up
 2 MINDSET Way of thinking
 2 MIND Attention
 2 MIMOSA Brunch cocktail
 2 MIMOSA Brunch beverage
 2 MIMIC Copycat
 2 MIMI Food critic Sheraton
 2 MIME Charades, essentially
 2 MILSAP 1970's-80's singer Ronnie
 2 MILER Track specialist
 2 MILER Track athlete
 2 MILER Distance runner
 2 MILE 1/500 of the Indianapolis 500
 2 MIL ``Thanks a ___!''
 2 MIGRATE Change places
 2 MIFF Tick off
 2 MIEN Demeanor
 2 MIEN Comportment
 2 MIEN Appearance
 2 MIDST Central position
 2 MIDRIBS Leaf bisectors
 2 MIDIS Calf-length skirts
 2 MIDI Skirt style
 2 MIDI Longish skirt
 2 MIDI Late-60's fashion item
 2 MID Prefix with night or day
 2 MICMAC Eastern Canadian Indian
 2 MICE Squeakers
 2 MICA Popular insulator
 2 MICA Flexible mineral
 2 MIAMI Dolphins' home
 2 MIAHAMM Soccer superstar
 2 MIA War stat.
 2 MIA War stat
 2 MIA One of Frank's exes
 2 MIA Italian pronoun
 2 MHO Unit of conductance
 2 MHO Measure of conductance
 2 MGS Classic sports cars
 2 MGS British sports cars
 2 MFR Producer: Abbr.
 2 MFA Juilliard deg.
 2 MEW Copy cats?
 2 MEUSE North Sea tributary
 2 METZ City on the Moselle
 2 METTLE Pluck
 2 METS Subway Series team
 2 METRO Part of MGM
 2 METRIC Kind of unit
 2 METOO ``Same here''
 2 METOO Copycat's words
 2 METIERS Occupations
 2 METER Place for a needle
 2 METEOR Shooting star
 2 METE Measure (out)
 2 METE Distribute, with ``out''
 2 METE Allot, with ``out''
 2 METE Allocate, with ``out''
 2 META Introduction to physics?
 2 META Intro to physics?
 2 MET Got together
 2 MET Encountered
 2 MESTA Hostess Perle
 2 MESSY Tangled
 2 MESSY Not well-groomed
 2 MESSY Like some divorces
 2 MESSY Having entanglements
 2 MESSY Chaotic
 2 MESSAGES E-mail
 2 MESS Mare's-nest
 2 MESS Imbroglio
 2 MESON Subatomic particle
 2 MESON Quark-plus-antiquark particle
 2 MESO Middle: Prefix
 2 MESH Work well together
 2 MESH Netting
 2 MESH Coordinate
 2 MESCAL Peyote
 2 MESA ___ Verde National Park
 2 MESA Tableland
 2 MESA Phoenix neighbor
 2 MESA City near Phoenix
 2 MES ___ amis
 2 MERYL Actress Streep
 2 MERV TV's Griffin
 2 MERLE First name in cosmetics
 2 MERIT Worth
 2 MERIT Excellence
 2 MEREST Most basic
 2 MEREST Least
 2 MERES French mothers
 2 MERELY Just
 2 MERE ___ mortals
 2 MERE Paltry
 2 MERE A ___ pittance
 2 MERC Ford product, briefly
 2 MEOW Feline line
 2 MEOW Cat call
 2 MENU Waiter's handout
 2 MENU Restaurant posting
 2 MENU Restaurant handout
 2 MENU Dessert ___
 2 MENU Computer offering
 2 MENU Children's ___
 2 MENSAL Monthly
 2 MENSA Test group?
 2 MENSA Smart set
 2 MENSA Bright circle?
 2 MENS Magazine genre
 2 MENORAH Hanukkah item
 2 MENE Literally, ``numbered''
 2 MENDS Fixes
 2 MEND Make whole
 2 MEND Fix up
 2 MEND Darn, as socks
 2 MENAGE Household
 2 MEN Door word
 2 MEMO Office note
 2 MEMO Office message
 2 MEMENTO Token
 2 MEME Same: Fr.
 2 MELT Hot sandwich
 2 MELT Change states, in a way
 2 MELON Deep pink
 2 MELO Prefix with drama
 2 MELO Dramatic opening?
 2 MELL Pell-___
 2 MELL Cartoonist Lazarus
 2 MELEES Free-for-alls
 2 MELEE Rumble
 2 MELEE More than a scuffle
 2 MELD Fuse
 2 MELBA Peach ___
 2 MELANGE Gallimaufry
 2 MEL Funnyman Brooks
 2 MEL Brooks of ``The Producers''
 2 MEL Actor Gibson
 2 MEIR Rabin's predecessor
 2 MEIR Israel's Golda
 2 MEIR Former Israeli P.M.
 2 MEIN ``Count ___''
 2 MEIER Getty Center architect Richard
 2 MEGA Start of something big?
 2 MEG Ryan of ``When Harry Met Sally''
 2 MEETS Runs into
 2 MEETS Athletic events
 2 MEET Track event
 2 MEET Run into
 2 MEET Get together
 2 MEET Face up to
 2 MEET Encounter
 2 MEESE Reagan Attorney General Edwin
 2 MEESE 1980's attorney general
 2 MEDUSA One of the Gorgons
 2 MEDS Drugs, briefly
 2 MEDOC Red Bordeaux
 2 MEDIATE Help settle
 2 MEDEA Jiltee of myth
 2 MEDEA Euripides drama
 2 MEDALS Olympic prizes
 2 MED ___ school
 2 MED Club ___ (resort)
 2 MECH Field for an engr.
 2 MECCA Muhammad's birthplace
 2 MECCA Big drawer?
 2 MEATS Butchers' offerings
 2 MEAT Substance
 2 MEAT Gist
 2 MEAT Crux
 2 MEAT Cold cuts, e.g.
 2 MEARA Half a comedy duo
 2 MEARA Funny Anne
 2 MEANT Had in mind
 2 MEANIE Villain
 2 MEAN Nasty
 2 MEAN Bell curve figure
 2 MEALTIME Grace period?
 2 MEALS Breakfast, lunch and dinner
 2 MEAL Ground grain
 2 MEAL Breakfast, lunch or dinner
 2 MEAL Banquet
 2 MEADE Gettysburg general
 2 MEAD ``Beowulf'' beverage
 2 MEAD Honey drink
 2 MEA Start of an apology
 2 MDSE Gds.
 2 MDS Rx writers
 2 MDS Rx prescribers
 2 MDL Year Helsinki was founded
 2 MDCCI Start of the 18th century
 2 MCII Early 12th-century date
 2 MCI Long distance letters
 2 MCI AT&T rival
 2 MCI AT&T competitor
 2 MCCLURE ``The Virginian'' actor
 2 MCAT Future doc's exam
 2 MBAS Budding entrepreneurs, for short
 2 MBA Wharton grad
 2 MBA Wharton degree
 2 MBA C.E.O.'s degree
 2 MAZELTOV ``Congratulations!''
 2 MAYS Giant great
 2 MAYS 1951 N.L. Rookie of the Year
 2 MAYO ___ Clinic
 2 MAYO Deli jarful
 2 MAYAS Yucatán natives
 2 MAYAS Central American Indians
 2 MAY Word of possibility
 2 MAXI Skirt style
 2 MAXI Long, for short
 2 MAX Nth degree
 2 MAWS Big mouths
 2 MAW Gullet
 2 MAV Dallas hoopster, briefly
 2 MAV Dallas cager, briefly
 2 MAUVE Purple shade
 2 MAURA Actress Tierney
 2 MAUNA ___ Kea
 2 MAULED Roughed up
 2 MAUL Stake driver
 2 MAUDE ``All in the Family'' spinoff
 2 MATT Drudge of the Internet
 2 MATILDA Roald Dahl title character
 2 MATH Algebra or trig
 2 MATEO San ___
 2 MATA First name in spydom
 2 MAT Yoga class need
 2 MAT Tangle
 2 MASUR Conductor Kurt
 2 MASTS Spars
 2 MASTS Sail supports
 2 MASTERS High degree
 2 MAST Spar
 2 MAST It's rigged
 2 MASSEUR Rubber
 2 MASSE Tricky billiards shot
 2 MASSE En ___ (all together)
 2 MASSE Billiard shot
 2 MASS Physics calculation
 2 MASS It may be critical
 2 MASONITE Paneling material
 2 MASON Trowel wielder
 2 MASON Kind of jar
 2 MASK Halloween purchase
 2 MASHIE Five iron
 2 MASHED Potato choice
 2 MASH Sitcom set in Korea
 2 MASH Radar unit?
 2 MASH Pulp
 2 MASH Livestock feed
 2 MASH Beat to a pulp
 2 MASAI Kenyan tribesman
 2 MAS Some household heads
 2 MAS Some advanced degs.
 2 MAS Pas' mates
 2 MAS Family V.I.P.'s
 2 MAS Bell and Barker
 2 MARY Pietà figure
 2 MARV Basketball Hall-of-Famer Harshman
 2 MARTY Best Picture of 1955
 2 MART Trading center
 2 MART Place to trade
 2 MARSALA Sweet, dark wine
 2 MARSALA Sweet Italian wine
 2 MARS ``The War of the Worlds'' base
 2 MARLO Thomas of ``That Girl''
 2 MARLA Actress Gibbs
 2 MARKS Pre-euro German money
 2 MARIST Poughkeepsie college
 2 MARINER Coleridge character
 2 MARINE Leatherneck
 2 MARINE Devil dog
 2 MARINARA Pasta topper
 2 MARIN San Rafael's county
 2 MARIN County north of San Francisco
 2 MARIE One of the Osmonds
 2 MARIA Newswoman Shriver
 2 MARES Some bays
 2 MARE Filly's mother
 2 MARCO ___ Island, Fla.
 2 MARCIA One of the Brady bunch
 2 MARAT French Revolution leader
 2 MAR Uglify
 2 MAR Scratch the surface of
 2 MAR Make a dent in
 2 MAR Fold, spindle or mutilate
 2 MAR Blemish
 2 MAPLE Syrup flavor
 2 MAPLE Sugar source
 2 MAPLE Sugar ___
 2 MAP World view
 2 MAORIS Relatives of Tahitians
 2 MAORI New Zealander
 2 MAORI Native New Zealander
 2 MAO Long March leader
 2 MANY A zillion
 2 MANX Tailless cat
 2 MANX Kind of cat
 2 MANTRA ``Om,'' e.g.
 2 MANTLE Symbol of authority
 2 MANSE Parsonage
 2 MANS Staffs
 2 MANOR Estate
 2 MANOR Big house
 2 MANO ``Look ___ hands!''
 2 MANO Rancho hand?
 2 MANO Jorge's hand
 2 MANO Hand: Sp.
 2 MANNA Heavenly gift
 2 MANNA Food in Exodus 16
 2 MANN ``Buddenbrooks'' author
 2 MANN Educator Horace
 2 MANLY Virile
 2 MANILA Malacañang Palace locale
 2 MANIC Hysterical
 2 MANI Gershwin's ``The ___ Love''
 2 MANGO Tropical fruit
 2 MANGO Tropical flavor
 2 MANGO Chutney fruit
 2 MANES Bison features
 2 MANED Like lions
 2 MANED Like a horse or lion
 2 MANE Place for a comb
 2 MANE Locks in a barn?
 2 MANCHILD Son
 2 MANAGE Get by
 2 MAN ``Oh, brother!''
 2 MAN ``Holy smokes!''
 2 MAN Word before and after ``oh''
 2 MAMMA Bambino watcher
 2 MAMIE Mrs. Eisenhower
 2 MAMET ``American Buffalo'' playwright
 2 MAME ``If He Walked Into My Life'' musical
 2 MAMAS ___ boy
 2 MAMA ``Oh, ___!''
 2 MALT ___ liquor
 2 MALLE ``Damage'' director
 2 MALLE Director Louis
 2 MALL Washington locale, with ``the''
 2 MALI Timbuktu's land
 2 MALI Saharan land
 2 MALI Neighbor of Mauritania
 2 MALE Drone, e.g.
 2 MALAR Of the cheekbone
 2 MALA ___ fide
 2 MAL ___ de tête (French headache)
 2 MAL Start to function?
 2 MAL Bien's opposite
 2 MAKEMAD Incense
 2 MAKEDO Manage
 2 MAJ Capt.'s superior
 2 MAIZE Yellow shade
 2 MAIZE Pale yellow
 2 MAINS Principal pipes
 2 MAINIDEA Gist
 2 MAINE Acadia National Park locale
 2 MAINDISH Entree
 2 MAIN Central street
 2 MAIN Central
 2 MAIM Injure
 2 MAIM Disable
 2 MAIM Cripple
 2 MAILIN Like some rebates
 2 MAIL Postal delivery
 2 MAIL Kind of call
 2 MAIL Daily delivery
 2 MAI ___ tai
 2 MAI Printemps month
 2 MAI Part of le printemps
 2 MAHRE Slalom champ Phil
 2 MAHRE 1984 skiing gold medalist
 2 MAHOGANY Reddish-brown
 2 MAHI When repeated, a fish
 2 MAHDI Muslim messiah
 2 MAH Start of a Chinese game
 2 MAGPIES Chatterboxes
 2 MAGIC Wizardry
 2 MAGI Travelers to Bethlehem
 2 MAGI Star followers
 2 MAGI Epiphany figures
 2 MAGI Crèche trio
 2 MAG Kind of wheels
 2 MAFIA Secret society
 2 MAEWEST Speaker of the quip
 2 MAESTRI Toscanini and others
 2 MAESTRI Leaders in pits
 2 MAES Fannie ___ (securities)
 2 MAE Wild West
 2 MAE Pearl Bailey's middle name
 2 MAE Fannie or Ginnie follower
 2 MADTV Fox comedy series
 2 MADEDO Got by
 2 MADE Fashioned
 2 MADE Fabricated
 2 MADCAP Zany
 2 MADAMS House keepers
 2 MADAME Butterfly, e.g.
 2 MADAM ___ President
 2 MAD Ticked
 2 MAD Like some scientists
 2 MACRO Photography lens
 2 MACRO Introduction to economics?
 2 MACRO Computer shortcut
 2 MACHO Hardly wimpy
 2 MACE Defensive spray
 2 MACAW Colorful parrot
 2 MAC Slicker
 2 MAC PC alternative
 2 MAC Fellah
 2 MAC Bit of raingear
 2 MABEL Normand of the silents
 2 MAAS ``Serpico'' author Peter
 2 MAAM Sir's counterpart
 2 MAAM Hat-tipper's word
 2 LYSOL Disinfectant brand
 2 LYRE Harp's cousin
 2 LYON Where the Rhone and the Saône meet
 2 LYON French silk center
 2 LYNN City between Boston and Salem
 2 LYNE ``Fatal Attraction'' director Adrian
 2 LYNDE Old ``Hollywood Squares'' regular
 2 LYME Old ___, Conn.
 2 LYES Strong cleaners
 2 LYES Cleaning cabinet supplies
 2 LYE Strong cleanser
 2 LYE Strong cleaner
 2 LYE Soapmaking need
 2 LYE Leaching product
 2 LYE Caustic substance
 2 LYE Caustic chemical
 2 LUXE Sumptuousness
 2 LUX Soap brand since 1899
 2 LUTE Vermeer's ``Woman With a ___''
 2 LUTE Pear-shaped instrument
 2 LUTE Guitar forerunner
 2 LUSTY Robust
 2 LUSTS Hungers (for)
 2 LUST Craving
 2 LURE Come-on
 2 LUNGE Fencing move
 2 LUNG Air bag?
 2 LUNE Crescent
 2 LUND Bergman in ``Casablanca''
 2 LUNAR Like some eclipses
 2 LULUS Doozies
 2 LULU Oner
 2 LULU Doozy
 2 LULLS Slow times
 2 LULL Put to sleep
 2 LUKE Gospel writer
 2 LUIZ Portuguese king, 1861-89
 2 LUIS California's San ___ Dam
 2 LUIS Author Jorge ___ Borges
 2 LUI Him, to Henri
 2 LUI French pronoun
 2 LUGS Blockheads
 2 LUGOSI Dracula portrayer
 2 LUGER Winter Olympian
 2 LUGE Olympic sled
 2 LUG Kind of nut
 2 LUG Big galoot
 2 LUC Violinist Jean-___ Ponty
 2 LUAUS Hawaiian feasts
 2 LUAU Outdoor party
 2 LUAU Molokai meal
 2 LUANN Greg Evans comic strip
 2 LUANDA Angola's capital
 2 LTS Capt.'s inferiors
 2 LTR U.S.P.S. delivery
 2 LTGEN Wearer of three stars: Abbr.
 2 LTD Old Ford model
 2 LTD Inc., in London
 2 LTD Inc., in Britain
 2 LSU Fighting Tigers' sch.
 2 LSTS D-Day craft: Abbr.
 2 LST Mil. transport
 2 LSD ``Acid''
 2 LSD Trip producer
 2 LSD Kind of trip
 2 LSD Hallucinogen
 2 LRON ``Dianetics'' author ___ Hubbard
 2 LRON Scientologist ___ Hubbard
 2 LPS Music collectibles
 2 LOYAL True-blue
 2 LOYAL True
 2 LOY Moviedom's Myrna
 2 LOX Nova, e.g.
 2 LOWE Rob of ``The West Wing''
 2 LOWE Actor Rob
 2 LOW Blue
 2 LOVE Score before 15
 2 LOUTS Lummoxes
 2 LOUT Lug
 2 LOUSY Rotten
 2 LOUSY Punk
 2 LOUSEUP Bungle
 2 LOUISAS Mrs. John Quincy Adams and others
 2 LOU ``Skip to My ___''
 2 LOU Singer Rawls
 2 LOU Mary's boss on ``The Mary Tyler Moore Show''
 2 LOU First Lady before Eleanor
 2 LOU Bud's buddy
 2 LOTTO Numbers game
 2 LOTTO Kind of ticket
 2 LOTTE Singer Lenya
 2 LOTT Trent of the Senate
 2 LOTS Plenty
 2 LOT Fortune
 2 LOT Drawing
 2 LOSTONESBALANCE Went off the beam?
 2 LOST At sea
 2 LOSS Red ink amount
 2 LOSER Short-straw drawer
 2 LOSEIT Snap
 2 LOSE Shake off
 2 LOSE Misplace
 2 LOSE Mislay
 2 LOSE Leave in the dust
 2 LOSE Ditch
 2 LOS ___ Gatos, Calif.
 2 LOS ___ Angeles
 2 LOS ___ Altos, Calif.
 2 LOS Spanish article
 2 LOS Part of U.C.L.A.
 2 LORRE Mr. Moto portrayer
 2 LORNA Singer Luft
 2 LORN Forsaken
 2 LORN Desolate
 2 LORIS Large-eyed lemur
 2 LOREN ``Two Women'' star
 2 LORELEI Siren luring sailors to shipwreck
 2 LORE Tales and such
 2 LORE Handed-down history
 2 LORD ``___ of the Flies''
 2 LORD Prayer start
 2 LOPED Ran
 2 LOPE Run easily
 2 LOPE Run
 2 LOPE Bound
 2 LOP Chop (off)
 2 LOOT Swag
 2 LOOT Sack
 2 LOOT Rioter's take
 2 LOOT Ransack
 2 LOOT Hot stuff
 2 LOOSEN Ease up
 2 LOOSE Baggy
 2 LOOPY Nutty as a fruitcake
 2 LOON ``Crazy'' bird
 2 LOON Wacko
 2 LOON Diving bird
 2 LOON Crazy as a ___
 2 LOOM Come into view
 2 LOOKINTO Check out
 2 LOO London facility
 2 LOO John, to Ringo
 2 LOO Head of England?
 2 LOO Head of England
 2 LONERS Introverts
 2 LONER Introvert
 2 LONELY Unfrequented
 2 LONE Unaccompanied
 2 LONE Solitary
 2 LONE Like Silver's rider
 2 LONE Kind of wolf
 2 LONE Isolated
 2 LON Contemporary of Bela
 2 LON Cambodia's ___ Nol
 2 LOMAN Fictional salesman
 2 LOMA Broad-topped hill, in the Southwest
 2 LOM ``Pink Panther'' films actor
 2 LOLLS Takes it easy
 2 LOLL Lounge
 2 LOLL Hang out
 2 LOLA ``Run ___ Run'' (1998 film)
 2 LOLA ``Damn Yankees'' seductress
 2 LOLA ``Come Back, Little Sheba'' wife
 2 LOLA Singer Falana
 2 LOL Chat room chuckle
 2 LOL Chat room abbr.
 2 LOIS Novelist Gould
 2 LOIRE River of Orléans
 2 LOIRE Orléans's river
 2 LOIRE Noted wine valley
 2 LOIRE Nantes's river
 2 LOIN Pork cut
 2 LOIN Kind of cloth
 2 LOIN Cut of meat
 2 LOIN Beef buy
 2 LOI Law, in Lyon
 2 LOGO Nike's swoosh, e.g.
 2 LOGO NBC's peacock, e.g.
 2 LOGO McDonald's arches, e.g.
 2 LOGO Apple's apple, e.g.
 2 LOGE Ticket choice
 2 LOGE Theater box
 2 LOGE Stadium section
 2 LOGE Orchestra alternative
 2 LOGE Balcony section
 2 LOGAN Boston airport
 2 LOG Record
 2 LOFT Room at the top
 2 LOEW MGM Studios founder
 2 LOESS Fertile soil
 2 LOCO Wacky
 2 LOCO Nuts
 2 LOCO Kooky
 2 LOCO Bonkers
 2 LOCO Bats
 2 LOCO Bananas
 2 LOCI Points
 2 LOCH ___ Fyne, Scotland
 2 LOCATE Pinpoint
 2 LOCALE Place
 2 LOCAL Townie
 2 LOCAL Neighborhood
 2 LOC ___ cit.
 2 LOBS Arcing shots
 2 LOBOS Western wolves
 2 LOBO Western wolf
 2 LOBED Like oak leaves
 2 LOBE Earring site
 2 LOBE Brain section
 2 LOB High ball?
 2 LOB Court ploy
 2 LOATHE Execrate
 2 LOATH Disinclined
 2 LOANED Advanced
 2 LOAN Advance
 2 LOAM Farm soil
 2 LOAF Take it easy
 2 LOAF Lounge
 2 LOAF Goof off
 2 LOAD Truckful
 2 LOAD Mutual fund fee
 2 LOAD Dumptruckful
 2 LMN K-O connection
 2 LLOYDS Big name in insurance
 2 LLD Legal scholar's deg.
 2 LLBEAN Lands' End competitor
 2 LLAMA Wool producer
 2 LIZ Gossipy Smith
 2 LIVY Roman historian
 2 LIVID Hopping mad
 2 LIVER Giblets part
 2 LIVEN Pep up
 2 LIVEAT Occupy
 2 LIVE Not prerecorded
 2 LIVE In person
 2 LIU ``Turandot'' slave girl
 2 LIU Lucy of ``Charlie's Angels,'' 2000
 2 LITHE Loose-limbed
 2 LITHE Like a ballerina's body
 2 LITHE Like a ballerina
 2 LITER Engine unit
 2 LITER Carafe size
 2 LITE For dieters
 2 LIT Wasted
 2 LIT Under the table
 2 LIT Torched
 2 LIT Soused
 2 LIT Potted
 2 LIT Plastered
 2 LIT On, as a lamp
 2 LIT Inebriated
 2 LIT Burning
 2 LIT Blotto
 2 LISTENTO Heed
 2 LIST ``Schindler's ___''
 2 LIST Shopper's aid
 2 LIST Santa checks it twice
 2 LIST Lean
 2 LIST It's just one thing after another
 2 LISP Speech problem
 2 LISI Actress Virna
 2 LISAS Kudrow and Bonet
 2 LISA Actress Bonet
 2 LIS Sue Grafton's ``___ for Lawless''
 2 LIRR Transportation to N.Y.C.
 2 LIRE Pre-euro money
 2 LIRE Old money
 2 LIRAS Turkish money
 2 LIRA Turkish dough
 2 LIRA Old Italian money
 2 LIRA Old Italian coin
 2 LIRA Milano moolah
 2 LIRA Italian money
 2 LIRA 100 kurus
 2 LIPSYNC Not really sing
 2 LIPS Kissers
 2 LIPO Certain surgery, for short
 2 LIP Place for gloss
 2 LIP Mouth piece
 2 LIP Guff
 2 LIP Edge
 2 LIP Back talk
 2 LION Skilled stalker
 2 LION Big cat
 2 LINUS ``Peanuts'' boy
 2 LINTEL Door frame part
 2 LINT Fuzz
 2 LINGER Persist
 2 LINER Lid or lip application
 2 LINEN Sheets and stuff
 2 LINEMEN Ends, e.g.
 2 LINED Like notebook paper
 2 LINEAGE Extraction
 2 LINE Trade
 2 LINE Field of work
 2 LINA Filmmaker Wertmuller
 2 LIN Vietnam War Memorial designer
 2 LIN Civil Rights Memorial designer
 2 LIN Chinese author ___ Yutang
 2 LIMP Favor one side?
 2 LIMO Wheels of fortune?
 2 LIMNS Describes
 2 LIMN Paint
 2 LIMITER Restraint
 2 LIMIT Restrict
 2 LIMETREE Citrus source
 2 LIMB Life's partner
 2 LIMAS Succotash ingredients
 2 LIMA Stew bean
 2 LIMA Bean town?
 2 LIMA Andes capital
 2 LILTS Airs
 2 LILT Merry-go-round music
 2 LILT Light air
 2 LILT Cheery tune
 2 LILO Disney's ``___ & Stitch''
 2 LILLIE Actress Langtry
 2 LILLE City in northern France
 2 LILLE Charles de Gaulle's birthplace
 2 LILI 1953 Leslie Caron film
 2 LILAC Sachet scent
 2 LILAC Pastel shade
 2 LILA Wallace of Reader's Digest
 2 LIL Wee wee?
 2 LIL Wee
 2 LIL Small, in Dogpatch
 2 LIL Rapper ___ Kim
 2 LIL Like Abner
 2 LIL Diminutive, in Dogpatch
 2 LIL Count Basie's ``___ Darlin'''
 2 LIKESO In this way
 2 LIKENS Compares
 2 LIKED Went for
 2 LII Number of weeks per annum
 2 LII 52, in old Rome
 2 LIFEISBEAUTIFUL 1997 Roberto Benigni film
 2 LIEUT Capt.'s inferior
 2 LIEU In ___ of
 2 LIETO Be still, at sea
 2 LIES ``Hogwash!''
 2 LIES Is positioned
 2 LIENS Property claims
 2 LIEN Bank claim
 2 LIELOW Stay out of sight
 2 LIEF Willingly
 2 LIED Served up a whopper
 2 LIED Emulated Pinocchio
 2 LIE Whopper
 2 LIE Tell tall tales
 2 LIE Tell a whopper
 2 LIE Sprawl
 2 LIE Make stuff up
 2 LIE Golfer's concern
 2 LIE Get prone
 2 LIDO Adriatic resort
 2 LIDA ``___ Rose'' (song from ``The Music Man'')
 2 LID Pot top
 2 LID Maximum
 2 LID Jar part
 2 LID Ceiling
 2 LICIT Permissible
 2 LICIT Allowed
 2 LIC Form of ID: Abbr.
 2 LIC Driver's need: Abbr.
 2 LIBERALS The Left
 2 LIB Women's ___
 2 LIAR Yarn spinner
 2 LIAR Tall tale teller
 2 LIAR Pseudologue
 2 LIAR Pinocchio, at times
 2 LIAR Make-up artist?
 2 LIANE Jungle vine
 2 LIANA Jungle vine
 2 LIAM Novelist O'Flaherty
 2 LIAM Neeson of ``Nell''
 2 LIAM British rocker Gallagher
 2 LIABLE Apt
 2 LHASA ___ apso (dog)
 2 LHASA Tibet's capital
 2 LGE Bigger than med.
 2 LEYTE 1944 battle site
 2 LEX ___ Luthor, of ``Superman''
 2 LEWD Off-color
 2 LEW Wallace who wrote ``Ben-Hur''
 2 LEVY Tax
 2 LEVY Impose
 2 LEVINE James of the Met
 2 LEVI ___ Strauss jeans
 2 LEVI Son of Leah
 2 LEVI Son of Jacob and Leah
 2 LEVI First name in jeans
 2 LEVER Part of a voting machine
 2 LEVEE River embankment
 2 LEVEE Flood embankment
 2 LEVEE Embankment
 2 LEVEE Bank
 2 LEV ``My Name Is Asher ___'' (Chaim Potok novel)
 2 LETT Riga native
 2 LETT Baryshnikov, by birth
 2 LETT Baltic native
 2 LETSIN Admits
 2 LETS ``___ go!''
 2 LETS Response to ``Shall we?''
 2 LETO Jared of ``Panic Room''
 2 LETIN Admit
 2 LETHE Oblivion
 2 LETHAL ``___ Weapon''
 2 LETGO Release
 2 LETGO Free
 2 LETGO Can
 2 LETBE Do not disturb
 2 LETAT Free to attack
 2 LETALONE Much less
 2 LET Serve to be re-served
 2 LET Permit
 2 LET Court ruling?
 2 LET Court do-over
 2 LET Court decision
 2 LEST In case
 2 LESSISMORE Mies van der Rohe's motto
 2 LESSENS Goes down
 2 LESSEE Tenant
 2 LESSEE Renter
 2 LESSEE Rent payer
 2 LESS Lacking
 2 LESS Discounted by
 2 LESE Suffix with Congo
 2 LESE Literally, ``injured''
 2 LESAGE ``Gil Blas'' writer
 2 LES ``___ Miz''
 2 LES ``___ Miserables''
 2 LES ``___ Girls''
 2 LES Guitar master Paul
 2 LES Brown of renown
 2 LES Article at the Louvre
 2 LES Arles article
 2 LEROI Playwright Jones
 2 LEROI Object of an old French cheer
 2 LERNER ``How to Handle a Woman'' lyricist
 2 LEOXI Pope of 1605
 2 LEOS Composer Janácek
 2 LEONINE Strong and proud
 2 LEONE Freetown currency unit
 2 LEONA First name in hotels
 2 LEON Singer Redbone
 2 LEON Old Spanish kingdom
 2 LEON Nicaragua's second-largest city
 2 LEON City NNW of Madrid
 2 LEON Boxer Spinks
 2 LEOI Fifth-century pope who was sainted
 2 LEO ``Seinfeld'' uncle
 2 LEO Writer Rosten
 2 LEO Sign before Virgo
 2 LEO DiCaprio, to fans
 2 LENTO Slowly, on a score
 2 LENTO Slowly, in music
 2 LENT Time to give up?
 2 LENT Solemn stretch
 2 LENT Carnival follower
 2 LENS Microscope part
 2 LENS Eye
 2 LENORE 1831 Poe poem
 2 LENO One who follows the news
 2 LENO NBC host
 2 LENO Lantern-jawed celeb
 2 LENO Jay seen at night
 2 LENO He follows the news
 2 LENO Follower of the news
 2 LENO Carson's successor
 2 LENNY 1974 title role for Dustin Hoffman
 2 LEND Give temporarily
 2 LEND Give for a while
 2 LEND Extend credit
 2 LEND Do banker's work
 2 LENAPE Delaware Indian
 2 LENA Yakutsk's river
 2 LENA Horne or Olin
 2 LENA Diva Horne
 2 LENA Actress Olin
 2 LEN ``1-2-3'' singer Barry
 2 LEN Football's Dawson
 2 LEN Cariou of ``Sweeney Todd''
 2 LEN Author Deighton
 2 LEMS NASA craft
 2 LEMME ``I wanna!''
 2 LEMANS Grand Prix site
 2 LEMA Champagne Tony of golf
 2 LEM ``Solaris'' author Stanislaw
 2 LEM The Eagle, e.g.
 2 LEM The Eagle that landed
 2 LEM NASA vehicle
 2 LEM Apollo vehicle
 2 LEK Albanian currency
 2 LEIS Island rings
 2 LEILA Girl rescued by Don Juan
 2 LEICA Nikon rival
 2 LEIA Movie princess
 2 LEI ``Fantasy Island'' prop
 2 LEI Wreath
 2 LEI Pacific ring
 2 LEI Muumuu go-with
 2 LEI Island ring?
 2 LEI Island ring
 2 LEI Island chain?
 2 LEI Hawaiian wreath
 2 LEI Floral necklace
 2 LEGUP Advantage
 2 LEGS Staying power
 2 LEGS Endurance
 2 LEGO Kind of block
 2 LEGO Big name in construction
 2 LEGER Cubist Fernand
 2 LEGAL Corporate department
 2 LEG Race unit
 2 LEG Journey segment
 2 LEG Journey part
 2 LEFT Took off
 2 LEFT Liberals, with ``the''
 2 LEEZA TV host Gibbons
 2 LEEZA Gibbons of TV
 2 LEES Noted Virginia family
 2 LEES Dregs
 2 LEES Bottom of the barrel
 2 LEERY Skeptical
 2 LEERY Guarded
 2 LEERY Circumspect
 2 LEERS Lecherous looks
 2 LEERED Looked lecherously
 2 LEERAT Give the eye
 2 LEER Suggestive look
 2 LEER Sly look
 2 LEER Odd look
 2 LEER Goatish glance
 2 LEELEE Actress Sobieski
 2 LEEKS Vichyssoise ingredients
 2 LEEK Vichyssoise ingredient
 2 LEEK Stew ingredient
 2 LEEK Soup ingredient
 2 LEEK Onion's kin
 2 LEECH Parasite
 2 LEE ``Malcolm X'' director
 2 LEE Stan who created Spider-Man
 2 LEE Majors in acting
 2 LEE Linda ___, Supergirl's alias
 2 LEE General in gray
 2 LEE Filmmaker Spike
 2 LEE Attorney F. ___ Bailey
 2 LEDTO Resulted in
 2 LEDON Inveigled
 2 LEDIN Ushered
 2 LEDGE Pigeon's perch
 2 LEDA Helen's mother
 2 LEDA Castor's mother
 2 LED ___ Zeppelin
 2 LED Was in front
 2 LED Was ahead
 2 LED Set the pace
 2 LED Marshaled
 2 LED Had an edge
 2 LED Fronted
 2 LED Conducted
 2 LED Chaired
 2 LEB Neighbor of Syr.
 2 LEB Isr. neighbor
 2 LEAST Smallest
 2 LEAST Minimal
 2 LEASH Tether
 2 LEASE Take for a while
 2 LEASE Renter's paper
 2 LEASE Rent
 2 LEASE Car dealer's offering
 2 LEAS Grazing sites
 2 LEAS Grasslands
 2 LEARNS Picks up
 2 LEARNS Masters
 2 LEARNOF Find out about
 2 LEARN Memorize
 2 LEAR Cordelia's father
 2 LEAPYEAR 2000, for one
 2 LEAPT Vaulted
 2 LEAPT Sprang
 2 LEAPT Bounded
 2 LEAPS Ballet practice
 2 LEAPS Abrupt transitions
 2 LEAP Ballet move
 2 LEANTO Shanty
 2 LEANON Use for support
 2 LEANON Pressure, in a way
 2 LEANON Pressure
 2 LEANN Singer Rimes
 2 LEAN Low-fat
 2 LEAN Like some meat
 2 LEAN Like Jack Sprat's diet
 2 LEAK Plumbing problem
 2 LEAK Pipe problem
 2 LEAH Mother of Levi and Judah
 2 LEAH Judah's mother
 2 LEAFLET Circular
 2 LEAFED Paged
 2 LEAFED Flipped (through)
 2 LEAF Table extender
 2 LEADUPTO Precede
 2 LEADSON Entices
 2 LEADSIN Ushers
 2 LEADORE Galena
 2 LEADING Ahead
 2 LEADEN Hard to lift
 2 LEAD Starring role
 2 LEAD Show the way
 2 LEACH Percolate
 2 LEA Pastoral setting
 2 LEA Pastoral place
 2 LEA Grazing locale
 2 LEA Grassy area
 2 LEA Grassland
 2 LDS Mormons, initially
 2 LCD Digital readout, for short
 2 LBS Dieters' units: Abbr.
 2 LBS Barbell abbr.
 2 LBO Wall St. deal
 2 LBO Wall St. action
 2 LAZY Slothful
 2 LAZE Loll
 2 LAYSINTO Attacks
 2 LAYITON Flatter
 2 LAYER Cake part
 2 LAY Set down
 2 LAY Put down
 2 LAY Place
 2 LAY Not of the cloth
 2 LAX Calif. airport
 2 LAWLESS Wild
 2 LAW Police, with ``the''
 2 LAW Bar topic
 2 LAVS Johns
 2 LAVATORY Washroom
 2 LAVA Rolling rock?
 2 LAVA Hot rock
 2 LAVA Hot issue
 2 LAVA Etna output
 2 LAUDE Summa cum ___
 2 LAUD Tout
 2 LAUD Glorify
 2 LAUD Extol
 2 LATTER Second of two
 2 LATTE Caffè ___
 2 LATINO Bodega patron
 2 LATINO Barrio resident
 2 LATINI Freshman language course
 2 LATHER State of agitation
 2 LATH Homebuilder's strip
 2 LATEX Kind of paint
 2 LATEST Up-to-the-minute
 2 LATERON After a while
 2 LATENS Gets dark
 2 LATEN Grow dark
 2 LATE When repeated, like some shows
 2 LATE Running behind
 2 LATE Missing a deadline
 2 LATE Better than never?
 2 LAT Long. crosser
 2 LAT Global positioning meas.
 2 LAT Back muscle, familiarly
 2 LASTWORD Definitive statement
 2 LASTLAP Race climax
 2 LAST In the cellar
 2 LAST Hold up
 2 LAST Go on
 2 LASSOES Snags
 2 LASS ``O, gie me the ___ that has acres o' charms'': Burns
 2 LASS Young woman
 2 LASS Sweetheart
 2 LASS Miss
 2 LASS Laddie's love
 2 LASS Glasgow gal
 2 LASS Girl
 2 LASS Filly
 2 LASS Colleen
 2 LASS Bonny one
 2 LASH Mascara site
 2 LASER ___-guided
 2 LASER Modern surgical tool
 2 LASER Light in a light show
 2 LASER Kind of beam
 2 LASE Use a surgical beam
 2 LASCARS East Indian sailors
 2 LASAGNA Layered dish
 2 LAS ___ Cruces
 2 LARVA Stage between egg and pupa
 2 LARVA Grub
 2 LARUE Lash ___ of old westerns
 2 LARSON ``Rent'' composer Jonathan
 2 LARS 1968 Chemistry Nobelist Onsager
 2 LARRY King of TV
 2 LARK Caper
 2 LARGESSE Generous gifts
 2 LARGEEGG Ostrich's production
 2 LARGE The ``L'' of XXL
 2 LARGE Supersized
 2 LARF 1968 British comedy ``Only When I ___''
 2 LAREDO Rio Grande city
 2 LAREDO City on the Rio Grande
 2 LARDNER ``Gullible's Travels'' writer
 2 LARD Enrich, in a way
 2 LARCH Tough, durable wood
 2 LARAS ``___ Theme'' (``Doctor Zhivago'' tune)
 2 LARA Actress ___ Flynn Boyle
 2 LAPSES Failures
 2 LAPSE Oversight
 2 LAPSE Expire
 2 LAPPS Northern Scandinavians
 2 LAPP Reindeer herder
 2 LAPP Arctic native
 2 LAPORTE Indiana county or its seat
 2 LAPIS Blue stone
 2 LAPAZ Two-mile-high capital
 2 LAP Race unit
 2 LAP Drink from a dish
 2 LAOS Golden Triangle country
 2 LAO Pathet ___
 2 LANOLIN Ointment ingredient
 2 LANKA Sri ___
 2 LANK Thin
 2 LANK Like young Abe Lincoln
 2 LANG Singer k. d. ___
 2 LANE Pool path
 2 LANE Narrow street
 2 LANAI Maui neighbor
 2 LANAI Island west of Maui
 2 LANAI Hawaiian veranda
 2 LAN PC linkup
 2 LAMPS Reading lights
 2 LAMINATE Protect, in a way
 2 LAMB Souvlaki meat
 2 LAMB Follower of Mary
 2 LAMAR University in Beaumont, Tex.
 2 LAMAR Truman's Missouri birthplace
 2 LAMA Tibetan priest
 2 LAMA Priest of the East
 2 LAM Thrash
 2 LAM Take a powder
 2 LAM Make tracks
 2 LALO Film composer Schifrin
 2 LALAW Bochco TV drama
 2 LALALAND Space cadet's place
 2 LALA Refrain syllables
 2 LALA In ___ land (spacy)
 2 LAKER Great Western Forum player
 2 LAKE Water-skiing locale
 2 LAKE Cottage site
 2 LAITY Flock
 2 LAIT Café lightener
 2 LAIT Café additive
 2 LAIRS Hideouts
 2 LAIR Place to hibernate
 2 LAIR Lion's den
 2 LAIR Hideout
 2 LAIR Burrow
 2 LAINIE Actress Kazan
 2 LAINE Frankie or Cleo
 2 LAIN Rested
 2 LAIN Reposed
 2 LAID Wagered
 2 LAID Put down
 2 LAI ``Love Story'' composer Francis
 2 LAI My ___, Vietnam
 2 LAI China's Chou En-___
 2 LAHTI ``Chicago Hope'' actress
 2 LAHTI ``Chicago Hope'' Emmy winner
 2 LAHR ``The Wizard of Oz'' actor
 2 LAHR Actor Bert
 2 LAHORE Pakistani city
 2 LAGUNA ___ Beach, Calif.
 2 LAGS Trails
 2 LAGO Titicaca, por ejemplo
 2 LAGO Italy's ___ di Como
 2 LAGERS Some brews
 2 LAG Not be up-to-date
 2 LAG Fall behind
 2 LADYS ___-slipper
 2 LADY Lord's mate
 2 LADY Disney dog
 2 LADS Shavers
 2 LADS Pubmates
 2 LADES Puts on cargo
 2 LADE Put on
 2 LADD ``This Gun for Hire'' star
 2 LADD ``Shane'' star
 2 LAD Youth
 2 LAD Shaver
 2 LAD Schoolboy
 2 LAD Little shaver
 2 LACTIC Milk-related
 2 LACEY Cagney's TV partner
 2 LACERATES Tears
 2 LACED Spiked
 2 LACE Shoestring
 2 LAC Resinous deposit
 2 LAC Fond du ___
 2 LAC Anita Brookner's ``Hotel du ___''
 2 LABELER Office gizmo
 2 LABEL Tag
 2 LABEL Record company
 2 LABEL Pigeonhole
 2 LAB Test site
 2 LAB Photo ___
 2 LAB Chem class
 2 LAB Big pooch
 2 KYSER Bandleader Kay
 2 KYD ``The Spanish Tragedy'' dramatist
 2 KURTZ Tony winner Swoosie
 2 KUNTA ___ Kinte of ``Roots''
 2 KUE Letter before ar
 2 KSTAR Relatively cool sun
 2 KRONE Danish money
 2 KRONA Swedish money
 2 KROC McDonald's founder Ray
 2 KRIS Barbra's ``A Star Is Born'' co-star
 2 KRAIT Deadly snake
 2 KRAFT Velveeta maker
 2 KOS Big belts
 2 KOREA Where Seoul is
 2 KOREA Split country
 2 KOP Keystone lawman
 2 KOP Keystone figure
 2 KOP Keystone character
 2 KOOL Brown & Williamson brand
 2 KOO Hootchy-___
 2 KONA Hawaii's ___ Coast
 2 KOLA Caffeine source
 2 KOD Decked
 2 KOALA Eucalyptus muncher
 2 KOALA Eucalyptus eater
 2 KOA Campground letters
 2 KNUTE Big name at Notre Dame
 2 KNUTE All-American name
 2 KNOX Fort ___ (gold site)
 2 KNOWN Famous
 2 KNOT Masseur's target
 2 KNOT Granny ___
 2 KNOPF Big name in book publishing
 2 KNOLL Small hill
 2 KNOLL Mound
 2 KNOB Door opener
 2 KNIT Sweater
 2 KNIT Make a sweater
 2 KNIT Join
 2 KNIT Jersey, e.g.
 2 KNIFE Bowie's weapon
 2 KNICK New York hoopster
 2 KNEW Had down cold
 2 KNEEL Use a prie-dieu
 2 KNEED Injured sneakily
 2 KNEECAP Patella
 2 KNEE ``Trick'' joint
 2 KNEE Word with high or hole
 2 KNEE Place for a pad
 2 KNEE Kind of socks
 2 KNEE Deep ___ bend
 2 KNEADS Presses, folds and stretches
 2 KNEAD Work, in a way
 2 KNEAD Work, as dough
 2 KNAVE Jack
 2 KMART S. S. Kresge, today
 2 KLINE ``In & Out'' star, 1997
 2 KLEE ``Twittering Machine'' artist
 2 KLEE ``Fish Magic'' painter
 2 KLAN Hate group
 2 KIWIS Fuzzy fruits
 2 KIWI Fuzzy fruit
 2 KITH Kin's partner
 2 KITES Wind-up toys?
 2 KITES Toys with tails
 2 KIT Word with mess or press
 2 KIT Emergency ___
 2 KIT Do-it-yourselfer's purchase
 2 KIRS White wine apéritifs
 2 KIROV Bolshoi rival
 2 KIRI Diva ___ Te Kanawa
 2 KIOWA Plains Indian
 2 KINTE Kunta ___ (``Roots'' role)
 2 KINER Seven-time N.L. home run champ
 2 KIN They're related
 2 KIN Reunion group
 2 KIM 1901 novel set in India
 2 KILT Bagpiper's wear
 2 KIEV Ukraine's capital
 2 KIEV Capital on the Dnieper
 2 KIDS Joshes
 2 KID Tease
 2 KID Little butter?
 2 KID Josh
 2 KICK Gun's recoil
 2 KIA Spectra maker
 2 KIA Sedona maker
 2 KHAN Top Tatar
 2 KFC Fast-food inits.
 2 KEYUP Excite
 2 KEYEDUP Excited
 2 KEYED Atwitter, with ``up''
 2 KEYED Attuned
 2 KEY Essential
 2 KEY E or G, e.g.
 2 KEW ___ Gardens
 2 KETT ``Etta ___''
 2 KESEY ``One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' novelist
 2 KERR ``The King and I'' co-star
 2 KERR ``From Here to Eternity'' actress
 2 KEPTAT Persisted in
 2 KENO Bingo relative
 2 KEN He's a doll
 2 KEN Boy toy?
 2 KEMO ___ Sabe
 2 KELSO Horse of the Year, 1960-64
 2 KELP Food for sea urchins
 2 KELLY Green shade
 2 KEG Fraternity party staple
 2 KEG Beer barrel
 2 KEEPSAKE Token
 2 KEEPAT Don't stop
 2 KEENON Enamored of
 2 KEENE New Hampshire college town
 2 KEEN Neato
 2 KEELS Naval bases?
 2 KEELS Dirigible parts
 2 KEDS Sneakers brand
 2 KEATS ``Hyperion'' poet
 2 KEANU Reeves of ``Speed''
 2 KEANU Actor Reeves
 2 KEAN Shakespearean actor Edmund
 2 KEAN New Jersey's ___ University
 2 KEA Mauna ___ Observatory
 2 KDLANG ``Constant Craving'' singer
 2 KAY Starr of song
 2 KAY Singer Starr
 2 KATO Green Hornet's sidekick
 2 KAT ``Krazy'' one
 2 KAT Kit ___ bar
 2 KARO Syrup brand
 2 KARO Corn syrup brand
 2 KARL First name in Communism
 2 KAREN Silkwood of ``Silkwood''
 2 KARAT Gold standard
 2 KARACHI Pakistani port
 2 KAPUT Dead, as an engine
 2 KANSAS Part of the Louisiana Purchase
 2 KANGAROO Pocket Books logo
 2 KANE ``Citizen ___''
 2 KALE Curly cabbage
 2 KALE Cabbagelike vegetable
 2 KAL ___ Kan
 2 KAL Asian carrier
 2 KAI China's Chiang ___-shek
 2 KAEL Film critic Pauline
 2 KABUL Asian capital
 2 JUMANJI 1995 Robin Williams film
 2 JULEP Minty drink
 2 JOWL It may hang by the neck
 2 JOWL Cheek
 2 JOVE ``By ___!''
 2 JOTS Scribbles (down)
 2 JOTDOWN Note
 2 JOT Write quickly
 2 JOT Scribble
 2 JOSH Rib
 2 JOSE ``No way, ___!''
 2 JOS Alcott book ``___ Boys''
 2 JON Rock's Bon Jovi
 2 JOLT Shock
 2 JOLT Shake up
 2 JOLLA La ___, Calif.
 2 JOKESTER Wag
 2 JOJO Skater Starbuck
 2 JOIE ___ de vivre
 2 JOES Average guys
 2 JOE ``Mud''
 2 JOE Diner cupful
 2 JOAN ___ of Arc
 2 JOADS Steinbeck family
 2 JIHAD Islamic holy war
 2 JIFF Sec
 2 JEUDI Day after mercredi
 2 JEU Game, in France
 2 JETT Singer Joan
 2 JETSET Frequent fliers
 2 JETE Ballet leap
 2 JET L-1011, e.g.
 2 JET Boeing 747, e.g.
 2 JET Black
 2 JESU Proper name in Masses
 2 JESTS Jokes
 2 JESTS Isn't serious
 2 JEST Witty remark
 2 JEST Taunt
 2 JESSE 1980 Carly Simon hit
 2 JELL Come together
 2 JEERSAT Mocks
 2 JEEPS Army vehicles
 2 JEDI ``Star Wars'' warrior
 2 JEDI Knight at the movies
 2 JED One of the Beverly Hillbillies
 2 JEANNIE 1960's sitcom title role
 2 JAYS Blue birds
 2 JAW Talking point?
 2 JASPER Quartz variety
 2 JAS Madison or Monroe: Abbr.
 2 JARS Shakes up
 2 JAR Shake up
 2 JAR Shake
 2 JAR Place for pennies
 2 JAPED Made fun of
 2 JAPE Jest
 2 JANET One of the Jacksons
 2 JAMS Photocopier problems
 2 JAMS Fixes
 2 JAMB Frame part
 2 JAMB Doorpost
 2 JAMB Door part
 2 JAM Wing it, musically
 2 JAM Printer problem
 2 JAM Gridlock
 2 JAKE Hunky-dory
 2 JAILS Puts behind bars
 2 JAIL Corner square in Monopoly
 2 JAIL Clink
 2 JAIALAI Court sport
 2 JAGGY Notched
 2 JAG Binge
 2 JADE Shade of green
 2 JADE Nephrite
 2 JADE Green gem
 2 JABS Barbed comments
 2 JAB The ``one'' in a one-two
 2 JAB Short punch
 2 JAB Sharp left or right
 2 IZOD Shirt name
 2 IZOD Shirt brand
 2 IZOD Popular shirt label
 2 IZAAK ___ Walton League (conservation group)
 2 IYAR Month after Nisan
 2 IWAS ``___ a Teen-age Werewolf''
 2 IWALK Johnny Cash's ``___ the Line''
 2 IVY Wrigley Field flora
 2 IVY Brown, for one
 2 IVORYTOWER Academic enclave
 2 IVORY Off-white
 2 IVOR Songwriter Novello
 2 IVO Literature Nobelist Andric
 2 IVIES Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc.
 2 IVIED Like some walls
 2 IVEY Actress Judith
 2 IVES ``Concord Sonata'' composer
 2 IVES Currier's partner in lithography
 2 IVE ``___ got it!''
 2 IVE ``___ fallen ...''
 2 IVE ``___ Got the World on a String''
 2 IVE It may be added to impress
 2 IVANS Several Russian czars
 2 IVANOV Chekhov's first play
 2 IVANA The Donald's first ex
 2 IVANA One of Donald's exes
 2 IVAN ___ the Terrible
 2 IVAN Nobelist Pavlov
 2 IVAN Dr. Pavlov
 2 IUM Elemental ending
 2 ITZA Chichén ___ (Mayan city)
 2 ITTO ``What's ___ you?''
 2 ITTO ``Tell ___ the judge''
 2 ITTO ``Sock ___ me!''
 2 ITTO The Eagles' ``Take ___ the Limit''
 2 ITT Fortune 500 inits.
 2 ITSY Teeny
 2 ITSOK Reassuring words
 2 ITSME Reply to ``Who's there?''
 2 ITSLATE 1959 Ricky Nelson hit
 2 ITSAMESS ``Ugh!''
 2 ITSALIE ``Not true!''
 2 ITSABOY Birth announcement
 2 ITSA ``___ small world!''
 2 ITSA ``___ Boy'' (``Tommy'' song)
 2 ITSA Guy Lombardo's ``___ Lonely Trail''
 2 ITS ``___ true!''
 2 ITS ``___ time''
 2 ITS ``___ show time!''
 2 ITS The ``I'' of T.G.I.F.
 2 ITS T.G.I.F. part
 2 ITOR ``...like ___ not!''
 2 ITOO Words of agreement
 2 ITON ``I have ___ good authority''
 2 ITON Pour ___
 2 ITON Lay ___ the line
 2 ITO ``Was ___ blame?''
 2 ITO ``Am ___ blame?''
 2 ITO ``Am ___ believe ...?''
 2 ITO Yamaguchi's rival at Albertville
 2 ITO Name in 1995 news
 2 ITO Judge Lance
 2 ITO 1995 court V.I.P.
 2 ITNO ``Pay ___ mind''
 2 ITN BBC rival
 2 ITLL ``___ never work!''
 2 ITLL ``___ do you good''
 2 ITLL ``___ cost you''
 2 ITLL ``___ cost you!''
 2 ITISA ``___ far, far better thing...''
 2 ITIS ``Really?''
 2 ITIS Suffix with sinus
 2 ITIS Reply to ``That so?''
 2 ITION Suffix with exped-
 2 ITINA 1986 rock autobiography
 2 ITIN ``Put ___ writing''
 2 ITIC Suffix with arthr-
 2 ITI ``Lord, is ___?'': Matthew
 2 ITHACA Home of Odysseus
 2 ITERS Anatomical canals
 2 ITERATE Go over again
 2 ITER Route for Ben-Hur
 2 ITER Road to Rome
 2 ITER Passage in Latin
 2 ITER Old Roman road
 2 ITER Aqueduct of Sylvius, e.g.
 2 ITER Anatomical canal
 2 ITEMS Twos in the news
 2 ITEMS Things
 2 ITEMS Particulars
 2 ITEMS List components
 2 ITEM Thingy
 2 ITEM Tabloid twosome
 2 ITEM Part of a list
 2 ITEM Detail
 2 ITEM Couple
 2 ITEM Bit of gossip
 2 ITEM Any thing
 2 ITE Suffix with social
 2 ITE Suffix with Samson
 2 ITE Suffix with Israel
 2 ITE Suffix with Canaan
 2 ITD ``___ be my pleasure!''
 2 ITCH Yen
 2 ITCH Cast wearer’s problem
 2 ITAT ``Let's just leave ___ that''
 2 ITAS ``Take ___ a sign''
 2 ITAND ``Try ___ see''
 2 ITALY ``Enchanted April'' setting
 2 ITALY Europe's ``boot''
 2 ITALIC Leaning to the right
 2 ITALIA Paesano's land
 2 ITAL Type type: Abbr.
 2 ITA ``Make ___ double''
 2 ITA ``Give ___ rest!''
 2 ISUZU Rodeo producer
 2 ISTS Followers: Suffix
 2 ISTS Followers
 2 ISTS Believers
 2 ISTS Adherents
 2 ISTO Ratio phrase
 2 ISTLE Carpet fiber
 2 ISTHMI Panama and others
 2 ISTHATSO ``Really?''
 2 IST Professional suffix
 2 IST Left end?
 2 IST Believer's suffix
 2 ISSUERS Publishers
 2 ISSUE Progeny
 2 ISSUE Matter of debate
 2 ISSUE It's debatable
 2 ISSUE Any Time
 2 ISSO ``That ___ you!''
 2 ISS Magazine no.
 2 ISRAELI Nazareth native
 2 ISR Syr. neighbor
 2 ISR Neighbor of Syr.
 2 ISR Mideast land: Abbr.
 2 ISR Medit. land
 2 ISR Leb. neighbor
 2 ISPARISBURNING Hot movie of 1966?
 2 ISP AOL, e.g.
 2 ISOTOPE Heavy hydrogen, e.g.
 2 ISOPOD Certain crustacean
 2 ISONTO Knows about
 2 ISON ``The heat ___!''
 2 ISOLDE Tristan's love
 2 ISOLDE King Mark's bride
 2 ISOGONAL Equiangular
 2 ISOF ``Time ___ the essence''
 2 ISOBAR Weather map line
 2 ISOBAR Weather line
 2 ISOBAR Map line
 2 ISO Prefix with therm
 2 ISO Equal: Prefix
 2 ISNT ``___ that special?!''
 2 ISNT Ain't right?
 2 ISNT Ain't correct?
 2 ISNOT ``A house ___ a home''
 2 ISNO ``Money ___ object''
 2 ISNO ``Money ___ object!''
 2 ISMS Theories
 2 ISMS Schools of thought
 2 ISM Something to believe in
 2 ISM Doctrine: Suffix
 2 ISM An end to sex?
 2 ISLIP Long Island town
 2 ISLETS Specks in the sea
 2 ISLET ___ of Langerhans
 2 ISLE ___ of Capri
 2 ISLE Vacation spot
 2 ISLE Vacation destination
 2 ISLE Man, for one
 2 ISLE Emerald ___
 2 ISLE Cuba's ___ of Youth
 2 ISLE Catalina, e.g.
 2 ISLE Castaway's home
 2 ISLE Capri, for one
 2 ISLE Bermuda, e.g.
 2 ISLE Beach site
 2 ISLAND Cuba, e.g.
 2 ISLA Madonna's ``La ___ Bonita''
 2 ISLA Cuba, por ejemplo
 2 ISL Archipelago unit: Abbr.
 2 ISITI Disciple's query
 2 ISIT ``What ___?''
 2 ISIS Horned goddess
 2 ISIN ``The fix ___''
 2 ISIN ``Beauty ___ the eye …''
 2 ISHTAR Babylonian love goddess
 2 ISH Suffix with bull or bear
 2 ISH Suffix with bull
 2 ISH Suffix with book
 2 ISERE Grenoble's department
 2 ISEE ``Understood!''
 2 ISEE ``Oh''
 2 ISEE ``Now it's clear''
 2 ISEE ``Mm-hmm''
 2 ISEE ``Got it''
 2 ISEE ``Amazing Grace'' ending
 2 ISEE ``Aha!''
 2 ISEE Words of enlightenment
 2 ISEE Words of comprehension
 2 ISE Sussex suffix
 2 ISE Expert finish?
 2 ISBUT ``Life ___ a dream''
 2 ISAY ``___, old chap''
 2 ISAY ``My word!''
 2 ISAY Words to an ``old chap''
 2 ISAW Part of Caesar's boast
 2 ISAN ``My life ___ open book''
 2 ISAIAH ``Four Essays on Liberty'' author Berlin
 2 ISADORA First name in dance
 2 ISADORA Dancer Duncan
 2 ISACT ``All I gotta do ___ naturally'' (Beatles lyric)
 2 ISAAC Violinist Stern
 2 ISAAC Stern with a bow
 2 ISAAC Newton or Stern
 2 ISAAC Father of well-known twins
 2 ISAAC Composer Albéniz
 2 ISA ``This ___ surprise!''
 2 ISA ``There ___ tide...''
 2 ISA ``Love ___ Ball'' (1963 comedy)
 2 IRWIN Apollo 15 astronaut James ___
 2 IRVIN Monte of Cooperstown
 2 IRV Sportscaster Cross
 2 IRT N.Y.C. line
 2 IRS Form letters?
 2 IRS Apr. addressee
 2 IRR Sale item abbr.
 2 IRR Sale abbr.
 2 IRR Like some verbs: Abbr.
 2 IRONY O. Henry specialty
 2 IRONSON Affixes, in a way
 2 IRONS Best Actor of 1990
 2 IRONORE Taconite, e.g.
 2 IRONON Like some transfers
 2 IRONON Affixable, in a way
 2 IRONMAN Tough guy
 2 IRONAGE Period in human development
 2 IRON ``Pumping ___''
 2 IRON Vitamin tablet supplement
 2 IRON Steel ingredient
 2 IRON Smooth (out)
 2 IRON Flatten
 2 IRON Clothes presser
 2 IRMA ``___ la Douce,'' 1963 film
 2 IRMA ___ la Douce
 2 IRMA Soprano in ``Louise''
 2 IRMA Cookbook author Rombauer
 2 IRKSOME Annoying
 2 IRKS Ticks off
 2 IRKS Rubs the wrong way
 2 IRKS Bugs
 2 IRKED Ticked off
 2 IRK Tick off
 2 IRK Ruffle
 2 IRITIS Eye problem
 2 IRISE Maya Angelou's ``And Still ___''
 2 IRIS Spring bloom
 2 IRIS Showy flower
 2 IRIS Pupil's place
 2 IRIS Eye part
 2 IRIS Camera diaphragm
 2 IRIDES Eye parts: Var.
 2 IRES Tempers
 2 IRES Burns up
 2 IRENIC Conciliatory
 2 IRENES Tony winner Worth and others
 2 IRENE ``Goodnight'' girl of song
 2 IRENE Papas of ``Zorba the Greek''
 2 IRENE Cara of ``Fame''
 2 IREFUL Angry
 2 IRED Really steamed
 2 IRED Put out
 2 IRE Tee off
 2 IRE Source of heat
 2 IRE Resentment
 2 IRE Provoke
 2 IRE Pique condition?
 2 IRE Pique
 2 IRE It makes one hot
 2 IRE Embitterment
 2 IRE Dudgeon
 2 IRE Boiling blood
 2 IRATE Ticked off
 2 IRATE Storming
 2 IRATE Steaming
 2 IRATE Seeing red
 2 IRATE All worked up
 2 IRAS Nest eggs, for short
 2 IRAS Nest eggs, briefly
 2 IRAS Bank offerings
 2 IRAS 401(k) cousins
 2 IRAQI Dinar earner
 2 IRAQI Baghdad resident
 2 IRAQ Mideast hot spot
 2 IRANIAN Shiraz resident
 2 IRANIAN Like some oil
 2 IRANI Tehran native
 2 IRANI Teheran native
 2 IRANI Qom resident
 2 IRANI Neighbor of an Afghani
 2 IRANI Khomeini, for one
 2 IRANI Kharg Island resident
 2 IRAN Tehran's land
 2 IRAN Side in a 1980's war
 2 IRAN Rug source
 2 IRAN Qom home
 2 IRAN Neighbor of Turkmenistan
 2 IRAN It's south of Georgia
 2 IRAN Farsi-speaking land
 2 IRAN Bit of Kurdistan
 2 IRALEVIN ``The Stepford Wives'' author
 2 IRAE Requiem Mass word
 2 IRAE Dies ___
 2 IRABU Pitcher Hideki ___
 2 IRA Tax form info: Abbr.
 2 IRA Roth ___
 2 IRA Portfolio part, in brief
 2 IRA One of the Gershwins
 2 IRA Money for old age: Abbr.
 2 IRA Lyrical Gershwin
 2 IRA Kind of contribution
 2 IRA Glass of public radio
 2 IRA George's brother
 2 IRA George Gershwin's brother
 2 IRA Bank offering, for short
 2 IRA A Gershwin
 2 IQUIT Cry of surrender
 2 IQS They average 100
 2 IPOD Apple product
 2 IPO Wall St. news
 2 IPO Wall St. debut
 2 IPO Nasdaq debut: Abbr.
 2 IPECAC Medicinal syrup
 2 IPANEMA Famed Rio beach
 2 IPANEMA Beach in a 1964 hit song
 2 IPANA Classic toothpaste
 2 IOWE ``___ Russia $1200'' (Bob Hope book)
 2 IOWAN Hawkeye
 2 IOWA ``Field of Dreams'' setting
 2 IOU Marker letters
 2 IOTAS Specks
 2 IOTA Whit
 2 IOTA Tiny amount
 2 IOTA Teensy bit
 2 IOTA Small amount
 2 IOTA Letter before kappa
 2 IOS Cyclades island
 2 IONS They have their pluses and minuses
 2 IONIC Kind of column
 2 IONIC Greek column style
 2 IONIC Charged, in a way
 2 IONIA Ancient Greek colony
 2 IONIA Ancient Aegean land
 2 IONIA Aegean region
 2 IONA College in New Rochelle
 2 ION Kind of chamber
 2 ION It may have an extra electron
 2 ION It comes with a charge
 2 ION H+, e.g.
 2 ION Cyclotron bit
 2 ION + or - item
 2 IOLA Seat of Allen County, Kan.
 2 IODINE First-aid item
 2 IODATE Halogen salt
 2 IOC Quadrennial games org.
 2 INXS ``Suicide Blonde'' rock group
 2 INVOLVE Entail
 2 INVERT Flip
 2 INVERSE 2, to 1/2
 2 INVAIN To no avail
 2 INV Bill: Abbr.
 2 INUSE Taken
 2 INUSE Lavatory sign
 2 INUSE Busy
 2 INURN Bury
 2 INURES Habituates
 2 INURE Get used (to)
 2 INURE Condition
 2 INTWO Bisected
 2 INTURN Sequentially
 2 INTS Football stats: Abbr.
 2 INTRUDE Gate-crash
 2 INTROS Emcees' lines
 2 INTRO Prelim
 2 INTRO Opener
 2 INTRA Prefix with venous
 2 INTR Like some verbs: Abbr.
 2 INTR Foreword: Abbr.
 2 INTOW Following behind
 2 INTONED Performed a canticle, e.g.
 2 INTO Put ___ words
 2 INTO Passionate about
 2 INTO Look ___ (study)
 2 INTO Keen on
 2 INTO Grooving on
 2 INTO Get ___ shape
 2 INTO Enthusiastic about
 2 INTO Digging, so to speak
 2 INTO Captivated by
 2 INTO Absorbed by
 2 INTL Like some airports: Abbr.
 2 INTIME Eventually
 2 INTHEMAIN By and large
 2 INTERPOSE Throw in, as a question
 2 INTERN Apprentice
 2 INTER Part of ICBM
 2 INTER Lay to rest
 2 INTENT Purpose
 2 INTENT Focused
 2 INTENT Fixed
 2 INTEND Have in view
 2 INTEND Have in mind
 2 INTEND Aim
 2 INTATTERS Shredded
 2 INTACT Whole
 2 INT Verb type: Abbr.
 2 INT Bank acct. entry
 2 INT Abbr. on a bank statement
 2 INSTORE Waiting
 2 INSTEPS Arch sites
 2 INSTEP Shoe part
 2 INSTEP Marching together
 2 INSTEAD As a preferred alternative
 2 INST Research facil.
 2 INSITU Undisturbed
 2 INSIPID Flat
 2 INSIGHT Viewable
 2 INSHORT Briefly
 2 INSETS Atlas features
 2 INSET Miniature map
 2 INSET Atlas enlargement
 2 INSEAM Line of clothing
 2 INSCALE Proportional
 2 INS ___ and outs
 2 INS Those with clout
 2 INS Social connections
 2 INS Seat holders
 2 INS Pulls
 2 INS Officeholders
 2 INS Election winners
 2 INROAD Raid
 2 INRI Religious inscription
 2 INRI Calvary inscription
 2 INRE Pertaining to
 2 INRE Memo phrase
 2 INQUIRE Ask
 2 INPAWN Hocked
 2 INORDINATE Excessive
 2 INOR ``___ out?'' (dealer's query)
 2 INON ___ a good thing
 2 INON Look ___
 2 INON Barge ___
 2 INO Daughter of Cadmus
 2 INNS Vacationers' stops
 2 INNS Places to overnight
 2 INNS Holiday ___
 2 INNOTIME Lickety-split
 2 INNIE Navel type
 2 INNIE Bellybutton type
 2 INNER ___ tube
 2 INNER Kind of tube
 2 INNEED Poor
 2 INNATE Present from birth
 2 INNATE Natural
 2 INN Wayside stop
 2 INN Room offerer
 2 INN Place to stay
 2 INN Hostel
 2 INN Holiday ___
 2 INN Days ___
 2 INN B & B
 2 INLUCK Fortunate
 2 INLIMBO Neither here nor there
 2 INLETS Coastal features
 2 INLET Sound
 2 INLET Shoreline feature
 2 INLET Place to moor
 2 INLET Estuary
 2 INLET Cove
 2 INLET Coastal feature
 2 INLET Arm of the sea
 2 INLET Arm
 2 INLAY Dental filling
 2 INKY Very dark
 2 INKY Like an octopus's defense
 2 INKA Durante's ``___ Dinka Doo''
 2 INK Squid's squirt
 2 INK Publicity, slangily
 2 INK Press coverage
 2 INK Octopus's defense
 2 INK It's kept in a pen
 2 INK Cartridge contents
 2 INK Bic filler
 2 INITIO Ab ___ (from the beginning)
 2 INIT Name part: Abbr.
 2 INIT Monogram unit: Abbr.
 2 INIS ``Last one ___ a rotten egg!''
 2 INI Magician's name ending
 2 INHOT ___ water
 2 INHISHAT Where Yankee Doodle stuck a feather
 2 INHAND Under control
 2 INGRID Actress Bergman
 2 INGOT Fort Knox bar
 2 INGOD Coin words
 2 INGE ``The Dark at the Top of the Stairs'' playwright
 2 INGE ``Splendor in the Grass'' screenwriter
 2 INGE ``Splendor in the Grass'' Oscar winner
 2 INGE ``Come Back, Little Sheba'' playwright
 2 INGA ``Young Frankenstein'' woman
 2 ING Gerund maker
 2 INFRA Prefix with structure
 2 INFO The skinny
 2 INFO Facts
 2 INFER Gather
 2 INFER Deduce
 2 INFACT Actually
 2 INEZ ``Mockingbird'' singer Foxx
 2 INESSENCE Basically
 2 INESSE Actually existing
 2 INES Chemical endings
 2 INERT Unmoving
 2 INERT Like some gases
 2 INERT Like helium
 2 INERT Dead to the world
 2 INERROR Mistaken
 2 INEPT Oafish
 2 INEPT Klutzy
 2 INEPT Bungling
 2 INEPT All thumbs
 2 INEED ``All ___'' (1967 Temptations hit)
 2 INE Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 ___ minor
 2 INE Suffix with serpent
 2 INE Having four sharps
 2 INDY ___ 500
 2 INDY May event, for short
 2 INDY 500 spot
 2 INDUS Pakistan's chief river
 2 INDUE ___ time
 2 INDRA Chief Vedic god
 2 INDOOR Not alfresco
 2 INDIRA A Gandhi
 2 INDICT Charge
 2 INDIA Land of a billion
 2 INDIA Kind of ink
 2 INDIA Calcutta's home
 2 INDANGER At risk
 2 IND Polit. label
 2 IND Neither Rep. nor Dem.
 2 INCUR Run up
 2 INCUR Bring upon oneself
 2 INCREASE Up
 2 INCISE Carve
 2 INCH Mark of a ruler
 2 INCENSE Tick off
 2 INCASH One way to pay
 2 INCASE If
 2 INCASE As a precaution
 2 INCAS Pizarro's conquest
 2 INCARNATE Personified
 2 INCA Member of a bygone empire
 2 INCA Early Peruvian
 2 INC Time ___
 2 INC Co. name ender
 2 INC Business magazine
 2 INC Business mag
 2 INBORN Natural
 2 INBAD Out of favor (with)
 2 INB Like Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2
 2 INB Having five sharps
 2 INAWORD Briefly
 2 INAWE Thunderstruck
 2 INAWE Stupefied
 2 INAWE Floored
 2 INAWE Dumbstruck
 2 INAWE Amazed
 2 INATRICE Very quickly
 2 INATRANCE Mesmerized
 2 INAT ___ the kill
 2 INASTIR All riled up
 2 INASTIR Agitated
 2 INASTATE Agitated
 2 INASENSE Somehow
 2 INASEC Very soon
 2 INAS Much may follow it
 2 INAROW Lined up
 2 INARAGE Fit to be tied
 2 INAPT Unsuitable
 2 INAPT Not suitable
 2 INAPILE Stacked
 2 INAPIE Where to find baked blackbirds
 2 INAPET Sulky
 2 INANER Comparatively cockamamie
 2 INANE Senseless
 2 INANE Really dumb
 2 INANE Poppycockish
 2 INANE Asinine
 2 INALL Summing up
 2 INALL Completely
 2 INAHOLE Stuck
 2 INADAZE Stunned
 2 INABAR Where many jokes are set
 2 INA ``___ pig's eye!''
 2 INA ___ sense
 2 INA ___ pinch
 2 INA ___ moment
 2 INA ___ manner of speaking
 2 INA Put ___ good word for
 2 INA Pig ___ poke
 2 INA One ___ million
 2 INA Feminizing suffix
 2 INA Actress Balin
 2 IMUS Radio host Don
 2 IMSURE ``Yeah, right''
 2 IMSO The Pointer Sisters' ``___ Excited''
 2 IMPS Tricksters
 2 IMPROVE Better
 2 IMPRESS Sway
 2 IMPOSTOR Fake
 2 IMPEND Threaten
 2 IMPEL Urge forward
 2 IMPEL Drive forward
 2 IMPALA African antelope
 2 IMPAIR Damage
 2 IMP Trickster
 2 IMP Sitter's handful
 2 IMP Rascal
 2 IMP Little troublemaker
 2 IMP Little devil
 2 IMP Evil spirit
 2 IMONIT ``Consider the job done''
 2 IMON ``___ a roll!''
 2 IMNO ``___ Angel'' (Mae West film)
 2 IMNO Mae West's ``___ Angel''
 2 IMMIX Commingle
 2 IMITATE Copy
 2 IMITATE Ape
 2 IMIT Not genuine: Abbr.
 2 IMIDE Ammonia derivative
 2 IMET ``___ a man...''
 2 IMET ``Since ___ You Baby'' (1956 hit)
 2 IMELDA Mrs. Marcos
 2 IMEANIT ``This is serious!''
 2 IMEANIT ``This is no joke!''
 2 IMEAN ``That is to say...''
 2 IMEAN ``That is to say …''
 2 IMEAN ``That is to say ...''
 2 IMEAN ``In other words...''
 2 IMEAN ``Er...um...''
 2 IMBEAT Pooped person's plaint
 2 IMAX Huge-screen film format
 2 IMAT ``While ___ it ...''
 2 IMARET Eastern hospice
 2 IMAMS Mosque priests
 2 IMAMS Mosque officials
 2 IMAGO Insect stage
 2 IMAGO Adult insect
 2 IMAGINE Picture
 2 IMAGER Graphics machine
 2 IMAGE Spin doctor's concern
 2 IMAGE Icon
 2 IMAGE Effigy
 2 IMAC Colorful computer
 2 IMAC Apple that may be green or red
 2 IMA Muldaur's ``___ Woman''
 2 ILSA ``Casablanca'' heroine
 2 ILSA Rick's beloved
 2 ILSA Rick's ``Casablanca'' love
 2 ILS Parisian pronoun
 2 ILOVELA 1983 Randy Newman song
 2 ILONA Massey of ``Balalaika''
 2 ILO U.N. working-conditions agcy.
 2 ILLY Not well
 2 ILLUSE Maltreat
 2 ILLSAY ``Amen!''
 2 ILLS Pandora's release
 2 ILLINI ``Fighting'' Big Ten team
 2 ILLE ``Winnie ___ Pu''
 2 ILLBE ``Well, ___!''
 2 ILL ``___ say!''
 2 ILL Not well
 2 ILKA Chase of ``Now, Voyager''
 2 ILIVE ``As ___ and breathe!''
 2 ILIED Perjurer's admission
 2 ILIE ``Would ___ to you?''
 2 ILIE Rival of Bjorn
 2 ILIAD Troy story
 2 ILIAD Homeric epic
 2 ILIAC ___ artery
 2 ILIA Hipbones
 2 ILIA Hip bones
 2 ILEX Holly
 2 ILET ``Why should ___ you?''
 2 ILES Seine sights
 2 ILES Martinique et Guadeloupe
 2 ILER Robert of ``The Sopranos''
 2 ILEDE ___-France
 2 ILE Suffix with project
 2 ILE Suffix with percent
 2 ILE Suffix with duct
 2 ILE Québec's ___ d'Orléans
 2 ILE Project conclusion?
 2 ILE Land in la mer
 2 ILE France's Belle-___
 2 ILA Pier grp.
 2 ILA Dockworkers' org.
 2 IKON Religious image: Var.
 2 IKEA Big furniture retailer
 2 IKE White House nickname
 2 IKE One of the Clantons
 2 IKE Mamie's man
 2 III ``Rocky ___''
 2 III Son of a son
 2 III Richard ___
 2 III Junior's junior
 2 IHOP Breakfast restaurant chain
 2 IHATE Cole Porter's ``___ Men''
 2 IGOTIT Catch phrase?
 2 IGOT Gershwin's ``___ Plenty o' Nuttin'''
 2 IGORS Stravinsky and others
 2 IGOR Stravinsky or Sikorsky
 2 IGOR Stereotypical lab assistant
 2 IGOR Prince of opera
 2 IGOR Frankenstein's assistant
 2 IGOOFED ``Oops!''
 2 IGO ``Where did ___ wrong?''
 2 IGNORE Slight, in a way
 2 IGNOBLE Base
 2 IGNITE Set off
 2 IGN Starter: Abbr.
 2 IGLOOS Homes with domes
 2 IGLOOS Block houses?
 2 IGLOOS Block houses
 2 IGLOO White house?
 2 IGIVE ``Enough!''
 2 IFSO In case it's true
 2 IFS Uncertainties
 2 IFS Suppositions
 2 IFS Qualifiers
 2 IFS Contingencies
 2 IFIT ``___ ain't broke ...''
 2 IFI ``See ___ care!''
 2 IFFY Up in the air
 2 IFFY In doubt
 2 IFEEL Sondheim's ``___ Pretty''
 2 IFAT ``___ first you don't...''
 2 IEST Superlative suffix
 2 IERI Yesterday, in Italy
 2 IER Suffix with hotel
 2 IER Suffix with front
 2 IER Occupational ending
 2 IEOH The ``I'' of I. M. Pei
 2 IDYL Tennyson work
 2 IDUNNO ``Beats me''
 2 IDS Tags
 2 IDS Driver's lic. and others
 2 IDONTCARE ``Whatever''
 2 IDOL Teen fave
 2 IDOL TV's ``American ___''
 2 IDOL Pedestal topper
 2 IDOL Object of devotion
 2 IDOL Matinee ___
 2 IDOL Hollywood favorite
 2 IDOL Favorite
 2 IDOL Baal, e.g.
 2 IDO Wedding declaration
 2 IDO Promising words
 2 IDO Chapel vow
 2 IDO Altar avowal
 2 IDLY Without purpose
 2 IDLY Sans purpose
 2 IDLY One way to stand by
 2 IDLES Runs in neutral
 2 IDLED Laid off
 2 IDLE Waiting
 2 IDLE Unused
 2 IDLE Run without moving
 2 IDLE Nothing doing?
 2 IDLE Not playing
 2 IDLE Not engaged
 2 IDLE Lounge
 2 IDLE Loafing
 2 IDLE Like some chatter
 2 IDLE Just lying around
 2 IDLE Inactive
 2 IDLE Groundless
 2 IDLE Doing nothing
 2 IDIOT Bonehead
 2 IDIOM Manner of speaking
 2 IDIOM Dialect
 2 IDI ___ Amin
 2 IDI Infamous Amin
 2 IDI Exiled Amin
 2 IDI Despot Amin
 2 IDEST Words of explanation
 2 IDEST That is, in Latin
 2 IDEST Phrase of explanation
 2 IDEST Clarifying phrase
 2 IDES Time to beware
 2 IDES Midmonth time
 2 IDES Midmonth day
 2 IDES Middle of March
 2 IDES Day of the month
 2 IDES Dangerous time
 2 IDES Bad day for Caesar
 2 IDEAS Think tank nuggets
 2 IDEAS Notions
 2 IDEAS Fancies
 2 IDEAS Bean products?
 2 IDEAL Something to shoot for
 2 IDEAL Best
 2 IDEA ``The very ___!''
 2 IDEA Think of it!
 2 IDEA Mental flash
 2 IDEA Matter for the gray matter
 2 IDEA It comes to mind
 2 IDE Suffix with glycer-
 2 IDE Suffix with chlor-
 2 IDAS Writer Tarbell and others
 2 IDARE ``Do ___?''
 2 IDAHOS Some spuds
 2 IDAHOS Some potatoes
 2 IDAHO The Gem State
 2 IDAHO Sun Valley locale
 2 IDAHO Salmon River locale
 2 IDAHO Popular potato
 2 IDAHO Gem State
 2 IDAHO Craters of the Moon locale
 2 IDA Wyo. neighbor
 2 IDA Writer Tarbell
 2 IDA Rhoda's TV mom
 2 IDA Nev. neighbor
 2 IDA Neighbor of Wyo.
 2 IDA Muckraker Tarbell
 2 IDA Mrs. William McKinley
 2 IDA Lupino of ``High Sierra''
 2 ICU Post-E.R. place
 2 ICONS Graphic symbols
 2 ICONO Prefix meaning ``likeness''
 2 ICON Desktop feature
 2 ICON Computer symbol
 2 ICKES F.D.R.'s Interior Secretary
 2 ICK ``Ugh!''
 2 ICK ``Disgusting!''
 2 ICK Response to goo
 2 ICING Cake topper
 2 ICINESS Reserve
 2 ICIER More aloof
 2 ICIER Less friendly
 2 ICIER Less cordial
 2 ICI Pierre's here
 2 ICI In this localité
 2 ICI Here, to Henri
 2 ICI Here, in France
 2 ICI Here, elsewhere
 2 ICH German pronoun
 2 ICH First person in Berlin
 2 ICET ``Body Count'' rapper
 2 ICET Tracy Marrow, familiarly
 2 ICES Summer coolers
 2 ICES Sews up
 2 ICES Frosts, as a cake
 2 ICES Does in
 2 ICER ``Happy Birthday'' writer
 2 ICER Patisserie employee
 2 ICER Bakery worker
 2 ICER Bakery employee
 2 ICEDTEA Brewer's product
 2 ICED Put away
 2 ICED Like some coffee
 2 ICED Kind of tea
 2 ICED Decorated, as a cake
 2 ICED Bumped off
 2 ICECOLD Freezing
 2 ICECOLD Chilled
 2 ICEBAG First-aid item
 2 ICEAX Mountaineer's tool
 2 ICEAGES Cooling-off periods
 2 ICEAGE Cooling-off period
 2 ICE ``Rocks''
 2 ICE Rocks at the bar
 2 ICE Hotel sign
 2 ICE Diamonds, to hoods
 2 ICE Diamonds, slangily
 2 ICE Diamonds
 2 ICE Bar stock
 2 ICBM Part of a nuclear arsenal, for short
 2 ICANTSAYFORSURE ``Beats me''
 2 ICAME Start of Caesar's boast
 2 ICAL Suffix with poet
 2 IBSEN ``The Wild Duck'' playwright
 2 IBSEN ``Peer Gynt'' dramatist
 2 IBSEN ``Ghosts'' writer
 2 IBSEN ``A Doll's House'' playwright
 2 IBOS Native Nigerians
 2 IBN Son of, in Arabic names
 2 IBN Arab name part
 2 IBMS Some PC's
 2 IBM PC maker
 2 IBIS Nile wader
 2 IBIS Nile bird
 2 IBET ``Yeah, right!''
 2 IBET ``Oh, sure!''
 2 IBET Skeptic's scoff
 2 IBERIAN Portuguese, e.g.
 2 IBEG ``___ to differ!''
 2 IBEAM Construction piece
 2 IBE ``How Can ___ Sure'' (1967 hit)
 2 IBAR Support beam
 2 IBAR Construction support
 2 IBAR Construction beam
 2 IATE ``Must've been something ___''
 2 IAN ``Jurassic Park'' mathematician ___ Malcolm
 2 IAN ``At Seventeen'' singer Janis
 2 IAN Follower of Christ?
 2 IAMI ``___ Said'' (Neil Diamond hit)
 2 IAMBIC Like most sonnets
 2 IAMB Prosodic foot
 2 IAMB Foot
 2 IAMA ``___ Rock''
 2 IAMA ``___ Dancer'' (Nureyev documentary)
 2 IAMA Paul Simon's ``___ Rock''
 2 IAM ``How Dry ___''
 2 IAM Self expression?
 2 IAM Dr. Seuss's Sam ___
 2 IAM Cole Porter's ``___ Loved''
 2 IAGO ``Othello'' fellow
 2 IAGO Verdi villain
 2 IAGO Shakespearean villain
 2 IAGO Othello's undoer
 2 IAGO Othello's ensign
 2 HYPOS Some needles
 2 HYPO Shot in the arm
 2 HYPHENATE Break one's word?
 2 HYP Triangle part: Abbr.
 2 HYDE Jekyll's alter ego
 2 HUTT Jabba the ___ of ``Star Wars''
 2 HUSSY Brazen one
 2 HUROK Impresario Sol
 2 HURL Pitch
 2 HURL Catapult
 2 HURL Cast
 2 HUP March word
 2 HUP March sound
 2 HUNAN Chinese province
 2 HUN Vandal
 2 HUN Barbarian
 2 HUMIDORS Cigar holders
 2 HUMERI Arm bones
 2 HUME Philosopher David
 2 HUMANE Compassionate
 2 HUM Run smoothly
 2 HULL Naval base?
 2 HULA Waikiki wiggle
 2 HUH ``What's that?''
 2 HUGS Holds close
 2 HUGO Justice Black
 2 HUGE Extremely popular
 2 HUGE Bigger than big
 2 HUES Tints
 2 HUED Tinted
 2 HUED Colored
 2 HUE Tint
 2 HUE Shade
 2 HUE Cry's partner
 2 HUBRIS Chutzpah
 2 HUBRIS Arrogance
 2 HUBERT Spiro's predecessor
 2 HUB Focal point
 2 HUB Center of activity
 2 HUB Center
 2 HUB Airline's home base
 2 HTS Alts.
 2 HST V-J Day pres.
 2 HST President after F.D.R.
 2 HST D.D.E.'s predecessor
 2 HSIA Early Chinese dynasty
 2 HSI Fu-___ (legendary Chinese sage)
 2 HRS ``48___''
 2 HRS Store posting: Abbr.
 2 HRS Mins. and mins.
 2 HRE Maximilian's realm: Abbr.
 2 HOYAS Big East team
 2 HOYA Georgetown hoopster
 2 HOY Today, in Tijuana
 2 HOWIE Mandel of ``St. Elsewhere''
 2 HOWIE Actor Mandel
 2 HOWE Inventor Elias
 2 HOVEL Shack
 2 HOUSED Put up
 2 HOUSE Put up
 2 HOURLY Like some wages
 2 HOUR Appointed time
 2 HOUR 2:00 or 3:00
 2 HOTWATER Deep trouble
 2 HOTSY ___-totsy
 2 HOTSEAT Uncomfortable position
 2 HOTEL Suite spot
 2 HOTEL Monopoly purchase
 2 HOTE Table d'___
 2 HOTBED Greenhouse area
 2 HOT All the rage
 2 HOSTA Plantain lily
 2 HOST Party thrower
 2 HOSED Bamboozled
 2 HOSEA Follower of Daniel
 2 HOSE Stockings
 2 HOSE Nozzle site
 2 HORSE Fool (around)
 2 HORRID Abominable
 2 HORNSINON Interrupts
 2 HORN Phone, slangily
 2 HORN Game ender, perhaps
 2 HORMEL Spam producer
 2 HORDE Mob
 2 HORATIO Friend of Hamlet
 2 HORA Wedding dance
 2 HORA Round dance
 2 HORA Ring dance
 2 HORA Kibbutz dance
 2 HORA Israeli dance
 2 HORA Celebratory dance
 2 HORA Bar mitzvah dance
 2 HOR Opposite of vert.
 2 HOPI Snake dancers
 2 HOPI Arizona tribe
 2 HOPED Crossed one's fingers
 2 HOPE Rhode Island's motto
 2 HOPE Clinton's birthplace
 2 HOP Skip preceder
 2 HOOTED Jeered
 2 HOOT Catcall
 2 HOORAH ``Way to go!''
 2 HOOPLA Major publicity
 2 HOOPLA Big buildup
 2 HOOHA Fuss
 2 HOOFIT Walk, slangily
 2 HOOEY Nonsense
 2 HOOD Where the boyz are
 2 HOOD Tough
 2 HONORER Medal giver
 2 HONOREE Center of a roast
 2 HONOR Kind of roll
 2 HONIARA Capital of the Solomon Islands
 2 HONI ___ soit qui mal y pense
 2 HONEST ``I swear!''
 2 HONEST Upright
 2 HONAN Chengchow's province
 2 HON Sweetie pie
 2 HON Sugar
 2 HON Snookums
 2 HOMEY Comfortable
 2 HOMES Development developments
 2 HOLYWAR Fight to keep the faith
 2 HOLYWAR Crusade
 2 HOLST ``The Planets'' composer
 2 HOLEUP Stay out of sight
 2 HOLED Put in the cup
 2 HOLE Pocket problem
 2 HOLE Financial predicament
 2 HOKIER More contrived
 2 HOKEY Cornball
 2 HOKEY Contrived
 2 HOJO Chain hotel, for short
 2 HOGTIE Immobilize
 2 HOGAN Navajo home
 2 HOG Monopolize
 2 HOE Weed killer
 2 HOE Weed
 2 HOE Row producer
 2 HOD Mason's burden
 2 HOBO Bindle bearer
 2 HOAX Put-on
 2 HOARD Stockpile
 2 HOARD Squirrel away
 2 HMOS Med. care providers
 2 HMOS Managed care grps.
 2 HMO Wellness grp.
 2 HMO Med. care provider
 2 HITON Make a pass at
 2 HITE Sexologist Shere
 2 HIT Chart maker
 2 HIT Bomb's opposite
 2 HIT Big success
 2 HISSER Many a snake
 2 HISS Unwarm welcome
 2 HIS ___ Master's Voice
 2 HIS Old what's-___-name
 2 HIRT ``Java'' man
 2 HIRSCH Judd of ``Taxi''
 2 HIRER Personnel director
 2 HIREON Employ
 2 HIRED Brought on board
 2 HIRE Put on the payroll
 2 HIRE Engage
 2 HIRAM Distiller Walker
 2 HINTS Some people can't take them
 2 HINTAT Suggest
 2 HINT Help for the stumped
 2 HINT Clue
 2 HINGE Door part
 2 HINDU Yoga practitioner
 2 HINDI Yogi's language
 2 HIND Back
 2 HIN Ancient Hebrew liquid measure
 2 HIM That guy
 2 HILTS Sword handles
 2 HILT Sword handle
 2 HILO Seat of Hawaii County
 2 HILO Hawaii County's seat
 2 HILL Sledding spot
 2 HILL Sledder's spot
 2 HILL San Francisco's Nob ___
 2 HIKES Ups
 2 HIKE Lift
 2 HIFI Old 45 player
 2 HIERO Sacred: Prefix
 2 HIE Step on it
 2 HIE Rush
 2 HIE Move it
 2 HIE Make haste
 2 HIE Hasten
 2 HIDEHO Cab Calloway's signature line
 2 HIDEHO Cab Calloway catchphrase
 2 HIDE Take cover
 2 HIDE Sweep under the rug
 2 HIDE Conceal
 2 HIDALGO Spanish nobleman
 2 HID Went underground
 2 HID Secreted
 2 HID Screened
 2 HID Lay low
 2 HID Holed up
 2 HICK Bumpkin
 2 HIC Sot's sound
 2 HIC Popular fruit drink
 2 HIBERNIA Emerald Isle, in verse
 2 HHH L.B.J.'s veep
 2 HGT Elev.
 2 HEY ``Psst!''
 2 HEXA Prefix with -gon
 2 HEWN Cut
 2 HEWN Chopped down
 2 HEWER Lumberjack
 2 HEWED Cut
 2 HEW Hack
 2 HEW Chop down
 2 HEW Chop
 2 HESSE Wiesbaden's state
 2 HESS Pianist Myra
 2 HESS Amerada ___ (Fortune 500 company)
 2 HESA ``___ Rebel'' (1962 #1 hit)
 2 HES ``For ___ a jolly …''
 2 HES ``For ___ a jolly ...''
 2 HES The Pointer Sisters' ``___ So Shy''
 2 HES The Platters' ``___ Mine''
 2 HES Men
 2 HES Guys
 2 HES Cocks and bulls
 2 HES Cock and bull
 2 HERTZ Frequency unit
 2 HERS Vanity plate in a two-car household
 2 HERS His's partner
 2 HERS His and ___
 2 HERS Half a matched set
 2 HERR Frau's partner
 2 HERON Great white ___
 2 HEROES Medal winners
 2 HEROD King of Judea
 2 HEROD Biblical king
 2 HERO Submarine sandwich
 2 HERO Savior
 2 HERO Deli sandwich
 2 HERNIA Rupture
 2 HERETIC Inquisition target
 2 HERE ``Catch!''
 2 HERE Roll call reply
 2 HERE Present
 2 HERE On earth
 2 HERE In this place
 2 HERE Epitaph opener
 2 HERE Call to Fido
 2 HERDS Range rovers
 2 HERD Rancher's concern
 2 HERD It's rounded up in a roundup
 2 HERB Parsley or sage
 2 HERA Mother of Ares
 2 HER One of L.B.J.'s beagles
 2 HEP With it, once
 2 HEP With it
 2 HENS Coop group
 2 HENS Cluckers
 2 HENRYI Son of William the Conqueror
 2 HENRI Photographer Cartier-Bresson
 2 HENRI Artist Matisse
 2 HENIE Skater Sonja
 2 HENCE Therefore
 2 HENCE For this reason
 2 HENBANE Plant of the nightshade family
 2 HEN Setter
 2 HEN Nester
 2 HEN Farm layer
 2 HEN Egg warmer
 2 HEMS Skirt lines
 2 HEMMERS Sewing machine attachments
 2 HEMI Half: Prefix
 2 HEMI Half in front?
 2 HEMEN Macho guys
 2 HEMAN Macho dude
 2 HEM Hesitation sound
 2 HEM Bottom line?
 2 HEM Bottom line
 2 HELP Counseling, e.g.
 2 HELM Control spot
 2 HELM Control post
 2 HELLO ``You there?''
 2 HELLO Pick-up line?
 2 HELLO Nametag word
 2 HELIO Sun: Prefix
 2 HELIO Prefix with centric
 2 HELENES Curtis and others
 2 HELEN Euripides play
 2 HELDTO Maintained
 2 HELD In custody
 2 HELD Grasped
 2 HELD Didn't break
 2 HEL Norse underworld queen
 2 HEIST Holdup
 2 HEIST Bank job
 2 HEIR Prince, e.g.
 2 HEIR Next in line?
 2 HEIR Child of fortune?
 2 HEIDI Spyri heroine
 2 HEFTS Tests by lifting
 2 HEF Mag magnate
 2 HEEP Dickens's Uriah
 2 HEELS Scoundrels
 2 HEEL Replaceable shoe part
 2 HEEDS Pays attention to
 2 HEED Obey
 2 HEED Consideration
 2 HEE ``___ Haw''
 2 HEE Part of a giggle
 2 HEE Half a laugh
 2 HEE Bray starter
 2 HEDY Lamarr of film
 2 HED ``If only ___ listened ...''
 2 HECK Dickens
 2 HEATHS Moors
 2 HEATH Moor
 2 HEAT What mobsters pack
 2 HEAT Miami basketball team
 2 HEAT Furnace output
 2 HEARTH Family life, figuratively
 2 HEAP Lot
 2 HEAP Great deal
 2 HEANEY ``Death of a Naturalist'' poet
 2 HEALS Remedies
 2 HEALS Makes sound
 2 HEALS Makes better
 2 HEALER Medicine man
 2 HEAL Make well
 2 HBO ``Sex and the City'' shower
 2 HAYS ``Airplane!'' actor Robert
 2 HAYS Makes bales for the barn
 2 HAYES Grant's successor
 2 HAY Stable staple
 2 HAY Mudder's fodder
 2 HAY Cow chow
 2 HAWS Hems' partners
 2 HAVRE Le ___, France
 2 HAVOC Mayhem
 2 HAVOC Disorder
 2 HAVOC Devastation
 2 HAVENS Retreats
 2 HAVENEEDTO Must
 2 HAVEN Any port in a storm
 2 HAVEA ___ cow
 2 HAVE Suffer from
 2 HAVE Include
 2 HAVE Give birth to
 2 HAVE Experience
 2 HAUT ___ monde (high society)
 2 HAUNT Hangout
 2 HATTERS Milliners
 2 HATTER Milliner
 2 HATS Bowlers
 2 HATHA Kind of yoga
 2 HATH ``What ___ God wrought?''
 2 HATH Shakespearean verb
 2 HATH Possesses, old-style
 2 HATED More than unpopular
 2 HATE ``Unimaginable as ___ in Heav'n'': Milton
 2 HATE Kind of mail
 2 HATE Despise
 2 HATE Can't stomach
 2 HATE Abhor
 2 HATARI 1962 John Wayne film
 2 HAT Sombrero, e.g.
 2 HAT Skimmer, e.g.
 2 HAT It may be tipped
 2 HAT Bean cover
 2 HASTE Speeders make it
 2 HASTA ``___ luego!''
 2 HASTA ``___ la vista!''
 2 HASSLE Headache
 2 HASSLE Bother
 2 HASP Door fixture
 2 HASON Sports
 2 HASNT Lacks, in brief
 2 HASNT Lacks, briefly
 2 HASHANAH Rosh ___
 2 HASH Talk (over)
 2 HASH Jumble
 2 HASH Dish of leftovers
 2 HASH Chop finely
 2 HASBRO Monopoly maker
 2 HASAT Tears into
 2 HASAT Assails
 2 HARTE Writer Bret
 2 HARTE Poker Flat chronicler
 2 HARSH Severe
 2 HARPO Silent film star
 2 HARPO His real name was Arthur
 2 HARMED Impaired
 2 HARM Mischief
 2 HARLOW Jean of ``Bombshell''
 2 HARKEN Give heed
 2 HARI Mata ___ (spy)
 2 HARES Small game
 2 HARES Leporine leapers
 2 HARES Fast runners
 2 HARE Tortoise racer
 2 HARE Relative of a rabbit
 2 HARE Fabled racer
 2 HARE Aesop's also-ran
 2 HARDSELL Certain pitch
 2 HARDHATS Construction crew
 2 HARDHAT Construction worker
 2 HARASS Ride, so to speak
 2 HARASS Plague
 2 HARASS Hound
 2 HARARE Zimbabwe's capital
 2 HARANGUE Scolding
 2 HAP W.W. II general ___ Arnold
 2 HAP Fortune
 2 HAO Vietnamese coin
 2 HANS ___ Christian Andersen
 2 HANOI Capital on the Red River
 2 HANNAH ``The Human Condition'' author Arendt
 2 HANK Length of yarn
 2 HANGONTO Keep
 2 HANG Suspend
 2 HANG Put up, as a picture
 2 HANDLE Take care of
 2 HAND Full house, e.g.
 2 HAMUP Overplay
 2 HAMS Radio operators
 2 HAMLIN Lincoln's first Vice President
 2 HAMLET Tiny village
 2 HAM Lunch meat
 2 HALVE Bisect
 2 HALT Sentry's cry
 2 HALS ``The Merry Drinker'' painter
 2 HALO Meteorological effect
 2 HALO Light ring
 2 HALO Headlight?
 2 HALO Circle overhead?
 2 HALO Angel's headwear
 2 HALLE Oscar-winning Berry
 2 HALL Place for portraits
 2 HALFOPEN Ajar
 2 HALF Better ___
 2 HALER More vigorous
 2 HALE In good shape
 2 HALE In good health
 2 HALE In fine fettle
 2 HAL ``Prince Valiant'' cartoonist Foster
 2 HAL Sutton of the P.G.A.
 2 HAL Prince of Broadway
 2 HAJ ``The ___'' (Uris novel)
 2 HAIR It'll grow on you
 2 HAIR It grows on you
 2 HAIL Salute
 2 HAIL Hearty hello
 2 HAIG Reagan Cabinet member
 2 HAIFA Israeli port
 2 HAI Yokohama yes
 2 HAI Yes, in Yokohama
 2 HAHA ``That's hysterical!''
 2 HAHA ``That is so funny''
 2 HAHA ``Funny!''
 2 HAH ``Told ya!''
 2 HAH ``I told you so!''
 2 HAH Derisive laugh
 2 HAGUE Court site, with ``The''
 2 HAGS Crones
 2 HAG Witch
 2 HAFT Sword handle
 2 HAFT Knife handle
 2 HAFT Dagger handle
 2 HAE ``Some ___ meat and canna eat'': Burns
 2 HADON Wore
 2 HADNT Lacked, briefly
 2 HADJ One of the Pillars of Islam
 2 HADES Hot spot
 2 HAD ``We've been ___!''
 2 HAD Scammed
 2 HAD Hornswoggled
 2 HAD Fooled
 2 HAD Conned
 2 HAD Ate
 2 HACKS Cabbies
 2 HABIT Something to kick
 2 HABIT Custom
 2 HABANERA ``Carmen'' highlight
 2 HAAS Lukas of ``Witness''
 2 GYRO Greek sandwich
 2 GYRE Circular course
 2 GYP Swindle
 2 GYNT ``Peer ___''
 2 GYN Ob-___
 2 GYMSHOE Sneaker
 2 GYM Sock hop locale
 2 GWENS Actress Verdon and others
 2 GURU Wise one
 2 GURU Wise guy
 2 GURU Maven
 2 GUNS Magazine contents
 2 GUN Starter's need
 2 GUM It comes in sticks
 2 GUM Doublemint, e.g.
 2 GUILE Cunning
 2 GTO ``Little'' car of song
 2 GTO Old muscle car
 2 GTO Old Pontiac
 2 GTO Classic muscle car
 2 GTE Telecom giant
 2 GTE Pioneer cell phone co.
 2 GSA Fed. property overseer
 2 GSA Fed. construction overseer
 2 GRR Warning sound
 2 GRR Dog's warning
 2 GROW Develop
 2 GROTTO Cave
 2 GROS ___ point (embroidery stitch)
 2 GROS ___ point (certain stitch)
 2 GROPES Searches blindly
 2 GROH David of ``Rhoda''
 2 GRITS Southern breakfast dish
 2 GRIT Stick-to-itiveness
 2 GRIT Sand
 2 GRIS Cubism pioneer Juan
 2 GRIPE Beef
 2 GRIP Understanding
 2 GRIP Stagehand
 2 GRIN Sheepish look
 2 GRIN Jack-o'-lantern feature
 2 GRIN Beam
 2 GRIMM Fairy tale brother
 2 GRIME Dirt
 2 GRIEG ``Peer Gynt'' composer
 2 GRIEG ``Holberg Suite'' composer
 2 GREWUP Matured
 2 GREW Waxed
 2 GRETE Marathoner Waitz
 2 GRETA Legal analyst Van Susteren
 2 GRETA Actress Garbo
 2 GREGG System of shorthand
 2 GREG Diver Louganis
 2 GREENTEA Chinese restaurant offering
 2 GREENE ``The Power and the Glory'' novelist
 2 GREEN Inexperienced
 2 GRECO ___-Roman wrestling
 2 GREBE Diving bird
 2 GREBE Cousin of a loon
 2 GREAT Super
 2 GRE Coll. senior's test
 2 GRAY Lee side?
 2 GRATIS Free
 2 GRASS Not Astroturf
 2 GRASP Fathom
 2 GRAS Mardi ___
 2 GRAPPA Italian brandy
 2 GRAPENUTS Post production?
 2 GRAPE Vineyard fruit
 2 GRANDPA Old-timer
 2 GRAND Thou
 2 GRAM Fat unit
 2 GRAFT Payola
 2 GRADEA Like a good egg
 2 GRAB Snatch
 2 GPS Family docs
 2 GPS Family M.D.'s
 2 GPS A.M.A. members
 2 GPO Mail place: Abbr.
 2 GPAS Transcript stats
 2 GPA Transcript fig.
 2 GPA 3.0, e.g.
 2 GOYA ``Naked Maja'' painter
 2 GOYA Maja painter
 2 GOURDE Haitian monetary unit
 2 GOURD Primitive percussion instrument
 2 GOUP Increase
 2 GOTTA ``___ go!''
 2 GOTTA Spike Lee's ``She's ___ Have It''
 2 GOTTA Must, slangily
 2 GOTON Boarded
 2 GOTO Head for
 2 GOTIT ``I understand!''
 2 GOTIN Arrived
 2 GOTHS Barbarians
 2 GOTAT Reached
 2 GOT Landed
 2 GOT Contracted
 2 GOSH ``Oh, my!''
 2 GOSH ``No kidding!''
 2 GORY Bloody
 2 GORP Trail mix
 2 GORILLA Thug
 2 GOREN Bridge authority
 2 GORE Clinton's #2
 2 GOP Republicans, for short
 2 GOOSY Foolish
 2 GOOP Gunk
 2 GOON Tough
 2 GOON Thug
 2 GOON Proceed
 2 GOOK Sticky stuff
 2 GOOK Icky stuff
 2 GOOGOO Baby talk
 2 GOODY ``Oh boy!''
 2 GOODTIMES Booms
 2 GOODDEAL Lot
 2 GOOD Yummy
 2 GOOD Saintly
 2 GOO Sentimentality
 2 GOO Moo ___ gai pan
 2 GOO Gloppy stuff
 2 GONER Lost cause
 2 GONEBY Passed
 2 GONE Used up
 2 GOMAD Lose it
 2 GOLD Olympian's quest
 2 GOGO Full of energy
 2 GOGO Energetic
 2 GOFER Errand runner
 2 GOES Takes a turn
 2 GOERS Gadabouts
 2 GOER Suffix with theater
 2 GOCART Racer
 2 GOBY Pass
 2 GOBY Elapse
 2 GOBS A lot
 2 GOBI Much of Mongolia
 2 GOBI Mongolian expanse
 2 GOBAD Spoil
 2 GOBACK Head home
 2 GOB Sailor
 2 GOATEE Col. Sanders feature
 2 GOAT Charge
 2 GOAT Blame bearer
 2 GOAT Attack
 2 GOAL Hockey score
 2 GOAL Good shot
 2 GOAD Spur
 2 GOAD Incite
 2 GOA Former Portuguese colony in India
 2 GNUS Lions' prey
 2 GNU Bearded antelope
 2 GNP Econ. statistic
 2 GNOMES Garden decorations
 2 GNAW Nibble away
 2 GNAW Nibble
 2 GNAT Swarm member
 2 GNAT Pesky insect
 2 GNAT No-see-um
 2 GNAT Little biter
 2 GNASH Grind, as teeth
 2 GNASH Grind
 2 GNARS Growls
 2 GMT Clock std.
 2 GMT Clock standard: Abbr.
 2 GMC Big inits. in trucks
 2 GLUE Stick together
 2 GLUE Bond
 2 GLOSSY 8 x 10, often
 2 GLORIA ``All in the Family'' role
 2 GLOP Hardly haute cuisine
 2 GLOATS What a poor winner does
 2 GLOAT Be a bad winner
 2 GLO Shine, in ad-speak
 2 GLIB Very smooth
 2 GLIB Smooth-tongued
 2 GLESS Daly's TV co-star
 2 GLEN Hidden valley
 2 GLEE Tickled-pink feeling
 2 GLEE Hilarity
 2 GLEE High spirits
 2 GLEE Elation
 2 GLEE Delight
 2 GLEAN Collect slowly
 2 GLEAM Twinkle
 2 GLEAM Shine
 2 GLEAM Flash of light
 2 GLASS Lens
 2 GLARE Look daggers
 2 GLARE Driving problem
 2 GLADES Clearings
 2 GLADE Clearing
 2 GLADDEN Cheer
 2 GLAD Tickled
 2 GLAD Pleased
 2 GLAD Happy
 2 GLAD Garden bloom, informally
 2 GIZMO Thingamajig
 2 GIVER Unselfish sort
 2 GIVE ``Out with it!''
 2 GIVE Donate
 2 GITS Vamooses
 2 GIT ``Vamoose!''
 2 GIT ``Skedaddle!''
 2 GIST Main idea
 2 GIS Grunts
 2 GIRTH Circumference
 2 GIRL Demoiselle
 2 GINA Actress Lollobrigida
 2 GIN Tonic's partner
 2 GIN Pink lady ingredient
 2 GIN Martini ingredient
 2 GIMP Hobbling gait
 2 GILD Richly adorn
 2 GILD Put a coat on
 2 GILD Embellish richly
 2 GILA Arizona river
 2 GIL ``Drums Along the Mohawk'' hero
 2 GIGI ``Thank Heaven for Little Girls'' musical
 2 GIGI Musical with the song ``The Night They Invented Champagne''
 2 GIG One-horse carriage
 2 GIG Band booking
 2 GIFT Knack
 2 GIBB Any of the Bee Gees
 2 GIB Male cat
 2 GIANT Elephantine
 2 GIANT Economy-size
 2 GIA Supermodel Carangi
 2 GHOSTS Some trick-or-treaters
 2 GHOST Hamlet's father, e.g.
 2 GHANA Lake Volta locale
 2 GHANA Accra's land
 2 GHALI Diplomat Boutros Boutros-___
 2 GEYSER It blows off steam
 2 GETWISE Smarten up
 2 GETUP Outfit
 2 GETTY Los Angeles attraction, with ``the''
 2 GETTOKNOW Become familiar with
 2 GETTO Reach
 2 GETSSET Gears up
 2 GETSBY Manages
 2 GETS Comes down with
 2 GETON Mount
 2 GETON Board
 2 GETIT ``Understand?''
 2 GETAT Suggest
 2 GETA ``___ life!''
 2 GET Understand
 2 GESTE Romance in verse
 2 GESTE Old-fashioned adventure
 2 GEST Exploit
 2 GESSO Painter's plaster
 2 GERE ``Primal Fear'' star
 2 GERE ``King David'' star, 1985
 2 GERE ``Chicago'' star, 2002
 2 GERE ``American Gigolo'' star
 2 GERE Richard of ``Runaway Bride''
 2 GERE Richard of ``Pretty Woman''
 2 GERE Actor Richard
 2 GERARD Actor Depardieu
 2 GEORG Physicist Ohm
 2 GEORG Conductor Solti
 2 GEODE Crystal-lined stone
 2 GEODE Crystal-lined rock
 2 GEO Prefix with political
 2 GENUS Trivial Pursuit edition
 2 GENRE Style
 2 GENRE Category
 2 GENOA Columbus's birthplace
 2 GENOA Andrea Doria's domain
 2 GENL Robt. E. Lee, e.g.
 2 GENII Guardian spirits
 2 GENII Bottled spirits
 2 GENIES Bottled spirits
 2 GENIC Photo finish?
 2 GENET ``The Maids'' playwright
 2 GENES Pool contents?
 2 GENE Trait carrier
 2 GENE It has a code
 2 GENE Heredity carrier
 2 GEMS Masterpieces
 2 GELS Sets
 2 GELS Salon supply
 2 GELID Arctic
 2 GEL Solidify
 2 GEL Hair goo
 2 GEESE ``Silly'' birds
 2 GEES Turns right
 2 GEES Orders to plow horses
 2 GEENA Davis of ``Thelma & Louise''
 2 GEEK Nerd
 2 GEE ``Oh, my!''
 2 GEE ``Is that so!''
 2 GEE ``How about that!''
 2 GEE ``Gosh!''
 2 GEE ``Fancy that!''
 2 GECKO Tropical lizard
 2 GECKO Small lizard
 2 GEARUP Get ready
 2 GEAR Reverse, e.g.
 2 GBS Literary inits.
 2 GAZA ___ Strip
 2 GAZA Where Samson died
 2 GAYE Marvin of Motown
 2 GAVE Crumpled
 2 GATE Way in
 2 GAT Rod
 2 GAT Heater
 2 GASUP Fill the tank
 2 GASPEDAL Step on it
 2 GASPE Canadian peninsula
 2 GASP Struggle for air
 2 GASP Sound of astonishment
 2 GASP Shocked reaction
 2 GASP Have a sudden inspiration?
 2 GASMAN Certain meter reader
 2 GASH Long cut
 2 GASH Deep cut
 2 GASES Some are inert
 2 GASCAP Tank top
 2 GAS Roadside sign
 2 GAS Neon, e.g.
 2 GAS Interstate sign
 2 GAS Blather
 2 GAS Blast
 2 GARR Actress Teri
 2 GARP Irving hero
 2 GARNI Bouquet ___
 2 GARB Vestments, e.g.
 2 GARB Duds
 2 GARB Dress
 2 GARAGE Park place?
 2 GAR Predatory fish
 2 GAPS Openings
 2 GAPES Stares
 2 GAPER Rubbernecker
 2 GAPEDAT Eyeballed
 2 GAPED Stared stupidly
 2 GAPE Stare
 2 GAPE Rubberneck
 2 GAPE Goggle
 2 GAP Mountain pass
 2 GAP Interstice
 2 GAP Gender ___
 2 GAP Cumberland ___
 2 GAP Breach
 2 GAOL Canterbury can
 2 GANG Kind of warfare
 2 GANG Clique
 2 GANEF Swindler, slangily
 2 GAMUT Range
 2 GAMS Legs, slangily
 2 GAME Willing
 2 GAME Up for it
 2 GAME Ready and willing
 2 GAME Charades, e.g.
 2 GAMAL President Nasser
 2 GAMAL Egypt's Nasser
 2 GAMA Vasco da ___
 2 GAM Pinup's leg
 2 GALS Misses
 2 GALORE In abundance
 2 GALORE Aplenty
 2 GALL Effrontery
 2 GALE Big blow
 2 GALE Battering wind
 2 GALBA Nero's successor
 2 GALAS Big dos
 2 GALAS Bashes
 2 GALACTIC Immense
 2 GALA Ball
 2 GAL ___ Friday
 2 GAIT Way to go
 2 GAIN Put on
 2 GAIL Author Sheehy
 2 GAIA Greek earth goddess: Var.
 2 GAI Moo goo ___ pan
 2 GAHAN Cartoonist Wilson
 2 GAGA Totally nuts
 2 GAGA Infatuated
 2 GAGA Crazy
 2 GAG [That's awful!]
 2 GAG Kind of order
 2 GAFFE Misstep
 2 GAD Wander
 2 GABLE Bit of Gothic architecture
 2 GABE Kotter of ``Welcome Back, Kotter''
 2 GAB Schmooze
 2 GAB Run up the phone bill
 2 GAB It's a gift
 2 GAB Gossip
 2 FYI Memo letters
 2 FUSS Tempest in a teapot
 2 FUR Stole
 2 FUN Kicks
 2 FUN Good times
 2 FUJI Kodak competitor
 2 FUGU Japanese fish delicacy
 2 FTLEE N.J. town on the Hudson
 2 FTKNOX U.S. bullion site
 2 FSTOP Shutterbug's setting
 2 FSTOP Shooter's setting
 2 FSTOP Lens setting
 2 FRUG 60's dance
 2 FROZE Got stage fright
 2 FRODO Ring bearer
 2 FRO Not to
 2 FRO Back again
 2 FRO Back
 2 FRIEND Quaker
 2 FRIABLE Crumbly
 2 FRI When ``77 Sunset Strip'' aired: Abbr.
 2 FRI Thurs. follower
 2 FREY Rocker Glenn
 2 FRETS Stews
 2 FRET Worry
 2 FRESH Sassy
 2 FRERE ``___ Jacques'' (children's song)
 2 FREON DuPont trademark
 2 FREES Lets go
 2 FREE Liberate
 2 FREE At liberty
 2 FRED ___ Gailey of ``Miracle on 34th Street''
 2 FRAY Scuffle
 2 FRAT Where boys will be boys
 2 FRAS Brothers
 2 FRAN Kukla, ___ and Ollie
 2 FRAME Set up
 2 FRACAS Row
 2 FRA Lobster ___ Diavolo
 2 FOUNT Source
 2 FOSTER Nourish
 2 FOSSE ``All That Jazz'' director
 2 FORTE Strong suit
 2 FORONE As an example
 2 FORNOW Temporarily
 2 FORMA Pro ___ (perfunctorily)
 2 FORE ``Watch out!''
 2 FORE Golfer's cry
 2 FORE Duffer's cry
 2 FORE Driver's warning
 2 FORA ___ song
 2 FOR Pro
 2 FOR In place of
 2 FOP Smart dresser
 2 FOOL April honoree
 2 FOO Rock music's ___ Fighters
 2 FOO Egg ___ yung
 2 FONDA ``The Grapes of Wrath'' star, 1940
 2 FOLIO Page number
 2 FOGY Mossback
 2 FOGS Obscures
 2 FOES Rivals
 2 FOES Adversaries
 2 FOE Other side
 2 FOE Enemy
 2 FOE Attacker
 2 FOE Antagonist
 2 FOE Adversary
 2 FOCAL Kind of point
 2 FOB Watch chain
 2 FOAM Shaving stuff
 2 FOAM Froth
 2 FLUB Mess up
 2 FLUB Bungle
 2 FLU Winter ailment
 2 FLOWN Taken wing
 2 FLOW Move like lava
 2 FLOW Go smoothly
 2 FLOW Current
 2 FLORA ``La Traviata'' mezzo
 2 FLOPS Turkeys
 2 FLOP Lay an egg
 2 FLOP Bomb
 2 FLOE Ice sheet
 2 FLOE Ice ___
 2 FLOE Arctic sight
 2 FLOE Arctic ice
 2 FLOAT Drink with a straw
 2 FLO Waitress at Mel's
 2 FLO Mrs. Andy Capp
 2 FLO Andy Capp's wife
 2 FLING Cast
 2 FLING Affair
 2 FLEET Armada
 2 FLEECE Take to the cleaners
 2 FLEE Turn tail
 2 FLEE Run for it
 2 FLEE Run away
 2 FLEE Run
 2 FLEE Beat it
 2 FLED Took off
 2 FLED Skedaddled
 2 FLEAS Boxer's bane
 2 FLEA Dog biter
 2 FLAW Imperfection
 2 FLAT Fizzless
 2 FLAP Hoo-ha
 2 FLAP Brouhaha
 2 FLANS Caramel-topped desserts
 2 FLAN Sweet Spanish dessert
 2 FLAN Spanish custard
 2 FLAN Custard concoction
 2 FLAIRS Some pens
 2 FLAIR Pizazz
 2 FLAB Love handles, essentially
 2 FLAB Exercise target
 2 FLA Where St. Pete is
 2 FLA Neighbor of Ga.
 2 FLA Lake Okeechobee's state: Abbr.
 2 FLA It has many keys: Abbr.
 2 FIXE Set, in Somme
 2 FIVETO 55 minutes past the hour
 2 FITIN Belong
 2 FIT In shape
 2 FIT Hale
 2 FISTS Dukes
 2 FIST Duke
 2 FISH Drop a line?
 2 FISC Money-related: Abbr.
 2 FIRST Blue-ribbon position
 2 FIRM Al dente
 2 FIRESIDES Chat sites
 2 FIRE Send packing
 2 FIR Oregon ___
 2 FIR Douglas ___
 2 FIR Cone producer
 2 FINS Fivers
 2 FINITE Limited
 2 FINIS Conclusion
 2 FINETUNE Make just right
 2 FINED Penalized
 2 FINAL Important exam
 2 FINAL Big test
 2 FINAGLE Wangle
 2 FIN Half a sawbuck
 2 FILL Occupy
 2 FILER Secretary, at times
 2 FILCH Pilfer
 2 FIFES Marching band instruments
 2 FIENDS Ogres
 2 FIENDS Maniacs
 2 FIELD Pasture
 2 FIEF Feudal land
 2 FIE ``A pox on you!''
 2 FIE Cry of disgust
 2 FIDO Pet name
 2 FIDO Generic pooch
 2 FIDEL Cuba's Castro
 2 FICA Paycheck abbr.
 2 FIBS Whopper juniors?
 2 FIBS Taradiddles
 2 FIB Little lie
 2 FIAT Decree
 2 FEZ Shriner's topper
 2 FEZ Casbah headgear
 2 FEY Whimsical
 2 FEY Hardly macho
 2 FEY Effeminate
 2 FEWER Not as many
 2 FEUD Family problem
 2 FEUD Clash of clans
 2 FETOR Stench
 2 FETOR Awful smell
 2 FETE Big do
 2 FETCH Sell for
 2 FETAS Brine-cured cheeses
 2 FETA Greek salad ingredient
 2 FESTER Rankle
 2 FESSEDUP Came clean
 2 FESS Own (up to)
 2 FERNS Flowerless plants
 2 FERN Terrarium plant
 2 FERN Spore producer
 2 FERMI 1938 Physics Nobelist
 2 FER ___-de-lance
 2 FER Not agin
 2 FENGSHUI Literally, ``wind and water''
 2 FENDS Wards (off)
 2 FEND Provide (for)
 2 FEN Wetland
 2 FEN Boggy lowland
 2 FEMME ___ fatale
 2 FEM Opposite of masc.
 2 FELLER Guy
 2 FELL Cut down
 2 FELIX Justice Frankfurter
 2 FEINTS Bluffs
 2 FEINT False move
 2 FEELER Trial balloon
 2 FEEL Sense
 2 FEEL Grope
 2 FEE Service charge
 2 FEE Lawyer's charge
 2 FEE Late ___
 2 FEE Invoice amount
 2 FEE Doctor's charge
 2 FED Supplied
 2 FED Spoon-___
 2 FED Disobeyed a zoo sign?
 2 FEAT Exploit
 2 FEAT Achievement
 2 FEAT Accomplishment
 2 FEARLESS Intrepid
 2 FEAR North Carolina's Cape ___
 2 FEAR Four Freedoms subject
 2 FDR Yalta monogram
 2 FDIC Money guarantor, for short
 2 FCC TV monitor?
 2 FBI J. Edgar Hoover's org.
 2 FAWN Babe in the woods
 2 FAVOR Party handout
 2 FAUST Gounod opera
 2 FATTEN Make stout
 2 FATSO String bean's opposite
 2 FATS Saturated substances
 2 FATED Inevitable
 2 FATE Lot in life
 2 FATE Lot
 2 FATAL Disastrous
 2 FATA ___ morgana (mirage)
 2 FAT Lucrative
 2 FAST Ramadan observance
 2 FAST Firmly secured
 2 FAST Certain protest
 2 FARR ``M*A*S*H'' actor
 2 FARO Casino game
 2 FARM Kind of team
 2 FARINA Breakfast bowlful
 2 FARED Got on
 2 FARED Got along
 2 FARE Taxi rider
 2 FARE Meter reading
 2 FAR Outlying
 2 FAR Much
 2 FAR Away's partner
 2 FAO ___ Schwarz
 2 FANBELT Radiator adjunct
 2 FAN Strike out
 2 FAN Groupie
 2 FAMILY Zoological classification
 2 FAME Renown
 2 FAME Recognition
 2 FALSE Two-faced
 2 FALLIN Sergeant's order
 2 FALL Genesis event, with ``the''
 2 FALA F.D.R.'s Scottie
 2 FAIR Worth a C
 2 FAIR So-so
 2 FAIR C-worthy?
 2 FAIN Gladly
 2 FAG ___ end (very last part)
 2 FAD Furbys, once
 2 FACT It's the truth
 2 FACT Almanac tidbit
 2 FACE Confront
 2 FAB Groovy
 2 FAA J.F.K. regulators
 2 FAA J.F.K. overseer
 2 EZRA University founder Cornell
 2 EZRA Pound of verse
 2 EZRA Pound of literature
 2 EZRA Cornell of Cornell University
 2 EZINE Web mag
 2 EZINE Online publication
 2 EZER Weizman of Israel
 2 EZER Israel's Weizman
 2 EYRIE High nest: Var.
 2 EYRE Brontë's ``Jane ___''
 2 EYRE Australia's largest lake
 2 EYETOEYE One way to see
 2 EYESORE It doesn't look good
 2 EYESHOT View
 2 EYES Surveys
 2 EYES Ogles
 2 EYES Looks over
 2 EYES Baby blues
 2 EYERS Observers
 2 EYER Ogler
 2 EYEON Keep an ___
 2 EYELID Lens cover?
 2 EYELET Place for a lace
 2 EYED Regarded
 2 EYE Potato feature
 2 EYE Optometrist's interest
 2 EYE Iris's place
 2 EYE Hurricane's center
 2 EYE Give the once-over
 2 EYE Check out
 2 EYE CBS symbol
 2 EXULTS Crows
 2 EXULT Rejoice
 2 EXUDES Oozes
 2 EXUDE Radiate
 2 EXTRA Uncredited actor
 2 EXTOL Laud
 2 EXTINCT Gone
 2 EXT Phone no. add-on
 2 EXT Office no.
 2 EXT No. after a no.
 2 EXPOSE Smoke out
 2 EXPANSE Stretch
 2 EXOD Gen. follower
 2 EXO Prefix with skeleton
 2 EXO Outside: Prefix
 2 EXIT Turnoff
 2 EXIT Lighted sign
 2 EXIT Leave
 2 EXIT Departure
 2 EXILE Deposed leader, perhaps
 2 EXILE Cast out
 2 EXES They've split
 2 EXES They're broken up
 2 EXES Former spouses
 2 EXES Donald and Ivana, e.g.
 2 EXES Alimony receivers
 2 EXERT Wield, as influence
 2 EXERT Strain
 2 EXERT Put forth
 2 EXERT Bring to bear
 2 EXERT Apply, as pressure
 2 EXEDOUT Struck
 2 EXEC Suit
 2 EXEC Prez
 2 EXEC Firm head
 2 EXEC Board member, for short
 2 EXEC Big cheese
 2 EXE Devon river
 2 EXCESS Overage
 2 EXAM Quiz
 2 EXAM Midterm, for one
 2 EXAM Checkup
 2 EXALT Praise
 2 EXALT Ennoble
 2 EXACT Demand
 2 EWOK ``Star Wars'' critter
 2 EWOK ``Star Wars'' creature
 2 EWOK Furry ``Star Wars'' creature
 2 EWING ``Dallas'' family name
 2 EWES Wool sources
 2 EWES Rams' mates
 2 EWES Flock members
 2 EWERS Some painted vessels
 2 EWERS Decorative jugs
 2 EWER Water carrier
 2 EWER Still-life subject
 2 EWER It has a big mouth
 2 EWER Decorative pitcher
 2 EWER Ablutionary vessel
 2 EWEN Gershwin biographer David
 2 EWE Yeanling producer
 2 EWE Wool coat wearer
 2 EWE Ram's ma'am
 2 EWE Member of the flock
 2 EWE Lamb's mother
 2 EWE Female with a wool coat
 2 EWE Female sheep
 2 EVOLVE Develop
 2 EVOKE Call forth
 2 EVITA Madonna title role
 2 EVITA 1996 Madonna role
 2 EVITA 1996 Madonna musical
 2 EVINCE Show
 2 EVILS Iniquities
 2 EVIL Wickedness
 2 EVIL The dark force
 2 EVIL Satanic
 2 EVIL Satan's work
 2 EVIL Diabolical
 2 EVIL Demonic
 2 EVIL Dark doings
 2 EVIL Blackhearted
 2 EVIL Base
 2 EVIL Axis of ___
 2 EVIAN Poland Spring competitor
 2 EVERYTHING End of the quip
 2 EVERY ``___ Heartbeat'' (Amy Grant hit)
 2 EVERT Turn outward
 2 EVERT Flip
 2 EVERS ``Tinker to ___ to Chance''
 2 EVERS Civil rights leader Medgar
 2 EVER ``Did you ___?''
 2 EVER ``Did you ___?!''
 2 EVER ``... happily ___ after''
 2 EVER ___ and anon
 2 EVER Constantly
 2 EVER At any point
 2 EVER Anon's partner
 2 EVER Always
 2 EVENTUAL Ultimate
 2 EVENT News subject
 2 EVENSTEVEN Square
 2 EVENER Plane, e.g.
 2 EVENED Made square
 2 EVEN Not bumpy
 2 EVEN Fifty-fifty
 2 EVEL Robbie's daredevil dad
 2 EVEL First name in stunts
 2 EVEL First name in daredeviltry
 2 EVE Time to look ahead
 2 EVE Threshold
 2 EVE Party time, maybe
 2 EVE Original sinner
 2 EVE New Year's ___
 2 EVE Joanne Woodward Oscar-winning role
 2 EVE First mate
 2 EVE Cain raiser
 2 EVE Adam's madam
 2 EVAS Gabor and Perón
 2 EVAN Writer Hunter
 2 EVALUATE Weigh
 2 EVADES Slips by
 2 EVADES Skirts
 2 EVADERS Slippery ones
 2 EVA ``Die Meistersinger'' soprano
 2 EVA ``Die Meistersinger'' heroine
 2 EVA Wagner soprano
 2 EVA Stowe girl
 2 EVA Sister of Zsa Zsa
 2 EVA Señora Perón
 2 EVA Actress ___ Marie Saint
 2 EVA Actress Bartok
 2 EUROS Continental money
 2 EUROPE The Continent
 2 EUR Where Switz. is
 2 EUR Where Lux. is
 2 EUR Where It.'s at
 2 EUR Part of E.U.: Abbr.
 2 EULER Noted blind mathematician
 2 EUDORA Writer Welty
 2 EUDORA Author Welty
 2 EUBIE Jazz pianist Blake
 2 ETUI Place for pins
 2 ETUI Pins and needles holder
 2 ETUI Pin holder
 2 ETUDE Practice piece
 2 ETTU Words to a traitor
 2 ETTU Ides rebuke
 2 ETTU Dying words
 2 ETTU Cry of Caesar
 2 ETTU Brute leader?
 2 ETTU Accusatory words
 2 ETTES Diminutive endings
 2 ETTE Woman's name suffix
 2 ETTE Suffix with super
 2 ETTE Suffix with lay
 2 ETTE Suffix with cigar
 2 ETTE Suffix with Rock
 2 ETTE Novel ending?
 2 ETTE Novel ending
 2 ETTE Feminine suffix
 2 ETTE Diminutive suffix
 2 ETTA Kett of old comics
 2 ETTA Jazz singer ___ James
 2 ETS Venusians, e.g.
 2 ETS Sci-fi figures
 2 ETS Aliens, for short
 2 ETRUSCAN Ancient Italian
 2 ETRE Word repeated in a French Hamlet's soliloquy
 2 ETRE To be, to Henri
 2 ETRE To be, in Tours
 2 ETRE To be, in France
 2 ETRE To be, in Brest
 2 ETRE To be, at the Sorbonne
 2 ETRE French 101 word
 2 ETRE Bien-___ (well-being): Fr.
 2 ETON School with historic playing fields
 2 ETON School near Windsor
 2 ETON Royal educator
 2 ETON Prince's school
 2 ETON Harrow's rival
 2 ETON George Orwell's alma mater
 2 ETON English prep school
 2 ETOILE Paris's Arc de Triomphe de l'___
 2 ETO W.W. II map: Abbr.
 2 ETO W.W. II inits.
 2 ETO W.W. II command
 2 ETO Ike's command, once: Abbr.
 2 ETO Ike's command in W.W. II
 2 ETO D.D.E.'s W.W. II command
 2 ETO Area of 1940's mil. activity
 2 ETO 1944 initials
 2 ETNA ``Empedocles on ___'' (Matthew Arnold poem)
 2 ETNA Vulcan's Chimney
 2 ETNA Sicilian mount
 2 ETNA Sicilian erupter
 2 ETNA Peak near Taormina
 2 ETNA Mount SW of Messina
 2 ETNA Lab item
 2 ETNA It's active in Sicily
 2 ETNA It towers over Taormina
 2 ETNA Europe's highest volcano
 2 ETNA 11,000-foot Italian peak
 2 ETHYL Gas additive
 2 ETHICAL Upright
 2 ETHIC Value system
 2 ETHIC Body of values
 2 ETHIC Body of good conduct
 2 ETHER Old anesthetic
 2 ETHER It's a knockout
 2 ETHEL Neighbor of Lucy and Ricky
 2 ETHEL Lucy's best friend
 2 ETHANOL C2H5OH
 2 ETHANE Odorless gas
 2 ETHANE C2H6
 2 ETHAN Wharton's ``___ Frome''
 2 ETHAN Revolutionary Allen
 2 ETHAN Patriot Allen
 2 ETHAN One of the Coen brothers
 2 ETHAN Novelist Canin
 2 ETHAN Hawke of film
 2 ETH Numerical suffix
 2 ETH Numerical ending
 2 ETH Ending of the Bible
 2 ETH Addis Ababa's land: Abbr.
 2 ETESIAN Annual, as Mediterranean winds
 2 ETES Verb with vous
 2 ETES Summers in Québec
 2 ETES Summers abroad
 2 ETES Are, in Arles
 2 ETERNE Forever, poetically
 2 ETERNAL Enduring
 2 ETE When the French fry
 2 ETE When Nancy bakes?
 2 ETE Summer on the Riviera
 2 ETE Summer abroad
 2 ETE Sorbonne summer
 2 ETE Riviera season
 2 ETE Hot time in Haiti
 2 ETE High season, on the Riviera
 2 ETE Berlioz's ``Nuit d'___''
 2 ETE Berlioz's ``Les nuits d'___''
 2 ETD Airport abbr.
 2 ETCH Use acid
 2 ETCH Mark permanently
 2 ETCH Make permanent
 2 ETC Sentence-ending abbr.
 2 ETC Often-repeated abbr.
 2 ETC Mail Boxes ___
 2 ETC List abbr.
 2 ETC And so on: Abbr.
 2 ETC And so on
 2 ETC And so forth
 2 ETC Abbr. after a comma
 2 ETATS ___-Unis
 2 ETAT ``L'___, c'est moi''
 2 ETAT ``L'___ c'est moi'': Louis XIV
 2 ETAT South Dakota, to Pierre
 2 ETAT Louisiana, e.g., in Orléans
 2 ETAT Division politique
 2 ETAS Sorority letters
 2 ETAS Flight data, briefly
 2 ETALII Phrase of inclusion
 2 ETALII Bibliographical phrase
 2 ETAL Series ender
 2 ETAL Roster abbr.
 2 ETAL List abbr.
 2 ETAL Footnote abbr.
 2 ETAL Common Latin abbr.
 2 ETAL Catalog card abbr.
 2 ETAL Card catalog abbr.
 2 ETAL Bibliography abbr.
 2 ETAL Bibliographic abbr.
 2 ETAGERE Knickknack holder
 2 ETA Zeta follower
 2 ETA When a plane is due in: Abbr.
 2 ETA Pilot's announcement, briefly
 2 ETA LAX posting
 2 ETA LAX info
 2 ETA LAX abbr.
 2 ETA In-flight info, for short
 2 ETA Hellenic vowel
 2 ETA Greek H
 2 ETA Flight board abbr.
 2 ETA Capt.'s prediction
 2 ETA Airport posting: Abbr.
 2 ESTUARY Little sound
 2 ESTS Ballpark figs.
 2 ESTOP Prevent
 2 ESTONIA It regained independence in 1991
 2 ESTO ___ perpetua (Idaho's motto)
 2 ESTO Last word of Missouri's motto
 2 ESTO Idaho motto starter
 2 ESTIVAL Summerlike
 2 ESTHER Purim honoree
 2 ESTHER Book before Job
 2 ESTH Tallinn native
 2 ESTH O.T. book
 2 ESTH Job preceder: Abbr.
 2 ESTH Book before Job: Abbr.
 2 ESTES ``Women Who Run With the Wolves'' author
 2 ESTES Children's author Eleanor
 2 ESTERS Dimethyl sulfate and others
 2 ESTER Fruity-smelling compound
 2 ESTER Fragrant compound
 2 ESTER Dimethyl sulfate, e.g.
 2 ESTER C4H8O2, e.g.
 2 ESTER Banana oil, e.g.
 2 ESTELLE 1967 Oscar winner Parsons
 2 ESTEEMS Prizes
 2 ESTEE ``Terminal Bliss'' actress Chandler
 2 ESTEE ___ Lauder
 2 ESTEE Compact name
 2 ESTE Renaissance patron
 2 ESTE Ferrara family name
 2 ESTE Direction in Durango
 2 ESTE City near Padua
 2 ESTE Boiardo's patron
 2 ESTD Cornerstone abbr.
 2 ESTATES They're left behind
 2 ESTATE What's left
 2 ESTAS ``Cómo ___?''
 2 ESTAS These, in Madrid
 2 ESTA Are, in Ávila
 2 ESTA Are, in Aragón
 2 EST ``C'___ la vie!''
 2 EST Ultimate ending
 2 EST N.Y.C. zone
 2 EST N.Y.C. clock setting
 2 EST N.Y. minutes?
 2 EST Guinness Book suffix
 2 EST Extreme suffix
 2 EST D.C. setting
 2 EST Best guess: Abbr.
 2 ESSO ``The sign of extra service'' sloganeer
 2 ESSO ``Happy Motoring'' company
 2 ESSO Petrol provider
 2 ESSO Old station name
 2 ESSO Old station identification
 2 ESSO Old ``Happy motoring!'' sloganeer
 2 ESSO Gas brand in Canada
 2 ESSO Exxon, once
 2 ESSO Exxon predecessor
 2 ESSO Classic gas brand
 2 ESSO Canadian gas brand
 2 ESSO Bygone brand on U.S. highways
 2 ESSIE ``Ah, Wilderness!'' mother
 2 ESSEX Reo contemporary
 2 ESSEX Colchester's county
 2 ESSES Pluralizers
 2 ESSENE Ancient Palestinian
 2 ESSENCE Perfume
 2 ESSENCE Gist
 2 ESSEN Krupp works city
 2 ESSEN City near Oberhausen
 2 ESSE To be, to Tiberius
 2 ESSE They, in Trieste
 2 ESSE Latin infinitive
 2 ESSAY School assignment
 2 ESSAY Piece in Harper's
 2 ESSAY English exam finale, often
 2 ESSAY Bacon piece
 2 ESS Tricky curve
 2 ESS Suffix with lion
 2 ESS Slalom segment
 2 ESS Part of a car test course
 2 ESQUE Suffix with Roman
 2 ESQ Shingle abbr.
 2 ESQ Lawyer's abbr.
 2 ESPRIT Vivacity
 2 ESPN ``Baseball Tonight'' channel
 2 ESPN Armchair athlete's channel
 2 ESPIES Catches sight of
 2 ESPIED Spotted
 2 ESPANA Neighbor of Francia
 2 ESP Unproven ability
 2 ESP Uncommon sense
 2 ESP Subject of a psych. experiment
 2 ESP Psychic's claim
 2 ESOS Those, to Tomás
 2 ESOS Those caballeros
 2 ESO ``___ Beso'' (Paul Anka hit)
 2 ESO That, to Tomás
 2 ESO That, in Tijuana
 2 ESO That objeto
 2 ESO Inner: Prefix
 2 ESL Immigrant's subj.
 2 ESKIMO Igloo dweller
 2 ESKER Gravelly ridge
 2 ESKER Geological ridge
 2 ESHARP F equivalent
 2 ESE Vane dir.
 2 ESE Suffix with legal
 2 ESE Suffix with Brooklyn
 2 ESE San Jose-to-Fresno dir.
 2 ESE Richmond-to-Norfolk dir.
 2 ESE Opposite WNW
 2 ESE London-to-Dover dir.
 2 ESE Jargon suffix
 2 ESE Compass point
 2 ESCORTS Dates
 2 ESCE Suffix with opal
 2 ESCE Suffix with fluor-
 2 ESCAPISM Avoidance of reality
 2 ESC Emergency PC key
 2 ESC Bailout key
 2 ESAU Isaac's firstborn
 2 ESAU Isaac's eldest
 2 ESAU Biblical birthright seller
 2 ESAS Those: Sp.
 2 ESAS Spanish pronoun
 2 ESAI Tony's portrayer on ``N.Y.P.D. Blue''
 2 ESAI Morales of movies
 2 ESA Spanish pronoun
 2 ERY Suffix with mock
 2 ERWIN Gen. Rommel
 2 ERWIN Field Marshal Rommel
 2 ERUPTS Goes off
 2 ERUPT Go off
 2 ERUPT Blow
 2 ERUDITE Learned
 2 ERTES Some Art Deco works
 2 ERTE Folies Bergère designer
 2 ERTE Collectible illustrator
 2 ERTE Art Deco notable
 2 ERST While lead-in
 2 ERST Once, once upon a time
 2 ERST Once, long ago
 2 ERST At one time, at one time
 2 ERSE Scottish Gaelic
 2 ERSE Scots Gaelic
 2 ERSE Old World language
 2 ERSE Irish offshoot
 2 ERSE Highlands tongue
 2 ERSE Highland tongue
 2 ERSE European language
 2 ERS TV drama settings
 2 ERS Some TV drama sets
 2 ERS Hesitant sounds
 2 ERRS Misses the mark
 2 ERRS Miscalculates
 2 ERRS Drops the ball
 2 ERRS Blunders
 2 ERRORLESS Perfect
 2 ERROR Miscue
 2 ERROR Fluff
 2 ERROR Clinker
 2 ERROL Flynn of ``Captain Blood''
 2 ERROL Film star Flynn
 2 ERROL Documentarian Morris
 2 ERROL Cedric ___ of ``Little Lord Fauntleroy''
 2 ERRING Astray
 2 ERRED Slipped up
 2 ERRED Guessed wrong
 2 ERRED Flubbed
 2 ERRATIC Inconsistent
 2 ERRANT Wandering
 2 ERRANT Straying
 2 ERRANT Off-course
 2 ERRAND Gofer's job
 2 ERR ``To ___ is human ...''
 2 ERR Goof up
 2 ERR Go wrong
 2 ERR Go astray
 2 ERR Get it wrong
 2 ERR Be off base
 2 EROTIC Blue
 2 EROTIC Arousing
 2 EROSIVE Wearing
 2 EROSION Shoreline problem
 2 EROSE Uneven
 2 EROSE Like a maple leaf
 2 EROS Piccadilly Circus statue
 2 EROS Passion personified
 2 EROS Oscar Wilde poem ``The Garden of ___''
 2 EROS One taking a bow?
 2 EROS Olympic archer
 2 EROS Lustful god
 2 EROS February 14 figure
 2 EROS Cupid, to the Greeks
 2 EROS Cupid's counterpart
 2 EROS Cupid's Greek counterpart
 2 EROO Switch ending
 2 EROO Suffix with sock
 2 EROICA Beethoven symphony
 2 ERODED Undercut
 2 ERODED Like many shorelines
 2 ERODE Undermine
 2 ERODE Sap
 2 ERODE Lose ground?
 2 ERODE Lose ground
 2 ERODE Eat away
 2 ERNST Pioneer in Surrealism
 2 ERNST Dadaist Max
 2 ERNO Puzzlemaker Rubik
 2 ERNO Pianist/composer Dohnányi
 2 ERNO Cubic Rubik
 2 ERNO Cosmetics maker ___ Laszlo
 2 ERNO Brain-teasing Rubik
 2 ERNIEELS Two-time U.S. Open winner
 2 ERNIE Pulitzer winner Pyle
 2 ERNESTO Carmaker Maserati
 2 ERNEST One of the Gallo brothers
 2 ERNEST English poet Dowson
 2 ERNES Sea birds
 2 ERNE Shore soarer
 2 ERNE Sea flier
 2 ERNE Coastal raptor
 2 ERNANI Title bandit in a Verdi opera
 2 ERN West end?
 2 ERN South extension
 2 ERN Seabird
 2 ERN East end?
 2 ERN Directional ending
 2 ERN Coastal flier
 2 ERMINES Fine furs
 2 ERMINE Regal fur
 2 ERMA ``Forever, ___'' (1996 humor book)
 2 ERMA ``Aunt'' with a ``Cope Book''
 2 ERMA ``Aunt'' with a 1979 best seller
 2 ERMA Writer Bombeck
 2 ERMA Wit Bombeck
 2 ERMA Aunt with a ``Cope Book''
 2 ERLES Gardner and others
 2 ERLE Perry's creator
 2 ERLE First name in mystery writing
 2 ERLE First name in courtroom fiction
 2 ERLE Film director ___ C. Kenton
 2 ERLE Creator of the secretary Della
 2 ERLE Creator of Perry and Della
 2 ERLE Contemporary of Agatha
 2 ERLE Colleague of Dashiell
 2 ERLE Agatha contemporary
 2 ERL Schubert's ``The ___-King''
 2 ERITU ``Un Ballo in Maschera'' aria
 2 ERITREA Land on the Red Sea
 2 ERITREA Asmara is its capital
 2 ERIS Twin sister of Ares
 2 ERINS Actress Gray and others
 2 ERIN ``___ Brockovich''
 2 ERIN Name for an Irish lass
 2 ERIN Leprechaun land
 2 ERIN Land of poetry
 2 ERIN Land of literature
 2 ERIN Ireland
 2 ERIES Northern Indians
 2 ERIES Great Lakes tribesmen
 2 ERIE War of 1812 battle site
 2 ERIE View from Toledo
 2 ERIE Sandusky's county
 2 ERIE Port on a lake of the same name
 2 ERIE Niagara River source
 2 ERIE Lake near Niagara Falls
 2 ERIE Keystone State port
 2 ERIE Iroquoian Indian
 2 ERIE Great Lakes city
 2 ERIE Gannon University city
 2 ERIE Foe of the Iroquois
 2 ERIE Buffalo's county
 2 ERICH Novelist Remarque
 2 ERICH Author Segal
 2 ERICA ``All My Children'' vixen
 2 ERICA ___ Kane of ``All My Children''
 2 ERICA Susan Lucci's Emmy role
 2 ERICA Novelist Jong
 2 ERIC Slang expert Partridge
 2 ERIC Skater Heiden
 2 ERIC Rocker Clapton
 2 ERIC Rock's Clapton
 2 ERIC Philosopher Hoffer
 2 ERIC Novelist Ambler
 2 ERIC Mystery writer Ambler
 2 ERIC Explorer called ``the Red''
 2 ERIC Director Rohmer
 2 ERI ``___ tu'' (aria for Renato)
 2 ERI ``___ tu''
 2 ERGOT Cereal killer
 2 ERGO Proof word
 2 ERGO Descartes's ``therefore''
 2 ERGO Consequently
 2 ERG Unit of work
 2 ERG Unit of energy
 2 ERG Piece of work
 2 ERG Part of a joule
 2 ERG A little work
 2 ERG .0000001 joule
 2 ERESTU 1974 top 10 hit with Spanish lyrics
 2 ERESTU 1974 hit subtitled ``Touch the Wind''
 2 ERES Start of a Cockney toast
 2 EREMITE Recluse
 2 ERELONG By and by
 2 EREI ``… ___ saw Elba''
 2 EREI ``I'll speak a prophecy ___ go'': Shak.
 2 EREI ``I kiss'd thee ___ kill'd thee'': Othello
 2 ERECTS Raises
 2 ERECTS Builds
 2 ERECTOR Builder
 2 ERECTED Put up
 2 ERECTED Built
 2 ERE ``___ on my bed my limbs I lay'': Coleridge
 2 ERE ``___ he drove out of sight...''
 2 ERE Up until
 2 ERE Shortly before?
 2 ERE Poet's ``before''
 2 ERE Before, to poets
 2 ERE Before, to Byron
 2 ERE Before, to Burns
 2 ERE Before, of yore
 2 ERE Before, before
 2 ERDE ``Das Lied von der ___''
 2 ERDA ``Das Rheingold'' goddess
 2 ERDA Mother of the Valkyries
 2 ERB Tarzan creator's monogram
 2 ERATO Sister of Clio
 2 ERATO Sister of Calliope
 2 ERATO Poetic Muse
 2 ERATO Poet's inspiration
 2 ERATO One of the Muses
 2 ERATO Muse of love poetry
 2 ERATO Inspiration for poets and musicians
 2 ERATO Daughter of Mnemosyne
 2 ERATO A Muse
 2 ERAT The ``E'' of Q.E.D.
 2 ERAT Quod ___ faciendum
 2 ERAT Proof word
 2 ERASURE Wipeout?
 2 ERASURE Start of a correction
 2 ERASURE Sign of a slip
 2 ERASES Rubs out
 2 ERASER Desk item
 2 ERASE Take off
 2 ERASE Rub out
 2 ERASE Do away with
 2 ERASE Demagnetize, as a tape
 2 ERASE Clear, as a disk
 2 ERASE Clear the tape
 2 ERASE Clear the boards
 2 ERAS Times past
 2 ERAS Notable times
 2 ERAS Memorable times
 2 ERAS Memorable periods
 2 ERAS Long stretches
 2 ERAS Important times
 2 ERAS Historical times
 2 ERAS Historic times
 2 ERAS Extended periods
 2 ERAS Ages
 2 ERA Two or more periods
 2 ERA Time
 2 ERA Tide competitor
 2 ERA Stat for Clemens
 2 ERA Procter & Gamble brand
 2 ERA Piece of history
 2 ERA Period in history
 2 ERA Old polit. cause
 2 ERA Notable time
 2 ERA Notable period
 2 ERA Memorable time
 2 ERA Horse-and-buggy ___
 2 ERA Historic period
 2 ERA Great time
 2 ERA Detergent brand
 2 ERA Baseball stat
 2 EQUIP Outfit
 2 EQUINOX March 21 occurrence
 2 EQUI Prefix with angular
 2 EQUAL Match
 2 EQUAL Identical
 2 EPSON Big name in printers
 2 EPSOM England's ___ Downs
 2 EPPS ``The Mod Squad'' co-star, 1999
 2 EPPS Omar of ``The Mod Squad,'' 1999
 2 EPPS Omar of ``Scream 2''
 2 EPPS Actor Omar
 2 EPISODE Show piece?
 2 EPICPOET Homer, e.g.
 2 EPIC ``Beowulf,'' for one
 2 EPIC Sweeping
 2 EPIC Like some proportions
 2 EPIC Grander than grand
 2 EPIC Grand
 2 EPH N.T. book
 2 EPEES Sporting blades
 2 EPEES Slender blades
 2 EPEES Fencing swords
 2 EPEES Fencing needs
 2 EPEE Three-sided sword
 2 EPEE Olympics event
 2 EPEE Modern pentathlon event
 2 EPEE It's almost pointless
 2 EPEE Fencing weapon
 2 EPEE Fencing sword
 2 EPEE Fencing piece
 2 EPEE Fencing need
 2 EPEE Fencer's weapon
 2 EPEE Fencer's blade
 2 EPEE Duel tool
 2 EPCOT ___ Center
 2 EPCOT Disney's ___ Center
 2 EPA Waste watchers: Abbr.
 2 EPA Superfund administrator: Abbr.
 2 EPA Org. concerned with PCB's
 2 EPA Kind of rating
 2 EPA Ecol. watchdog
 2 EPA Clean air org.
 2 EPA Clean air grp.
 2 EPA Antipollution org.
 2 EOS Sister of Selene
 2 EOS Selene's sister
 2 EONS Years on end
 2 EONS Time on end
 2 EONS Time immemorial
 2 EONS Millions of years
 2 EONS Many ages
 2 EON Waiting period, seemingly
 2 EON Quite a while
 2 EON Period in the earth's history
 2 EON Many, many moons
 2 EON Many chiliads
 2 EON Long period
 2 EON A billion years
 2 ENZYME Pepsin, e.g.
 2 ENZO Automaker Ferrari
 2 ENYA Single-named singer
 2 ENVY It's a sin
 2 ENVOY Representative
 2 ENVIED Coveted
 2 ENV Post delivery: Abbr.
 2 ENURES Habituates
 2 ENURES Accustoms
 2 ENURE Accustom: Var.
 2 ENURE Accustom
 2 ENTS Tolkien tree-men
 2 ENTRY Way in
 2 ENTRY Door
 2 ENTRY Diary bit
 2 ENTRY Contest effort
 2 ENTREE Main order
 2 ENTREE Main course
 2 ENTRE Between: Fr.
 2 ENTRAP Bag
 2 ENTRANCE Beguile
 2 ENTO Prefix with dermal
 2 ENTITY Thing
 2 ENTIRE Whole
 2 ENTIRE Uncut
 2 ENTICED Led on
 2 ENTERS Puts in
 2 ENTERO Prefix with bacteria
 2 ENTERINTO Sign, as an agreement
 2 ENTER ``The door's open!''
 2 ENTER ``Come in!''
 2 ENTER Sign on a door
 2 ENTER Script direction
 2 ENTER Record
 2 ENTER PC key
 2 ENTER Log
 2 ENTER Keypad key
 2 ENTER Keyboard key
 2 ENTER Join
 2 ENTAILS Involves
 2 ENTAIL Necessitate
 2 ENTAIL Call for
 2 ENT Suffix with respond
 2 ENT Suffix with persist
 2 ENT M.D.'s specialty
 2 ENSURED Guaranteed
 2 ENSURE Make certain
 2 ENSUITE Forming a series
 2 ENSTEEL Strengthen
 2 ENSOR TV journalist David
 2 ENSOR David of CNN
 2 ENSOR Belgian painter James
 2 ENSNARL Tangle up
 2 ENSNARED Caught
 2 ENSNARE Trap
 2 ENSILE Store, as corn
 2 ENSILE Store on a farm
 2 ENSIGN Banner
 2 ENSE Massachusetts motto opener
 2 ENSCONCE Settle snugly
 2 ENS ``Star Trek'' rank: Abbr.
 2 ENS Starfleet Academy grad.
 2 ENS Some dashes
 2 ENS Printer's widths
 2 ENS Print measures
 2 ENS One-striper: Abbr.
 2 ENS Naval rank: Abbr.
 2 ENS Lt.'s inferior
 2 ENS Dash widths
 2 ENS Coast Guard officer: Abbr.
 2 ENRY Professor 'iggins
 2 ENRON Noted bankruptcy of 2001
 2 ENROL Become a member
 2 ENROBES Covers up
 2 ENROBE Dress
 2 ENROBE Cover up
 2 ENROBE Attire
 2 ENRICO Physicist Fermi
 2 ENRAPT Captivated
 2 ENRAGE Tick off
 2 ENOW Sufficient, old-style
 2 ENOW Sufficient, in verse
 2 ENOTE Short Internet message
 2 ENOS Nephew of Abel
 2 ENOS Genesis son
 2 ENOS Genesis grandson
 2 ENOS 1961 chimp in space
 2 ENOS 1940's-50's All-Star ___ Slaughter
 2 ENOLS Organic compounds
 2 ENOLA W.W. II plane ___ Gay
 2 ENOLA Name on a famous B-29
 2 ENOL Form of ether
 2 ENOL Chemical compound
 2 ENO Rock musician Brian
 2 ENO Record producer Brian
 2 ENO North Carolina's ___ River State Park
 2 ENO Brian of the early Roxy Music
 2 ENO Brian of rock
 2 ENO Brian of ambient music
 2 ENO Ambient music pioneer
 2 ENNUI World-weariness
 2 ENNUI Listlessness
 2 ENNUI Lassitude
 2 ENNIO ``The Untouchables'' composer Morricone
 2 ENNEAD The Muses, e.g.
 2 ENNE Feminizing suffix
 2 ENNE Female suffix
 2 ENNA Sicilian city
 2 ENMESH Tangle
 2 ENMESH Catch, as in a net
 2 ENLIVEN Animate
 2 ENLISTED Volunteered
 2 ENLIST Beat the draft?
 2 ENLARGE Swell
 2 ENLACES Ties up
 2 ENJOYS Relishes
 2 ENIGMAS Riddles
 2 ENIGMAS Mysteries
 2 ENIGMA Stumper
 2 ENIGMA Poser
 2 ENID ``Idylls of the King'' lady
 2 ENID ``Idylls of the King'' character
 2 ENID Writer Bagnold
 2 ENID Tennyson lady
 2 ENID Seat of Garfield County, Okla.
 2 ENID Novelist Bagnold
 2 ENID Geraint's lady
 2 ENID Children's author Blyton
 2 ENIAC Granddaddy of all computers
 2 ENHANCED Touched up
 2 ENHANCE Magnify
 2 ENGULF Swamp
 2 ENGRAM Memory trace
 2 ENGR M.I.T. grad: Abbr.
 2 ENGEL TV actress Georgia
 2 ENG School subj.
 2 ENG High school subj.
 2 ENG Chang's Siamese twin
 2 ENFANT ___ terrible
 2 ENES Chemical endings
 2 ENERO Start of el año
 2 ENERO Month after diciembre
 2 ENERO Julio's opposite
 2 ENERO Calendario page
 2 ENERGIZE Pep up
 2 ENE Suffix with menth-
 2 ENE Pilothouse abbr.
 2 ENE Memphis-to-Nashville dir.
 2 ENE Lansing-to-Flint dir.
 2 ENE From Okla. City to Tulsa
 2 ENE Compass reading
 2 ENE Ariz.-to-Kan. dir.
 2 ENDUP Eventually become
 2 ENDUE Provide, as with some quality
 2 ENDUE Provide, as with a quality
 2 ENDTO Put an ___
 2 ENDS Winds up
 2 ENDS Some receivers
 2 ENDS Purposes
 2 ENDS Means justifiers
 2 ENDS Cuts off
 2 ENDS Conclusions
 2 ENDS Concludes
 2 ENDS Breaks off
 2 ENDS Aims
 2 ENDOWER Foundation, often
 2 ENDOW Fund
 2 ENDORSE Back
 2 ENDOR Witch's place
 2 ENDO Prefix with scope
 2 ENDO Inner: Prefix
 2 ENDIS ``The ___ near!''
 2 ENDER Terminator
 2 ENDEDUP Finished
 2 ENDED Finished
 2 ENDED Done
 2 ENDED Broke off
 2 ENDEAR Take to one's heart
 2 ENDEAR Ingratiate
 2 ENDE ``Momo'' author Michael
 2 ENDANGER Imperil
 2 ENDALL Ultimate object
 2 END Wrap up
 2 END Wind up
 2 END Tip
 2 END Terminus
 2 END Terminal
 2 END Tackle's teammate
 2 END Swan song
 2 END Sign off
 2 END Purpose
 2 END Pull the plug on
 2 END Omega
 2 END Objective
 2 END It may be living or dead
 2 END It may be bitter
 2 END Goal
 2 END Finale
 2 END Epilogue
 2 END Butt
 2 ENCODE Make secret
 2 ENCL Abbr. on a business letter
 2 ENCL Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter
 2 ENCINA Live oak
 2 ENCE Suffix with refer
 2 ENCE Suffix with persist
 2 ENCE Suffix with exist
 2 ENCASE Sheathe
 2 ENCASE Package
 2 ENCASE Crate
 2 ENC Env. extra
 2 ENC Abbr. in a business letter
 2 ENC Abbr. at the bottom of a letter
 2 ENATE Related on one's mother's side
 2 ENAMORS Charms
 2 ENAMORS Captivates
 2 ENAMOR Bewitch
 2 ENAMI As a friend, to François
 2 ENAMEL Nail polish
 2 ENAMEL Canine's coat
 2 ENACT Put on the books
 2 ENACT Put into law
 2 ENABLE Empower
 2 ENA Old Spanish queen
 2 EMU Relative of an ostrich
 2 EMU Ostrich's kin
 2 EMU Low-fat meat
 2 EMU It'll never get off the ground
 2 EMU Cousin of an ostrich
 2 EMT Hosp. employee
 2 EMT CPR specialist
 2 EMT CPR pro
 2 EMT CPR expert
 2 EMT 911 respondent
 2 EMS Type widths
 2 EMS River to the North Sea
 2 EMS North Sea feeder
 2 EMS Germany's Dortmund-___ Canal
 2 EMS German resort
 2 EMS Fat letters
 2 EMS Dash lengths
 2 EMPTY Drain
 2 EMPOWER Authorize
 2 EMOTE Play too broadly
 2 EMOTE Chew the scenery
 2 EMOTE Be theatrical
 2 EMORY Atlanta university
 2 EMO First name in comedy
 2 EMMY Prize since 1949
 2 EMMETT ``Dixie'' composer
 2 EMMET Ant, in dialect
 2 EMME Noted plus-size model
 2 EMMA Mrs. Peel of ``The Avengers''
 2 EMMA Lazarus or Goldman
 2 EMMA Jane Austen novel
 2 EMMA Jane Austen heroine
 2 EMIT Utter
 2 EMIT Spew
 2 EMIT Put out
 2 EMIT Let out
 2 EMIT Broadcast
 2 EMISSARY Go-between
 2 EMIR Mideast ruler
 2 EMIR Kuwaiti leader
 2 EMIR Foreign dignitary
 2 EMIR Arabian bigwig
 2 EMINENT August
 2 EMILE Microphone inventor Berliner
 2 EMIL Silents star Jannings
 2 EMIL Runner Zatopek
 2 EMIL Expressionist Nolde
 2 EMIGRE Political refugee
 2 EMIGRE New citizen, perhaps
 2 EMIGRE Einstein, e.g.
 2 EMIGRANT Expatriate
 2 EMI Record label inits.
 2 EMI Brit. recording giant
 2 EMI Brit. record label
 2 EMERY Filer
 2 EMERY File
 2 EMERITA Retiree's title
 2 EMERIL First name in cooking
 2 EMERIL Chef Lagasse
 2 EMERGES Surfaces
 2 EMERGE Develop
 2 EMERGE Crop up
 2 EMERGE Come into view
 2 EMERGE Come forth
 2 EMER Part of E.M.T.: Abbr.
 2 EMER Like a 911 call: Abbr.
 2 EMEND Touch up
 2 EMEER Arab leader
 2 EMEAT ``Let ___ Cake''
 2 EMCEED Hosted
 2 EMCEE Person with a mike
 2 EMBER Glowing remnant
 2 EMBAR Imprison
 2 EMAILS Contacts quickly, perhaps
 2 ELYSIAN Blissful
 2 ELYSEE Parisian palace
 2 ELY Noted cathedral town
 2 ELY Bridge guru Culbertson
 2 ELWES Actor Cary
 2 ELWAY Super Bowl XXXIII M.V.P.
 2 ELVIRA #1 Oak Ridge Boys hit
 2 ELUTE Rinse, as with a solvent
 2 ELUDE Get past
 2 ELTON Singer John
 2 ELTON Rock's ___ John
 2 ELTON First name in rock
 2 ELSIE Old comic actress ___ Janis
 2 ELSIE Beast of Borden
 2 ELSES Someone ___ (not mine)
 2 ELSE ``What ___ can I say?''
 2 ELSE ``Or ___!''
 2 ELSE ``Anything ___?''
 2 ELSE ``... or ___!''
 2 ELSE Ultimatum ender
 2 ELSE Besides that
 2 ELSE Apart from this
 2 ELSAS ``___ Dream'' (``Lohengrin'' piece)
 2 ELSA ``Lohengrin'' soprano
 2 ELSA Socialite Maxwell
 2 ELSA Literary lioness
 2 ELSA Lanchester of film
 2 ELSA Jewelry designer Peretti
 2 ELSA Film feline
 2 ELS Windy City trains
 2 ELS Urban transportation
 2 ELS Raised railroads
 2 ELS Loop transports
 2 ELS Chicago transports
 2 ELS Chicago sights
 2 ELS 2002 British Open champion
 2 ELS 1997 U.S. Open champ
 2 ELPASO Sun Bowl site
 2 ELPASO Fort Bliss city
 2 ELOPES Runs off (with)
 2 ELOPED Ran for one's wife?
 2 ELOPE Skip the big wedding
 2 ELOPE Skip off
 2 ELOPE Run off together
 2 ELOPE Run off to wed
 2 ELOPE Run off to the chapel
 2 ELOISE Kay Thompson character
 2 ELOI H. G. Wells race
 2 ELO ``Xanadu'' rock group
 2 ELO ``Xanadu'' band, for short
 2 ELO ``Turn to Stone'' grp.
 2 ELO ``Telephone Line'' grp.
 2 ELO ``Strange Magic'' band, for short
 2 ELO ``Hold On Tight'' group
 2 ELO ``Evil Woman'' band, for short
 2 ELO ``Don't Bring Me Down'' grp.
 2 ELO Jeff Lynne's rock grp.
 2 ELO Inits. in 70's-80's rock
 2 ELNINO Pacific weather phenomenon
 2 ELNINO Pacific phenomenon
 2 ELMUNDO Madrid daily
 2 ELMS ``The moan of doves in immemorial ___'': Tennyson
 2 ELMS ``Desire Under the ___''
 2 ELMS Stately trees
 2 ELMS Some are slippery
 2 ELMOS St. ___ fire
 2 ELMO ``Tickle me'' guy
 2 ELMO ``Blondie'' boy
 2 ELMO One of the Muppets
 2 ELMO A Muppet
 2 ELMER ``___ Gantry''
 2 ELMER Fudd of cartoons
 2 ELMER Composer Bernstein
 2 ELMER Bugs bugs him
 2 ELMER Big name in bonding
 2 ELM Street shader
 2 ELM Shade maker
 2 ELM Kind of beetle
 2 ELM Blight victim
 2 ELLS Some bends
 2 ELLS Corner pieces
 2 ELLIS ___ Island National Monument
 2 ELLIOT Richardson of Nixon's cabinet
 2 ELLIOT Mama Cass ___
 2 ELLIE ``Dallas'' Miss
 2 ELLIE Songwriter Greenwich
 2 ELLEN Scarlett's mother
 2 ELLEN Comic DeGeneres
 2 ELLEN 1990's sitcom
 2 ELLE Vogue competitor
 2 ELLE Glamour rival
 2 ELLE Fashion monthly
 2 ELLE Allure competitor
 2 ELLA Queen of scat
 2 ELLA Miss Cinders of old comics
 2 ELLA First Lady of Jazz
 2 ELLA Actress Raines
 2 ELL Wright wing?
 2 ELL Pipe joint
 2 ELL Pipe fitting
 2 ELL Pipe bend
 2 ELL Building addition
 2 ELL Addition
 2 ELKS The ``E'' of B.P.O.E.
 2 ELKS Fraternal fellows
 2 ELKO Nevada's second-largest county
 2 ELKO Nevada county
 2 ELKO Nevada city
 2 ELKHART City near South Bend
 2 ELK ___ Grove Village, Ill.
 2 ELK Wapiti
 2 ELK Pliable leather
 2 ELK Caribou kin
 2 ELIZA ``My Fair Lady'' lady
 2 ELITES In groups
 2 ELITES Aristocracies
 2 ELITE Upper echelon
 2 ELITE Type of type
 2 ELITE Gentry
 2 ELITE First-class
 2 ELITE Exclusive
 2 ELITE Choice
 2 ELITE Bluebloods
 2 ELITE Blue bloods
 2 ELISHA Inventor Otis
 2 ELISE Dedicatee of a piano classic
 2 ELIS ``Boola Boola'' singers
 2 ELIS Yale students
 2 ELIS Whiffenpoofs
 2 ELIS New Haven collegians
 2 ELIS George and George W., e.g.
 2 ELIS Ancient Olympics site
 2 ELIOTS George and others
 2 ELIOT ``The Waste Land'' poet
 2 ELIOT ``Four Quartets'' poet
 2 ELIOT Ness of ``The Untouchables''
 2 ELIJAH Hebrew prophet
 2 ELIHU Yale of Yale University
 2 ELIEL First name in architecture
 2 ELIE ``Night'' author Wiesel
 2 ELIE Mario of the N.B.A.
 2 ELIE Mario ___ of the N.B.A.
 2 ELIDES Shortens, in a way
 2 ELIDES Passes over
 2 ELIDE Slur over
 2 ELICIT Extract
 2 ELIAS Sewing machine inventor Howe
 2 ELIAS 1981 Literature Nobelist Canetti
 2 ELIAN Political pawn González
 2 ELIA ``Last Essays of ___,'' 1833
 2 ELIA Oscar winner Kazan
 2 ELIA Literary pseudonym
 2 ELIA Lamb's pen name
 2 ELIA Charles Lamb's pen name
 2 ELI ``The Whiffenpoof Song'' singer
 2 ELI ___ Lilly and Co.
 2 ELI Wallach of ``The Magnificent Seven''
 2 ELI Teacher of Samuel
 2 ELI Student inside ivied walls
 2 ELI Ransom ___ Olds
 2 ELI Quarterback Manning
 2 ELI Philip Roth's ``___, the Fanatic''
 2 ELI Lilly of pharmaceuticals
 2 ELI Harvard hater?
 2 ELI Crimson rival
 2 ELI Bulldog
 2 ELI Biblical high priest
 2 ELI 1951 play by Literature Nobelist Nelly Sachs
 2 ELHI Precollege
 2 ELGIN Chicago suburb
 2 ELGAR ``Pomp and Circumstance'' composer
 2 ELGAR Knighted composer
 2 ELFIN Spritelike
 2 ELFIN Mischievous
 2 ELF Santa's little helper
 2 ELF Polar worker
 2 ELF Polar helper
 2 ELF One with a pole position?
 2 ELF Little toymaker
 2 ELF Little helper
 2 ELEVENS Cricket teams, e.g.
 2 ELEV Atlas abbr.
 2 ELENI Nicholas Gage book
 2 ELENI Nicholas Gage best seller
 2 ELENA ``Uncle Vanya'' woman
 2 ELENA Spanish princess
 2 ELENA Makarova of tennis
 2 ELENA Daughter of Juan Carlos I
 2 ELENA Daughter of Juan Carlos
 2 ELEMI Lacquer ingredient
 2 ELEM K-6: Abbr.
 2 ELEM Gr. 1-6
 2 ELEGIAC Mournful
 2 ELEE Gen. Robert ___
 2 ELECTS Provides a seat for
 2 ELECTRA Sophocles tragedy
 2 ELECTRA Sister of Orestes
 2 ELECT Vote into office
 2 ELECT Decide on
 2 ELECT Chosen ones
 2 ELEC Util. bill
 2 ELEC Certain util.
 2 ELEA Parmenides' home
 2 ELDEST First-born
 2 ELDER Patriarch
 2 ELDER One sought for advice
 2 ELDER Church official
 2 ELDER Church leader
 2 ELD Antiquity, once
 2 ELBA Site of Napoleon's exile
 2 ELBA Napoleon exile site
 2 ELBA Island of Napoleon's exile
 2 ELBA Island north of Montecristo
 2 ELBA Island near Corsica
 2 ELAYNE Comedienne Boosler
 2 ELATION Jubilance
 2 ELATED Walking on air
 2 ELATED Pleased as punch
 2 ELATED On cloud nine
 2 ELATED On a high
 2 ELATE Thrill to death
 2 ELATE Thrill
 2 ELATE Make merry
 2 ELATE Make happy
 2 ELATE Make beam
 2 ELASTIC Adaptable
 2 ELAPSE Run out
 2 ELAPSE Pass
 2 ELANDS African antelopes
 2 ELAND Serengeti grazer
 2 ELAN Zip
 2 ELAN Vivacity
 2 ELAN Snap
 2 ELAN Pizzazz
 2 ELAN Oomph
 2 ELAN Gusto
 2 ELAN Exuberance
 2 ELAN Enthusiasm
 2 ELAL Carrier whose name means ``skyward''
 2 ELAL Carrier at J.F.K.
 2 ELAL Airline since 1948
 2 ELAINES Famed New York eatery
 2 ELAINE ``Seinfeld'' pal
 2 ELAINE Pal of Jerry Seinfeld
 2 ELABORATE Involved
 2 EKING Squeezing (out)
 2 EKG Ticker tape letters?
 2 EKG Heart chart: Abbr.
 2 EKES Stretches, with ``out''
 2 EKES Stretches (out)
 2 EKES Squeaks (out)
 2 EKES Scrapes (out)
 2 EKES Just makes, with ``out''
 2 EKES Barely gets, with ``out''
 2 EKED Squeezed (out)
 2 EKED Scraped (out)
 2 EKE ___ out a win
 2 EKE Stretch, with ``out''
 2 EKE Manage, with ``out''
 2 EKE Barely manage, with ``out''
 2 EKE Barely get, with ``out''
 2 EJECT Give the heave-ho
 2 EISNER Disney head
 2 EIRE Hibernia
 2 EIRE Emerald Isle
 2 EIRE De Valera's land
 2 EIRE Cork's place
 2 EINSTEIN Genius
 2 EINSTEIN Brainiac
 2 EINS One overseas
 2 EINE Deutsche article
 2 EINE Article in Die Zeit
 2 EINE Article in Der Spiegel
 2 EINE Article for Mozart
 2 EIN ``Ich bin ___ Berliner''
 2 EIN Strauss's ``___ Heldenleben''
 2 EIN Article in Die Zeit
 2 EIN Article in Die Welt
 2 EIN A as in Austria
 2 EILEEN Soprano Farrell
 2 EILEEN Astronaut Collins
 2 EILAT Gulf of Aqaba port
 2 EIGHT Black billiard ball
 2 EIEIO ``Old MacDonald'' refrain
 2 EIEIO Refrain in ``Old MacDonald''
 2 EIEIO Refrain from farming?
 2 EIDER Where to get down
 2 EIDER Sea duck
 2 EIDER Pillow filler
 2 EIDER Kind of down
 2 EIDER Duck down
 2 EIDER Downy duck
 2 EHS Sounds of doubt
 2 EGYPT Pharaoh's land
 2 EGRETS Marsh birds
 2 EGRET White heron
 2 EGRET Wading bird
 2 EGRET Plume source
 2 EGRET Cousin of a bittern
 2 EGRESS Exit
 2 EGOTRIP Vanity case?
 2 EGOS Selves
 2 EGOS Prima donna problems
 2 EGOS Inflatable things
 2 EGOS I's
 2 EGOS Freudian topics
 2 EGON Designer von Furstenberg
 2 EGOMANIA Many a dictator's problem
 2 EGOIST Altruist's opposite
 2 EGO Self center
 2 EGO Kind of trip
 2 EGO It may need stroking
 2 EGO It may be easily bruised
 2 EGO Conceit
 2 EGIS Auspices: Var.
 2 EGGSHELL Shade of white
 2 EGGS Roe
 2 EGGO Waffle brand
 2 EGGO Breakfast brand
 2 EGGING Prodding
 2 EGGHEAD Brainiac
 2 EGGEDON Incited
 2 EGGED Encouraged, with ``on''
 2 EGG ___ roll
 2 EGG Pudding ingredient
 2 EGG Bloke
 2 EGG Bird-to-be
 2 EGER Bavarian river
 2 EGBDF Treble clef lines
 2 EGAN Cardinal O'Connor's successor
 2 EGAN Alaska's first governor
 2 EGAL Alike: Fr.
 2 EGADS ``Zounds!''
 2 EGADS ``Yikes!''
 2 EGADS ``Holy cow!''
 2 EGADS ``Good grief!''
 2 EGAD ``Goodness gracious!''
 2 EGAD Quaint outburst
 2 EGAD Old oath
 2 EFTS Small amphibians
 2 EFTS New newts
 2 EFT Lizard, old-style
 2 EFT Eastern newt
 2 EFS Flunking letters
 2 EFREM Either Zimbalist
 2 EFREM Conductor Kurtz
 2 EFG Alphabet trio
 2 EFFUSE Flow out
 2 EFFACE Wipe out
 2 EES Some Caltech grads, for short
 2 EERIE Weird
 2 EERIE Uncanny
 2 EERIE Goosebump-raising
 2 EERIE Chill-inducing
 2 EERIE Bone-chilling
 2 EER Suffix with pamphlet
 2 EER Suffix with musket
 2 EER Suffix with auction
 2 EER Ballad's end?
 2 EER Always, in verse
 2 EEO Classified ad abbr.
 2 EENY Start of a decision-making process
 2 EENY Counting-out word
 2 EENY Counting-out bit
 2 EEN Velvet finish
 2 EEN Poetic dusk
 2 EEN Night of poetry
 2 EEN Dusk, to Donne
 2 EEN Dark time for poets
 2 EELY Slippery
 2 EELY Hard to grasp
 2 EELS Wriggly fish
 2 EELS They're caught in pots
 2 EELS Snakelike fish
 2 EELS Fish caught in pots
 2 EELS Congers
 2 EELLIKE Thin and slippery
 2 EELER Moray catcher
 2 EELED Sniggled
 2 EEL Wriggly fish
 2 EEL Sushi order
 2 EEL Sushi bar order
 2 EEL Spawning fish
 2 EEL Slithery swimmer
 2 EEL Slippery sort
 2 EEL Sinuous swimmer
 2 EEL Pickled delicacy
 2 EEL Moray, e.g.
 2 EEL Long fish
 2 EEL Jellied delicacy
 2 EEL It may be smoked
 2 EEL It can be shocking
 2 EEL Electrifying swimmer
 2 EEL Electric fish
 2 EEK ``A rat!''
 2 EEK It's a scream
 2 EEK Cry in cartoons
 2 EEGS Lines of thought, for short?
 2 EEG Head lines, for short?
 2 EEE Wide spec.
 2 EEE Shoebox marking
 2 EEE Shoe designation
 2 EEE Letters on some pumps
 2 EEC Common Market letters
 2 EEC Common Market inits.
 2 EDYS Häagen-Dazs alternative
 2 EDYS Breyers competitor
 2 EDWIN Astronomer Hubble
 2 EDW One of eight Eng. kings
 2 EDUCE Draw out
 2 EDUCE Draw forth
 2 EDU Web site address ending
 2 EDU E-address ending
 2 EDT Summer hrs. in D.C.
 2 EDT Summer D.C. setting
 2 EDT Seasonal schedule abbr.
 2 EDT D.C. summer setting
 2 EDT D.C. summer clock setting
 2 EDT Buffalo's summer hrs.
 2 EDSELS Detroit duds
 2 EDSEL Ford flop
 2 EDSEL Collectible car
 2 EDSEL Big flop
 2 EDSEL 50's Ford flop
 2 EDS Staff of Life: Abbr.
 2 EDS Publishers' hirees, for short
 2 EDS Masthead contents, briefly
 2 EDS Mag. staffers
 2 EDS MS. markers
 2 EDO Tokyo, once
 2 EDO Old name for Tokyo
 2 EDO Old Tokyo
 2 EDNA ``Giant'' author Ferber
 2 EDNA Writer Ferber
 2 EDNA Writer Buchanan
 2 EDNA Seat of Jackson County, Tex.
 2 EDNA Irish novelist O'Brien
 2 EDNA Best of the theater
 2 EDNA Author O'Brien
 2 EDMOND Dumas's Dantès
 2 EDITS Touches up
 2 EDITS Cleans up, in a way
 2 EDITOUT Bleep
 2 EDITH ``Dombey and Son'' woman
 2 EDITH Writer Wharton
 2 EDIT Trim to fit, maybe
 2 EDIT Touch up
 2 EDIT Rework
 2 EDIT Rephrase
 2 EDIT Polish language
 2 EDIT Get to work on Time?
 2 EDIT Do magazine work
 2 EDISON The Wizard of Menlo Park
 2 EDISON Inventor of the stock ticker
 2 EDINA Patsy's ``Absolutely Fabulous'' pal
 2 EDIFY Uplift spiritually
 2 EDIE Chanteuse Adams
 2 EDICT Pronouncement
 2 EDICT Order
 2 EDIBLES All you can eat
 2 EDHS Old English letters
 2 EDH Old letter
 2 EDGING Trim
 2 EDGERS Trimming tools
 2 EDGEDOUT Barely beat
 2 EDGE Slight advantage
 2 EDGE Sidle
 2 EDGE Sharpness
 2 EDGE Rim
 2 EDGE Margin
 2 EDGE Head start
 2 EDGE Cutting part
 2 EDGE Brink
 2 EDGE Border
 2 EDGARS Whodunit awards
 2 EDGAR Mystery writer's prize
 2 EDER River of central Germany
 2 EDER Linda of ``Jekyll & Hyde''
 2 EDENS Utopias
 2 EDENS Idyllic places
 2 EDENS Chicago's ___ Expressway
 2 EDEN Tree of life site
 2 EDEN Land west of Nod
 2 EDEN Home for Adam and Eve
 2 EDEN Hebrew for ``delight''
 2 EDEN Genesis locale
 2 EDEN Garden with a snake
 2 EDEN First place?
 2 EDEN First family's home
 2 EDEN Fall setting
 2 EDEN Fall place
 2 EDEMA Tomato blight
 2 EDEMA Swelling
 2 EDDY Water swirl
 2 EDDY Small whirlpool
 2 EDDY Mini-whirlpool
 2 EDDY Christian Science founder
 2 EDDIED Swirled
 2 EDDIE ``Frasier'' dog
 2 EDDIE Dog on ``Frasier''
 2 EDDIE Actor Albert
 2 EDDA Old Icelandic literary work
 2 EDDA Mythology anthology
 2 EDDA Icelandic epic
 2 EDD Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roush
 2 EDAMS Dutch exports
 2 EDAMES ``Daniel Boone'' actor
 2 EDAM Wax-coated cheese
 2 EDAM Gouda alternative
 2 EDAM Dutch treat
 2 ECUA Quito's country: Abbr.
 2 ECU Euro forerunner
 2 ECTO Prefix with parasite
 2 ECTO Opposite of endo-
 2 ECRU Tannish
 2 ECRU Off-white
 2 ECRU Linen color
 2 ECRU Hose hue
 2 ECRU Brown family member
 2 ECON Subj. with graphs
 2 ECON Coll. major
 2 ECOLI Potential water contaminator
 2 ECOLI Dangerous strain
 2 ECOLE Élève's place
 2 ECOLE Sorbonne, e.g.
 2 ECOL Biol. branch
 2 ECO ``The Name of the Rose'' writer
 2 ECO System start-up?
 2 ECO Prefix with tourism
 2 ECO Prefix with terrorism
 2 ECO Prefix with conscious
 2 ECO Prefix with -cide
 2 ECO Green: Prefix
 2 ECLIPSE Overshadow
 2 ECLAT Sensation
 2 ECLAT Fanfare
 2 ECLAT Bravura
 2 ECLAT Acclaim
 2 ECLAIR Cream puff
 2 ECHOED Seconded
 2 ECHO She loved Narcissus
 2 ECHO Repeat performance?
 2 ECHO Canyon effect
 2 ECCL Book after Proverbs: Abbr.
 2 ECCE ``___ homo''
 2 ECCE Behold, to Pilate
 2 ECCE Behold, in old Rome
 2 EBSEN ``Barnaby Jones'' star
 2 EBRO Zaragoza's river
 2 EBRO Saragossa's river
 2 EBRO River of Spain
 2 EBON Black, to poets
 2 EBON Black, to Blake
 2 EBOLI Levi's ``Christ Stopped at ___''
 2 EBOLA Deadly virus
 2 EBOLA African virus
 2 EBOAT W.W. II craft
 2 EBERT First president of the German republic, 1919
 2 EBERT Critic Roger
 2 EBERT 1975 Pulitzer-winning critic
 2 EBERLE Glenn Miller protégé Ray
 2 EBBS Goes out
 2 EBBS Goes back out
 2 EBBED Receded
 2 EBBED Fell off
 2 EBB Flow's partner
 2 EBB Dwindle
 2 EBB Decline
 2 EBAY Online auction site
 2 EBAY Bidding site
 2 EBAN ``Voice of Israel'' author
 2 EBAN ``My People'' author
 2 EBAN Meir contemporary
 2 EAVES Overhangs
 2 EAVE Trough site
 2 EAVE Gutter locale
 2 EAUDE ___ Cologne
 2 EAU ___ de toilette
 2 EAU ___ Claire, Wis.
 2 EAU Mer contents
 2 EAU Melted glace
 2 EAU Lac contents
 2 EATUP Really enjoy
 2 EATUP Devour
 2 EATUP Consume
 2 EATSUP Really enjoys
 2 EATS Vittles
 2 EATON Popular brand of stationery
 2 EATME Wonderland message
 2 EATME Wonderland cake words
 2 EATIT Lose ignominiously, in slang
 2 EATIN Have something at home
 2 EATIN Have dinner at home
 2 EATIN Dine at home
 2 EATHERE Diner sign
 2 EATERY Diner
 2 EATERS Cafeteria-goers
 2 EATER Gourmand
 2 EATEN Put away
 2 EATEN Packed away
 2 EATEN Moth-___
 2 EATAT Patronize, as a restaurant
 2 EATAT Bother terribly
 2 EATAT Bother no end
 2 EATALONE Have a table for one
 2 EAT ``Mangia!''
 2 EAT Snack
 2 EAT Polish off
 2 EAT Pack away
 2 EAT Have a bite
 2 EAT Have
 2 EAT Grab a bite
 2 EAT Get into a stew?
 2 EAT Get down
 2 EAT Dine
 2 EAT Break bread
 2 EAT Bother, with ``at''
 2 EASY ``Piece of cake!''
 2 EASY ``Duck soup!''
 2 EASY Effortless
 2 EASTON ``For Your Eyes Only'' singer, 1981
 2 EASTERN Oriental
 2 EASTER Break time
 2 EAST ``___ of Eden''
 2 EAST Whence the Magi, with ``the''
 2 EAST N.C.A.A. tournament division
 2 EAST It may be due
 2 EAST Down ___ (Maine)
 2 EAST Bridge position
 2 EAST 90 degrees
 2 EAST 3:00
 2 EASEUP Relax
 2 EASES Smooths
 2 EASEMENT Right of passage
 2 EASEL Stand for something
 2 EASEL Chart holder
 2 EASEIN Enter cautiously
 2 EASEDUP Abated
 2 EASED Lightened (up)
 2 EASED Let up
 2 EASED Alleviated
 2 EASE The life of Riley
 2 EASE The good life
 2 EASE Slacken
 2 EASE Relieve
 2 EASE Moderate
 2 EASE Lighten
 2 EASE Life of Riley
 2 EASE Deftness
 2 EASE Comfort
 2 EARTHY Coarse
 2 EARTH Third rock from the sun
 2 EARTH Third of nine
 2 EARTH Our planet
 2 EARS Rabbit ___
 2 EARS Listening devices
 2 EARS Canal zones?
 2 EARP Tombstone lawman
 2 EARP O.K. Corral lawman
 2 EARP 1994 Costner role
 2 EARNS Nets
 2 EARNS Makes
 2 EARNS Clears
 2 EARNS Brings home
 2 EARNEST Heartfelt
 2 EARN Merit
 2 EARN Deserve
 2 EARLYON Near the beginning
 2 EARLY Before the due date
 2 EARLS Noblemen
 2 EARLESS Like some seals
 2 EARLE Country rocker Steve
 2 EARLAP Cap attachment
 2 EARL Rank below marquis
 2 EARL Rank above viscount
 2 EARL Nobleman
 2 EARL Benjamin Disraeli, e.g.
 2 EARFLAP Cold weather protector
 2 EARED Like some seals
 2 EARED Like cornstalks
 2 EAR Teacup handle
 2 EAR Place for a stud
 2 EAR Place for a plug
 2 EAR Pencil holder
 2 EAR Order of corn
 2 EAR Musician's asset
 2 EAR Musical talent
 2 EAR Audience
 2 EAP Literary monogram
 2 EAN Suffix with Euclid
 2 EAGLET Young raptor
 2 EAGLE Top scout
 2 EAGLE Colonel's insignia
 2 EAGLE American symbol
 2 EAGER Breathless
 2 EACH Per
 2 EACH Individually
 2 EACH A throw
 2 DYS Prefix with function
 2 DYS Bad: Prefix
 2 DYNES Force units
 2 DYNE Physics unit
 2 DYNAMO Go-getter
 2 DYER Textile worker
 2 DYED Turned blue, maybe
 2 DYED Not the original color
 2 DYE Turn black, maybe
 2 DYE Hair coloring
 2 DYE Blonde's secret, maybe
 2 DYE Batiking need
 2 DYAD Twosome
 2 DWELT Lived
 2 DWEEB Uncool sort
 2 DWEEB Dork
 2 DWARF Tower over
 2 DVORAK ``Slavonic Dances'' composer
 2 DUSTER 1970's Plymouth
 2 DUSTED Checked for prints
 2 DURO Spanish peso
 2 DURESS Coercion
 2 DUO Double header?
 2 DUNK Easy two-pointer
 2 DUNGEON ``The Count of Monte Cristo'' setting
 2 DUNE Buggy terrain
 2 DUNCAN Classic yo-yo maker
 2 DUN Grayish brown
 2 DUMA Russian legislature
 2 DULL Uninteresting
 2 DULL Lackluster
 2 DUELS Some showdowns
 2 DUEL Face-off
 2 DUE Rightful
 2 DUE Fitting
 2 DUE Directly
 2 DUDEDUP Dressed to the nines
 2 DUD Fizzler
 2 DUC French nobleman
 2 DUBAI Persian Gulf emirate
 2 DUB Nickname
 2 DUAD Couple
 2 DTS Skid row woe
 2 DSL Cable alternative
 2 DRYS Prohibitionists
 2 DRYAD Woods nymph
 2 DRY Like some humor
 2 DRU Joanne of ``Red River''
 2 DRU Joanne of ``Abie's Irish Rose''
 2 DRT Richard Gere title role of 2000
 2 DRT Richard Gere title role
 2 DRS Some Harvard grads: Abbr.
 2 DROSS Refuse
 2 DROPIN Visitor
 2 DROP Discontinue
 2 DROOP Sag
 2 DROOL Slobber
 2 DRONE Pilotless plane
 2 DRNO Villain played by Joseph Wiseman
 2 DRNO Bond foe
 2 DRNO 007 foe
 2 DRIVEL Twaddle
 2 DRIP What icicles do
 2 DRIP Mr. Unexciting
 2 DRIP Boring one
 2 DRIEST Least sweet
 2 DRIES Towels off
 2 DRIED Cut's partner
 2 DRIBBLES Bounces
 2 DRI Soft & ___ (Gillette product)
 2 DREWON Made use of
 2 DREW Sketched
 2 DREW Attracted
 2 DRESSY Fancy
 2 DRESS Toggery
 2 DRESS Shift, e.g.
 2 DREDGE Excavating machine
 2 DRED ___ Scott Decision
 2 DRED Historic Scott
 2 DRED 1856 Stowe novel
 2 DREAMON ``Get real!''
 2 DREAD Great fear
 2 DRE ``Still ___'' (1999 rap song)
 2 DRE Rapper Dr. ___
 2 DRE Dr. of rap
 2 DRDRE ``Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang'' rapper
 2 DRAY Sturdy cart
 2 DRAWON Tap
 2 DRAW Tie
 2 DRATS Mild oaths
 2 DRAT ``Nuts!''
 2 DRAT ``Dang!''
 2 DRANK Had a shot
 2 DRAMA Plays
 2 DRAG Party pooper
 2 DRAG Downer
 2 DRAB Lackluster
 2 DRAB Grayish
 2 DRAB Cheerless
 2 DOZE Nod off
 2 DOYEN Senior member
 2 DOWELL Prosper
 2 DOWEL Wooden pin
 2 DOW Average name
 2 DOVE Hawk's opposite
 2 DOUSE Put out
 2 DOUSE Extinguish
 2 DOUR Sullen
 2 DOUR Saturnine
 2 DOUR Forbidding
 2 DOUP Arrange, as hair
 2 DOUG QB Flutie
 2 DOTTED Like some lines
 2 DOTS Pencil-and-paper game
 2 DOTO Inflict upon
 2 DOTELL ``Is that so?!''
 2 DOTELL ``Go on!''
 2 DOTE Lavish affection (on)
 2 DOTCOM E-business
 2 DOT Semi-colon?
 2 DOT Point
 2 DOT Part of an E-mail address
 2 DOT Morse E
 2 DOSE Teaspoonful, maybe
 2 DOSE Recommended amount
 2 DOSE Amount of medicine
 2 DOS Parties
 2 DOS John ___ Passos
 2 DOS Hairstyles
 2 DOS Affairs
 2 DORMOUSE Member of Alice's tea party
 2 DOREMI Moolah
 2 DOREMI Lettuce
 2 DORE Scale start
 2 DORA ``Dumb'' comics girl
 2 DORA ``David Copperfield'' woman
 2 DORA ``David Copperfield'' wife
 2 DORA ___ Maar (Picasso subject)
 2 DORA Nickelodeon's ``___ the Explorer''
 2 DORA Mrs. Copperfield
 2 DORA Copperfield's bride
 2 DOR Palme ___ (Cannes award)
 2 DOPE Ninny
 2 DOOVER Redecorate
 2 DOORS Opportunities, so to speak
 2 DOORDIE All-out
 2 DOOR It may get into a jamb
 2 DOONE Blackmore title name
 2 DOOMS Sentences
 2 DOOM Fate
 2 DONTS Proscriptions
 2 DONTGO ``Stay!''
 2 DONS Puts on
 2 DONS Gets into
 2 DONOTHING Idler
 2 DONNE ``Death, Be Not Proud'' poet
 2 DONNA Fashion's Karan
 2 DONNA Designer Karan
 2 DONEE Beneficiary
 2 DONE Wrapped up
 2 DONE Through
 2 DONAT Filmdom's Mr. Chips
 2 DONA Lady of Spain
 2 DONA Lady of Lisbon
 2 DON Syndicate head
 2 DON Mafia boss
 2 DOMO Major-___
 2 DOMESTICSCIENCE Home economics
 2 DOMES Some stadium features
 2 DOME Capitol feature
 2 DOM Suffix with free
 2 DOM Monk's title
 2 DOLT Ninny
 2 DOLT Chowderhead
 2 DOLT Blockhead
 2 DOLOR Grief
 2 DOLLED Dressed (up)
 2 DOLL ``Mama'' speaker
 2 DOLL Sweetie pie
 2 DOLL Honeybunch
 2 DOLE Welfare, with ``the''
 2 DOLE Handout
 2 DOLE Charity
 2 DOJOS Karate schools
 2 DOITNOW ``Stop procrastinating!''
 2 DOIT ``I dare you!''
 2 DOING ``Nothing ___!''
 2 DOIN ``Whatcha ___?''
 2 DOIN Finish off
 2 DOIDARE Risk-taker's self-question
 2 DOI ``And how!''
 2 DOH Cry from Homer Simpson
 2 DOGSAGE Long time
 2 DOGMA Ism
 2 DOGFISHES Small sharks
 2 DOG Track
 2 DOFF Tip, in a way
 2 DOESNT ``Who ___?''
 2 DOES Hinds
 2 DOES Bucks' mates
 2 DOER Person of action
 2 DOER No layabout
 2 DOER Activist
 2 DOER Active one
 2 DOE ___-eyed
 2 DOE The buck stops here
 2 DOE Forest female
 2 DOE Female antelope
 2 DOE Fawn's mother
 2 DOE Buck's partner
 2 DODOS Dummies
 2 DODO Numbskull
 2 DODO Dumbbell
 2 DODO Dumb cluck
 2 DODGE Caravan maker
 2 DOCENT Museum guide
 2 DOC Vet
 2 DOA ___ good turn
 2 DOA ___ good deed
 2 DOA ___ 180
 2 DNA Some trial evidence
 2 DNA Genetic stuff
 2 DNA Chain letters?
 2 DMITRI One of the Brothers Karamazov
 2 DMITRI Composer Shostakovich
 2 DLI Year in Justinian I's reign
 2 DLI Sixth-century date
 2 DLI Mid-6th-century date
 2 DKNY Fashion initials
 2 DIVA Opera star
 2 DITTO ``Same here!''
 2 DITSY Scatterbrained
 2 DITSY Airheaded
 2 DITHER Flustered state
 2 DITCH Abandon
 2 DIT Morse minimum
 2 DISSED Put down, slangily
 2 DISOWN Repudiate
 2 DISK Frisbee
 2 DISHED Gossiped
 2 DISH Potluck choice
 2 DISCO ``Saturday Night Fever'' music
 2 DIS Put down, slangily
 2 DIS Insult, slangily
 2 DIS Criticize, slangily
 2 DIRTCHEAP For a song
 2 DIRT Tabloid fodder
 2 DIRT Skinny
 2 DIRT Scuttlebutt
 2 DIRT Gossip
 2 DIRGE Sad song
 2 DIRER More terrible
 2 DIRECTS Calls the shots
 2 DIRE Desperate
 2 DIRE Awful
 2 DIRE Acute
 2 DIP Party preparation
 2 DIP Downturn
 2 DIOS God: Sp.
 2 DIOR Stylish gown
 2 DIOR Christian name
 2 DIONE Saturn satellite
 2 DION Singer Celine
 2 DIODE Electron tube
 2 DINS Rackets
 2 DINO The Flintstones' pet
 2 DINO Flintstones pet
 2 DINNERS Some fund-raisers
 2 DING Nick
 2 DING Little dent
 2 DINAHS Washington and others
 2 DIN Cacophony
 2 DIMS Turns down
 2 DIMS Darkens
 2 DIMES March of ___
 2 DIKES Dutch sights
 2 DIKE Water barrier
 2 DIGIT Finger or toe
 2 DIGINTO Investigate
 2 DIGIN ``Eat!''
 2 DIGIN Cook's exhortation
 2 DIF ``What's the ___?''
 2 DIEM Per ___ (daily)
 2 DIEHARDS Irreconcilables
 2 DIED Went out, as a fire
 2 DIECAST Molded, as metal
 2 DIE Stop
 2 DIE It may be loaded
 2 DIE Fizzle out
 2 DIE Conk out
 2 DIDUP Made fancy
 2 DIDIN Iced
 2 DID Pulled off
 2 DID Carried out
 2 DICTA Pronouncements
 2 DICTA Orders
 2 DICK Gumshoe
 2 DICES Cubes
 2 DICER Kitchen gadget
 2 DICE Backgammon equipment
 2 DIANE ``Cheers'' role
 2 DIANE Steak ___
 2 DIANA Goddess of the hunt
 2 DIAN Gorilla researcher Fossey
 2 DIAN Anthropologist Fossey
 2 DIALER Old phone user
 2 DIAL Watch face
 2 DIAL Radio tuner
 2 DIAL Radio feature
 2 DIAL Obsolescent phone feature
 2 DIA Domingo, for one
 2 DIA Domingo, e.g.
 2 DIA 24 horas
 2 DHS Some batters, for short
 2 DHARMA TV's ``___ and Greg''
 2 DFLAT Key of Prokofiev's first piano concerto
 2 DFLAT C sharp
 2 DEY ``L.A. Law'' actress
 2 DEY TV actress Susan
 2 DEY Susan of ``The Partridge Family''
 2 DEWY ___-eyed (naive)
 2 DEWY ___-eyed
 2 DEWY Wet, as morning grass
 2 DEWY Moist in the morning
 2 DEVOUR Gobble up
 2 DEVON English cattle breed
 2 DEVO ``Whip It'' band
 2 DEVIL Pitchfork wielder
 2 DEVIANTS They're not normal
 2 DEUS Mars, e.g.
 2 DETRACT Take away
 2 DETOX Dry out, informally
 2 DETEST Can't stand
 2 DETERS Dissuades
 2 DETER Ward off
 2 DETER Dissuade
 2 DETENTE Warming
 2 DETENTE Thaw
 2 DETAIL Micromanager's concern
 2 DESTINY Lot
 2 DESTINE Preordain
 2 DESPOT Tyrant
 2 DESPOT Saddam Hussein, e.g.
 2 DESK Place to work
 2 DESK Escritoire
 2 DESK Education station
 2 DESISTS Stops
 2 DESIRED In demand
 2 DESIRE Longing
 2 DESIRE It's often burning
 2 DESI Ricky's portrayer
 2 DESERTS Strands
 2 DESCRY Catch sight of
 2 DESC Fam. tree member
 2 DES ___ Peres, Mo.
 2 DES ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb)
 2 DES ___ Moines, Iowa
 2 DES ___ Arc, Ark.
 2 DERRY Robert Frost farm site
 2 DERRINGDO Heroic action
 2 DERNS Father-and-daughter Hollywood duo
 2 DERN Hollywood's Bruce or Laura
 2 DERN Bruce or Laura of Hollywood
 2 DERN Actress Laura
 2 DERMO Skin: Prefix
 2 DERMAL Skin-related
 2 DERMA Skin layer
 2 DERIDED Put down
 2 DERBY Churchill Downs event
 2 DERAT Rid of vermin
 2 DERAIL Wreck
 2 DER ``___ Freischütz'' (Weber opera)
 2 DER ___ Bingle (Crosby moniker)
 2 DER Article written by Freud
 2 DEPUTY Second-in-command
 2 DEPRESS Lower
 2 DEPRAVES Corrupts
 2 DEPOT Train stop
 2 DEPOT Station
 2 DEPOSE Oust
 2 DEPLETE Exhaust
 2 DEPLETE Empty
 2 DEPARTS Goes off
 2 DEO ``In excelsis ___''
 2 DENY Withhold from
 2 DENY Withhold
 2 DENY Turn down
 2 DENY Forswear
 2 DENY Contradict
 2 DENUDES Strips
 2 DENTS Dings
 2 DENTS Auto damage
 2 DENTE Al ___
 2 DENT Mar, in a way
 2 DENT Bad impression?
 2 DENSE Thickheaded
 2 DENSE Doltish
 2 DENS Studies
 2 DENS Hollows
 2 DENS Family rooms
 2 DENOTE Mark
 2 DENIZEN Resident
 2 DENIS Patron saint of France
 2 DENIMS Casual wear
 2 DENIM Jeans material
 2 DENIM Casual attire
 2 DEN Trophy locale
 2 DEN Study
 2 DEN Scout group
 2 DEN Kind of mother
 2 DEN Hideout
 2 DEN Easy chair site
 2 DEN Cub's home
 2 DEN Cave
 2 DEMON Imp
 2 DEMOLISH Total
 2 DEMODE Passé
 2 DEMO Certain tape
 2 DEMIT Relinquish
 2 DEMI Actress Moore
 2 DEMERIT Mark for misconduct
 2 DEMEAN Put down
 2 DEMEAN Abase
 2 DEM Like L.B.J.
 2 DELVE Look closely
 2 DELVE Dig (into)
 2 DELVE Dig
 2 DELTS Shoulder muscles, briefly
 2 DELTAS Some mouths
 2 DELTA Where the mouth is
 2 DELTA Triangular formation
 2 DELTA River feature
 2 DELTA Mississippi ___
 2 DELTA Atlanta-based airline
 2 DELPHI Site of the ancient Pythian Games
 2 DELPHI Oracle site
 2 DELLA Singer Reese
 2 DELL Hollow
 2 DELL Compaq competitor
 2 DELL Big name in computers
 2 DELIA Shepherdess in Virgil's ``Eclogues''
 2 DELI Where to find a hero
 2 DELI Pastrami purveyor
 2 DELI New York's Carnegie ___
 2 DELI Kosher ___
 2 DELHI Indian metropolis
 2 DELFT Dutch pottery city
 2 DELETE X out
 2 DELETE PC key
 2 DELETE Erase
 2 DELED Took out
 2 DELED Edited out
 2 DELE Take-out order?
 2 DELE Strike
 2 DELE Expunge
 2 DELANO San Joaquin Valley city
 2 DELANO Presidential middle name
 2 DELA Boxing's Oscar ___ Hoya
 2 DELA Boxer Oscar ___ Hoya
 2 DEL Viña ___ Mar, Chile
 2 DEL Singer Shannon
 2 DEL Pa. neighbor
 2 DEKE Astronaut Slayton
 2 DEIST Thomas Jefferson, religiously
 2 DEION Cornerback Sanders
 2 DEIMOS Moon of Mars
 2 DEIGNED Lowered oneself
 2 DEIGN Think fit
 2 DEICE Prepare for winter takeoff
 2 DEGREE Extent
 2 DEG B.S., e.g.
 2 DEFY Stand up to
 2 DEFT Magicianlike
 2 DEFOG Dashboard control
 2 DEFILE Desecrate
 2 DEFEATED Beat
 2 DEFACTO In reality
 2 DEF Rock's ___ Leppard
 2 DEF Phone trio
 2 DEF First-rate, slangily
 2 DEF Dict. offering
 2 DEES Poor marks
 2 DEES Odd couple?
 2 DEES Barely passing grades
 2 DEES Bad marks
 2 DEERE Tractor maker
 2 DEERE Tractor handle?
 2 DEERE Fortune 500 company based in Moline, Ill.
 2 DEER Big game
 2 DEEPENED Intensified
 2 DEEP Like a billionaire's pockets
 2 DEEP Hard to fathom
 2 DEEP Hard to comprehend
 2 DEEP Bottomless
 2 DEEMS Judges
 2 DEEMS Considers
 2 DEEM Believe
 2 DEEDS Exploits
 2 DEEDEE Political pundit Myers
 2 DEEDEE One of rock's Ramones
 2 DEED Owner's acquisition
 2 DEED Act
 2 DEE Sandra of ``Gidget''
 2 DEE Ruby or Sandra
 2 DEE River to the North Sea
 2 DEE Low mark
 2 DEE Jay preceder
 2 DEE Irish Sea feeder
 2 DEE Fiddle-de-___
 2 DECORUM Good form
 2 DECOR Designer's concern
 2 DECO Art follower
 2 DECLARANT U.S. citizen-to-be
 2 DECK Wallop
 2 DECK Knock down
 2 DECK Flatten
 2 DECCA Bing Crosby's record label
 2 DECAY Tooth trouble
 2 DECAL Transfer
 2 DECAF Joltless joe
 2 DECA Ten: Prefix
 2 DEC Holiday mo.
 2 DEBUT Come out
 2 DEBUNKED Exposed as false
 2 DEBUG Fix, in a way
 2 DEBT It's outstanding
 2 DEBT Chapter 11 issue
 2 DEBT Card balance
 2 DEBS Young socialites
 2 DEBS Ball girls
 2 DEBIT Ledger entry
 2 DEBEERS Big name in diamonds
 2 DEBASE Adulterate
 2 DEBAR Prohibit
 2 DEBAR Prevent
 2 DEBACLE Fiasco
 2 DEB Society newcomer
 2 DEB Cotillion girl
 2 DEB Cotillion V.I.P.
 2 DEB Center of a ball?
 2 DEARME ``Goodness!''
 2 DEARME Worrywart's words
 2 DEARLY So very much
 2 DEARIE Snookums
 2 DEAREST Honey
 2 DEARER More loved
 2 DEAR ___ John
 2 DEAR Sweetie
 2 DEAR Letter opener
 2 DEAR Honeybun
 2 DEAR Honey
 2 DEANS College bigwigs
 2 DEAN Student overseer
 2 DEAN One with a list
 2 DEALIN Buy and sell
 2 DEAL It may be raw
 2 DEAL Give a hand?
 2 DEAL Give a hand
 2 DEADSET Resolved
 2 DEADON Precise
 2 DEA Narc's org.
 2 DDT Banned pesticide
 2 DDT Banned insecticide
 2 DDS Driller's deg.
 2 DDS Drill wielder: Abbr.
 2 DDE E.T.O. commander
 2 DDAY W.W. II turning point
 2 DDAY Make-or-break time
 2 DDAY 6/6/44
 2 DCI 601, in old Rome
 2 DCCAB 1983 comedy with Mr. T
 2 DCCAB 1983 Mr. T flick
 2 DAZS Häagen-___
 2 DAZED In a fog
 2 DAZE Stupor
 2 DAYO Belafonte song opener
 2 DAYO Belafonte catchword
 2 DAYNE Singer Taylor ___
 2 DAWN Time to crow
 2 DAWN Sunrise
 2 DAVIT Lifeboat lowerer
 2 DAUNT Intimidate
 2 DAUNT Cow
 2 DATES Takes out
 2 DATER Post office gizmo
 2 DATER Library device
 2 DATED Went with
 2 DATE Watch feature, perhaps
 2 DATE Take out
 2 DATE Palm fruit
 2 DATE Go out with
 2 DATE Dinner and a movie, perhaps
 2 DATA Stuff to be crunched
 2 DATA Info
 2 DATA Facts
 2 DAT ``Who ___?'' (slangy query)
 2 DAT Not dis
 2 DAS ``___ Kapital''
 2 DAS They prosecute perps
 2 DAS Putin's yeses
 2 DAS Court figs.
 2 DART Zip
 2 DART Old Dodge
 2 DARN ``Shucks!''
 2 DARN ``Shoot!''
 2 DARN ``Phooey!''
 2 DARN ``Nuts!''
 2 DARN Put in stitches
 2 DARIN ``Beyond the Sea'' singer, 1960
 2 DARES Starts of some pranks
 2 DARER Risk taker
 2 DARENOT Be afraid to
 2 DARE Bell the cat
 2 DAR Patriotic women's org.
 2 DAPHNE Strauss opera
 2 DAP Skip, as a stone on water
 2 DAO 1957 Physics Nobelist Tsung-___ Lee
 2 DANUBE River in a Strauss waltz
 2 DANSON ``Cheers'' star
 2 DANK Dungeonlike
 2 DANIO Aquarium fish
 2 DANIEL Book after Ezekiel
 2 DANG ``Shoot!''
 2 DANES Copenhageners
 2 DANE Hamlet, e.g.
 2 DANE Alborg native
 2 DANANG Vietnamese port
 2 DANA ``Two Years Before the Mast'' writer
 2 DANA Comedian Carvey
 2 DAN One of the 12 tribes of Israel
 2 DAN One of Alcott's ``Little Men''
 2 DAMP Wettish
 2 DAMP Like many a cellar
 2 DAMP Extinguish
 2 DAMNED Ill-fated
 2 DAME Woman of distinction
 2 DAME Titled lady
 2 DAME Notre ___
 2 DAME Lady's title
 2 DAME Broad
 2 DAMATO Former New York senator
 2 DAM Public works project
 2 DAM Hoover ___
 2 DALY Tyne of ``Judging Amy''
 2 DALI ``Christ of St. John of the Cross'' artist
 2 DALI Surrealist Salvador
 2 DALI Limp watch painter
 2 DALE Over hill and ___
 2 DALE Hill's partner
 2 DALE Hill's opposite
 2 DALE Chip's cartoon chum
 2 DALAI Part of a religious title
 2 DAISY Symbol of freshness
 2 DAISY Part of a simple bouquet
 2 DAIS Speaker's place
 2 DAIS Roasting platform
 2 DAIS Place for a throne
 2 DAIS Oration station
 2 DAHLS Arlene and Roald
 2 DAHLIAS Showy flowers
 2 DAHL Willy Wonka's creator
 2 DAG Nobelist Hammarskjöld
 2 DAFT Off one's trolley
 2 DAFT Bonkers
 2 DADS Some stay at home
 2 DADS Root beer brand
 2 DADS June honorees
 2 DAD ``Dear old'' guy
 2 DAD Pops
 2 DAD Little League coach, often
 2 DACHA Russian country house
 2 DACCA Bangladesh's capital, old-style
 2 DABSAT Blots lightly
 2 DABS Small amounts, as of cream
 2 DABS Applies lightly
 2 DABAT Pat
 2 DAB Smidge
 2 CZAR Old Russian autocrat
 2 CYSTS Sacs
 2 CYST Dermatologist's concern
 2 CYNIC Sour sort
 2 CUTTY ___ Sark
 2 CUTE Baby-faced
 2 CUSP Crescent point
 2 CURT Brusque
 2 CURT Abrupt
 2 CURSER Foul-mouth
 2 CURS Junkyard dogs
 2 CURIE Radium discoverer
 2 CURIE 1911 Chemistry Nobelist
 2 CUREALL Panacea
 2 CURE Medical breakthrough
 2 CURD Bean ___
 2 CURBS Reins in
 2 CURB Rein in
 2 CURARE Arrow poison
 2 CURAD Band-Aid rival
 2 CUR Mongrel
 2 CUR Mangy mutt
 2 CUPS Golf targets
 2 CUOMO Former New York governor
 2 CUOMO Clinton cabinet member
 2 CUL ___-de-sac
 2 CUKES Salad ingredients, briefly
 2 CUJO Stephen King canine
 2 CUE Pool tool
 2 CUE Feed lines to
 2 CUDGEL Club
 2 CUBE 27, to 3
 2 CTR Municipal facility: Abbr.
 2 CTR Midpoint: Abbr.
 2 CST K.C. zone
 2 CST Chi hrs.
 2 CSA Civil War side: Abbr.
 2 CSA 11-member grp.
 2 CRYPT Underground chamber
 2 CRYIN 1993 Aerosmith hit
 2 CRY Have a bawl
 2 CRY Boo-hoo
 2 CRUX Central point
 2 CRUET Salad oil holder
 2 CRUEL Barbaric
 2 CRUDER Less refined
 2 CRUD Gunk
 2 CRT PC component
 2 CROWER Braggart
 2 CROWE Best Actor of 2000
 2 CROWD Three, they say
 2 CROW Exult
 2 CROW Boast
 2 CROSSE Game stick
 2 CROSSBOW Medieval weapon
 2 CROSS Liable to snap
 2 CROSS Angry
 2 CROC Swamp critter
 2 CROC Relative of a gator
 2 CROC Gator's kin
 2 CROC Gator's cousin
 2 CROAT Zagreb resident
 2 CROAT Zagreb native
 2 CROAT Dalmatian, e.g.
 2 CRISTO Monte ___
 2 CRIMP Hamper
 2 CRIME It may be organized
 2 CREWEL Embroidery yarn
 2 CREW Manners?
 2 CREW Hands
 2 CRETE Minotaur's home
 2 CRETE Aegean vacation locale
 2 CRETAN El Greco, by birth
 2 CREPT Inched
 2 CREPE Kind of sole
 2 CREPE Brunch serving
 2 CREON Antigone's cruel uncle
 2 CREEP Hardly Mr. Right
 2 CREEK Stream
 2 CREE Tribe in Manitoba
 2 CREE Manitoba native
 2 CREE Canadian tribe
 2 CREE Canadian Indian
 2 CREE Algonquian language
 2 CREDO Belief
 2 CREATE Come up with
 2 CREAK Haunted house sound
 2 CRAZE Fad
 2 CRAW Stick in one's ___
 2 CRAVE Long for
 2 CRAVE Hunger for
 2 CRAVE Desire
 2 CRATE Orange container
 2 CRATE Box
 2 CRAT Suffix with techno-
 2 CRAT Political suffix
 2 CRASS Boorish
 2 CRANKCASE Engine housing
 2 CRANE Stretch
 2 CRANE Origami bird
 2 CRAM Study hard
 2 CRAM Study for finals
 2 CRAM Jam
 2 CRAIG Food writer Claiborne
 2 CRAG Outcropping
 2 CRAG Mountaineer's challenge
 2 CRACKPOT Loon
 2 CPU PC ``brain''
 2 CPSNOW ``Strangers and Brothers'' novelist
 2 CPO U.S.N. rank
 2 CPL Radar, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 CPA Tax pro, for short
 2 CPA Tax prep. expert
 2 CPA Busy bee in Apr.
 2 CPA Balancing pro
 2 COZY Snug
 2 COZ Family relation, for short
 2 COYOTE Howler
 2 COY Playing hard to get
 2 COWER Show fear
 2 COVE Place to moor a boat
 2 COVE Inlet
 2 COUPE Two-door
 2 COULEE Grand ___ Dam
 2 COTTAGE Kind of industry
 2 COTTA Baked, in Bologna
 2 COTS Camp beds
 2 COTERIE Circle
 2 COTE Pigeon's home
 2 COT Camp sight
 2 COST Outlay
 2 COSSET Baby
 2 COSMO ___ Girl
 2 COSINE Trig function
 2 COSEC Trig. function
 2 COSA ___ Nostra
 2 COS Trigonometry abbr.
 2 COS Fortune 500 listings: Abbr.
 2 COS Businesses: Abbr.
 2 CORPS Marine ___
 2 COROT ``Orphée'' painter
 2 COROLLA Popular Toyota
 2 CORNED ___ beef
 2 CORNEA Eye bank donation
 2 CORM Base of a crocus stem
 2 CORGI Literally, ``dwarf dog''
 2 CORES Nuclei
 2 CORES Meltdown sites
 2 CORER Kitchen utensil
 2 CORER Kitchen gadget
 2 CORER Apple gizmo
 2 COREA Jazz pianist with eight Grammys
 2 CORE Center
 2 CORE Apple leftover
 2 CORD Part of a parachute
 2 CORA ``The Last of the Mohicans'' girl
 2 CORA Mrs. Dithers in ``Blondie''
 2 CORA Mrs. Dithers
 2 COR ___ anglais (English horn)
 2 COPULA Linking verb
 2 COPT Egyptian Christian
 2 COPSE Thicket
 2 COPAY Insured's contribution
 2 COP ___ a plea
 2 COOT Old fool
 2 COOT Geezer
 2 COOS Whispers sweet nothings
 2 COOL Refrigerate
 2 COOL Not nerdy
 2 COOL Hip
 2 COOKIE Gingersnap, e.g.
 2 COOKED Falsified
 2 COOED Murmured
 2 COO Dove's sound
 2 CONTEST Dispute
 2 CONTACT Reach
 2 CONS Hoodwinks
 2 CONNOTE Suggest
 2 CONN N.Y. neighbor
 2 CONJOB Swindle
 2 CONED Funnel-shaped
 2 CONE Traffic marker
 2 CONE Traffic director
 2 CONE Ice cream holder
 2 CONDE ___ Nast
 2 CONAN ___ the Barbarian
 2 CONAN Sir Arthur ___ Doyle
 2 CONAN First name in late-night TV
 2 CON Pro's opposite
 2 COMS Dot-___
 2 COMPEL Drive
 2 COMP Give a free pass
 2 COMP Free ticket
 2 COMICS Funnies
 2 COMES Shows up
 2 COMERS Rising stars
 2 COMERAINORSHINE No matter what
 2 COMER Rising star
 2 COMER Promising one
 2 COMA Unwakable state
 2 COMA Time out?
 2 COMA Robin Cook thriller
 2 COM URL ending
 2 COM It may follow a dot
 2 COLT Stallion, once
 2 COLOR Amber or umber
 2 COLON List preceder
 2 COLON :
 2 COLIN Gen. Powell
 2 COLES ``Unforgettable'' singers
 2 COLES Nat and Natalie
 2 COLADA Rum drink
 2 COLA RC, e.g.
 2 COLA Pepsi or RC
 2 COLA Fizzy drink
 2 COL Newspaper div.
 2 COKE Pepsi rival
 2 COIR Coconut fiber
 2 COIF Salon creation
 2 COHO Small salmon
 2 COHEN ``Suzanne'' songwriter
 2 COHAN ``Over There'' composer
 2 COGS Gear teeth
 2 COGENT Telling
 2 COG Minor player
 2 COERCE Strong-arm
 2 COERCE Force
 2 COED Like some dorms
 2 COED Like The Citadel, now
 2 CODES Things to crack
 2 CODERED Emergency situation
 2 CODE The ``C'' in U.P.C.
 2 CODAS Musical endings
 2 CODA Musical finale
 2 COD Provincetown catch
 2 COD Atlantic catch
 2 COCOA Après-ski drink
 2 COCO Designer Chanel
 2 COCA ___-Cola
 2 COCA Chewed stimulant
 2 COCA Caesar's sidekick
 2 COBRA King ___
 2 COBRA Army attack helicopter
 2 COAX Try to persuade
 2 COATI Ring-tailed animal
 2 COAT Chesterfield or ulster
 2 COAST Seashore
 2 COAL Black shade
 2 CNOTE ``Benjamin''
 2 CNOTE Big bill
 2 CNOTE 100 smackers
 2 CNN ``This is ___''
 2 CNN King's domain?
 2 CNN Atlanta's ___ Center
 2 CMON ``Shake a leg!''
 2 CMON ``Follow me!''
 2 CLUED Aware, with ``in''
 2 CLUE Whodunit board game
 2 CLUE Tip-off
 2 CLUE Sleuth's find
 2 CLOUT Pull
 2 CLOTS Artery problems
 2 CLOTHE Dress
 2 CLOT Coagulate
 2 CLOSETO Near
 2 CLOSET Skeleton's place?
 2 CLONE Copy
 2 CLOG Flow stopper
 2 CLOD Oaf
 2 CLOD Doofus
 2 CLOD Dolt
 2 CLIVE Novelist Barker
 2 CLIP Fast pace
 2 CLINT Singer Black
 2 CLING Stick
 2 CLING Static ___
 2 CLINE ``Crazy'' singer Patsy
 2 CLII Roman 152
 2 CLIENTS Business needs
 2 CLIENT Patron
 2 CLERK Office worker
 2 CLEON Jones of the Miracle Mets
 2 CLEM Skelton's Kadiddlehopper
 2 CLEFS Staff leaders
 2 CLEESE John of ``Fawlty Towers''
 2 CLEAT Traction aid
 2 CLEAR Cloudless
 2 CLEAN G-rated
 2 CLE Diminutive suffix
 2 CLAW Cat's scratcher
 2 CLAUSE Contract provision
 2 CLAUDE Composer Debussy
 2 CLATTER Racket
 2 CLASSY Stylish
 2 CLASSY Elegant
 2 CLASS Teacher's charges
 2 CLASS Reunion group
 2 CLASP Hug
 2 CLARK University in Worcester, Mass.
 2 CLAPFOR Applaud
 2 CLAP Thunder sound
 2 CLAP Show appreciation
 2 CLAP Applaud
 2 CLAN The Kennedys, e.g.
 2 CLAN Tartan sporters
 2 CLAN Reunion group
 2 CLAN Family group
 2 CLAN Extended family
 2 CLAM Symbol of happiness
 2 CLAM Silent one
 2 CLAM Shut (up)
 2 CLAM Secretive sort
 2 CLAM Hardly a blabbermouth
 2 CLAM Chowder morsel
 2 CLAIROL Nice 'n Easy maker
 2 CLAIRE Actress Bloom
 2 CLAD Not bare
 2 CLAD Garbed
 2 CLAD Covered
 2 CLAD Attired
 2 CIVIC Kind of duty
 2 CITRIC Kind of acid
 2 CITI Commercial prefix with bank
 2 CITE Refer to
 2 CITE Name
 2 CITE Mention
 2 CITE Commend
 2 CITADEL Stronghold
 2 CIT Summons: Abbr.
 2 CIT Part of a footnote abbr.
 2 CIT Op. ___ (footnote abbr.)
 2 CIT Loc. ___
 2 CISCO Kid's name
 2 CIRRI Wispy clouds
 2 CIR Geometric fig.
 2 CIR Geom. figure
 2 CINE French film
 2 CINE Film
 2 CINCO ___ de Mayo
 2 CILIA Lashes
 2 CILIA Eyelashes
 2 CII Second-century date
 2 CIGS Weeds
 2 CIGS Smokes
 2 CIGAR Stogie
 2 CIE Ltd., in Paris
 2 CIE Inc., overseas
 2 CIDERS Apple products
 2 CIDER Hot or cold drink
 2 CID El ___ (Spanish hero)
 2 CICERO ``O tempora! O mores!'' orator
 2 CICADA Harvest fly
 2 CIAO ``See you later!''
 2 CIAO ``Bye!''
 2 CIA The Company
 2 CIA Spy's org.
 2 CIA Spy org.
 2 CIA It has moles: Abbr.
 2 CHUTE Water park feature
 2 CHUM Bud
 2 CHRISTEN Name
 2 CHOSEN Elite
 2 CHOSEN Elect
 2 CHOSE Selected
 2 CHORALE Bach piece
 2 CHOP Hack
 2 CHOO Half a train?
 2 CHOO Ah follower
 2 CHO Comic Margaret
 2 CHO Comedienne Margaret
 2 CHO Comedian Margaret
 2 CHITS I.O.U.'s
 2 CHIT Marker
 2 CHIS XXX
 2 CHIS X's
 2 CHIRRS Cricket sounds
 2 CHIRAC Mitterrand's successor
 2 CHIN Gossip
 2 CHIN Goatee's locale
 2 CHIN Goatee site
 2 CHICHI Overly stylish
 2 CHIA ___ Pet (novelty item)
 2 CHI ``The Sweetheart of Sigma ___''
 2 CHI X
 2 CHI Sorority letter
 2 CHI Phi follower
 2 CHEZ Word in French restaurant names
 2 CHEZ At the home of
 2 CHEWY Like saltwater taffy
 2 CHEW Prepare to swallow
 2 CHET Jazz trumpeter Baker
 2 CHESTER ``Gunsmoke'' deputy
 2 CHEST Where the heart is
 2 CHERI French dear
 2 CHER ``Moonstruck'' actress
 2 CHEMISE Shift
 2 CHEF White hat wearer
 2 CHEERIO ``Ta-ta''
 2 CHEAT Use crib notes
 2 CHEAT Deal from the bottom
 2 CHEAPEN Devalue
 2 CHE ``Evita'' narrator
 2 CHE Leader in a beret
 2 CHE Compadre of Fidel
 2 CHAW Tobacco wad
 2 CHAW Plug, of a sort
 2 CHAT ___ room
 2 CHAT Talk
 2 CHASTE Stainless
 2 CHASSE Gliding dance step
 2 CHASE Go after
 2 CHARON Styx ferryman
 2 CHARISMA Presence
 2 CHARISMA Personal magnetism
 2 CHARIOTSOFFIRE Hot movie of 1981?
 2 CHAR Scorch
 2 CHAP Crack, in a way
 2 CHAN ``Rush Hour'' star, 1998
 2 CHAN Detective Charlie
 2 CHAFF Refuse
 2 CHAD Neighbor of Niger
 2 CHA When repeated, a dance
 2 CHA Dance step
 2 CFOS Corp. money managers
 2 CEY Baseball's Ron
 2 CEST ``___ la guerre''
 2 CESSNA Big name in small planes
 2 CESS British tax
 2 CESAR French film award
 2 CERTS Popular mints
 2 CERT Like some checks: Abbr.
 2 CERT Dick Francis book ``Dead ___''
 2 CERISE Shade of red
 2 CERISE Red shade
 2 CERES Goddess of agriculture
 2 CERES First known asteroid
 2 CERES Daughter of Saturn
 2 CEOS Corp. heads
 2 CEOS Bus. bigwigs
 2 CEO Corporate V.I.P.
 2 CENTS Some change
 2 CENTI Prefix with grade
 2 CENT Tiny payment
 2 CENT Small price to pay
 2 CENSOR Bleep out
 2 CENSER Ceremonial burner
 2 CENSE Perfume
 2 CENO Recent: Prefix
 2 CEN The 21st, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 CEN Long time: Abbr.
 2 CELS Art collectibles
 2 CELL Kind of phone
 2 CELIA Salsa singer Cruz
 2 CELESTA Keyboard instrument
 2 CELEBES Former name of Sulawesi
 2 CELEB People person
 2 CELA 1989 Literature Nobelist
 2 CEL Disney frame
 2 CEL Cartoon collectible
 2 CEE Middling mark
 2 CEE Hook shape
 2 CEE Clamp shape
 2 CEDILLA Façade part
 2 CEDES Yields
 2 CEDED Relinquished
 2 CEDED Quit claiming
 2 CEDE Yield
 2 CEDAR Moth repellent
 2 CEBU Philippine island
 2 CEASES Ends
 2 CEASELESS Nonstop
 2 CEASED Discontinued
 2 CEASE ``Cut it out!''
 2 CEASE Stop
 2 CEASE Halt
 2 CDS S. & L. offerings
 2 CDROM Kind of drive
 2 CDR Spock, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 CDE Alphabet trio
 2 CCI Third-century date
 2 CBS ``60 Minutes'' network
 2 CBS Letterman's network
 2 CBS It keeps an eye on TV
 2 CBER Semi conductor?
 2 CBER Many a trucker
 2 CAYENNE Hot stuff
 2 CAYENNE Hot pepper
 2 CAYCE Psychic Edgar
 2 CAY Low island
 2 CAY Islet
 2 CAW Harsh cry
 2 CAW Field call
 2 CAW Crow's cry
 2 CAW Bird call
 2 CAV Cleveland cager, for short
 2 CATTY Malicious
 2 CATT Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___
 2 CATSPAW Dupe
 2 CATS Be-boppers
 2 CATNAP 40 winks
 2 CATERTO Humor
 2 CATERED Like some receptions
 2 CATER Handle the food for a party
 2 CATCHY Hummable, perhaps
 2 CAT Jazzman
 2 CAT Jazz man
 2 CASTS Flings
 2 CASTIRON Not subject to change
 2 CASTIRON Like some stomachs
 2 CASTES Social strata
 2 CASTE Social class
 2 CASTE Hindu social division
 2 CAST Players
 2 CASIO Big name in watches
 2 CASINO Slot spot
 2 CASH Long green
 2 CASH Bills, e.g.
 2 CASES Checks out
 2 CASE Detective's assignment
 2 CASCO Maine's ___ Bay
 2 CASCA ``Julius Caesar'' role
 2 CASCA Conspirator against Caesar
 2 CASANOVA Ladies' man
 2 CASABA Winter melon
 2 CASA ___ Grande, Ariz.
 2 CARTESIANS Followers of philosopher René
 2 CARTE Bill of fare
 2 CARROL 1930's-50's actor J. ___ Naish
 2 CARR Mystery writer John Dickson ___
 2 CARR Author John Dickson ___
 2 CARPE ___ diem (seize the day)
 2 CARP Beef
 2 CAROMS Rebounds
 2 CAROM Billiards bounce
 2 CAROLE King of music
 2 CAROB Chocolate substitute
 2 CARO Beloved, in ``Rigoletto''
 2 CARNE Chili con ___
 2 CARLO Film producer Ponti
 2 CARLA ``Cheers'' barmaid
 2 CARL Sagan of ``Cosmos''
 2 CARL Poet Sandburg
 2 CARL Director Reiner
 2 CAREW Seven-time A.L. batting champ Rod
 2 CARESS Stroke
 2 CARESS Nice touch
 2 CARESS Gentle touch
 2 CARESS Gentle stroke
 2 CARED Gave a fig
 2 CARE Worry
 2 CARE Give a darn
 2 CARD Wit
 2 CARD Cutup
 2 CARAT Diamond weight
 2 CARAFE Wine order
 2 CARA Singer Irene
 2 CARA Irene of ``Fame''
 2 CAR ``Wheels''
 2 CAR Saturn, for one
 2 CAR Kind of service
 2 CAR Garage contents
 2 CAR Elevator part
 2 CAR Elevator ___
 2 CAR Aries or Taurus
 2 CAPS Tams
 2 CAPS Stadium souvenirs
 2 CAPS Beanies
 2 CAPRA ``Meet John Doe'' director
 2 CAPRA Three-time Oscar-winning director
 2 CAPP Andy of the comics
 2 CAPO Guitar accessory
 2 CAPER Prank
 2 CAPECOD House style
 2 CAPE Supergarb
 2 CAPA Bullfighter's cloak
 2 CAP Kind of gun
 2 CANTS Jargons
 2 CANTO ``The Faerie Queene'' division
 2 CANTO Division of a long poem
 2 CANTINA Southwestern saloon
 2 CANT Quitter's word
 2 CANST Art able to
 2 CANSO Playground retort
 2 CANS Pink-slips
 2 CANS Gives the heave-ho
 2 CANS Gives the boot
 2 CANON Religious law
 2 CANOE Camp craft
 2 CANNES Film festival site
 2 CANIS ___ Major (southern constellation)
 2 CANINE Eyetooth
 2 CANI ``Pretty please?''
 2 CANI Kid's plea
 2 CANED Like some chairs
 2 CANE Walking stick
 2 CANE Staff
 2 CANDO Seabees' motto
 2 CANADA The Great White North
 2 CANA Water-to-wine site
 2 CANA Site of Jesus' first miracle
 2 CANA Scene of Jesus' first miracle
 2 CAN Soup container
 2 CAN Sack
 2 CAN Preserve, in a way
 2 CAN Preserve
 2 CAN Pink-slip
 2 CAN Let go
 2 CAN Jail, slangily
 2 CAN Film container
 2 CAN Ax
 2 CAMUS ``Caligula'' playwright
 2 CAMEUP Arose
 2 CAMERAS Kodaks, e.g.
 2 CAMEO Tiny part
 2 CAMEO Small part
 2 CAMEL Caravan beast
 2 CAMEL Bedouin's mount
 2 CAMEBY Visited
 2 CAMEAT Attacked
 2 CAME Arrived
 2 CAM Engine part
 2 CALS Ripken, Jr. and Sr.
 2 CALORIE Kind of counter
 2 CALMS Composes
 2 CALM Yachter's woe
 2 CALM Storm preceder
 2 CALM Serene
 2 CALLSIN Reports by phone
 2 CALLA Kind of lily
 2 CALLA Arum lily
 2 CALL Telephone
 2 CALI City southwest of Bogotá
 2 CALF A little lower
 2 CALC Math class, for short
 2 CALAIS French city on the Strait of Dover
 2 CAL White House nickname
 2 CAL Ripken of the Orioles
 2 CAL Old White House nickname
 2 CAL Nutritional fig.
 2 CAL Low-___
 2 CAL Hall-of-Famer Hubbard
 2 CAKES Candle holders?
 2 CAKE Wedding reception centerpiece
 2 CAJUN Spicy cuisine
 2 CAJOLE Wheedle
 2 CAIRO Where ``Aida'' premiered
 2 CAIRO W.W. II conference site
 2 CAIRN ___ terrier
 2 CAINE Queeg's command
 2 CAINE Oscar winner for ``The Cider House Rules''
 2 CAIN Genesis son
 2 CAHOOTS Partnership
 2 CAGER Basketballer
 2 CAGED Pent up
 2 CAGE Zoo feature
 2 CAFTAN Lounger's cover-up
 2 CAFE ___ noir
 2 CAFE Eatery
 2 CAESAR Rubicon crosser
 2 CAESAR Kind of salad
 2 CADS No-goodniks
 2 CADS Heels
 2 CADS Bounders
 2 CADIZ Spanish port
 2 CADIZ Spain's Gulf of ___
 2 CADILLAC Detroit's founder
 2 CADGE Sponge
 2 CADETS West Pointers
 2 CADET Trainee
 2 CADET Space ___
 2 CADET Citadel student
 2 CAD Rotter
 2 CAD No-goodnik
 2 CAD Knave
 2 CAD Bounder
 2 CACTUS It has points in Arizona
 2 CACKLE Witch's laugh
 2 CACHED Hidden
 2 CACHE Stockpile
 2 CABARET Some theater
 2 CAB Hack
 2 CAAN ``The Godfather'' actor
 2 CAAN James of Hollywood
 2 BYTES Memory units
 2 BYTE Memory unit
 2 BYRDS ``Mr. Tambourine Man'' group, with ``the''
 2 BYES Tournament passes
 2 BYE ``Later''
 2 BYAIR Quickly, mailwise
 2 BYAHAIR Just barely
 2 BUYERS Clientele
 2 BUTTE Seat of Silver Bow County
 2 BUTTE Montana city
 2 BUTENE C4H8
 2 BUT On the other hand
 2 BUSS Kiss
 2 BUSHLEAGUE Amateurish
 2 BUS Clear the tables
 2 BURY Hide well
 2 BURT Songwriter Bacharach
 2 BURRO Grand Canyon transport
 2 BURR Vice president under Jefferson
 2 BURP Pat on the back?
 2 BUR Sticker
 2 BUOYED Uplifted
 2 BUON ``___ giorno!''
 2 BUNG Keg stopper
 2 BUMDEAL Short end of the stick
 2 BUM No-goodnik
 2 BUM No-good
 2 BULL Kind of market
 2 BULB Gardener's purchase
 2 BUICK Riviera, e.g.
 2 BUENO Good, in Guadalajara
 2 BUENA ___ Park, Calif.
 2 BUDDY Pal
 2 BUDD Melville's Billy
 2 BUC Tampa Bay player, for short
 2 BTUS Heater stats
 2 BTU Heat meas.
 2 BTU A.C. letters
 2 BTEN Bingo call
 2 BSA Explorer's org.
 2 BRYN ___ Mawr, Pa.
 2 BRUT Very dry, as wine
 2 BRUT Like some champagne
 2 BRUNT Main impact
 2 BRR ``It's c-c-cold!''
 2 BROWNEYEDGIRL 1967 Van Morrison hit
 2 BROWNE Singer Jackson
 2 BROTHER ``Whew!''
 2 BROTH Stock
 2 BROS Boys in the 'hood
 2 BROODS Worries
 2 BROGUE Irish accent
 2 BRO ``My man!''
 2 BRO Dude
 2 BRNO Capital of Moravia
 2 BRIO Vigor
 2 BRIO Get-up-and-go
 2 BRIE Mold-ripened cheese
 2 BRIE Cheese on crackers
 2 BRIDAL Kind of gown
 2 BREWED Like tea
 2 BREW Suds
 2 BREST City of Brittany
 2 BRER ___ Fox
 2 BRER Uncle Remus title
 2 BRER Rabbit's title
 2 BRER Joel Chandler Harris title
 2 BRENT Sportscaster Musburger
 2 BREL Belgian composer Jacques
 2 BREED Kennel club classification
 2 BRED Partner of born
 2 BREA Spanish tar
 2 BRAWN Muscle
 2 BRAVA La Scala cheer
 2 BRAT No angel
 2 BRAS Support group?
 2 BRANDNEW Just out
 2 BRALESS Without means of support?
 2 BRAISES Cooks, in a way
 2 BRAIN Genius
 2 BRAHE Astronomer Tycho
 2 BRAGS Crows
 2 BRAGABOUT Vaunt
 2 BRAG Toot one's horn
 2 BRADY Bunch name
 2 BRAD Thin fastener
 2 BRAD Actor Pitt
 2 BRA Support provider
 2 BRA Stagewear for Madonna
 2 BRA Maidenform product
 2 BRA Kind of strap
 2 BRA Hidden means of support?
 2 BOZO Old TV clown
 2 BOZO Numbskull
 2 BOZ Dickens alias
 2 BOYS Word before and after ``will be''
 2 BOWL New Year's Day game
 2 BOW Fiddle stick
 2 BOURG Market town
 2 BOTH Two out of two
 2 BOTCH Mess up
 2 BOT Study of plants: Abbr.
 2 BOSS Head honcho
 2 BOSN Cap'n's mate
 2 BOSCH ``Garden of Earthly Delights'' artist
 2 BOSC Anjou alternative
 2 BORNE Transported
 2 BORNE Endured
 2 BORN Delivered
 2 BORG Five-time Wimbledon champ
 2 BORES Makes holes
 2 BORE Yawner
 2 BOR N.Y.C. division
 2 BOPS Hard knocks
 2 BOP Some jazz
 2 BOP Jazz style
 2 BOP Hit on the head
 2 BOOP Betty of cartoons
 2 BOOP Betty ___
 2 BOONS Blessings
 2 BOON Godsend
 2 BOOGIE Dance energetically
 2 BOOED Like visiting teams, often
 2 BOODLE Graft
 2 BOO ``You stink!''
 2 BOO Ghost's cry
 2 BONGO Drum played with the hands
 2 BONEUP Study
 2 BONET Lisa of ``The Cosby Show''
 2 BONESUP Studies hard
 2 BONESUP Studies
 2 BONDI Actress Beulah
 2 BONA ___ gratia (in all kindness): Lat.
 2 BON ___ vivant
 2 BOMB Long pass
 2 BOLTFROMTHEBLUE Shock
 2 BOLERO ``10'' music
 2 BOLAS Gauchos' weapons
 2 BOLA Gaucho's weapon
 2 BOING Spring sound
 2 BOIL Be hopping mad
 2 BOGUS Phony
 2 BOERS Transvaal settlers
 2 BOERS Afrikaners
 2 BOER ___ War
 2 BODEGA Spanish grocery
 2 BOCA ___ Grande, Fla.
 2 BOATS Marina sights
 2 BOATED Sailed
 2 BOAT Dugout, for one
 2 BOAT Dinghy or dory
 2 BOAST ``We're #1!,'' e.g.
 2 BOAST Crow
 2 BOAS Feathery scarves
 2 BOARDS S.A.T.'s
 2 BOARDS College ___
 2 BOAR Tusked animal
 2 BOA ___ constrictor
 2 BOA Vamp's accessory
 2 BOA Fluffy scarf
 2 BOA Feathered stole
 2 BOA Fancy neckwear
 2 BOA Constrictor
 2 BNAI Sons of, in Hebrew
 2 BMW Mercedes competitor
 2 BMI Ascap alternative
 2 BLUES Holiday music
 2 BLUE Off-color
 2 BLUE Depressed
 2 BLTS Some diner orders
 2 BLT Short order?
 2 BLT Diner sandwich
 2 BLT Diner order
 2 BLT Deli order
 2 BLT Club alternative
 2 BLOWSAFUSE Snaps
 2 BLOTS Printing woes
 2 BLOT Stain
 2 BLOC Convention group
 2 BLOB Amorphous mass
 2 BLIP Radar screen image
 2 BLIP Radar image
 2 BLINI Shrovetide dish
 2 BLINI Pancakes served with sour cream
 2 BLESS Grace word
 2 BLEND Mix
 2 BLED Ran
 2 BLEAR Bedim
 2 BLEAK Not promising
 2 BLATANT Barefaced
 2 BLASTS Wingdings
 2 BLAS ``Gil ___''
 2 BLAIR British P.M. Tony
 2 BLAHS Ennui, with ``the''
 2 BLAH Unexciting
 2 BLAH Dull
 2 BLACK African-American
 2 BITS Bridle parts
 2 BITO ___-Honey (candy bar)
 2 BITE Take the bait
 2 BITE Snack
 2 BITE Nosh
 2 BITE Dentist's request
 2 BIT Kind of part
 2 BIT It may be boring
 2 BIRTHOFANATION 1915 Lillian Gish film, with ``The''
 2 BIRL Engage in logrolling
 2 BIRD Wren or hen
 2 BIRCH Switch material
 2 BIPEDS Humans, e.g.
 2 BIP Marceau's everyman
 2 BIOTA Regional life
 2 BIOTA Regional flora and fauna
 2 BIOTA Flora and fauna
 2 BIOME Ecological community
 2 BIO The facts of life?
 2 BINGO ``That's it!''
 2 BINGE Pig out
 2 BING Cherry variety
 2 BIND Tough spot
 2 BIN Coal holder
 2 BIN Coal container
 2 BILL Unwelcome mail
 2 BILL Tab
 2 BILK Fleece
 2 BILE Ill temper
 2 BILE Digestion aid
 2 BILBO ``The Hobbit'' hero Baggins
 2 BIKED Did part of a triathlon
 2 BIKE Two-wheeler
 2 BIGS V.I.P.'s
 2 BIGHAIR Result of teasing?
 2 BIGDEAL ``So what?!''
 2 BIG Oversized
 2 BIG Famous
 2 BIFF Son of Willy Loman
 2 BIEN ``Très ___!''
 2 BIDERS Those who wait
 2 BIDEN Delaware senator
 2 BIDE Dwell
 2 BID Two hearts, say
 2 BID Auction action
 2 BICS Popular pens
 2 BIC Pen name
 2 BIBBED Like a baby in a highchair
 2 BIBB Lettuce variety
 2 BIBB Kind of lettuce
 2 BIAS Partiality
 2 BIAS Leaning
 2 BHT All-natural food no-no
 2 BETS ``All ___ are off!''
 2 BETOOK Caused to go
 2 BETH ``Little Women'' woman
 2 BETH ___ Israel
 2 BETH One of the ``Little Women''
 2 BETH One of Alcott's ``little women''
 2 BETENOIRE Bugbear
 2 BETEL Kind of nut
 2 BETE ``La Belle et la ___''
 2 BETE Jean Renoir film ``La ___ Humaine''
 2 BETA ___ carotene
 2 BETA ___ blocker
 2 BETA VHS alternative
 2 BETA Second in a series
 2 BET Wager
 2 BESTS Outdoes
 2 BEST Tops
 2 BESS Porgy's woman
 2 BESOT Stupefy
 2 BESO ``Eso ___'' (Paul Anka hit)
 2 BESIDE Next to
 2 BERTIE Wodehouse's Wooster
 2 BERT Ernie's ``Sesame Street'' pal
 2 BERRA ``It's déjà vu all over again'' speaker
 2 BERRA ``It ain't over till it's over'' speaker
 2 BERN European capital
 2 BERM Road shoulder
 2 BERLIOZ ``Symphonie fantastique'' composer
 2 BERLE ``Texaco Star Theater'' star
 2 BERLE Mr. Television
 2 BERG ``Lulu'' composer
 2 BERG Shipping hazard
 2 BERET Special Forces cap
 2 BERET Military wear
 2 BEREA Kentucky college
 2 BERATE Harangue
 2 BENZ Mercedes-___
 2 BENZ German auto pioneer
 2 BENT Propensity
 2 BENT Out of shape
 2 BENT Inclination
 2 BENIGN Harmless
 2 BENET ``The Devil and Daniel Webster'' writer
 2 BENES Elaine ___ (``Seinfeld'' role)
 2 BELUGAS Caviar fish
 2 BELT Wallop
 2 BELT Boxing prize
 2 BELOW Not on deck
 2 BELLE Scarlett O'Hara, e.g.
 2 BELIES Contradicts
 2 BELIE Misrepresent
 2 BELG Lux. neighbor
 2 BELCH ``Twelfth Night'' character
 2 BELCH Sir Toby of ``Twelfth Night''
 2 BELABOR Dwell on
 2 BELA Composer Bartok
 2 BELA Actor Lugosi
 2 BEL ___ canto (singing style)
 2 BEIT ``So ___''
 2 BEING Existence
 2 BEIN Hippie gathering of a sort
 2 BEIGE Neutral shade
 2 BEIGE Ecru
 2 BEHESTS Commands
 2 BEGUN Kicked off
 2 BEGS Panhandles
 2 BEGOT Fathered
 2 BEGETS Sires
 2 BEGET Sire
 2 BEGAT Sired, biblically
 2 BEG Solicit
 2 BEFOG Obscure
 2 BEETLE Retro car
 2 BEET Epitome of redness
 2 BEES Spelling contests
 2 BEES Flower fanciers
 2 BEER ``Cold one''
 2 BEER Suds
 2 BEER It may have a big head
 2 BEER It has a head and hops
 2 BEER Cold one
 2 BEEP Toot
 2 BEEINONESBONNET Minor obsession
 2 BEEFUP Strengthen
 2 BEEFS Gripes
 2 BEEFALO Low-fat meat
 2 BEE Quilting party
 2 BEE Honey maker
 2 BEDSIDE Kind of manner
 2 BEDS Hospital capacity
 2 BEDEW Moisten
 2 BEDE ``Venerable'' English writer
 2 BEDE Eliot hero
 2 BECOME Look good on
 2 BECK Call's companion
 2 BECAME Turned into
 2 BEBOP Some jazz
 2 BEBOP Jazz style
 2 BEBOP Jazz genre
 2 BEBE Tony winner Neuwirth
 2 BEAUT Humdinger
 2 BEAU Sweetheart
 2 BEAU Lady's man
 2 BEATLE Mophead
 2 BEAST Brute
 2 BEAR Symbol on California's flag
 2 BEAR Grizzly
 2 BEANO Game of chance
 2 BEANO Gambling game
 2 BEAN Noodle
 2 BEAME Former Big Apple mayor Abe
 2 BEAM Smile widely
 2 BEAM Laser light
 2 BEALS Jennifer of ``Flashdance''
 2 BEAK Bill
 2 BEAGLE Snoopy, for one
 2 BEAD Bit of sweat
 2 BEA Cole Porter's ``___ Clown''
 2 BEA Actress Benaderet
 2 BCD Alphabet trio
 2 BBS Small shot
 2 BBQ Kind of ribs
 2 BBGUN Shooter
 2 BBC ``Monty Python'' airer
 2 BBC World Service provider
 2 BBALL Hoops
 2 BAYER Aspirin maker
 2 BAYED Howled
 2 BAWL Wail
 2 BAWL Sob
 2 BAWDS Madams
 2 BAWD Madam
 2 BATTY Crackers
 2 BATTER One up
 2 BATS Halloween decorations
 2 BATS Flying mammals
 2 BATOR Ulan ___, Mongolia
 2 BATOR Ulan ___
 2 BATHE Wash
 2 BATHE Clean up
 2 BATH Shellacking
 2 BATE Diminish
 2 BAT Louisville Slugger
 2 BAT Hit maker?
 2 BAT Cricket club
 2 BAT Cave dweller
 2 BASTE Wallop
 2 BASTE Dress down
 2 BASTE Butter up?
 2 BASSSAX Low wind instrument
 2 BASSI Operatic villains, often
 2 BASSETS Hounds
 2 BASS Low pitch
 2 BASIS Groundwork
 2 BASIN Place to wash up
 2 BASIL So-called ``royal herb''
 2 BASIL Pesto ingredient
 2 BASIL Pesto base
 2 BASIE Count with a keyboard
 2 BASICS ABC's
 2 BASIC Underlying
 2 BASIC No-frills
 2 BASIC Meat-and-potatoes
 2 BASIC Fundamental
 2 BASH Wingding
 2 BASH Quite a party
 2 BASH Blowout
 2 BASH Big blowout
 2 BASES Diamond corners
 2 BASEL Swiss city on the Rhine
 2 BASE Pedestal
 2 BAS Some degs.
 2 BAS Many college grads
 2 BARS Blocks
 2 BARRE Vermont city
 2 BARR ``Roseanne'' star
 2 BARN Owl's hangout
 2 BARN Building near a silo
 2 BARI Adriatic seaport
 2 BARES Shows
 2 BARED Exposed
 2 BARE Unadorned
 2 BARE Stripped
 2 BARB Fishhook's end
 2 BARA Vamp Theda
 2 BAR Tavern
 2 BAR Keep out
 2 BANTU African language
 2 BANSHEE Wailer
 2 BANS Embargoes
 2 BANNS Marriage announcement
 2 BANISH Drive away
 2 BANISH Cast out
 2 BANGLE Rigid bracelet
 2 BANG [Just like that!]
 2 BANG Report
 2 BANE Deadly poison
 2 BANE Curse
 2 BANC Judges' seat
 2 BANC French bench
 2 BANAL Trite
 2 BANAL Humdrum
 2 BANAL Hackneyed
 2 BAN Shut out
 2 BAN Prohibit
 2 BAN Keep out
 2 BAN Embargo
 2 BAN Blackout
 2 BAMS Loud hits
 2 BAMA The Crimson Tide, familiarly
 2 BAM Collision sound
 2 BALSAM Certain fir
 2 BALSA Raft wood
 2 BALSA Model material
 2 BALSA Light wood
 2 BALSA Corkwood
 2 BALLS Start of a count
 2 BALI ``___ Ha'i''
 2 BALI Indonesian island
 2 BALE Cotton unit
 2 BALE Cotton bundle
 2 BALE Bundle up
 2 BALD Shiny on top?
 2 BALBOA Sighter of the Pacific Ocean, 1513
 2 BAL ___ Harbour, Fla.
 2 BAKU Capital of Azerbaijan
 2 BAKU Azerbaijan's capital
 2 BAKERY Napoleon locale
 2 BAKE Sit in the sun
 2 BAJA ___ California
 2 BAJA Tijuana locale
 2 BAITS Teases
 2 BAIT Switch's partner
 2 BAIT Entice
 2 BAIRD Puppeteer Bil
 2 BAIO Scott of ``Happy Days''
 2 BAIL Get-out-of-jail money
 2 BAHT Thai money
 2 BAHT Thai currency
 2 BAHS Scornful cries
 2 BAH Dickensian epithet
 2 BAG Groceries holder
 2 BAG Breathalyzer attachment
 2 BAER 30's boxing champ Max
 2 BAER 1930's heavyweight champ Max
 2 BADER Justice Ruth ___ Ginsburg
 2 BADEN Former German state
 2 BADEGGS Good-for-nothings
 2 BADE Invited
 2 BADE Enjoined
 2 BAD Rotten
 2 BAD No longer edible
 2 BACON Breakfast strip
 2 BABES ``___ in Toyland''
 2 BABEL Tower site
 2 BABE Innocent
 2 BABAS Rum-soaked cakes
 2 BABAR Storybook elephant
 2 BABAR Storied royal elephant
 2 BABA ``Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves''
 2 BABA The Who's ``___ O'Riley''
 2 BAAS Meadow sounds
 2 BAAS Farm calls
 2 BAA Sheep's cry
 2 BAA Pastoral sound
 2 BAA Ovine utterance
 2 BAA Farm call
 2 BAA Call to Bo-peep
 2 AZUR France's Cote d'___
 2 AZTEC Tenochtitlán resident
 2 AZTEC Ancient Mexican
 2 AZOV Sea of ___ (Black Sea arm)
 2 AZORES Islands off Portugal
 2 AZO Prefix with benzene
 2 AZO Kind of dye
 2 AZAN Muezzin's call to prayer
 2 AYRES Actor Lew
 2 AYNRAND ``We, the Living'' novelist
 2 AYN Novelist Rand
 2 AYES Some votes
 2 AYES Roll call calls
 2 AYERS Australia's ___ Rock
 2 AXONS Neural transmitters
 2 AXON Neural transmitter
 2 AXON Impulse transmitter
 2 AXLES Wheel turners
 2 AXLE Wheel turner
 2 AXLE Wheel shaft
 2 AXLE Wagon part
 2 AXLE Toll unit
 2 AXLE Bridge toll unit
 2 AXIS x, y or z
 2 AXIS ___ of Evil
 2 AXIS W.W. II enemy
 2 AXIS Line on a graph
 2 AXIS Line of symmetry
 2 AXIS Graph line
 2 AXIS Central line
 2 AXIS Allies' foe
 2 AXING Getting rid of
 2 AXIAL Like some symmetry
 2 AXES Sacks
 2 AXELS Skating jumps
 2 AXEL Skating jump
 2 AXEL Olympics jump
 2 AXEL Figure skater's jump
 2 AXED Gave the boot
 2 AXED Fired
 2 AXE Tree feller
 2 AXE Sharp feller
 2 AXE Send packing
 2 AXE Paul Bunyan's tool
 2 AXE Let go
 2 AXE Get rid of
 2 AXE Feller
 2 AWW ``How adorable!''
 2 AWS Sympathetic sounds
 2 AWRY Off
 2 AWOL Roll call misser
 2 AWOL Military no-show
 2 AWOL Mil. truant
 2 AWOL M.P.'s quarry
 2 AWOL Gone wrong?
 2 AWOKE Came to
 2 AWN Grass part
 2 AWN Bristle
 2 AWN Barley bristle
 2 AWLS Cobblers' tools
 2 AWL Shoemaker's tool
 2 AWL Saddler's tool
 2 AWL Its point is to make holes
 2 AWING Blowing away
 2 AWHO ``Horton Hears ___''
 2 AWHILE How long one might stay
 2 AWGEE ``Shucks!''
 2 AWFUL More than bad
 2 AWES Blows away
 2 AWED Thunderstruck
 2 AWED Stunned
 2 AWED Impressed
 2 AWED Dumbfounded
 2 AWE Wow
 2 AWE Wonder
 2 AWE Leave dumbstruck
 2 AWE Electrify
 2 AWE Cow, maybe
 2 AWAY ``Shoo!''
 2 AWAY Out of town
 2 AWAY Not at home
 2 AWASH Up to one's ears
 2 AWAKE Open-eyed
 2 AWAKE Not out
 2 AWAIT Be ready for
 2 AWAG Like gossiping tongues
 2 AVOWER Declarer
 2 AVOW Swear to
 2 AVOW State openly
 2 AVOW Declare openly
 2 AVOW Confess
 2 AVOW Assert
 2 AVOW Acknowledge
 2 AVOUCH Guarantee
 2 AVON ``___ calling''
 2 AVON Shakespeare, the Bard of ___
 2 AVON Shakespeare's stream
 2 AVON It's known for its bell ringers
 2 AVON Calling company?
 2 AVON Bard of ___
 2 AVOID Skirt
 2 AVOID Go around
 2 AVOCET Long-legged shorebird
 2 AVIS ``We try harder'' company
 2 AVIS National competitor
 2 AVIS Hertz competitor
 2 AVIS Enterprise rival
 2 AVIS Dollar rival
 2 AVIS Budget competitor
 2 AVILA Walled city near Madrid
 2 AVILA St. Teresa of ___
 2 AVID Zealous
 2 AVID Keen
 2 AVID Diehard
 2 AVID Ardent
 2 AVIATE Play an ace?
 2 AVIARY It's for the birds
 2 AVIAN Birdy
 2 AVIAN Birdlike
 2 AVIA Nike competitor
 2 AVI Prefix with fauna
 2 AVI Prefix with culture
 2 AVES Ancient greetings
 2 AVERT Ward off
 2 AVERSE Opposed
 2 AVERSE Loath
 2 AVERSE Indisposed
 2 AVERS Swears
 2 AVERS States
 2 AVER State confidently
 2 AVER Say for sure
 2 AVER Claim
 2 AVER Allege
 2 AVER Affirm
 2 AVENUE Park, for one
 2 AVENUE Means of access
 2 AVENGE Repay
 2 AVENGE Pay back
 2 AVEC ``___ plaisir''
 2 AVEC With: Fr.
 2 AVE Old-time welcome
 2 AVE Old greeting
 2 AVE Map abbr.
 2 AVE Many a state name in D.C.
 2 AVE Hail, to Caesar
 2 AVE Fifth, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 AVE Caesar's hello
 2 AVE Bygone greeting
 2 AVATAR Hindu incarnation
 2 AVAST ``Halt, salt!''
 2 AVAST ``Halt!'' to a salt
 2 AVAS Gardner and others
 2 AVARICE Cupidity
 2 AVAILS Profits
 2 AVAILED Was of use
 2 AVAIL To no ___ (fruitlessly)
 2 AVAIL To no ___
 2 AVA The second Mrs. Sinatra
 2 AVA One of Frank's exes
 2 AVA Gardner of film
 2 AVA Gardner of ``Mogambo''
 2 AVA A Gardner
 2 AUTRE Other: Fr.
 2 AUTOS Jam ingredients
 2 AUTO Taurus or Aries
 2 AUTO One for the road
 2 AUTO Insurable item
 2 AUTO Garage occupant
 2 AUTO Camera setting
 2 AUTO Aries or Taurus
 2 AUSSIE 2000 Olympics host
 2 AUS Danube locale: Abbr.
 2 AURORA The dawn
 2 AURORA Dawn goddess
 2 AUREATE Golden
 2 AURATE Compound of gold
 2 AURAS Glows
 2 AURAL Acoustic
 2 AURA That certain something
 2 AURA Subtle glow
 2 AURA Heavenly glow
 2 AURA Halo, e.g.
 2 AURA Halo
 2 AURA Feeling
 2 AURA Emanation
 2 AURA Certain something
 2 AURA Air
 2 AURA A celebrity may have one
 2 AUR Gold: Prefix
 2 AUNTS Some wedding guests
 2 AUNTIE Mame, for one
 2 AUNT Polly, to Tom
 2 AUNT Em, to Dorothy
 2 AUG Summer mo.
 2 AUER Teacher of Heifetz
 2 AUEL ``The Clan of the Cave Bear'' author Jean
 2 AUDIS Quattros, e.g.
 2 AUDIO Sound
 2 AUDIO Part of a TV transmission
 2 AUDIO Part of a TV feed
 2 AUDIE War hero Murphy
 2 AUDIE Decorated Murphy
 2 AUDI German car
 2 AUDI BMW rival
 2 AUDEN ``The Age of Anxiety'' poet
 2 AUDEN Poet W. H. ___
 2 ATYOU ``Look ___!''
 2 ATWORK On the job
 2 ATWAR Doing battle
 2 ATV Off-road goer, for short
 2 ATTY Suit maker: Abbr.
 2 ATTY Lawyer: Abbr.
 2 ATTY Bar member: Abbr.
 2 ATTY Ally McBeal, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 ATTY A.B.A. member: Abbr.
 2 ATTUNE Harmonize
 2 ATTU Aleutian island
 2 ATTS Lawyers: Abbr.
 2 ATTRACTS Turns on
 2 ATTO Quintillionth: Prefix
 2 ATTO One-quintillionth: Prefix
 2 ATTN Env. notation
 2 ATTN Business letter abbr.
 2 ATTIRES Decks out
 2 ATTIMES Periodically
 2 ATTILA Number one Hun
 2 ATTILA Fifth-century scourge
 2 ATTIC Storage spot
 2 ATTIC Room at the top
 2 ATTHE ___ drop of a hat
 2 ATTHAT In addition
 2 ATTESTTO Certify
 2 ATTEST Certify
 2 ATTEND Sit in on
 2 ATTEND Come to
 2 ATTEND Be there
 2 ATTEMPT Tackle
 2 ATTAIN Get
 2 ATTAIN Come by
 2 ATTAGIRL ``Way to go!''
 2 ATTACH Stick on
 2 ATTA ``___ boy!''
 2 ATTA ``Girl'' lead-in
 2 ATTA Start with boy or girl
 2 ATTA Lead-in for boy or girl
 2 ATTA Intro for boy or girl
 2 ATTA Boy or girl preceder
 2 ATTA Boy or girl lead-in
 2 ATT Part of an 800 collect call number
 2 ATT Part of a long-distance company's 800 number
 2 ATT Long-distance letters
 2 ATT J.D. holder: Abbr.
 2 ATT Court figure: Abbr.
 2 ATT Court fig.
 2 ATT Call letters?
 2 ATT A.B.A. member: Abbr.
 2 ATSTAKE On the line
 2 ATSEA Uncertain
 2 ATSEA Perplexed
 2 ATSEA On the briny
 2 ATSEA Lost
 2 ATSEA Cruising
 2 ATRISK On the line
 2 ATRIP Take ___ (travel)
 2 ATRIA Skylit courts
 2 ATRIA Parts of hearts
 2 ATRI Longfellow bell town
 2 ATREST Motionless
 2 ATRANDOM Haphazardly
 2 ATRA Razor name
 2 ATPAR How some stocks are sold
 2 ATOR Suffix with liquid
 2 ATOP At the summit of
 2 ATOP Above
 2 ATOOT On ___ (carousing)
 2 ATONETIME Previously
 2 ATONES Makes amends
 2 ATONED Paid the penalty
 2 ATONED Made up (for)
 2 ATONE Priest's urging
 2 ATONE Perform penance
 2 ATONE Make reparations
 2 ATONE Expiate
 2 ATONE Answer (for)
 2 ATONE Agreeing (with)
 2 ATONCE Now
 2 ATON Piles
 2 ATON Oodles
 2 ATON Like ___ of bricks
 2 ATON Heaps and heaps
 2 ATON Gobs
 2 ATOM Tiny bit
 2 ATOM Proton's place
 2 ATOM Pion's place
 2 ATOM Minute bit
 2 ATOM Little bit
 2 ATOM Jot
 2 ATOM Energy source
 2 ATOM Bohr's study
 2 ATOLL Lagoon surrounder
 2 ATOLL Castaway's site
 2 ATOLL Bikini, for one
 2 ATOI French possessive
 2 ATOE Stub ___
 2 ATODDS Butting heads
 2 ATNOON When there's darkness, in a Koestler title
 2 ATNO ``___ extra cost!''
 2 ATNO ``___ cost to you!''
 2 ATNO ___ time
 2 ATNO ___ point (never)
 2 ATNO 79 for gold, e.g.: Abbr.
 2 ATMOST Not more than
 2 ATM PIN requester
 2 ATM 24-hr. banking convenience
 2 ATLEAST In any case
 2 ATLAST ``It's about time!''
 2 ATLAST None too soon
 2 ATLAST Cry of relief
 2 ATLAS World record?
 2 ATLAS Trip planner's aid
 2 ATLAS Country album?
 2 ATLAS Book with legends
 2 ATLAS Book of maps
 2 ATLARGE Loose
 2 ATL U.S./U.K. divider
 2 ATL U.S./Eur. divider
 2 ATL The Braves, on scoreboards
 2 ATL Part of A.S.T.: Abbr.
 2 ATL Natl. League city
 2 ATL N.L. East city
 2 ATIT Working away
 2 ATIT Toiling
 2 ATIT Squabbling
 2 ATIT Slaving away
 2 ATIT Keep ___ (persist)
 2 ATIT Keep ___ (persevere)
 2 ATIT Going strong
 2 ATIT Going ___ (fighting)
 2 ATIT Arguing
 2 ATISSUE Under debate
 2 ATIP On one's toes
 2 ATIP Eagerly expectant
 2 ATILT Not level
 2 ATILT Leaning
 2 ATILT Inclined
 2 ATIE Even, after ``in''
 2 ATHOS Dumas character
 2 ATHOS A Musketeer
 2 ATHOL Playwright Fugard
 2 ATHENS 2004 Olympics site
 2 ATHENA Phidias subject
 2 ATHENA Parthenon figure
 2 ATHENA Goddess of wisdom
 2 ATHAND Nearby
 2 ATFAULT Culpable
 2 ATEUP Really enjoyed
 2 ATESTS Bikini tryouts
 2 ATESTS Bikini events
 2 ATEN Egyptian solar deity
 2 ATEINTO Eroded
 2 ATEIN Saved on supper, perhaps
 2 ATEIN Dined at home
 2 ATEE To ___ (just so)
 2 ATEE Just so, after ``to''
 2 ATEE Fit to ___
 2 ATEDINNER Supped
 2 ATEAT Troubled
 2 ATEASE ``Relax, and that's an order!''
 2 ATEASE Loose
 2 ATEASE Lolling
 2 ATEASE Drill directive
 2 ATEAR Go on ___ (rampage)
 2 ATEAM Special Forces unit
 2 ATEAM Mr. T's group
 2 ATEAM Elite military unit
 2 ATEALOT Gorged oneself
 2 ATE Tucked away
 2 ATE Took the cake, say
 2 ATE Took in
 2 ATE Polished off
 2 ATE Packed away
 2 ATE Lunched
 2 ATE Had a little lamb
 2 ATE Had a bite
 2 ATE Had a beef?
 2 ATE Grazed
 2 ATE Got down
 2 ATE Downed a sub, say
 2 ATE Broke bread
 2 ATE Broke a fast
 2 ATE Bolted down
 2 ATDAWN Early in the morning
 2 ATC Flight coordinators: Abbr.
 2 ATBAT Up, in baseball
 2 ATARI Video game pioneer
 2 ATARI Pong maker
 2 ATARI Electronic game pioneer
 2 ATARI Arcade name
 2 ATAN ___ end
 2 ATAN ___ advantage
 2 ATALL To any extent
 2 ATALL To any degree
 2 ATALL Ever
 2 ATALE ``And thereby hangs ___''
 2 ATALE Swift's ``___ of a Tub''
 2 ATALE Dickens title starter
 2 ATA ``Now ___ theater near you!''
 2 ATA ___ loss for words
 2 ATA ___ loss
 2 ATA ___ glance (quickly)
 2 ATA ___ clip
 2 ATA Words before distance or discount
 2 ATA Loss leader?
 2 ASYLA Refuges
 2 ASYET Up to now
 2 ASYET To this point
 2 ASYE ``___ sow, so shall ...''
 2 ASWIRL Like an eddy
 2 ASWE ``___ forgive our debtors''
 2 ASWE ``... mercy on such ___'': Kipling
 2 ASTUTE Shrewd
 2 ASTROS Enron Field team
 2 ASTRO The Jetsons' dog
 2 ASTRO TV cartoon dog
 2 ASTRO Nolan Ryan, notably
 2 ASTRO Houston player
 2 ASTRID ___ Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking
 2 ASTRAY Off
 2 ASTRAY Lead ___
 2 ASTRAL Stellar
 2 ASTRA Stars, in Kansas' motto
 2 ASTRA Latin stars
 2 ASTRA Ad ___ per aspera (Kansas' motto)
 2 ASTOR New York's ___ Place
 2 ASTOP Put ___ to (end)
 2 ASTONISH Floor
 2 ASTO Communiqué segue
 2 ASTO Apropos of
 2 ASTIR Buzzing
 2 ASTIN ``The Addams Family'' co-star
 2 ASTIN Actor John of ``The Addams Family''
 2 ASTI Wine region
 2 ASTI Spot of wine?
 2 ASTI Piedmont wine city
 2 ASTI Italian wine town
 2 ASTI Italian wine center
 2 ASTHE ``___ World Turns''
 2 ASTERN Backward
 2 ASTERN Back at sea
 2 ASTER Frostflower
 2 ASTEP ``It's ___ in the right direction''
 2 ASTEP ___ in the right direction
 2 ASTARTE Fertility goddess
 2 ASTA ``The Thin Man'' canine
 2 ASTA Wirehair of film
 2 ASTA The Charleses' canine
 2 ASTA Nick and Nora's pooch
 2 ASTA Movie pooch
 2 ASTA Movie dog
 2 ASTA Hammett pooch
 2 AST N.S. clock setting
 2 AST Halifax clock setting: Abbr.
 2 ASSYR From Nineveh: Abbr.
 2 ASSTS Bus. aides
 2 ASST Second hand: Abbr.
 2 ASST Mgr.'s aide
 2 ASST Gofer: Abbr.
 2 ASSORTS Groups
 2 ASSORT Classify
 2 ASSORT Categorize
 2 ASSOC Part of Nasdaq: Abbr.
 2 ASSOC Org.
 2 ASSNS Orgs.
 2 ASSNS Grps.
 2 ASSN Part of Nasdaq: Abbr.
 2 ASSISTS Hockey stat
 2 ASSISI Whence St. Clare
 2 ASSISI St. Francis's home
 2 ASSISI St. Francis' birthplace
 2 ASSISI Birthplace of St. Francis
 2 ASSETS Stocks and such
 2 ASSET Selling point
 2 ASSET Money in the bank, say
 2 ASSET Long suit
 2 ASSET It's a plus
 2 ASSET Good point
 2 ASSET Black ink item
 2 ASSESS Weigh
 2 ASSESS Size up
 2 ASSESS Judge
 2 ASSES Pack animals
 2 ASSES Ninnies
 2 ASSES Jerks
 2 ASSERT Hold
 2 ASSERT Declare
 2 ASSENT O.K.
 2 ASSENT Nod
 2 ASSAY Examine
 2 ASSAM State in NE India
 2 ASSAIL Light into
 2 ASSAI Very, to Verdi
 2 ASSAD Syrian president Bashar al-___
 2 ASSAD Syrian leader
 2 ASS Stubborn one
 2 ASS Dunderhead
 2 ASS Dummkopf
 2 ASS Chucklehead
 2 ASS Bubblehead
 2 ASPS Nile reptiles
 2 ASPS Egyptian snakes
 2 ASPISH Venomous, as a snake
 2 ASPIRE Wish, with ``to''
 2 ASPIRE Shoot for, with ``to''
 2 ASPIN Whirling
 2 ASPIE Easy ___
 2 ASPERSE Malign
 2 ASPER In accordance with
 2 ASPENS Trembling trees
 2 ASPEN Summer music festival site
 2 ASPECTS Looks
 2 ASP Venom source
 2 ASP Nasty biter
 2 ASP Egyptian snake
 2 ASP Cleo's undoing
 2 ASORE ``That's ___ subject''
 2 ASONG ``With ___ in My Heart''
 2 ASONEMAN In unison
 2 ASONE United
 2 ASONE Unanimously
 2 ASONE Not separately
 2 ASONE In harmony
 2 ASONE All together
 2 ASON ``...unto us ___ is given''
 2 ASOK ``Dilbert'' intern
 2 ASOFNOW Currently
 2 ASOF Up until
 2 ASOF Since
 2 ASOF From
 2 ASOF Dating from
 2 ASOF Beginning
 2 ASNOT Words following ``often''
 2 ASMARA Eritrea's capital
 2 ASLOPE Slanting
 2 ASLOPE Not level
 2 ASLOPE Not even
 2 ASLOPE Inclined
 2 ASLONGAS Provided that
 2 ASLEEP Out for the night
 2 ASLEEP Out
 2 ASL Digital communication?: Abbr.
 2 ASKSFOR Requests
 2 ASKS Shows curiosity
 2 ASKS Quizzes
 2 ASKS Entreats
 2 ASKS Calls upon
 2 ASKFOR Request
 2 ASKED Set, as a price
 2 ASKED Invited
 2 ASKED Inquired
 2 ASKED Appealed
 2 ASKAROUND Make inquiries
 2 ASKANT Obliquely
 2 ASKA ``___ silly question ...''
 2 ASK Quiz
 2 ASK Put it to
 2 ASK Inquire
 2 ASITWERE So to speak
 2 ASIT ``___ was in the beginning...''
 2 ASISEEIT Opinion opener
 2 ASIS ``No returns''
 2 ASIS With warts and all
 2 ASIS Tag line?
 2 ASIN X ___ xylophone
 2 ASIN Q ___ queen
 2 ASIN Abecedary link
 2 ASIGN ``It's ___ of the times''
 2 ASIF ``___ I care!''
 2 ASIDES Comments to the audience
 2 ASIDE Line to the audience
 2 ASIAN ___-American
 2 ASIAN ___ flu
 2 ASIAN One of 3.5 billion
 2 ASIAN From the East
 2 ASIA Where India is
 2 ASIA Where China is
 2 ASIA Polo grounds?
 2 ASIA Part of SEATO
 2 ASIA Java is in it
 2 ASIA Indian's home
 2 ASIA Flu source
 2 ASI ``___ was saying''
 2 ASI ``___ was saying …''
 2 ASI ``___ was saying ...''
 2 ASI ``___ recall ...''
 2 ASI ``___ Lay Me Down'' (1995 hit)
 2 ASI Faulkner's ``___ Lay Dying''
 2 ASI Do-say connection
 2 ASHY Whitish
 2 ASHY Wan
 2 ASHY Pale
 2 ASHY Grayish
 2 ASHORE On land
 2 ASHORE On dry land
 2 ASHIER More pale
 2 ASHES Remains
 2 ASHES Hibachi residue
 2 ASHES Grateful?
 2 ASHES Contents of some urns
 2 ASHER Son of Jacob
 2 ASHEN White-faced
 2 ASHEN Pallid
 2 ASHEN Grayish
 2 ASHEN Gray
 2 ASHEN Bloodless
 2 ASHE ___ Stadium in Queens
 2 ASHE Queens stadium name
 2 ASHE North Carolina county
 2 ASHE New York's ___ Stadium
 2 ASHE Connors contemporary
 2 ASHE 1975 Wimbledon winner
 2 ASHE 1975 Wimbledon champ
 2 ASHAMED Red-faced
 2 ASH Volcanic spew
 2 ASH Volcanic fallout
 2 ASH Silvery-gray
 2 ASH Silvery gray
 2 ASH Havana residue
 2 ASH Fire remnant
 2 ASH Cigarette's end
 2 ASH Cigar residue
 2 ASH Blond shade
 2 ASH Baseball bat wood
 2 ASET ``I'd hate to break up ___''
 2 ASEC ``Hold on ___!''
 2 ASEA Riding the waves
 2 ASEA On a deck, perhaps
 2 ASEA Not in port
 2 ASEA Lost
 2 ASEA Floating, perhaps
 2 ASEA Between ports
 2 ASE Enzyme ending
 2 ASCRIBE Attribute
 2 ASCI Fungal spore sacs
 2 ASCH Author Sholem
 2 ASCENT Way up
 2 ASCAP Songwriters' org.
 2 ASARULE Usually
 2 ASARULE In general
 2 ASARULE By and large
 2 ASAP ``Pronto!''
 2 ASAP ``Now!''
 2 ASAP ``Immediately!''
 2 ASAP ``Hurry!''
 2 ASAP ``By yesterday!''
 2 ASAP Rush job notation
 2 ASAP Quickly, quickly
 2 ASAP Pronto!
 2 ASAP Order request
 2 ASAN Straight ___ arrow
 2 ASAN Simile center
 2 ASAMI Words of concurrence
 2 ASAIR Light ___
 2 ASA Simile's middle
 2 ASA High ___ kite
 2 ASA Hard-rock center
 2 ASA Gray of ``Gray's Manual of Botany''
 2 ASA Fit ___ fiddle
 2 ASA Al Jolson's real first name
 2 ARY It may finish second
 2 ARUT In ___ (stagnant)
 2 ARUN Give ___ for one's money
 2 ARUM Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g.
 2 ARUBA Oranjestad's island
 2 ARUBA Its capital is Oranjestad
 2 ARTY Creative
 2 ARTSY Dilettantish
 2 ARTSALE Gallery event
 2 ARTS ___ and sciences
 2 ARTS Song and dance, e.g.
 2 ARTS Song and dance
 2 ARTS PBS matters
 2 ARTS Liberal pursuits
 2 ARTS Fine things?
 2 ARTS Cultural doings
 2 ARTOO ___-Detoo (``Star Wars'' droid)
 2 ARTLESS Natural
 2 ARTLESS Naive
 2 ARTISTE Entertainer
 2 ARTIST Whistler, e.g.
 2 ARTIST Oil worker
 2 ARTIST Drawer
 2 ARTIS Cager Gilmore
 2 ARTIE Musical Shaw
 2 ARTIE First name in swing
 2 ARTE ``Vissi d'___''
 2 ARTE Works of Michelangelo
 2 ARTE Uffizi display
 2 ARTE Museo offering
 2 ART ``If the ___ is concealed, it succeeds'': Ovid
 2 ART ``A jealous mistress'': Emerson
 2 ART Verb with thou
 2 ART Public hanging?
 2 ART Paintings
 2 ART Oils and such
 2 ART Met display
 2 ART It's often left hanging
 2 ART It may be framed
 2 ART Frick collection
 2 ART Dance, e.g.
 2 ART Craft
 2 ART College major
 2 ARSON Unlawful firing?
 2 ARSON Torcher's misdeed
 2 ARSON Illegal firing
 2 ARSON Bad lighting?
 2 ARSENAL Magazine
 2 ARS ___ Nova
 2 ARS ___ Antiqua
 2 ARS MGM motto word
 2 ARROWS Traffic directors
 2 ARRIVE Hit the big time
 2 ARRIVE Get there
 2 ARREST Collar
 2 ARREST Check
 2 ARREAR Unpaid debt
 2 ARRAYED In formation
 2 ARRAS Wall hanging
 2 ARRANT Unmitigated
 2 ARR Schedule abbr.
 2 ARR Opposite of dep.
 2 ARR Flightboard abbr.
 2 ARR Flight board abbr.
 2 ARR Departure's opposite: Abbr.
 2 ARPS Some Dadaist works
 2 ARP Sculptor Jean
 2 ARP French collagist
 2 ARP Ernst colleague
 2 AROW In ranks
 2 AROUSES Stirs up
 2 AROUSE Stir up
 2 AROUSE Stir
 2 AROUSAL Awakening
 2 AROUND Circa
 2 AROSE Stopped lying
 2 AROSE Stood up
 2 AROSE Got up
 2 AROSE Emerged
 2 AROSE Began
 2 AROSE Became an issue
 2 ARON ``East of Eden'' twin
 2 ARON ``East of Eden'' brother
 2 ARON The King's middle name
 2 AROMAS Scents
 2 AROMA Something from the oven
 2 AROAR Thundering
 2 AROAR Like appreciative fans
 2 ARNOLD Noted traitor
 2 ARNO Ligurian Sea feeder
 2 ARNO Classic New Yorker cartoonist
 2 ARNETT Newsman Peter
 2 ARNESS Marshal Dillon's portrayer
 2 ARNE ``Rise, Glory, Rise'' composer
 2 ARNE ``Artaxerxes'' composer
 2 ARNE Composer Thomas
 2 ARMS Weaponry
 2 ARMS Kind of race
 2 ARMS Kind of dealer
 2 ARMOR Protection
 2 ARMOR Knight's protection
 2 ARMOR Knight's ``suit''
 2 ARMOR Combat gear
 2 ARMENIA Neighbor of Georgia
 2 ARMED Packing
 2 ARMED Holding one's piece
 2 ARME French weapon
 2 ARMANI Cardin rival
 2 ARMAND Hammer in oil
 2 ARMADA Loser of 1588
 2 ARMA First word of the ``Aeneid''
 2 ARMA First word of Virgil's ``Aeneid''
 2 ARM Usher's offering
 2 ARM Pitcher's asset
 2 ARM Offshoot
 2 ARM Elbow's site
 2 ARM Branch
 2 ARLO Woody's son
 2 ARLO He sang about Alice
 2 ARLO Comic strip ``___ & Janis''
 2 ARLO A Guthrie
 2 ARLO 1968 folk album
 2 ARLES ``Sunflowers'' setting
 2 ARLES Van Gogh painted here
 2 ARLES Van Gogh locale
 2 ARLES City on the Rhone
 2 ARLENES Francis and Dahl
 2 ARLEN ``Over the Rainbow'' composer
 2 ARLEN ``One for My Baby'' composer
 2 ARKS Synagogue chests
 2 ARKIN Actor Alan
 2 ARKANSAN Bill Clinton, e.g.
 2 ARK Tablet holder
 2 ARK Biblical boat
 2 ARISTA Whitney Houston's record label
 2 ARISTA Popular record label
 2 ARISES Gets up
 2 ARISE Surface
 2 ARISE Spring up
 2 ARISE Spring
 2 ARISE Greet the day
 2 ARISE Commence
 2 ARIOSE Melodious
 2 ARIOSE Melodic
 2 ARILS Seed coverings
 2 ARIL Seed coat
 2 ARIES Spring sign
 2 ARIES Spring arrival
 2 ARIES Sign after Pisces
 2 ARIES First sign of spring
 2 ARIES Astrological ram
 2 ARIEL Shakespearean sprite
 2 ARIEL Prospero's servant
 2 ARIEL Israel's Sharon
 2 ARIEL Historian Durant
 2 ARIE Indy winner Luyendyk
 2 ARIDE Take for ___
 2 ARID Unimaginative
 2 ARID Rainless
 2 ARID Mojave-like
 2 ARID Like the Sahara
 2 ARID Like Death Valley
 2 ARID Fruitless
 2 ARID Desertlike
 2 ARIANNA Writer Huffington
 2 ARIANNA Monteverdi opera
 2 ARIANE French satellite-launching rocket
 2 ARIADNE Daughter of King Minos
 2 ARIA ``Mi chiamano Mimi,'' e.g.
 2 ARIA Stage solo
 2 ARIA Soprano's song, maybe
 2 ARIA Pavarotti piece
 2 ARIA Part of a score, maybe
 2 ARIA Operatic song
 2 ARIA Number for one
 2 ARIA Mozart's ``Madamina,'' e.g.
 2 ARIA Horne solo
 2 ARIA Diva's solo
 2 ARIA Coloratura's piece
 2 ARI ``Exodus'' role
 2 ARI ``Exodus'' character
 2 ARI ___ Ben Canaan of ``Exodus''
 2 ARI Jackie's ``O''
 2 ARI Jackie's O
 2 ARI Jackie's #2
 2 ARI Christina's dad
 2 ARHAT Nirvana attainer
 2 ARGYLE Sock pattern
 2 ARGUE Bicker
 2 ARGOT Specialized vocabulary
 2 ARGOT Lingo
 2 ARGON Vacuum tube filler
 2 ARGO Mythical craft
 2 ARGO Medea rode on it
 2 ARGO Cornstarch brand
 2 ARGENT Silvery white
 2 ARGENT Silver, in heraldry
 2 ARG S.A. country
 2 ARG Notable W.W. II neutral: Abbr.
 2 ARFS Pound sounds
 2 ARFARF Pound notes?
 2 ARF Terrier's sound
 2 ARF Terrier's cry
 2 ARF Light bark
 2 ARETE Sharp ridge
 2 ARETE Mountain crest
 2 ARESO ``You ___ right!''
 2 ARESO Response to ``Am not!''
 2 ARES War maker
 2 ARES War god
 2 ARES Vultures were sacred to him
 2 ARES Trojan ally, in the ``Iliad''
 2 ARES Son of Hera
 2 ARES Father of Harmonia
 2 ARES Bellicose deity
 2 AREOLA Pupil surrounder
 2 AREOLA Anatomical ring
 2 ARENT Don't exist
 2 ARENT Ain't right?
 2 ARENO ``There ___ free lunches''
 2 ARENAS Sites for fights
 2 ARENAS Gladiatorial sites
 2 ARENAS Game sites
 2 ARENAS Combat zones
 2 ARENAS Bowls
 2 ARENA Play area
 2 ARENA Madison Square Garden, e.g.
 2 ARENA Gladiators' locale
 2 ARENA Field of play
 2 ARENA Concert venue
 2 ARENA Concert site
 2 ARENA Circus site
 2 ARENA Boxing site
 2 AREEL Whirling
 2 AREEL Dizzy
 2 ARECA Asian palm
 2 AREAS Spots
 2 AREAS Spheres
 2 AREAS Locales
 2 AREARUG Throw
 2 AREAR Toward the back
 2 AREAR Backward
 2 AREAL ``He's ___ nowhere man'' (Beatles lyric)
 2 AREA Tract
 2 AREA Stretch
 2 AREA Side by side?
 2 AREA Purlieu
 2 AREA Part of WATS
 2 AREA Locality
 2 AREA Locale
 2 AREA Kind of rug
 2 AREA Gray ___
 2 AREA Environs
 2 AREA District
 2 AREA Department
 2 AREA Compass
 2 AREA Atlas stat
 2 ARE ``___ you nuts?''
 2 ARE ``___ we there yet?''
 2 ARE ``You ___'' (Lionel Richie hit)
 2 ARE ``Who ___ we kidding?''
 2 ARE ``We ___ Family''
 2 ARE Verb for you
 2 ARE Remain
 2 ARE Metric measure
 2 ARE Make, in arithmetic
 2 ARE Lionel Richie's ``You ___''
 2 ARDOR Spirit
 2 ARDOR Hot blood
 2 ARDOR Fire
 2 ARDOR Eagerness
 2 ARDENT Gung-ho
 2 ARDEN Last name in cosmetics
 2 ARCS Bows
 2 ARCO ``Giovanna d'___'' (Verdi opera)
 2 ARCO With a bow, to Stern
 2 ARCO Chevron competitor
 2 ARCHER Zodiac symbol
 2 ARCHER William Tell, e.g.
 2 ARCH Roguish
 2 ARCH Keystone's place
 2 ARCH Enemy leader?
 2 ARCH Cunning
 2 ARCARO Five-time Derby winner
 2 ARCANE Mysterious
 2 ARCANE Esoteric
 2 ARCANA Secrets
 2 ARCADE Game keeper?
 2 ARC ___ welder
 2 ARC ___ de Triomphe
 2 ARC Rainbow's shape
 2 ARC Rainbow
 2 ARC Pendulum's path
 2 ARC Kind of welder
 2 ARC Compass doodle
 2 ARC Circle segment
 2 ARC Bend
 2 ARBOR Shady retreat
 2 ARBOR Shady plot
 2 ARBOR Ann ___, Mich.
 2 ARB Wall St. worker
 2 ARB Wall St. type
 2 ARB Wall St. figure
 2 ARAT Smell ___
 2 ARARAT Noah's landfall
 2 ARAP ``I don't give ___!''
 2 ARAN Galway Bay's ___ Islands
 2 ARAMIS A Musketeer
 2 ARAL ___ Sea (Amu Darya's outlet)
 2 ARAL Asian sea name
 2 ARAIL Thin as ___
 2 ARAGON Catherine of ___
 2 ARACE ``It's ___ against time''
 2 ARABS Ishmael's people
 2 ARABLE Fit for farming
 2 ARABIC Language of the Koran
 2 ARABIAN The Black Stallion, e.g.
 2 ARABIAN High-spirited horse
 2 ARAB Spirited horse
 2 ARAB Show horse
 2 ARAB Riyadh native
 2 ARAB Oman man
 2 ARAB Kind of summit
 2 ARAB Burnoose wearer
 2 ARA Rome's ___ Pacis
 2 ARA Parseghian of Notre Dame
 2 ARA Constellation next to Telescopium
 2 ARA Constellation near Scorpius
 2 ARA Constellation near Norma
 2 AQUAS Water colors
 2 AQUA Shade of blue
 2 AQUA Light greenish-blue
 2 AQUA Blue hue
 2 AQABA Jordan's only port
 2 APTTO Is ___ (probably will)
 2 APTS Rental units: Abbr.
 2 APTEST Most pertinent
 2 APTEST Best suited
 2 APTER More suitable
 2 APTER More inclined
 2 APT Well-put
 2 APT Suitable
 2 APT Prone
 2 APT On target
 2 APT Inclined
 2 APT Disposed
 2 APT Clever
 2 APT Appropriate
 2 APSE Vaulted recess
 2 APSE Nave neighbor
 2 APSE Church part
 2 APSE Church nook
 2 APSE Cathedral recess
 2 APSE Cathedral area
 2 APSE Basilica feature
 2 APSE Basilica area
 2 APRONS Green perimeters
 2 APRIORI Nonanalytic
 2 APRIL Patriots' Day month
 2 APR When D.S.T. begins
 2 APR Visa statement abbr.
 2 APR Spring mo.
 2 APR Financing abbr.
 2 APR Abbr. in car ads
 2 APPLEPIE Symbol of Americanism
 2 APPETIT ``Bon ___!''
 2 APPEASE Propitiate
 2 APPEARS Shows up
 2 APPEAR Materialize
 2 APPEAR Enter the picture
 2 APPEALTO Beseech
 2 APPEAL Fund-raising letter
 2 APPARAT Power structure
 2 APPALS Horrifies
 2 APPALL Revolt
 2 APPAL Shock: Var.
 2 APP Software program, briefly
 2 APP PC program
 2 APOSTATE Forsaker of the faith
 2 APOSE Strike ___
 2 APOS Mil. addresses
 2 APOS G.I. addresses
 2 APORT To the left, at sea
 2 APORT Nautical direction
 2 APOP Per unit
 2 APOP Individually
 2 APOP For one
 2 APOLLO Artemis's twin
 2 APOGEES Orbital extremes
 2 APOGEE Orbital high point
 2 APOD Like two peas in ___
 2 APOD Footless animal
 2 APOC Part of the Bible: Abbr.
 2 APNEA Sleeping disorder
 2 APNEA Sleeper's woe
 2 APNEA Sleep disorder
 2 APNEA Breathing problem
 2 APLUS Mark of excellence
 2 APLUS High mark
 2 APLOMB Poise
 2 APLAN ``Sounds like ___!''
 2 APISH Silly
 2 APISH Imitative
 2 APING Imitating
 2 APIN Neat as ___
 2 APIECE Pricing word
 2 APIECE Per
 2 APIARY Queen's home
 2 APIAN Like some swarms
 2 APIAN Beelike
 2 APIA Western Samoa's capital
 2 APIA Samoan port
 2 APIA Pacific capital
 2 APIA Capital of Samoa
 2 API Bee: Prefix
 2 APHID Orchard pest
 2 APHID Ladybug's prey
 2 APHID Greenfly, e.g.
 2 APEXES High points
 2 APEX Top spot
 2 APEX Top
 2 APEX Tiptop
 2 APES Simians
 2 APES Parrots
 2 APES Mimics
 2 APES Makes like
 2 APES Copies
 2 APES Big galoots
 2 APERS Copyists
 2 APERCU Summary
 2 APER Takeoff artist
 2 APER Parrot
 2 APER Monkey
 2 APER Mimicker
 2 APELIKE Simian
 2 APED Took off on
 2 APED Parodied
 2 APED Mimicked
 2 APED Copied
 2 APE Lummox
 2 APE Gorilla
 2 APE Go ___
 2 APE Copycat
 2 APE Big galoot
 2 APE Big brute
 2 APE Animal that beats its chest
 2 APE Act like
 2 APBS Some alerts, for short
 2 APB Police alert, for short
 2 APB Alert, for short
 2 APATHY Voters' problem
 2 APART To pieces
 2 APACHE Geronimo, e.g.
 2 APACHE Attack helicopter
 2 APACE With celerity
 2 APACE Lickety-split
 2 AORTAS Main lines
 2 AORTA Place for a valve
 2 AORTA Blood carrier
 2 AONE Top-drawer
 2 AONE Jim-dandy
 2 AONE First-class
 2 AON Get an ___ (ace)
 2 AOLER One who hears ``You've got mail''
 2 AOL Yahoo! competitor
 2 AOL Part of many e-mail addresses
 2 AOK ``All systems go''
 2 AOK Thumbs-up response
 2 AOK Perfect
 2 AOK Just ducky
 2 AOK Fine, informally
 2 ANZAC Down Under soldier
 2 ANY Whichever
 2 ANY Some
 2 ANY One or more
 2 ANWAR Menachem's co-Nobelist
 2 ANVIL Blacksmith's block
 2 ANTSY Jittery
 2 ANTSY Impatient
 2 ANTS Sugar bowl marchers
 2 ANTS Little scurriers
 2 ANTS Kitchen pests
 2 ANTS Hill dwellers
 2 ANTS Carpenters and harvesters
 2 ANTS Aardvark's fare
 2 ANTS Aardvark fare
 2 ANTONIA Willa Cather heroine
 2 ANTON Composer Bruckner
 2 ANTIS The opposition
 2 ANTIGONE Sophocles tragedy
 2 ANTICS Monkeyshines
 2 ANTICS Capers
 2 ANTIC Ludicrous
 2 ANTIC Bit of high jinks
 2 ANTI Voting no
 2 ANTI Start to freeze?
 2 ANTI Pro's rival
 2 ANTI Pro's foe
 2 ANTI Prefix with knock or lock
 2 ANTI One side of a debate
 2 ANTI No pro
 2 ANTI Naysayer
 2 ANTI Hostile to
 2 ANTI Detractor
 2 ANTI Debate side
 2 ANTI Dead against
 2 ANTEUP Pay
 2 ANTES Pays to play
 2 ANTES Chips in
 2 ANTENNA Wave catcher
 2 ANTENNA Pre-cable need
 2 ANTENNA Feeler
 2 ANTE Stud fee?
 2 ANTE Some chips, maybe
 2 ANTE Poker starter
 2 ANTE Penny ___
 2 ANTE Part of a pot
 2 ANTE Kitty starter
 2 ANTE Initial stake
 2 ANTE Feed the kitty
 2 ANTE Advance amount
 2 ANTE A chip, maybe
 2 ANTARES Star in Scorpius
 2 ANT Tiny toiler
 2 ANT Symbol of industry
 2 ANT Social worker?
 2 ANT Small colonist
 2 ANT Red army member
 2 ANT Picnic crasher
 2 ANT Nest builder
 2 ANT Certain colonist
 2 ANT Boric acid target
 2 ANT Aardvark's tidbit
 2 ANSELM Founder of Scholasticism
 2 ANSEL Shooter Adams
 2 ANSA Looped handle
 2 ANS Years, to Yves
 2 ANS T or F: Abbr.
 2 ANS Response: Abbr.
 2 ANS Opposite of a ques.
 2 ANOUT Provide ___ (save face)
 2 ANOTHER One more
 2 ANORAK Polar jacket
 2 ANORAK Hooded jacket
 2 ANON Not quite yet
 2 ANON Ever and ___
 2 ANON Erelong
 2 ANON Briefly unknown?
 2 ANON Auth. unknown
 2 ANON At another time
 2 ANON Any minute
 2 ANODE It's positive
 2 ANOD ``___ is as good as a wink''
 2 ANO ``Wheel of Fortune'' request
 2 ANO Mayo is part of it
 2 ANO Enero to enero
 2 ANNUM Per ___ (yearly)
 2 ANNUL Void
 2 ANNUL Invalidate
 2 ANNOY Bug
 2 ANNOY Bother
 2 ANNO Part of a cornerstone inscription
 2 ANNO Monumental year?
 2 ANNIE ``Tomorrow'' musical
 2 ANNIE Comics orphan
 2 ANNETTE Actress Bening
 2 ANNES Queen ___ lace
 2 ANNEALS Tempers
 2 ANNEALER Glassworker, at times
 2 ANNEAL Temper, as metal
 2 ANNE ``Green Gables'' girl
 2 ANNE Poet Sexton
 2 ANNE Last of the Stuarts
 2 ANNE Henry VIII's second or fourth
 2 ANNE Elizabeth I's mother
 2 ANNE Daughter of James II
 2 ANNE Beheaded Boleyn
 2 ANNE Author Rice
 2 ANNALS They're history
 2 ANNALS Historical records
 2 ANNALS Chronicles
 2 ANNABELLEE Love poem of 1849
 2 ANNA ``___ and the King of Siam''
 2 ANNA ``___ Karenina''
 2 ANNA Wife in ``Finnegans Wake''
 2 ANNA Visitor to Siam
 2 ANNA Trollope's ``Lady ___''
 2 ANNA The ``I'' of ``The King and I''
 2 ANNA Tennis star Kournikova
 2 ANNA Soprano Moffo
 2 ANNA Oscar winner Paquin
 2 ANNA O'Neill's ``___ Christie''
 2 ANN ___ Arbor
 2 ANN Raggedy ___
 2 ANN New England's Cape ___
 2 ANN Late columnist Landers
 2 ANN Gothic author Radcliffe
 2 ANN First name in advice
 2 ANN Darrow of ``King Kong''
 2 ANN Curry of ``Today''
 2 ANN Common girl's middle name
 2 ANKHS Egyptian symbols of life
 2 ANKHS Crosses with loops
 2 ANKARA Turkish capital
 2 ANKA ``She's a Lady'' songwriter
 2 ANKA ``My Way'' lyricist
 2 ANKA ``Lonely Boy'' singer
 2 ANKA ``Dance On Little Girl'' singer
 2 ANJOU Winter pear
 2 ANJOU Pear variety
 2 ANITALOOS ``A Girl Like I'' autobiographer
 2 ANITA Writer Loos
 2 ANITA Singer Bryant
 2 ANITA Loos who wrote ``Gentlemen Prefer Blondes''
 2 ANITA Baker of song
 2 ANISTON ``Friends'' co-star
 2 ANISES Liqueur flavorers
 2 ANISE Sambuca flavoring
 2 ANISE Liqueur flavorer
 2 ANISE Licoricelike flavor
 2 ANISE Cordial flavoring
 2 ANISE Biscotto flavoring
 2 ANISE Biscotti flavoring
 2 ANIS Spanish liqueur
 2 ANION Negatively charged particle
 2 ANIN Has ___ with
 2 ANIMUS Bad blood
 2 ANIME Cartoon art
 2 ANIMATO Lively
 2 ANIMATE Spark
 2 ANIMATE Enliven
 2 ANIMATE Energize
 2 ANIMAL Brute
 2 ANIMA True inner self
 2 ANIMA Soul
 2 ANILS Indigo-yielding shrubs
 2 ANILS Dye-yielding shrubs
 2 ANIL Indigo source
 2 ANIL Indigo plant
 2 ANIL Dye-yielding plant
 2 ANIL Blue shade
 2 ANI ``Gimme ___!'' (start of an Iowa State cheer)
 2 ANI Groove-billed ___
 2 ANI Cuckoo bird
 2 ANI Black cuckoo
 2 ANGUS Black ___ (cattle breed)
 2 ANGST Uneasy feeling
 2 ANGST Apprehensive feeling
 2 ANGRY Ticked off
 2 ANGRY Furious
 2 ANGORAS Some cats
 2 ANGORA Wool source
 2 ANGLO ___-American
 2 ANGLO White, informally
 2 ANGLE Go fish
 2 ANGIE Actress Dickinson
 2 ANGIE 1973 Rolling Stones ballad
 2 ANGER Tee off
 2 ANGELOU ``All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes'' writer
 2 ANG ``The Ice Storm'' director Lee
 2 ANEW Over again
 2 ANEW One more time
 2 ANEW From scratch
 2 ANEW De novo
 2 ANET Work without ___
 2 ANET Without ___ (dangerously)
 2 ANET Turn ___ profit
 2 ANEST ``___ of robins in her hair''
 2 ANENT About
 2 ANEND Put ___ to (finish)
 2 ANEND Put ___ to
 2 ANEMONES Some zoophytes
 2 ANEMONE Buttercup family member
 2 ANEMO Prefix with meter
 2 ANEMIC Feeble
 2 ANEED Have ___ for
 2 ANE ``Wheel of Fortune'' request
 2 ANE ``Wheel of Fortune'' buy
 2 ANE Suffix with meth-
 2 ANE Chemical ending
 2 ANDY Rooney of ``60 Minutes''
 2 ANDY Capp of the comics
 2 ANDY Artist Warhol
 2 ANDSO ``___ to bed''
 2 ANDS Common links
 2 ANDS Common conjunctions
 2 ANDS Added details
 2 ANDRES Guitarist Segovia
 2 ANDREI Nobelist Sakharov
 2 ANDRE Wrestling's ___ the Giant
 2 ANDRE Automaker Citroën
 2 ANDRE Auto pioneer Citroën
 2 ANDI ``The King ___''
 2 ANDI The Beatles' ``___ Love Her''
 2 ANDHOW ``You said it!''
 2 ANDHOW ``You said a mouthful!''
 2 ANDES Much of Chile
 2 ANDA ``Shave ___ haircut''
 2 ANDA Wing ___ prayer
 2 ANDA Lick ___ promise
 2 AND ``Then what?''
 2 AND ``Go on ...''
 2 ANCE Suffix with utter
 2 ANAT Pre-med course: Abbr.
 2 ANAT Med. school class
 2 ANAT Med. sch. course
 2 ANAT Biol. subject
 2 ANAS Miscellanies
 2 ANAS Literary olios
 2 ANAS Literary collections
 2 ANAS Anthologies
 2 ANARM Cost ___ and a leg
 2 ANARCH Old-style revolutionary
 2 ANAP Take ___ (snooze)
 2 ANAME Jim Croce's ``I Got ___''
 2 ANALOG Not digital
 2 ANAIS ``Henry & June'' character
 2 ANAIS Writer Nin
 2 ANAIS Novelist Nin
 2 ANA Literary collection
 2 ANA It makes men mean
 2 ANA Gasteyer of ``Saturday Night Live''
 2 ANA Book collector's suffix
 2 ANA Bibliophilic suffix
 2 ANA Bibliophile's suffix
 2 AMYS Tan and others
 2 AMYL ___ nitrate
 2 AMY Youngest March sister
 2 AMUSE Entertain
 2 AMUR Russia/Manchuria boundary river
 2 AMULETS Juju and mojo
 2 AMULET Talisman
 2 AMULET Lucky charm
 2 AMULET It works like a charm
 2 AMULE Stubborn as ___
 2 AMTS Recipe info: Abbr.
 2 AMTRAK Kind of station
 2 AMT Invoice abbr.
 2 AMS Some rush-hour periods: Abbr.
 2 AMS Morning hrs.
 2 AMS Early hrs.
 2 AMPS Concert gear
 2 AMPS Concert equipment
 2 AMPS Concert array
 2 AMPLE Enough
 2 AMPERES Current units
 2 AMPERES Current measures
 2 AMPERE Fuse unit
 2 AMPED Intensified, as sound
 2 AMPAS Oscars org.
 2 AMP Roadie's load
 2 AMP Roadie's burden
 2 AMP Hearing aid?
 2 AMP Electric guitar hookup
 2 AMP Concert prop
 2 AMP Band aid?
 2 AMOUNT Quantity
 2 AMOS Singer Tori
 2 AMOS Half of an old radio duo
 2 AMOS Famous ___
 2 AMOS Biblical prophet
 2 AMORT Lifeless, old-style
 2 AMOROUS In the mood
 2 AMORE Love, in Roma
 2 AMORE Love, Italian-style
 2 AMORE Dean Martin's ``That's ___''
 2 AMORE Dean Martin song subject
 2 AMORAL Ethically neutral
 2 AMOR Son of Venus
 2 AMOR Love, to Livy
 2 AMOR Love
 2 AMOR Livy's love
 2 AMOR God of love
 2 AMOR 1944 Bing Crosby hit
 2 AMONGST In the middle of
 2 AMONG In with
 2 AMONG In the company of
 2 AMONG Honor ___ thieves
 2 AMOK Run ___ (go wild)
 2 AMOK Out of control
 2 AMOK Crazily
 2 AMOI Parisian possessive
 2 AMOI Mine, on the Marne
 2 AMOI Mine, in Montréal
 2 AMOF ``I ___ the opinion …''
 2 AMOEBA Microscopic critter
 2 AMOCO Exxon alternative
 2 AMO Latin series starter
 2 AMO Latin lover's word
 2 AMO First of a Latin trio
 2 AMNION Embryonic sac
 2 AMMO It's loaded
 2 AMMO BB's and bullets
 2 AMMAN Jordan's capital
 2 AMITY Friendship
 2 AMITY Accord
 2 AMISS Wrong
 2 AMISS Wacky
 2 AMISS Out of place
 2 AMISS Out of order
 2 AMISS Not right
 2 AMISS Not quite right
 2 AMISS Faulty
 2 AMISH Plain folk
 2 AMIS ``Jake's Thing'' author
 2 AMIS Writer Kingsley
 2 AMIS Porthos and Athos, e.g.
 2 AMIR Mideast ruler
 2 AMIR Mideast chief: Var.
 2 AMINOR Key of Mozart's ``Odense'' Symphony
 2 AMINO Kind of group, in chemistry
 2 AMINO Acid in proteins
 2 AMILE ``I'd walk ___ for ...''
 2 AMIGOS Pals
 2 AMIGO Mexican friend
 2 AMIGO Friend in a sombrero
 2 AMIGO Buddy
 2 AMIES Gallic girlfriends
 2 AMIE Friendly femme
 2 AMIE French girlfriend
 2 AMICA Lady friend in Italy
 2 AMI ``___ Blue?''
 2 AMI ``What a good boy ___!''
 2 AMI ``What Kind of Fool ___?''
 2 AMI Who or where follower
 2 AMI Pal for Pierre
 2 AMI Horner's last words
 2 AMI Friend of François
 2 AMI Brest friend
 2 AMI Athos, to Porthos
 2 AMEX N.Y.S.E. competitor
 2 AMES Spy Aldrich
 2 AMES Iowa State's home
 2 AMES Iowa State site
 2 AMES City on the Skunk River
 2 AMES City on the Skunk
 2 AMER Western Hemisphere abbr.
 2 AMER Part of A.C.L.U.: Abbr.
 2 AMENDS Makes right
 2 AMEND Make better
 2 AMEND Fix
 2 AMEN ``You said it, brother!''
 2 AMEN ``You can say that again!''
 2 AMEN ``Absolutely!''
 2 AMEN Word said just before opening the eyes
 2 AMEN End of grace
 2 AMELIA ___ Island, Fla.
 2 AMELIA Social reformer Bloomer
 2 AMELIA Flier Earhart
 2 AMEBA Low life?
 2 AME French soul
 2 AMCS Gremlins, Pacers, etc.
 2 AMC Car co. bought by Chrysler
 2 AMBO Early pulpit
 2 AMBLE Stroll
 2 AMBIT Scope
 2 AMBIENCE Atmosphere
 2 AMBI Prefix with sexual
 2 AMBER Yellowish-brown
 2 AMBER Color of honey
 2 AMAZED Dumbfounded
 2 AMAZE Dumbfound
 2 AMATI Stradivarius's teacher
 2 AMATI Stradivari's teacher
 2 AMATI Cremona artisan
 2 AMAT Part of a Latin trio
 2 AMASS Stockpile
 2 AMASS Conglomerate
 2 AMAS Latin trio part
 2 AMAS Latin 101 word
 2 AMANDA Actress Plummer
 2 AMANA Range name
 2 AMANA Range maker
 2 AMANA Radarange maker
 2 AMANA Microwave maker
 2 AMANA Microwave brand
 2 AMANA Appliance brand
 2 AMAN Make ___ of
 2 AMAJ Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7: Abbr.
 2 AMAIN With full force
 2 AMAIN At full throttle
 2 AMAHL ``___ and the Night Visitors''
 2 AMAHL Menotti opera character
 2 AMAHL Menotti hero
 2 AMAH Wet nurse
 2 AMAH Nanjing nanny
 2 AMAH Eastern nurse
 2 AMAH Chinese nurse
 2 AMA Professional org.
 2 AMA Org. with a caduceus logo
 2 AMA Health org.
 2 AMA Health grp.
 2 AMA Drs.' group
 2 AMA Dr.'s org.
 2 AMA Dr.'s order?
 2 AMA Docs' org.
 2 ALVA Part of T.A.E.
 2 ALVA Edison's middle name
 2 ALUM Many a homecoming attendee
 2 ALUM Homecoming guest
 2 ALUM Astringent
 2 ALULA ``Be-Bop-___'' (Gene Vincent hit)
 2 ALUG Chug-___
 2 ALTOSAX Part of a jazz combo
 2 ALTO Voice below soprano
 2 ALTO Start of some cloud names
 2 ALTO Low woman
 2 ALTO Kind of clef
 2 ALTO High in the Andes
 2 ALTO Countertenor
 2 ALTO Choir part
 2 ALTI High: Prefix
 2 ALTHO Even if, briefly
 2 ALTHEA Tennis great Gibson
 2 ALTERS Edits
 2 ALTERS Changes
 2 ALTEREGO Trusted friend
 2 ALTER Rehem
 2 ALTER Fiddle with
 2 ALTAR Union locale
 2 ALTAR Place to exchange rings
 2 ALTAMONTE ___ Springs, Fla.
 2 ALTA Utah resort
 2 ALTA Sask. neighbor
 2 ALTA Resort near Snowbird
 2 ALTA Opposite of baja
 2 ALTA Neighbor of Mont.
 2 ALT Model Carol
 2 ALT Cockpit reading: Abbr.
 2 ALT Cockpit dial: Abbr.
 2 ALSOP Journalist Joseph
 2 ALSO Therewithal
 2 ALSO Further
 2 ALS The Unsers of Indy
 2 ALS Singer Green and others
 2 ALS Franken and Gore
 2 ALS Capone and Capp
 2 ALREADY ``So soon?''
 2 ALPS View in northern Italy
 2 ALPS Heidi's home
 2 ALPS Austrian peaks
 2 ALPO Brand for Fido
 2 ALPO Brand for Bowser
 2 ALPO Bowser's bowlful
 2 ALPHABET Kind of soup
 2 ALPHA Part of many stars' names
 2 ALPACA Some wool
 2 ALP Piz Bernina, e.g.
 2 ALP Matterhorn, e.g.
 2 ALP High peak
 2 ALP European skyline sight
 2 ALOUD One way to read
 2 ALOU Outfielder Moises
 2 ALOU Diamond family name
 2 ALOU Baseball's Jesus
 2 ALOT Plenty
 2 ALOT Like crazy
 2 ALOT Bunches
 2 ALOSS Perplexed, after ``at''
 2 ALOSS At ___ for words
 2 ALOP Cockeyed
 2 ALOON Crazy as ___
 2 ALOOF Standoffish
 2 ALOOF Reserved
 2 ALOOF Removed
 2 ALONSO ``The Tempest'' king
 2 ALONE ``Home ___''
 2 ALONE Without equal
 2 ALONE Unescorted
 2 ALONE Unequaled
 2 ALONE Dateless
 2 ALONE By oneself
 2 ALOHAS Warm welcomes
 2 ALOHA Wahine's welcome
 2 ALOHA Island greeting
 2 ALOHA Honolulu's ___ Stadium
 2 ALOHA Hello or goodbye
 2 ALOFT Up in the air
 2 ALOFT Overhead
 2 ALOFT On high
 2 ALOFT In the sky
 2 ALOES ``A Lesson From ___''
 2 ALOES Healing plants
 2 ALOE Therapeutic plant
 2 ALOE Succulent plant
 2 ALOE Soothing succulent
 2 ALOE Soothing stuff
 2 ALOE Soothing agent
 2 ALOE Skin softener
 2 ALOE Skin lotion ingredient
 2 ALOE Natural emollient
 2 ALOE Lotion additive
 2 ALOE Cosmetic additive
 2 ALOE Burn balm
 2 ALMS Offering
 2 ALMA ``Summer and Smoke'' heroine
 2 ALMA Michigan town or its college
 2 ALMA Michigan college
 2 ALMA Heroine of Tennessee Williams's ``Summer and Smoke''
 2 ALMA Diva Gluck
 2 ALLY Supporter
 2 ALLY Comrade in arms
 2 ALLUDE Refer
 2 ALLTHERE Sane
 2 ALLSTAR Kind of lineup
 2 ALLSET Ready
 2 ALLS ``___ well''
 2 ALLS ``___ fair in love and war''
 2 ALLS Whittier poem ``___ Well''
 2 ALLS Shakespeare title starter
 2 ALLOY Fusion
 2 ALLOTS Sets apart
 2 ALLOTS Apportions
 2 ALLOT Divvy up
 2 ALLOT Assign
 2 ALLOT Appropriate
 2 ALLIS ``___ well''
 2 ALLINALL Generally
 2 ALLIN Tuckered out
 2 ALLIN Beat
 2 ALLIE ``Kate & ___''
 2 ALLIE TV's ``Kate & ___''
 2 ALLI ``___ want for Christmas ...''
 2 ALLI Sheryl Crow's ``___ Wanna Do''
 2 ALLGONE Spent
 2 ALLEY Back street
 2 ALLERGIC Kind of reaction
 2 ALLEN ___ wrench
 2 ALLELE Cause of hereditary variation
 2 ALLEGE Assert without proof
 2 ALLEARS Very attentive
 2 ALLDONE Through
 2 ALLAY Put to rest
 2 ALLAN Detective Pinkerton
 2 ALLALONE Isolated
 2 ALLAH Object of many prayers
 2 ALLA ``It was ___ mistake!''
 2 ALL Totality
 2 ALL Tie indicator
 2 ALL Pledge of Allegiance ender
 2 ALL Everything
 2 ALL Apiece, in scores
 2 ALKALIS Acid neutralizers
 2 ALIT Settled down
 2 ALIT Landed (on)
 2 ALIT Deplaned
 2 ALIT Came to rest
 2 ALIT Came down to earth
 2 ALIST Select group
 2 ALIST Preferred invitees
 2 ALIST Most-wanted invitees
 2 ALIST Elite
 2 ALISON Novelist Lurie
 2 ALIS Two caliphs
 2 ALINES Dress styles
 2 ALINE Skirt style
 2 ALINE Dress type
 2 ALIMENT Sustenance
 2 ALIGN True up
 2 ALIGHT Land
 2 ALIFE ``Get ___!''
 2 ALIENEE Property recipient, at law
 2 ALIENEE Property recipient
 2 ALIENATE Turn off
 2 ALIENATE Put off
 2 ALIEN Venusian, e.g.
 2 ALIEN Roswell crash victim, supposedly
 2 ALIEN Out of this world
 2 ALIEN Non-earthling
 2 ALIE Sam Shepard's ``___ of the Mind''
 2 ALICE Wonderland girl
 2 ALICE Dennis the Menace's mother
 2 ALIBI Way out
 2 ALIBI Excuse
 2 ALIASES Rap sheet list
 2 ALIASES Jones and Smith, maybe
 2 ALIAS Cover
 2 ALIA Et ___
 2 ALI ``When We Were Kings'' subject
 2 ALI Thrilla in Manila participant
 2 ALI Thrilla in Manila boxer
 2 ALI The Lion of God
 2 ALI Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year
 2 ALI Muhammad ___
 2 ALI MacGraw of ``Love Story''
 2 ALI Clay, now
 2 ALI Champ of 10/30/74
 2 ALGORE ``Earth in the Balance'' author
 2 ALGID Cold
 2 ALGER ``Ragged Dick'' author
 2 ALGAE Pond buildup
 2 ALGA Aquatic plant
 2 ALFRE Actress Woodard
 2 ALFIE 1966 Michael Caine role
 2 ALFA A, in communications
 2 ALF 1936 candidate Landon
 2 ALEXIS Joan's ``Dynasty'' role
 2 ALEX ``Potent Potables for 200, ___''
 2 ALEX ``Fred Basset'' cartoonist Graham
 2 ALEX Quizmaster Trebek
 2 ALEX Football's Karras
 2 ALEX Emcee Trebek
 2 ALEX Author Haley
 2 ALEVE Tylenol competitor
 2 ALEVE Popular pain reliever
 2 ALEUT Sealskin wearer, maybe
 2 ALEUT Rat Island resident
 2 ALEUT Alaskan islander
 2 ALES Some are pale
 2 ALES Schooner fillers
 2 ALES Saloon selections
 2 ALES Pub round
 2 ALES Pub pints
 2 ALES Pub brews
 2 ALES Brews
 2 ALERTS Advisories
 2 ALERTED Warned
 2 ALERT Warn
 2 ALER Yank, e.g.
 2 ALER K.C. Royal, e.g.
 2 ALEPH Letter before beth
 2 ALEPH First Hebrew letter
 2 ALEN Chrysler Building architect William Van ___
 2 ALEK Fashion model Wek
 2 ALEG ``Break ___!''
 2 ALEE Sheltered, nautically
 2 ALEE Sheltered, in a way
 2 ALEE Safe, on board
 2 ALEE Protected
 2 ALEE On the safe side
 2 ALEE Nautical heading
 2 ALEE Direction at sea
 2 ALEE Aweather's opposite
 2 ALECS ``Smart'' ones
 2 ALECS Smart guys?
 2 ALECS Guinness et al.
 2 ALEC ``The Black Stallion'' boy
 2 ALEC ``Smart'' one
 2 ALEC The spy in ``The Spy Who Came In From the Cold''
 2 ALEC Oscar winner Guinness
 2 ALEC Actor McCowen
 2 ALEAN ``... ___ and hungry look'': Shak.
 2 ALEAD Follow ___ (do detective work)
 2 ALEA Epithet of Athena
 2 ALE Stout
 2 ALE Steinful
 2 ALE Public order
 2 ALE Pub brew
 2 ALE Porter
 2 ALE Inn serving
 2 ALE Half of a half-and-half
 2 ALE Drink in a mug
 2 ALE Cream ___
 2 ALE Bass, e.g.
 2 ALE Bass ___
 2 ALE A pint, maybe
 2 ALDO Ray of Hollywood
 2 ALDO Actor Ray
 2 ALDER Birch relative
 2 ALDAS Actors Robert and Alan
 2 ALDA ``M*A*S*H'' star
 2 ALDA ``Crimes and Misdemeanors'' actor
 2 ALDA ``Betsy's Wedding'' star
 2 ALCOA Big name in kitchen foil
 2 ALCAPP Mammy Yokum's creator
 2 ALCAN Old highway name
 2 ALBS Priests' vestments
 2 ALBS Priestly garb
 2 ALBEE ``Tiny Alice'' playwright
 2 ALBEE ``Seascape'' playwright
 2 ALBEE ``A Delicate Balance'' playwright
 2 ALBA Goya's ``Duchess of ___''
 2 ALB Vatican vestment
 2 ALAW ``There ought to be ___!''
 2 ALAW ___ unto himself
 2 ALAST As ___ resort
 2 ALASKA Panhandle site
 2 ALAS ``What a shame!''
 2 ALAS ``Sad to say ...''
 2 ALAS ``Poor me!''
 2 ALAS ``Oh, my!''
 2 ALAS ``Oh dear!''
 2 ALAS ``'Tis a pity''
 2 ALAS [sigh]
 2 ALAS [Sigh]
 2 ALAS Word of woe
 2 ALAS Woeful word
 2 ALAS Wistful word
 2 ALAS Resigned remark
 2 ALARUM Old-fashioned warning
 2 ALARMIST Chicken Little, for one
 2 ALARM Sleep spoiler
 2 ALARM Eye-opener?
 2 ALAR Winglike
 2 ALAR Wing-shaped
 2 ALAR Fruit spray
 2 ALAR Controversial spray
 2 ALAR Controversial orchard spray
 2 ALAR Controversial apple spray
 2 ALAR Banned orchard spray
 2 ALAR Banned apple spray
 2 ALAR Apple spray
 2 ALANS King and others
 2 ALANON Noted support group
 2 ALANON Family support group
 2 ALANIS Singer Morissette
 2 ALANDTIPPERGORE Former Washington duo
 2 ALANA ``32 Flavors'' singer Davis
 2 ALAN Shepard in space
 2 ALAN Rock 'n' roll pioneer Freed
 2 ALAN Playwright Ayckbourn
 2 ALAN Money guru Greenspan
 2 ALAN Josephine Tey investigator ___ Grant
 2 ALAN Fed chairman Greenspan
 2 ALAN Broadway's ___ Jay Lerner
 2 ALAN Astronaut Bean
 2 ALAMOS Cottonwood trees
 2 ALAMODE Pie preference
 2 ALAMODE Like some desserts
 2 ALAMODE Chic
 2 ALAMODE Apple-pie order
 2 ALAMO ``Remember the ___''
 2 ALAMO ``Remember the ___!''
 2 ALAMO Texas shrine, with ``the''
 2 ALAMO National competitor
 2 ALAMO Budget rival
 2 ALAMO Budget alternative
 2 ALAMB Gentle as ___
 2 ALAI Half court game?
 2 ALACK ``Wellaway!''
 2 ALACARTE Piecemeal?
 2 ALA ___ maison (indoors): Fr.
 2 ALA Russell Cave Natl. Mon. locale
 2 ALA Resembling
 2 ALA Miss. neighbor
 2 ALA Fla. neighbor
 2 ALA Carte start
 2 AKRON Canton neighbor
 2 AKIN Like, with ``to''
 2 AKIN Comparable
 2 AKIN Cognate
 2 AKIN Analogous
 2 AKIMBO With hands on hips
 2 AKERS Women's soccer star Michelle
 2 AKELA Kipling's wolf pack leader
 2 AKA Wanted-poster letters
 2 AKA Wanted letters
 2 AKA Rap sheet abbr.
 2 AKA Alias preceder
 2 AJOB ``This is ___ for Superman!''
 2 AJAR ``When it's ___'' (old riddle answer)
 2 AJAR Open a crack
 2 AJAR Not completely closed
 2 AJAR Like some doors
 2 AIX ___-en-Provence
 2 AITS River isles
 2 AIT River islet
 2 AIT Islet
 2 AISLE Window alternative
 2 AIS Sue Grafton's ``___ for Alibi''
 2 AIRY Open
 2 AIRY Breezy
 2 AIRTOAIR Kind of missile
 2 AIRTIME When the show must go on
 2 AIRS They're sometimes put on
 2 AIRLINE Delta, for one
 2 AIRE Yorkshire river
 2 AIRDRIES Hangs on the line
 2 AIRBAG Potential lifesaver
 2 AIR Ventilate
 2 AIR Publicize
 2 AIR Make public
 2 AIR It's inspired
 2 AIR Cause of inflation?
 2 AINT ``___ She Sweet?''
 2 AINT ``It ___ Necessarily So''
 2 AINT Is not on the street?
 2 AIN Department of eastern France
 2 AIMSAT Draws a bead on
 2 AIMS Sights
 2 AIMS Goals
 2 AIMER Archer, at times
 2 AIMEE Pop singer Mann
 2 AIMEE Anouk of film
 2 AIMEE Actress Anouk
 2 AIMEDAT Targeted
 2 AIMAT Set one's sights on
 2 AIM Ready follower?
 2 AIM Order between ``ready'' and ``fire''
 2 AIM Fire preceder?
 2 AIM Ambition
 2 AILS Troubles
 2 AILS Is unwell
 2 AILS Feels punk
 2 AILS Afflicts
 2 AILEY Choreographer Alvin
 2 AILED Had a bug
 2 AIL Feel sick
 2 AIL Feel fluish
 2 AIL Feel awful
 2 AIL Do poorly
 2 AIL Be laid up
 2 AIDS Supports
 2 AIDES West Wing workers
 2 AIDER Support person
 2 AIDED Backed
 2 AIDE White House worker
 2 AIDE Campaign worker
 2 AIDE Assistant
 2 AIDA Slave girl of opera
 2 AID Succor
 2 AID Relief
 2 AID Helping hand
 2 AID Grant-in-___
 2 AID First ___
 2 AID A hand
 2 AHSO ``Now I see!''
 2 AHSO Mock words of enlightenment
 2 AHSO Mock phrase of insight
 2 AHS Spa sounds
 2 AHS Sounds of satisfaction
 2 AHS Sighed sounds
 2 AHS Responses to a masseur
 2 AHS Cries at fireworks
 2 AHS Checkup sounds
 2 AHOY Sailor's hail
 2 AHOY Greeting at sea
 2 AHOY Call to a mate
 2 AHORSE Ponied up?
 2 AHORA Now, in Nogales
 2 AHOLD ``Grab ___!''
 2 AHN ``Kung Fu'' actor Philip
 2 AHMED One of three Ottoman sultans
 2 AHME [sigh]
 2 AHME Woeful words
 2 AHINT ``I can take ___!''
 2 AHI Yellowfin tuna
 2 AHEMS Cries for attention
 2 AHEM ``Pardon me''
 2 AHEM ``Don't forget about me''
 2 AHEM ``Beg pardon ...''
 2 AHEM Throat-clearing sound
 2 AHEM Start of a break-in
 2 AHEAP Lots
 2 AHEAD Up
 2 AHEAD Out in front
 2 AHEAD On top
 2 AHEAD Each
 2 AHALF Time and ___
 2 AHAB ``Moby-Dick'' captain
 2 AHAB ``Moby Dick'' captain
 2 AHAB Pequod skipper
 2 AHAB Ishmael's captain
 2 AHAB 1956 Peck role
 2 AHA ``There you are!''
 2 AHA ``There it is!''
 2 AHA ``So it's you!''
 2 AHA ``I knew it!''
 2 AHA ``I have an idea!''
 2 AHA ``Got it!''
 2 AHA ``Caught you!''
 2 AHA Revelation response
 2 AGUE Tropical fever
 2 AGUE Fluish feeling
 2 AGUE Fit of fever
 2 AGUE Chills and fever
 2 AGUA Spanish water
 2 AGTS Reps.
 2 AGT Ten-percenter: Abbr.
 2 AGT Insurance co. employee
 2 AGT F.B.I. employee: Abbr.
 2 AGRO Soil: Prefix
 2 AGRO Prefix with biology
 2 AGRI Prefix with culture
 2 AGREES Matches
 2 AGREE Square (with)
 2 AGREE Feel the same
 2 AGRA Taj Mahal locale
 2 AGRA Old Mogul capital
 2 AGRA Indian tourist stop
 2 AGR Farmer's field: Abbr.
 2 AGOUTI Rabbitlike rodent
 2 AGORA Prefix with phobia
 2 AGORA Plato's plaza
 2 AGORA Ancient market
 2 AGORA Ancient assembly area
 2 AGOG In awe
 2 AGO ``Give it ___!''
 2 AGO Opposite of hence
 2 AGO Have ___ at
 2 AGO Give it ___ (try)
 2 AGNOMEN Nickname
 2 AGNI Lambs: Lat.
 2 AGNEW Running mate of '68
 2 AGNES Moorehead of ``Bewitched''
 2 AGNES Infamous 1972 hurricane
 2 AGNES A de Mille
 2 AGNATE Related on the father's side
 2 AGLOW Shining
 2 AGLOW Luminous
 2 AGLET Lace tip
 2 AGITATOR Firebrand
 2 AGIRL ``It's ___!''
 2 AGIN Opposin'
 2 AGIN Opposed, in Dogpatch
 2 AGIN Opposed to, in dialect
 2 AGIN Not ``fer''
 2 AGILE Twinkle-toed
 2 AGILE Spry
 2 AGHAST Horrified
 2 AGHA Turkish official
 2 AGHA Turkish honorific
 2 AGHA Muslim honorific
 2 AGGIE Texas A & M student
 2 AGGIE Texas A & M athlete
 2 AGFA Kodak competitor
 2 AGES Seemingly forever
 2 AGES Mellows
 2 AGES Gets on
 2 AGER ``Hard Hearted Hannah'' composer
 2 AGER ``Happy Days Are Here Again'' composer
 2 AGER New-___
 2 AGER Golden finish?
 2 AGEOLD Ancient
 2 AGENTS Operatives
 2 AGENT Ticket seller
 2 AGENT Insurance worker
 2 AGENT Insurance seller
 2 AGENT Go-between
 2 AGENT Deal maker
 2 AGENT Cut taker
 2 AGENT Bond, for one
 2 AGENDA ``To do'' list
 2 AGEISM Certain discrimination
 2 AGEE ``The Morning Watch'' writer, 1951
 2 AGEE ``The Morning Watch'' author
 2 AGEE Tommie of the Miracle Mets
 2 AGEE Pulitzer-winning writer James
 2 AGEE James who wrote ``The Morning Watch''
 2 AGEE James who wrote ``A Death in the Family''
 2 AGEE Arthur of ``Hoop Dreams''
 2 AGED Old
 2 AGED Like some ports
 2 AGED Like good wine
 2 AGED Got gray
 2 AGE ``Act your ___!''
 2 AGE Questionnaire datum
 2 AGE Paleontologist's estimate
 2 AGE Mature
 2 AGE Kind of limit
 2 AGE Bronze ___
 2 AGE Biographical bit
 2 AGE Bio stat
 2 AGE Bio bit
 2 AGE Basis of some divisions
 2 AGAZE Staring intently
 2 AGAZE Staring
 2 AGAVE Mojave plant
 2 AGATHA Hercule's creator
 2 AGATHA First name in mysteries
 2 AGATES Small types
 2 AGATE Type size
 2 AGATE Quartz variety
 2 AGATE Playing marble
 2 AGATE Marble
 2 AGAS ``What ___!''
 2 AGAS Turkish generals
 2 AGAR Gelatin substitute
 2 AGAR Food thickener
 2 AGAR Biology lab supply
 2 AGAPE Yawning
 2 AGANA Capital of Guam, old-style
 2 AGANA Capital of Guam
 2 AGAME ``It's only ___!''
 2 AGAL ``I've Got ___ in Kalamazoo''
 2 AGAKHAN Descendant of Mohammed
 2 AGAIN ``Not ___!''
 2 AGAIN Time's partner
 2 AGAIN From the top
 2 AGA Turkish honorific
 2 AGA Ottoman officer
 2 AGA Near Eastern honorific
 2 AGA Eastern title
 2 AFTERS Dessert, in Dover
 2 AFT Toward the stern
 2 AFT Rear
 2 AFT Back at sea
 2 AFT Away from the bow
 2 AFRO ___-American
 2 AFRO Retro hairdo
 2 AFRO 60's hairdo
 2 AFRESH From the top
 2 AFRAID Yellow
 2 AFOUL Run ___ of
 2 AFOR ___ effort
 2 AFLAME Burning
 2 AFL Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr.
 2 AFL C.I.O.'s partner
 2 AFFRAY Brawl
 2 AFATE ``___ worse than death''
 2 AFATE ___ worse than death
 2 AFAST Make ___ buck
 2 AFAR Out there
 2 AFAR Off in the distance
 2 AFAR Miles off
 2 AFAR Miles away
 2 AFAR Many miles off
 2 AFAR Many miles away
 2 AFAR In the distance
 2 AFAR From a distance
 2 AFAR Come from ___
 2 AETNA Insurance giant
 2 AESOPS ``___ Fables''
 2 AESOP ``Belling the Cat'' author
 2 AES Two-time loser to D.D.E.
 2 AES 1950's political inits.
 2 AERY Unsubstantial
 2 AEROBIC Like some exercises
 2 AERO ___ Flite (bicycle brand)
 2 AERO Saab model
 2 AERO Prefix with mechanics
 2 AERO Prefix with -gramme
 2 AERO Designed for flight
 2 AERIE Lookout point
 2 AERIE Cliffside dwelling
 2 AERATOR Faucet attachment
 2 AERATES Freshens, in a way
 2 AERATES Freshens
 2 AERATE Treat with carbon dioxide
 2 AERATE Make fizzy
 2 AER Gas: Prefix
 2 AEON Many millennia
 2 AEON Ages
 2 AENEAS Trojan hero
 2 AENEAS Lover of Dido, in myth
 2 AENEAS Dido's love
 2 AEGIS Sponsorship
 2 AEF W.W. I army: Abbr.
 2 ADZE Woodworker's tool
 2 ADZ Woodworker's tool
 2 ADZ Wood-dressing tool
 2 ADWAR Negative campaign feature
 2 ADVISE Counsel
 2 ADULTS Full-price payers
 2 ADULT Ticket category
 2 ADULATE Put on a pedestal
 2 ADUE Together, on a score
 2 ADS Want ___
 2 ADS Much spam
 2 ADROIT Skillful
 2 ADOS Hubbubs
 2 ADOS Hoo-has
 2 ADORN Trim
 2 ADORN Gild
 2 ADORN Embellish
 2 ADORING Like fans
 2 ADORES Honors
 2 ADORE Think the world of
 2 ADORE Really like
 2 ADORE Love lots
 2 ADORE Esteem to the extreme
 2 ADORE Cherish
 2 ADORE Be wild about
 2 ADORE Be nuts about
 2 ADOPT Vote to accept
 2 ADOPT Take as one's own
 2 ADOPT Embrace
 2 ADONIS Hunk
 2 ADONAIS Keats, to Shelley
 2 ADOBE Pueblo brick
 2 ADOBE Hacienda brick
 2 ADOBE Building block
 2 ADO Rumpus
 2 ADO Flutter
 2 ADO Difficulty
 2 ADO Buzzing about
 2 ADO Big deal
 2 ADMIT ___ one
 2 ADMIT Own up to
 2 ADMIT Let in
 2 ADMIT Fess up to
 2 ADMEN Commercial makers
 2 ADMAN Madison Avenue worker
 2 ADLIBS Wings it
 2 ADLIB Unrehearsed
 2 ADLIB Off-the-cuff
 2 ADLER Freud contemporary
 2 ADLAI Two-time loser to Ike
 2 ADLAI 1950's candidate Stevenson
 2 ADJUNCT Add-on
 2 ADJ Modifying wd.
 2 ADJ Descriptive wd.
 2 ADIOS ``So long''
 2 ADINTERIM For the time being
 2 ADIN Tennis edge
 2 ADIN Situation favoring the server
 2 ADIN Point after deuce
 2 ADIN Game point situation
 2 ADIEUS Parting words
 2 ADIEU It may be bid
 2 ADIEU Goodbye
 2 ADIEU Gallic goodbye
 2 ADIET Cutting down, after ``on''
 2 ADIDAS Reebok rival
 2 ADHOC Not permanent
 2 ADHOC Literally, ``for this''
 2 ADHERETO Follow
 2 ADHERENTS Followers
 2 ADHERE Stick (to)
 2 ADHERE Cling (to)
 2 ADHEM Leigh Hunt's ``Abou Ben ___''
 2 ADESTE ``___ Fideles''
 2 ADESTE Start of a Christmas carol
 2 ADESTE Carol opening
 2 ADESTE Carol opener
 2 ADES Thirst quenchers
 2 ADES Summer coolers
 2 ADES Sugary drinks
 2 ADES Some vitamin C sources
 2 ADES Juice drinks
 2 ADEPTS Pros
 2 ADEPTS Aces
 2 ADEPT Highly skilled
 2 ADEPT Expert
 2 ADEPT Crack
 2 ADENO Gland: Prefix
 2 ADEN Yemeni city
 2 ADEN Yemen's Gulf of ___
 2 ADELLE Nutrition author Davis
 2 ADELES Astaire and others
 2 ADELE One of the Astaires
 2 ADELE Dancer Astaire
 2 ADELE Dance partner for Fred
 2 ADELA Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns
 2 ADELA Daughter of William the Conqueror
 2 ADEER Run like ___
 2 ADEEP Take ___ breath
 2 ADEE ``Song of the South'' song syllables
 2 ADEAL ``You've got ___!''
 2 ADE ``The Sultan of Sulu'' writer
 2 ADE Summer refresher
 2 ADE Suffix with stock
 2 ADE Suffix with grape
 2 ADE Suffix on fruit names
 2 ADE Sidewalk stand drink
 2 ADE Fruit drink
 2 ADE Citrus drink
 2 ADDUP Total
 2 ADDUP Make sense
 2 ADDSUP Makes sense
 2 ADDS Takes on
 2 ADDS States further
 2 ADDS Combines
 2 ADDONTO Extend
 2 ADDONS Peripherals
 2 ADDON Extra
 2 ADDLES Throws off
 2 ADDLED Confused
 2 ADDLE Mix up
 2 ADDLE Flummox
 2 ADDLE Discombobulate
 2 ADDEDON Appended
 2 ADDED Extra
 2 ADD Tally (up)
 2 ADD Tag on
 2 ADD Tack on
 2 ADD Say further
 2 ADD Contribute
 2 ADATE ``___ which will live in infamy'': F.D.R.
 2 ADAR Shevat follower
 2 ADAR Purim's month
 2 ADAR Month before Nisan
 2 ADAPT Get used (to)
 2 ADANO Fictional Italian town
 2 ADAMSALE Water
 2 ADAMS Monroe's successor
 2 ADAMN Give ___ (care)
 2 ADAM Rodin sculpture at the Met
 2 ADAM One who raised Cain
 2 ADAM Man in a garden
 2 ADAM Garden party?
 2 ADAM Funnyman Sandler
 2 ADAM First of all
 2 ADAM First mate?
 2 ADAM First father
 2 ADAM Fall guy?
 2 ADAM Eve's man
 2 ADAGIO Slowly, to a conductor
 2 ADAGE ``Time is money,'' e.g.
 2 ADA Oklahoma town
 2 ADA Oklahoma county seat
 2 ADA Oklahoma city
 2 ADA Driller's org.
 2 ACUTE Urgent
 2 ACUTE Not chronic
 2 ACUTE Intense
 2 ACURA Legend, e.g.
 2 ACU With a needle: Prefix
 2 ACTUP Misbehave
 2 ACTUATED Got going
 2 ACTSAS Represents
 2 ACTS ___ of the Apostles
 2 ACTS Play divisions
 2 ACTS Gospels follower
 2 ACTS Does something
 2 ACTS Book before Romans
 2 ACTOR Stage presence?
 2 ACTOR Role player
 2 ACTON Follow
 2 ACTLIKE Imitate
 2 ACTION Film genre
 2 ACTION Director's cry
 2 ACTING Temporary
 2 ACTI Start of a play
 2 ACTI Stage opening
 2 ACTI Play starter
 2 ACTI Play opener
 2 ACTI Opera opener
 2 ACTH Pituitary hormone
 2 ACTED Played on stage
 2 ACTED Played
 2 ACTED Performed
 2 ACTE Part of un opéra
 2 ACTE Molière play part
 2 ACTAS Serve in the capacity of
 2 ACTAS Be temporarily
 2 ACTALONE Have no accomplices
 2 ACTA Recorded proceedings
 2 ACTA Court records
 2 ACT Show piece?
 2 ACT Pretense
 2 ACT Play the part
 2 ACT Play part
 2 ACT Play a role
 2 ACT Make a scene?
 2 ACT Make a move
 2 ACT Do something
 2 ACT Do film work
 2 ACT Deed
 2 ACT Behave
 2 ACT Be in a cast
 2 ACS Coolers, for short
 2 ACS Coolers, briefly
 2 ACROSS Down's opposite
 2 ACRO Height: Prefix
 2 ACRIMONY Bitterness
 2 ACRES ``Green ___''
 2 ACRES Lots of lots
 2 ACRES Lots of land
 2 ACRES Farm units
 2 ACREAGE Land
 2 ACRE ``God's Little ___''
 2 ACRE Small field
 2 ACRE Realtor's unit
 2 ACRE Plot unit
 2 ACRE Land unit
 2 ACRE Growing room
 2 ACRE Fair-sized garden
 2 ACOW Have ___ (freak out)
 2 ACORN ___ squash
 2 ACORN Squirreled-away item
 2 ACNE Teen spots
 2 ACNE High school breakout
 2 ACMES High points
 2 ACME Zenith
 2 ACME Crowning point
 2 ACLU Legal rights org.
 2 ACLU Censorship-fighting org.
 2 ACLAM Happy as ___
 2 ACIS Galatea's love
 2 ACID Like gastric juice
 2 ACID Kind of rock
 2 ACID It has a low pH
 2 ACID Battery fluid
 2 ACHY Stiff and sore
 2 ACHY Hurting
 2 ACHIEST Most sore
 2 ACHES Throbs
 2 ACHES Flu symptoms
 2 ACHED Longed
 2 ACHE Result of overexercise
 2 ACHE Pain
 2 ACHE Masseur's target
 2 ACHE Long (for)
 2 ACHE Flu symptom
 2 ACETONE Common solvent
 2 ACETIC ___ acid
 2 ACETIC Vinegary
 2 ACETATE Transparency
 2 ACETATE Film material
 2 ACES Whizzes
 2 ACES Top-notch
 2 ACES Air force heroes
 2 ACEROSE Needle-shaped
 2 ACERBIC Biting
 2 ACERB Sour
 2 ACER Tennis whiz
 2 ACER Tennis serving whiz
 2 ACER Super server
 2 ACER Maple genus
 2 ACEIN ___ the hole
 2 ACED Zipped through
 2 ACED Served past
 2 ACED Scored on serve
 2 ACED Passed with flying colors
 2 ACED Breezed through
 2 ACE Top gun
 2 ACE Rare driving result
 2 ACE Put one past
 2 ACE Point of no return?
 2 ACE One in a suit
 2 ACE Hotshot
 2 ACE Duffer's dream
 2 ACE Air hero
 2 ACDC Electrical letters
 2 ACCT Depositor's holding: Abbr.
 2 ACCT Billing abbr.
 2 ACCRA Capital on the Gulf of Guinea
 2 ACCRA Capital on the Bight of Benin
 2 ACCRA Capital of Ghana
 2 ACCOST Buttonhole
 2 ACCORD Honda model
 2 ACCESS Entry
 2 ACCEPTABLE O.K.
 2 ACCEPT Swallow
 2 ACCEDED Assumed, with ``to''
 2 ACAT Room to swing ___
 2 ACAP Put ___ on (limit)
 2 ACADIA ``Evangeline'' setting
 2 ACADIA Maine's ___ National Park
 2 ACAB Hail ___
 2 ABZUG Feminist Bella
 2 ABYSS Vast chasm
 2 ABYSM Deep cavity
 2 ABUTS Touches
 2 ABUT Lie next to
 2 ABUT Have an edge against
 2 ABUT Be next to
 2 ABUSE Obloquy
 2 ABU ___ Simbel, Egypt
 2 ABU Egypt's ___ Simbel
 2 ABS Tummy muscles
 2 ABS Stomach muscles, briefly
 2 ABS Bodybuilder's pride
 2 ABRIDGE Cut
 2 ABREAST Side by side
 2 ABRAM The ``A'' in James A. Garfield
 2 ABRAM James ___ Garfield
 2 ABRADED Worn down
 2 ABRADE Rub down
 2 ABRA ``East of Eden'' woman
 2 ABRA Start of an incantation
 2 ABRA Start of a magician's cry
 2 ABRA Magician's opening
 2 ABOVO From the beginning: Lat.
 2 ABOVEPAR Better than average
 2 ABOUTFACE One-eighty
 2 ABOUT Up's partner
 2 ABOUNDS Teems
 2 ABOUND Be plentiful
 2 ABOU ``___ Ben Adhem'' (Leigh Hunt poem)
 2 ABOU ``___ Ben Adhem''
 2 ABORT End early
 2 ABOLISH Get rid of
 2 ABOIL Buzzing with excitement
 2 ABODES Homes
 2 ABODE Quarters
 2 ABO Blood-typing letters
 2 ABNER Baseball's Doubleday
 2 ABM 1972 treaty subj.
 2 ABLY With skill
 2 ABLY With competence
 2 ABLER More competent
 2 ABLE Up to snuff
 2 ABLE Skillful
 2 ABLE Qualified
 2 ABLE Fully fit
 2 ABLE Equipped
 2 ABLE Cutting the mustard
 2 ABLE Au fait
 2 ABITE Grab ___
 2 ABIT Somewhat
 2 ABIRD Eat like ___
 2 ABILENE Eisenhower's boyhood home
 2 ABIES ``___ Irish Rose''
 2 ABIE Anne Nichols hero
 2 ABIDES Tolerates
 2 ABIDE Stomach
 2 ABIDE Stand
 2 ABHOR Dislike, and then some
 2 ABETS Supports, in a way
 2 ABETS Shills for, e.g.
 2 ABETS Looks out for, maybe
 2 ABET ``Not on ___!'' (``No way!'')
 2 ABET Support, in a way
 2 ABET Opposite of hinder
 2 ABET Help in a holdup
 2 ABET Be an accessory to
 2 ABET Assist, in a way
 2 ABET Assist in wrongdoing
 2 ABES Lincoln and others
 2 ABENT Has ___ for (is skilled at)
 2 ABEL Genesis brother
 2 ABEL Biblical shepherd
 2 ABEE Have ___ in one's bonnet
 2 ABED Tucked in
 2 ABED Sacked out
 2 ABED Out for the night
 2 ABED Not up yet
 2 ABED Lying, maybe
 2 ABED In the sack
 2 ABEAT Skip ___
 2 ABE Tad's dad
 2 ABE Presidential nickname
 2 ABE Globetrotters founder Saperstein
 2 ABDUCT Shanghai
 2 ABCS Kindergarten stuff
 2 ABCS Kindergarten instruction
 2 ABCS Kid stuff
 2 ABCD Opening run
 2 ABC ``20/20'' network
 2 ABC Disney division
 2 ABC Agatha Christie's ``The ___ Murders''
 2 ABBY ``Dear'' one
 2 ABBY ``Dear'' advice-giver
 2 ABBESS ``The Sound of Music'' figure
 2 ABBAS Old Jewish scholars
 2 ABBA ``Mamma Mia'' pop group
 2 ABBA ``Fernando'' singers
 2 ABBA ``Dancing Queen'' quartet
 2 ABBA ``Dancing Queen'' group
 2 ABBA ``Chiquitita'' quartet
 2 ABBA Title for some bishops
 2 ABATES Goes down
 2 ABATED Let up
 2 ABATE Taper off
 2 ABATE Slacken
 2 ABATE Moderate
 2 ABATE Lessen
 2 ABATE Fall off
 2 ABATE Ease
 2 ABASH Ruffle
 2 ABASH Embarrass
 2 ABASER Bully, often
 2 ABASED Humiliated
 2 ABASED Degraded
 2 ABASE Take down a peg
 2 ABASE Demean
 2 ABALONE Marine rock-clinger
 2 ABACK One way to be taken
 2 ABACI Counters
 2 ABAB Simple rhyme scheme
 2 ABA ``The ___ Daba Honeymoon''
 2 ABA Lawyer's org.
 2 AAS Walkman batteries
 2 AAS Some batteries
 2 AARP Modern Maturity grp.
 2 AARON Moses' brother
 2 AARON Hitter of 755 home runs
 2 AARON Early priest
 2 AARE Swiss river
 2 AARE Sight from Bern
 2 AARE Rhine feeder
 2 AAR Rhein feeder
 2 AANDP Supermarket chain
 2 AALTO Finnish architect Alvar ___
 2 AAH ``Won-der-ful!''
 2 AAH ``What a relief!''
 2 AAH ``That's nice!''
 2 AAH Word to a doctor
 2 AAH Sound at a spa
 2 AAH Ooh and ___
 2 AAA Tiny battery
 2 AAA Motorists' org.
 2 AAA Motorist's org.