| "American Idol" winner Studdard |
RUBEN |
| "And for my final point ..." |
LASTLY |
| "Carrier" bird |
PIGEON |
| "I never ___ to hurt you" |
MEANT |
| "Is anybody home?" |
HELLO |
| "Meet Me ___ Louis" |
INST |
| "So, what ___ is new?" |
ELSE |
| "___ do" (faint praise) |
ITLL |
| Aesthetically pleasing, e.g |
ARTISTIC |
| Arafat's successor |
ABBAS |
| Auto service job, for short |
LUBE |
| Bloke buzzer |
ALE |
| Bread type |
RYE |
| Brief moment |
TRICE |
| Broad belt relative |
SASH |
| Bypass a vowel |
ELIDE |
| Camera shop purchase |
LENS |
| Characterized by great caution |
CHARY |
| Consequences alternative |
TRUTH |
| Created |
MADE |
| Crossword hint |
CLUE |
| Date of terror for Caesar |
IDES |
| Dull pain |
ACHE |
| Dweeby, bookish type |
NERD |
| Dyer's tub or tank |
VAT |
| Evidence of innocence, sometimes |
ALIBI |
| Eyelid impediment |
STYE |
| Faithful one |
DEIST |
| Flip-chart stand |
EASEL |
| Full of nervous energy |
ANTSY |
| Goatish deity |
SATYR |
| Gondolier |
POLER |
| Gray with age |
HOARY |
| Grows older |
AGES |
| Guinness of films |
ALEC |
| Had better |
OUGHT |
| Hanukkah dough |
GELT |
| Hardwood sources |
ELMS |
