| 'Born Free' lioness |
ELSA |
| 'Die Lorelei' poet |
HEINE |
| 'Mazel ___!' |
TOV |
| 'Wishing won't make ___' |
ITSO |
| 1970 musical about marriage |
COMPANY |
| 1971 musical about a reunion |
FOLLIES |
| 1979 musical about a half-mad barber |
SWEENEYTODD |
| Advanced |
LENT |
| Alice's sitcom boss |
MEL |
| Annoying |
IRKSOME |
| Army inspection? |
RECON |
| Aspirin maker |
BAYER |
| Average guys |
JOES |
| Before, in verse |
ERE |
| Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000 |
GTE |
| Big inits. in TV comedy |
SNL |
| Bridge hand |
EAST |
| Broadway composer (of 18-, 20-, and 57-Across) born 3/22/1930 |
STEPHENSONDHEIM |
| C.D. holder, maybe |
IRA |
| Cake toppers |
ICINGS |
| California winemaking county |
SONOMA |
| Canine from Kansas |
TOTO |
| Climb, as a pole |
SHIN |
| Consider |
DEEM |
| Container with a screw-top |
MASONJAR |
| CPR giver, for short |
EMT |
| Early 80's political scandal |
ABSCAM |
| Encounter, as success |
MEETWITH |
| Entertained |
HOSTED |
| First-rate |
AONE |
| Fury |
IRE |
| Giant |
TITAN |
| Give the go-ahead |
NOD |
| Give the umpire grief |
BOO |
| H.S. course |
SCI |
| Hardwood tree |
ASH |
| Head of Haiti |
TETE |
| Height: Prefix |
ACRO |
| It's sworn at a swearing-in |
OATH |