| "As I was saying . . ." |
ANYWAY |
| "Can I help you?" |
YES |
| "The Hidden Staircase" sleuth |
NANCYDREW |
| "The Invisible Man" sleuth |
FATHERBROWN |
| "The Jade Mask" sleuth |
CHARLIECHAN |
| "The Rubber Band" sleuth |
NEROWOLFE |
| "___ Every Voice and Sing" |
LIFT |
| Adams opera, "Nixon in ___" |
CHINA |
| Ahead by a point |
UPONE |
| American Indians of Utah |
UTES |
| Approaching |
NEARTO |
| Benevolence |
MERCY |
| Boat with a rowing crew |
YAWL |
| Break in friendly relations |
RIFT |
| Business school subj. |
ACCT |
| Carrot nutrient |
VITAMINA |
| Confirmer of some close calls |
SLOMO |
| Conventioneer's pin-on |
NAMETAG |
| Current puzzle solver |
YOU |
| Dallas-to-Kansas City dir. |
NNE |
| Doing kitchen duty, to a GI |
ONKP |
| EMT skill |
CPR |
| Flamenco exclamation |
OLE |
| Follow-up to a ques. |
ANS |
| Footprint or thumbprint, perhaps |
CLUE |
| Fourteen pounds, in Brighton |
STONE |
| Go in haste |
HIE |
| Golden fabric |
LAME |
| Hawaiian flower |
LAVA |
| He "Cometh" |
ICEMAN |
| Heavyweight Liston |
SONNY |
| Hook's nemesis |
CROC |
| Informal evenings |
NITES |
| Intelligence gathering dept. |
NSA |
| Invert and use a pencil |
ERASE |
| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's org. |
NATO |
| Jaded |
WEARY |
| Kaplan or Kapler |
GABE |
| Ken or Lena of Hollywood |
OLIN |
