| "Exodus" hero |
ARI |
| "Nope" |
UHUH |
| "Sock __ me!" |
ITTO |
| "You bet!" |
OHYES |
| 11-time Olympic swimming medalist Matt |
BIONDI |
| 12-Across creator |
SCHULZ |
| 12-Across tested 25-Down's faith by being one, inevitably, every year |
NOSHOW |
| 25-Down maintained them annually |
VIGILS |
| 50-50 test answer |
TRUE |
| Add a profit margin to |
MARKUP |
| Aegean, for one |
SEA |
| Alloy components |
METALS |
| Amt. due |
BAL |
| And the list goes on, briefly |
ETAL |
| Barefoot |
SHOELESS |
| Being shown, in a way |
ONTV |
| Blockbusters |
SMASHHITS |
| Board member |
TRUSTEE |
| Characteristic 18-Down cry regarding 12-Across |
OHGOODGRIEF |
| Chestnut horse |
ROAN |
| Classic grape soda |
NEHI |
| Close behind |
ATHEEL |
| Closer |
NEARER |
| Coach's gesturing |
SIGN |
| Colombian coin |
PESO |
| Colt .45, e.g. |
HANDGUN |
| Congo, once |
ZAIRE |
| Cool, like a cat |
HEP |
| Cupid teammate |
DASHER |
| D.C. bigwig |
SEN |
| Darkly complexioned, to Shakespeare |
SWART |
| DDE's predecessor |
HST |
| Does a slow burn |
SEETHES |
| Dog once mistaken for 12-Across |
SNOOPY |
| Draw again, as comic book lines |
REINK |
| Droll-sounding grain? |
RYE |
| Eensy-__ |
WEENSY |
| Elusive guy in a striped shirt |
WALDO |
| Engages, as an attorney |
RETAINS |
| Enjoyed a cross-country jaunt? |
SKIED |
| Ethnic group of southern India |
TAMILS |
| Every bit |
ALL |
| F and G, but not H |
NOTES |
| Fair-hiring initials |
EEO |
| Faithful crusader for the existence of 12-Across |
LINUSVANPELT |
| Form into a mosaic pattern |
TESSELLATE |
| Former name of Lake Malawi |
NYASA |
| Friend of 25-Down |
CHARLIEBROWN |
| Gave a treat for a trick, say |
REWARDED |
| Genesis firstborn |
CAIN |
| Himalayan sightings |
YETIS |
| Hobbits' region |
SHIRE |
| Hurdles for future attys. |
LSATS |
| Hydrocarbon suffixes |
ANES |
| Idaho Panhandle hrs. |
PST |
| Instrument seen in 27-Across |
TOYPIANO |
| Italian Renaissance poet |
TASSO |
| Larynx locale |
THROAT |
| Last Supper question |
ISITI |
| Legatee |
HEIR |
| Let fall, poetically |
DROPT |
