| 'Absolutely!' |
YESINDEEDY |
| 'Absolutely!' |
YOUBETCHA |
| 'Can we talk?,' tersely |
AWORD |
| 'I can't say for sure' |
HARDTOTELL |
| 'Who, me?' rejoinder |
YESYOU |
| 'Yeah, I'm breaking up with you' |
WEREDONE |
| 'Yep, that's fine' |
OKEYDOKEY |
| 'You're on!' |
ITSADEAL |
| 0° |
NORTH |
| A 50/50 chance ... or a description of the lengths of this puzzle's Across and Down answers, respectively |
EVENODDS |
| A heavy one may want a lighter |
SMOKER |
| Accomplishes the impossible with cats |
HERDS |
| Aidy of 'Saturday Night Live' |
BRYANT |
| All ___ up (irritated) |
RILED |
| Antidiscrimination inits |
EEO |
| Bank regulator |
LEVEE |
| Big employer of U.S. mathematicians, in brief |
NSA |
| Big inits. in payroll services |
ADP |
| Board, so to speak |
MEALS |
| Bottle of rum go-with |
YOHOHO |
| Bulrush, e.g |
REED |
| Calculus AB or Physics C, e.g |
APTEST |
| Check in |
REPORT |
| Cheney of politics |
LIZ |
| Common kind of battery |
NICAD |
| Coveted magic item in Sondheim's 'Into the Woods' |
BEAN |
| Cozy |
HOMEY |
| Davy Jones was one |
MONKEE |
| Eightsome |
OCTAD |
| Explosive feedback? |
RECOIL |
| Extra periods, for short |
OTS |
| Food you might eat in a bed |
RICE |
| Free movie starring yourself? |
DREAM |
| Fruit-bearing shrub known botanically as Prunus spinosa |
SLOE |
| Get drunk, formally |
BESOT |
