| '. . . ish' |
ORSO |
| 'I should have ___ that coming' |
SEEN |
| 'I was somewhere else' excuse |
ALIBI |
| 'If I ___ a Boy' |
WERE |
| 'Jane Eyre' author Charlotte |
BRONTE |
| 'Make Me ___' (Janelle Monae song) |
FEEL |
| 'No thanks, all set' |
IMGOOD |
| 'Nope' |
NAH |
| 'Reading Rainbow' channel |
PBS |
| 'Reading Rainbow' host Burton |
LEVAR |
| 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' singer |
NINASIMONE |
| 'Toy Story' shepherd |
BOPEEP |
| 'What are you ___?!' |
DOING |
| 'What's up with ___?' |
THAT |
| Back in style |
RETRO |
| Bar window fixture |
NEONLIGHT |
| Basketball star Cambage |
LIZ |
| Bearlike marsupial |
KOALA |
| Black-and-white bear |
PANDA |
| BLT ingredient |
BACON |
| Body part with a patella |
KNEE |
| Brain specialist |
NEUROLOGIST |
| Buddy |
PAL |
| Carnival attractions |
RIDES |
| Cash alternative |
CARD |
| Catchy song |
BOP |
| Chicago airport |
OHARE |
| Compelling, like an argument |
PERSUASIVE |
| Currently unstoppable |
ONFIRE |
| Currently winning |
AHEAD |
| Decorate |
ADORN |
| Diana Taurasi hairstyle |
BUN |
| Document of ownership |
DEED |
| Drill insert |
BIT |
| Earth-related prefix |
GEO |
| Email folder |
SENT |
| Embroidery craft |
NEEDLEPOINT |
| Excitedly recited the digits of pi, for example |
NERDEDOUT |
| Go out with a ___ |
BANG |
