| "A pox on thee!" |
FIE |
| "Because 7 ___ 9" (pun) |
ATE |
| "Born in the ___" (Springsteen tune) |
USA |
| "Is it soup ___?" |
YET |
| "It Ain't Necessarily So" lyricist Gershwin |
IRA |
| "None of the above" alternative |
OTHER |
| "Three cheers" recipient |
HERO |
| Abnormal breathing sound |
RALE |
| About one-third of the world's land mass |
ASIA |
| Alarm clock button |
SNOOZE |
| Allegro ___ (very brisk, in music) |
ASSAI |
| Artful dodge |
RUSE |
| Author credited on many old poems |
ANON |
| Bible's first palindromic name |
EVE |
| Blotted out |
ERASED |
| Bone-related |
OSTEAL |
| Brewery array |
VATS |
| Cracked a book |
READ |
| Dairy case item |
COTTAGECHEESE |
| Emerald Isle language |
ERSE |
| Expensive fur |
MINK |
| Farthest orbital point from earth |
APOGEE |
| Fills a vacancy |
RELETS |
| Five-to-two, e.g. |
RATIO |
| Grand ___ Dam |
COULEE |
| Hardly the Queen's English |
PIDGIN |
| Have one's heart ___ (look forward to eagerly) |
SETON |
| In ___ (hypothetically) |
THEORY |
| Keepsake |
MEMENTO |
| Known by very few |
ARCANE |
| Lancelot du ___ |
LAC |
| Least abundant |
SPARSEST |
| Like an optimist's glasses? |
ROSECOLORED |
| Make the motor roar |
REV |
| Makes a declaration |
AVERS |
| Malady of the snowbound |
CABINFEVER |
| Muslim's holy book |
KORAN |
| New Hampshire's state flower |
LILAC |
