| 'Ah, I didn't know what you were referring to' |
OHTHAT |
| 'Amerika' novelist |
KAFKA |
| 'Fat chance!' |
IBET |
| 'Foolish' singer, 2002 |
ASHANTI |
| 'Hot to trot' or 'cold feet' |
IDIOM |
| 'N.Y. State of Mind' rapper |
NAS |
| 'Rhyme Pays' rapper |
ICET |
| 'The Rachael Ray Show' creation |
MEAL |
| '___ your request ...' |
PER |
| All, in Alba |
TUTTO |
| Ask, as for a loan |
HITUP |
| Be sociable |
MIX |
| Beatle George's sitar teacher |
RAVI |
| Before surgery, informally |
PREOP |
| Big 1975 boxing showdown |
THRILLAINMANILA |
| Big band section |
SAXES |
| Carne ___ (Mexican dish) |
ASADA |
| Carry ___ (sing on key) |
ATUNE |
| Commerce pact signed by Clinton |
NAFTA |
| Cornerstone abbr |
ESTD |
| Cracked a bit |
AJAR |
| Crete's highest peak |
MTIDA |
| Darwin work ... with a hint to three consecutive letters in 3-, 4-, 7-, 9- and 11-Down |
THEDESCENTOFMAN |
| Dr Pepper Snapple Group brand |
NEHI |
| Eke ___ living |
OUTA |
| Elbow-bender |
SOT |
| Election loser's cry |
IDEMANDARECOUNT |
| Expansionist doctrine |
MANIFESTDESTINY |
| Fantasy league figures |
STATS |
| Father-and-son rulers of Syria |
ASSADS |
| Fill beyond full |
SATE |
| First-goal link |
AND |
| Gator's tail? |
ADE |
| Gumbo need |
OKRA |
| Handy Scrabble tiles |
ESSES |
| Homer Simpson's mother |
MONA |
| Honest with |
TRUETO |
| Humane org |
SPCA |
