| 'Agreed!' ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues |
ITSADEAL |
| 'Parlez-__ français?' |
VOUS |
| 'SOS' pop group |
ABBA |
| 'The Simpsons' disco guy |
STU |
| *Boot camp newbie |
RAWRECRUIT |
| *Defensible alibi |
GOODEXCUSE |
| *Grand scheme of things |
BIGPICTURE |
| *It may be rational, in math |
REALNUMBER |
| 90 deg. at the North Pole, e.g |
LAT |
| Acquired |
GOT |
| Aetna's bus |
INS |
| Ancient vase in a museum, say |
RELIC |
| Baby whale |
CALF |
| Baked desserts |
PIES |
| Band tour booking |
GIG |
| Basketball transgression |
FOUL |
| Boot the ball |
ERR |
| Carpet thickness |
PILE |
| Cause serious nose-wrinkling |
REEK |
| Chinese menu promise |
NOMSG |
| Close tightly |
SEAL |
| Color of raw silk |
ECRU |
| Columbus, by birth |
GENOAN |
| Company co-founded by J.P. Morgan |
USSTEEL |
| Crowbar, basically |
LEVER |
| Dangerous bacterium |
STAPH |
| Data to be processed |
INPUT |
| Defunct Ford division, for short |
MERC |
| From China, say |
ASIAN |
| Fuel-efficient Chevy |
AVEO |
| Grounded Aussie birds |
EMUS |
| Hall of Fame catcher Rodriguez |
IVAN |
| Highland tongue |
ERSE |
| Identity hider |
MASK |
| Island dance |
HULA |
| Knee-to-ankle bone |
TIBIA |
| Latest craze |
MANIA |
| Lay's chips-in-a-can brand |
STAX |
| Lessen, as pain |
EASE |
