| 'Boring' shade |
BEIGE |
| 'Mila 18' novelist |
URIS |
| 'Nations have their ___, just like individuals': James Joyce |
EGO |
| 'What greater gift than the love of a ___': Charles Dickens |
CAT |
| '___ are the voyages of the starship Enterprise' |
THESE |
| 119-Across winner for both 'Roots' and 'Rich Man, Poor Man' |
ASNER |
| 1950s White House nickname |
IKE |
| 1980s U.S. Davis Cup team captain |
ASHE |
| According to |
ASPER |
| Actor Tom of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' |
WOPAT |
| Actress Grier of 'Jackie Brown' |
PAM |
| Adjustable feature of a typewriter |
TABSET |
| All-vowel avowal |
AYE |
| Andrew ___, businessman-turned-politician |
YANG |
| Assembles |
MAKES |
| Astrologer Sydney |
OMARR |
| Atkins dieters' no-nos |
CARBS |
| Be a stool pigeon |
TALK |
| Beat walker |
COP |
| Beautify |
PRETTYUP |
| Become slick, in a way |
ICEUP |
| Bela Lugosi's role in 'The Ghost of Frankenstein' |
YGOR |
| Biblical peak |
HOREB |
| Blend |
MELD |
| Bring in |
EARN |
| Broods |
STEWS |
| Brownie ingredient |
COCOA |
| Browning who directed 'Dracula,' 1931 |
TOD |
| But: Fr |
MAIS |
| Bygone sister language of Latin |
OSCAN |
| Charles who wrote 'The Cloister and the Hearth' |
READE |
| Chicken, in a Chinese dish |
GAI |
| Chooses |
ELECTS |
| Common baitfish |
CHUBS |
| Completely dominate |
OWN |
| Computation class in Cambridge |
MATHS |
| Corporate 'a.k.a.' |
DBA |
| Cousin of penne |
ZITI |
| Draw a bead on |
AIMAT |
| Drink flavorer |
ZEST |
| Drummer Starkey |
ZAK |
| Drumstick |
LEG |
| Dye on a deck |
WOODSTAIN |
| Early human |
ADAM |
| Early human |
CROMAGNON |
| Editor's stack of unsolicited manuscripts |
SLUSHPILE |
| Egg on |
GOAD |
| Emulate Edison |
INVENT |
| Expensive |
PRICY |
| Female badger |
SOW |
| Flop that's one for the ages |
EPICFAIL |
| Fluffy neckwear |
BOA |
| Fold-up beds |
COTS |
| Football Hall-of-Famer Long |
HOWIE |
| Gamers' embodiments |
AVATARS |
| German city near the Belgian border |
AACHEN |
| Gets better |
HEALS |
| Giant flying turtle monster of film |
GAMERA |
| Giant star |
IDOL |
| Go gray, say |
AGE |
| Got results |
DIDTHEJOB |
| Great ___ |
DANE |
| Greenhouse containers |
POTS |
| Grifter's game |
SCAM |
| Guys who pass out Halloween treats? |
GOODYFELLAS |
| Hankering |
YEN |
| Haul |
TOW |
| Idiosyncrasies |
TICS |
| Indie singer/songwriter ___ Case |
NEKO |
| It can cause shortness of breath |
ASTHMA |
| It turns a hot dog into a Texas hot dog |
CHILI |
