| "Beowulf" and "Roots" |
SAGAS |
| "Goosebumps" author R.L |
STINE |
| "Just missed!" |
CLOSE |
| "The X-Files" subject |
ALIEN |
| "Without further ___ . . ." |
ADO |
| "___ Girls" (Gene Kelly movie) |
LES |
| "___ it stand" ("stet," literally) |
LET |
| "___ nuts?" |
AMI |
| "___ old cowhand . . ." |
IMAN |
| 2016 Summer Games site, for short |
RIO |
| A cappella group member |
TENOR |
| Absorbed, as a loss |
ATE |
| Adjudged |
DEEMED |
| Airport rental |
CAR |
| Anti-apartheid author Paton |
ALAN |
| Bacterium in some food recalls |
ECOLI |
| Building block of physics |
ATOM |
| Built from the ground up |
ERECTED |
| Cal with the MLB consecutive-game record |
RIPKEN |
| Cartoon squeal |
EEK |
| Cheese partner, in an economical dish |
MAC |
| Chemical used in soap making |
LYE |
| Did the Ironman, say |
RACED |
| Do salon work |
STYLE |
| Dracula's nonhuman form |
BAT |
| Explosive stuff |
TNT |
| Fateful March date |
IDES |
| Foldaway hotel amenity |
COT |
| French fry, to a Brit |
CHIP |
| Freshmen are a part of it |
STUDENTBODY |
| Gadget in a batting cage |
PRACTICETEE |
| Game named for an explorer |
MARCOPOLO |
| Gave the boot to |
FIRED |
| Gulf where Somali pirates prowl |
ADEN |
| Harry Potter's Hedwig, for one |
OWL |
| Hit a homer, slangily |
GODEEP |
| In an offbeat way |
ODDLY |
| Incapacitated temporarily, in a way |
TASERED |
| Islamic equivalent of kosher |
HALAL |
