| "... and gentle as __": Matthew |
ADOVE |
| "La Boheme" role |
MIMI |
| "We're on to you!" (and a hint to how this puzzle's other four longest answers were created) |
DROPTHEACT |
| Antihero? |
GOAT |
| Back country transports, briefly |
ATVS |
| Bass, e.g. |
ALE |
| Bean product? |
IDEA |
| Become more forgiving? |
LOSEINTOLERANCE |
| Bloat, maybe |
SATE |
| Blow |
ERUPT |
| Boomers are swelling its ranks |
AARP |
| Captain's hdg. |
SSE |
| Cheese from Veneto |
ASIAGO |
| Cognac designation |
VSOP |
| Comic Margaret |
CHO |
| Confer ending |
ENCE |
| Conviction, maybe |
PRIOR |
| Cost at a Walmart competitor? |
TARGETPRICE |
| Destructive, as a relationship |
TOXIC |
| Discomfiting look |
SNEER |
| Drop off |
DOZE |
| Feminine principle |
YIN |
| Fifth pillar of Islam |
HADJ |
| Fireplace insert |
GRATE |
| First name in soft drinks? |
COCA |
| Foreign minister under Meir |
EBAN |
| Free garden supply? |
COMPEDSOIL |
| Gray painted by Basil Hallward |
DORIAN |
| Harper's Bazaar artist |
ERTE |
| Hartford-based insurance giant |
AETNA |
| Have the lead |
STAR |
| Heap |
JALOPY |
| Hoover, for one |
IOWAN |
| It may be vented |
SPLEEN |
| It may follow sex |
ISM |
| James Bond and JFK have worn them |
OMEGAS |
| Jefferson, notably |
DEIST |
| Join |
ENLIST |
