| 'Cities of the Interior' novelist |
| 'He always asked a lot of questions' |
| 'He had a very special effect on me' |
| 'He used to make up unbelievable tales' |
| 'He was a fast learner' |
| 'He was a real character' |
| 'He was always looking up at the ceiling' |
| 'He was my prize student' |
| 'I used to catch him passing notes in class' |
| 'Romance languages interested her' |
| 'She loved to do homework' |
| 'The Time Machine' people |
| 'The Time Machine' people |
| 'You're ___ talk!' |
| 'You're ___ talk!' |
| 'Z' actor |
| 1988 Olympics locale |
| 1988 Olympics locale |
| A-mazed? |
| Acquiesce |
| Acquiesce |
| Adar follower |
| Addison's 'How are thy Servants blest? O Lord!' |
| Affectedly creative |
| Affectedly creative |
| And others too numerous to mention |
| Arrested |
| Arrested |
| Bank that may get in trouble? |
| Bartolommeo, for one |
| Bleed |
| Bookstore sect. |
| Burn soother |
| Burn soother |
| Bygone Chinese ruler |
| Byword |
| Call |
| Call |
| Cannon of 'Out to Sea' |
| Carpenter's need |
| Child's hopping game |
| Cleared (of) |
| Colorful flier |
| Consider officially |
| Cookbook abbr. |
| Cookbook abbr. |
| Cousin of 'woof' |
| Cowboys make them: Abbr. |
| Didn't withdraw |
| Doing horribly |
| Don with a gift of gab |
| Downed |
| Downed |
| Eastern wrap |
| Evening |
| Ex-TV host ___ Stewart |
| Expels |
| Expels |
| Expressed amazement |
| Eyes, poetically |
| Firecracker's path |
| Focused |
| Focused |
| Follow ___ (do detective work) |
| Former Irish P.M. Cosgrave |
| Fossillike |
| From A ___ |
| Gate |
| Ground cover |
| Ground cover |
| Having more hair on one's chest |
| Herded |
| Hero |
| Hero |
| Hits |
| Hospital lines |
| Hugo contemporary |
| Iditarod entrant |
| In ___ (quiet) |
| Initial Bond offering? |
| It comes before Friday |
| It has a negative charge |
| It's half due |
| Japan-based computer co. |
| Jason of the N.F.L. |
| Key of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 |
| Kind of action |
| Kings prophet |
| Latvia's capital |
| Latvia's capital |
| Legal stds. maintainer |
| Leisureliness |
| Lhasa ___ |
| Lhasa ___ |
| Like some checkups |
| Loads |
| Loads |
| Loss through emigration |
| Marsh growth |
| Marsh growth |
| Marvel |
| Maven |
| Maven |
| Minneapolis suburb |
| Minneapolis suburb |
| Natl. Diabetes Awareness Month |
| Not just 67-Down |
| Not ___ many words |
| Not ___ many words |
| Oily liquids used in dyemaking |
| Old World crow |
| One that's holding back? |
| Overplay |
| Overplay |
| Pachyderm of fiction |
| Pastoral setting |
| Pastoral setting |
| Patches up |
| Penury |
| Penury |
| Place for a firing |
| Playing marble |
| Playing marble |
| Plenty perturbed |
| Pop/funk singer ___ Marie |
| Prefix with center |
| Prefix with center |
| Pricey |
| Pricey |
| Public storehouse |
| Puccini's '___ Lescaut' |
| Put forward |
| Put forward |
| Record protector |
| Resin source |
| Sale sign |
| Sampras asset |
| Schleps |
| Schleps |
| See 83-Across |
| Serious |
| Serious |
| Seville snack |
| Shah ___ (Taj Mahal builder) |
| Shout out |
| Show some enthusiasm |
| Site of the smithy of Cyclops |
| Slangy 'Au contraire!' |
| Snack brand that sponsored Dale Earnhardt |
| Someone to see before retiring? |
| Something to take when you're tired? |
| Spanish subjects |
| Specialized (in) |
| St.-___, capital of Réunion |
| Stage occupier |
| Sudden contraction |
| Sycophant |
| Sycophant |
| Sympathize with |
| Terrible shot, in hoops |
| Third of nine |
| Third son of 71-Down |
| Tight |
| Tight |
| Toy brand |
| Way to go: Abbr. |
| Way to go: Abbr. |
| What a follicle holds |
| Witchlike |
| ___ Lingus |
| ___ Lingus |
| ___ parisienne |