| "Down for the count" count |
TEN |
| "Goodness gracious!" |
EGAD |
| "Who wants ice cream?" response |
IDO |
| "___ Tu" (1973 Spanish hit song) |
ERES |
| "___ we forget" (Kipling) |
LEST |
| "___-Willow" ("Mikado" song) |
TIT |
| A storyteller may spin one |
YARN |
| Albanian currency unit |
LEK |
| Beaters of eggs |
WHISKS |
| Brief bit of correspondence |
NOTE |
| Capitalized Bible pronoun |
HIS |
| CEO's degree |
MBA |
| Chinese fruit with a brittle shell (Var.) |
LICHI |
| Conduct, as business |
TRANSACT |
| Dickens' Drood |
EDWIN |
| Does cryptography |
ENCODES |
| Eastwood's "Rawhide" character Rowdy |
YATES |
| Emus' cousins |
RHEAS |
| Expression of outrage |
UPROAR |
| Factory workers? |
CONVEYORBELTS |
| Food, shelter and clothing |
NEEDS |
| Gracefully trim |
SVELTE |
| Heavy hooded jacket |
ANORAK |
| Hog haven |
PIGPEN |
| Home to billions |
ASIA |
| Hooch hounds |
SOTS |
| In short supply |
SCARCE |
| Jeans length (Abbr.) |
REG |
| Karate blow |
CHOP |
| Look like a sourpuss |
SCOWL |
| Made a misstep |
ERRED |
| Make tame |
DOMESTICATE |
| Makes into confetti |
SHREDS |
| Mary ___ (cosmetics name) |
KAY |
| Modern TV type |
PLASMA |
| Mommy's threesome? |
EMS |
| Most guileful |
SLIEST |
| Narrative of heroic exploits |
SAGA |