| "American Gothic" artist |
GRANTWOOD |
| "I'm speechless!" |
JUSTWOW |
| "Nightmare" street |
ELM |
| "Sleepless in Seattle" director Ephron |
NORA |
| "The weekend's almost here, yay!" |
TGIF |
| "Uncool, man" |
ITSNOTOK |
| "You ___ Beautiful" |
ARESO |
| "___ in Show" |
BEST |
| After tax |
NET |
| B&Bs |
INNS |
| Bad result for a QB |
INT |
| Bad, but better than the alternatives |
LEASTWORST |
| Bake, as eggs |
SHIRR |
| Beowulf's first combatant |
GRENDEL |
| Birthplace of Zeus, in myth |
CRETE |
| Bobby of the Black Panthers |
SEALE |
| Brink |
EDGE |
| Buying channel on TV |
HSN |
| Cafeteria trays on snowy days, perhaps |
SLEDS |
| Calendar column ... or a punny hint to the circled squares |
TUESDAY |
| Championing |
PROMOTING |
| Chatterbox's "gift" |
GAB |
| Communicated through channels |
SENTWORD |
| D.C. media giant, for short |
WAPO |
| Earth deposit |
ORE |
| Enters unannounced, with "in" |
BARGES |
| Explosion maker |
TNT |
| First-stringers |
ATEAM |
| Foster professional connections |
NETWORK |
| Gather, as information |
GLEAN |
| German article |
EIN |
| Home of the Texas Motor Speedway, with seating for more than 150,000 spectators |
FORTWORTH |
| Horse's bit |
OAT |
| In the past |
AGO |
| Last Chinese dynasty (1644-1912) |
QING |
| Lawyers' org |
ABA |
| Lead-in to "Be happy" |
DONTWORRY |
