| ''Messiah,'' e.g. |
ORATORIO |
| 1950s TV puppet |
OLLIE |
| 32-Down, for one |
DRAGON |
| Ancient Phoenician seaport |
TYRE |
| Angry bombast |
RANT |
| April or November surprise |
SNOW |
| Band together |
UNITE |
| Bara, ''The Vamp'' |
THEDA |
| Basic right |
FREESPEECH |
| Beirut-to-Mecca dir. |
SSE |
| Belief system |
CREED |
| Breathy utterance |
SIGH |
| Co. interested in zip codes |
USPS |
| COINTELPRO overseer |
FBI |
| Colonial rule until 1947 |
RAJ |
| Company |
FIRM |
| Concern for Sec. Rumsfeld |
USARMY |
| Creator of Sula and Sethe |
TONI |
| Crown adornment |
JEWEL |
| Cruise ship accesses |
RAMPS |
| Districts |
AREAS |
| Drink popularized at the 1904 World's Fair |
ICEDTEA |
| Entertainment system component, perhaps |
VCR |
| Enthralled |
RAPT |
| Fairy-tale suitor |
FROGPRINCE |
| Fearless and daring |
BOLD |
| Forthright |
OPEN |
| Four-footed adventurer from Kansas |
TOTO |
| George's funny wife |
GRACIE |
| Guthrie with a guitar |
ARLO |
| He was a Ranger before he was a Cub |
SOSA |
| Hoodwinked |
DUPED |
| In short order |
SOON |
| It depends on a digit's position |
PLACEVALUE |
| It excites a sense |
AROMA |
| It may hide a bed |
SOFA |
| It's a ball for teens |
PROM |
| It's more than 4,000 miles long |
NILE |
| Kennel sound |
YELP |
