| '70s covert White House intelligence group ... and, in a more conventional sense, a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues |
PLUMBERS |
| 'Downton Abbey' title |
EARL |
| 'Grey's Anatomy' sets, briefly |
ORS |
| 'Inside the NBA' network |
TNT |
| '__ your age!' |
ACT |
| *Forte of Savion Glover and Gregory Hines |
TAPDANCING |
| *Impractical hope |
PIPEDREAM |
| *Pass/fail metaphor |
SINKORSWIM |
| *Secret stage exit |
TRAPDOOR |
| 100-lawmaker group |
SENATE |
| A, in many orgs |
ASSN |
| Apt. coolers |
ACS |
| Array in a British pantry |
TINS |
| Become fond of |
WARMTO |
| Bill-filled device |
ATM |
| Blew away |
AWED |
| Botch the job |
ERR |
| Brief writer, briefly |
ATT |
| Cleaned with a cloth |
WIPED |
| Comes clean? |
BATHES |
| Confident reply |
IMSURE |
| Cruise stopover |
ISLE |
| D.C. United org |
MLS |
| Dollhouse dishes |
TEASETS |
| Downcast |
SAD |
| Droop |
SAG |
| Enormous |
MASSIVE |
| Feel badly about |
RUE |
| Fighters' org |
WBA |
| Frosts, as cupcakes |
ICES |
| Fruit drink suffix |
ADE |
| Gets ready to drive |
TEESUP |
| High-fiber Kellogg's cereal |
ALLBRAN |
| Indian flatbread |
NAAN |
| It's tuned an octave higher than a cello |
VIOLA |
| Least challenging |
EASIEST |
| Like many veteran professors |
TENURED |
| Liqueur named for an island |
CURACAO |
