| 'Failure ___ an option' |
| 'I wouldn't do that if I were you' |
| 'Rubyfruit Jungle' writer Brown |
| 'Take ___ Around' (Temptations song) |
| 'Where Is the Life That Late ___' ('Kiss Me Kate' song) |
| 'Zip' follower |
| 2004 film '___ Enchanted' |
| A semi might make one |
| African bird related to the starling |
| Air freshener shape |
| Alec's TV co-star |
| Almost eternity |
| Answer to 'Where's that last piece of pie?' |
| Archie's wife |
| Australia's ___ Rock |
| Band with a lightning bolt in its logo |
| Bank deposit? |
| Below the surface |
| Bistro buy |
| Blew up |
| Bully's target |
| Carried on, as a campaign |
| Challenging person |
| Classic war story |
| Closing documents |
| Conducted careful predeal research |
| Contract provision |
| Conundrums |
| Coursers |
| Creme-filled treats |
| Criticize severely |
| Cruel fellow |
| Crumbly mineral residue |
| Dabbling ducks |
| Dangerous dogs |
| Diplomat's asset |
| Double ___ Oreos |
| Earth sci. |
| Enjoys one's existence |
| Enlists in |
| Established facts |
| Euclid work |
| Expensive |
| First name on the Food Network |
| Genesis creator |
| Geometric computer game |
| Germ |
| Gestation stations |
| Gilda's Baba |
| Goal for a newspaper agent |
| God, to Galileo |
| Golf's cousin |
| Grass glistener |
| Have a good laugh |
| He chats with Randy, Ellen, Kara and Simon |
| Head of the Sorbonne |
| Home invader |
| Horn of Afr. nation |
| Horn player |
| Hottie |
| Icelandic literature |
| Imitated Pavlov's pooches |
| Inscribed slab |
| Installed, as carpet |
| Inuit abodes |
| Involve |
| It has a code |
| It might make the grade |
| It often follows you |
| It's a puzzle |
| Italy's equivalent of the Oscar |
| Jr.'s exam |
| K, in code |
| Kick around |
| Lab partner, for example |
| Language that gave us 'flummery' and 'crag' |
| Last letters of a math proof |
| Lets off steam |
| Like Lucifer |
| Like many a 14-Down |
| Long ago |
| Lowly workers |
| Made a touchdown |
| Malarkey |
| Many grandparents |
| Mascot of the Houston Texans |
| Missionary's target |
| Moonves of CBS |
| More than coddle |
| Name on Peppermint Pattie wrappers |
| Needing a decision whether to continue |
| Nike rival |
| Not merely temping |
| Observes Ramadan |
| Pass, as a bill |
| Passing grades |
| Password accompanier |
| Peony pollinator |
| Perpendicular extensions |
| Pointless |
| Poisonous conifers |
| Pre-Easter purchase |
| Precise moment |
| Prepare, as tuna |
| Provoke |
| Refusal from Rob Roy |
| Replies from the flock |
| Revealing photo |
| Rhein tributary |
| School poster admonition |
| She played Bryana on 'The Bernie Mac Show' |
| Sitar tune |
| Sleet |
| Some newspaper pieces |
| Spoils recipient |
| Sports drink suffix |
| Star of the 'Up' voice cast |
| Stick it in your ear |
| Strongly connected with |
| Sum part |
| T-Bird rivals |
| Takes a hike |
| Terr. split in 1889 |
| Texas ties |
| They're small and tender |
| Threads in beds |
| Time to lose ties |
| Tony winner for 'Pippin' |
| Tributary |
| Trouble |
| Unenthusiastic |
| Usually dry gullies of Africa |
| Wall and others: Abbr. |
| Wallet items |
| Went to bat against |
| Writer Shreve |
| Zorro's alter ego |
| ___ out (gets with difficulty) |