'Don't ask me' |
NOCLUE |
'East of Eden' brother |
CAL |
'Get a move on!' |
HURRYUP |
'If you ask me,' online |
IMO |
'London Fields' author Martin |
AMIS |
'My shooter isn't pewter, it's really a steelie' writer? |
MARBLERHYMER |
'Strike the ___ and join the chorus...' |
HARP |
'The Gift of the Magi' feature |
IRONY |
'___ the blazing Yule before us...' |
SEE |
A soil scientist may measure it |
PHLEVEL |
Alley ___ |
OOP |
Ayatollah Khamenei, e.g |
IRANI |
Ballpark figure |
BASEMAN |
Ballpark figure |
STAT |
Ballpark figure |
FAN |
Becomes chronic |
RECURS |
Big bone of a hide-and-seek player? |
FINDERSFEMUR |
Bits of mistletoe |
SPRIGS |
Blues great John Lee |
HOOKER |
Brentwood neighbor |
ENCINO |
Broadway illuminator |
NEON |
Bruno Mars song that reached #1 in 2011 |
GRENADE |
Bustling activity |
ADO |
Busy co. in the pre-Christmas season |
UPS |
Canadian cagers |
RAPTORS |
Chain with MinuteClinic facilities |
CVS |
Concord |
PACT |
Cooks' covers |
APRONS |
Cruel practice |
SADISM |
Declares void |
REPEALS |
Deputy |
AIDE |
Descartes conclusion |
IAM |
End of the line, often |
PERIOD |
Exchange |
SWAP |
Fearsome fate |
DOOM |
Fit for a noble |
DUCAL |
Flower for a fleet admiral? |
NAVYBLOOMER |
Friend of Picasso and Hemingway |
STEIN |
Future fish |
ROE |
Get a better car, perhaps |
TRADEUP |
Gets a homer |
HITSOUT |
Gets clean |
REHABS |
Gift of the Magi, added phonetically to the theme answers |
MYRRH |
Gingerbread bit |
CRUMB |
Go by |
ELAPSE |
Had a bite, perhaps |
ITCHED |
Hail fellow? |
CAESAR |
Have some chips, say |
NOSH |
Heart |
CORE |
Hen or heifer |
SHE |
Hide evidence of peeking at a gift, perhaps |
RETAPE |
Hitching goal |
LIFT |
In the dark |
UNAWARE |
Island west of Mykonos |
DELOS |
Isn't in the sticks? |
AINT |
It may be about a foot |
SOCK |
Item for Cupid |
ARROW |
Jam sound |
TOOT |
Kanye creation |
RAP |
Kicks off |
STARTS |
Knight's backers |
PIPS |
Letters for a sellout |
SRO |
Like hush puppies |
FRIED |
Like many vaudeville comics |
CORNY |
Lions and Tigers and Bears |
PROS |
Lowdown |
INFO |
Lowly laborers |
PEONS |
Make wider |
DILATE |
Makes a bow |
TIES |