| “The Optimist’s Daughter” author |
WELTY |
| “The Teflon Don” |
GOTTI |
| Argentine aunt |
TIA |
| Auto info company with a vulpine mascot |
CARFAX |
| Bankruptcy |
RUIN |
| Big name in swimwear |
SPEEDO |
| Bowl over |
WOW |
| Bring up |
REAR |
| Broody genre |
EMO |
| Capital of New Zealand? |
KIWIDOLLAR |
| Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what’s hidden in this puzzle’s theme answers |
BROKENPROMISE |
| Chuck Norris’s slayer in “Return of the Dragon” |
BRUCELEE |
| City near Dayton |
XENIA |
| Company whose products appear in many stories |
OTIS |
| Consequently |
ERGO |
| Dancer’s colleague |
CUPID |
| Digs for pigs |
STY |
| Eagle’s home |
AERIE |
| Early settlers of Iceland |
NORSE |
| Exemplars of industry |
ANTS |
| Expire |
RUNOUT |
| FDR, JFK or LBJ |
DEM |
| Ferret, maybe |
PET |
| First name of the first man in space |
YURI |
| First-rate |
ACES |
| Floored, briefly |
KOD |
| Force followers |
JEDI |
| Gather |
AMASS |
| Good news for the economy |
BOOM |
| Greer in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
HAL |
| Helter-skelter |
AMOK |
| Indian title of respect |
SRI |
| Inventor’s spark |
IDEA |
| Jami of “The Neighbors” |
GERTZ |
| Like some football kicks |
ONSIDE |
| Longtime Yankees announcer Allen |
MEL |
| Many a John Wayne flick |
OATER |
| Meditative practice |
YOGA |
