Letter A
Aristocrats.
a Scottish peasant; a round cap
Art treasure of Huntington Gallery, San Marino, Calif.
a small European bird; the blue-throated warbler
Another name for the cornflower
Apery on Wall Street?
Attire for manual workers?
Applied hair color
"___, all of them gone . . . "
All babies are ___ at birth.
Anime series set in 17th-century Japan
AUSTRALIAN brightly coloured fish
Atlantic angler's catch
*Anti-strike law circumvention
Arctic birds with white heads and dark-colored bodies
Appalachian music genre
any of several North American bluish-green grasses
any of various grasses of the genus Poa
Add evenly, as a marinade
Arguer's state?
AMERICAN Confederate banknote
AMERICAN Confederate currency
Alternative to cords
Apt to go Democratic
Anti-War party in 1812
ATLANTIC game fish
Army member in the Beatles' animated "Yellow Submarine"
Annie Lee painting
Astronomical rarity
A Nova Scotian.
Alter a manuscript, e.g.
All-in-one dinner.
A design plan
Architect's plan
a pattern for a skirt
Architect's building plans
Architect's plans
Architectural diagrams
A CONSTITUTIONAL TENDENCY TO BE GLOOMY AND DEPRESSED
Appalachian range
Appalachian scenic route
A King plays them
AUSTRALIAN cricket team
a state of depression
Arlen tune.
Arlen-Mercer hit: 1941
A break in the clouds
AN ODD OR FANCIFUL OR CAPRICIOUS IDEA
Aster family flower named for its color
a singing bird of northern Europe and Asia, related to the nightingales
an Australian lizard
Azurous.
Attempt to deceive
Acts sneakily in poker
A PROCESS THAT MAKES SOMETHING BLUE
A bit down
Alcoholic beverages on some sci-fi shows?
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." author
Awkward one
A ROTARY IMPLEMENT FOR SHARPENING THE POINT ON PENCILS
A CLEAR AND TELLING MENTAL IMAGE
A RULER'S CONFUSED IN A DREAM WORLD
A VISUAL RECEPTOR CELL THAT IS SENSITIVE TO DIM LIGHT
AN APPARATUS FOR VISUAL SIGNALING WITH LIGHTS OR MECHANICALLY MOVING ARMS
Almost inadvertently tell indistinct memory (4)
Astigmatic view
Astigmatic's problem
Astigmatic's view
Astigmatism effect
Astigmatism factor
Astigmatism problem
A BRIEF STATEMENT
A Gelett Burgess gift to the language.
ADVERTISING hype
Ad copy
Ad on a DVD case
Adman's rhapsody.
Advertisement on a book jacket
Advertising spiel
Advertising splurge.
Article teaser
Action shots taken with a slow shutter speed
Astigmatic's views
ACTED IMPULSIVELY
Abrupt utterance
Avon offering
Act the blowhard
Acted like a bully
A SWAGGERING SHOW OF COURAGE
Acts the bully
"An American Tail" director
"An American Tail" director Don
"Arrested Development" family name
"Arrested Development" surname
antagonist in the Popeye series of cartoons
"Animal House" character who asks "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
Abbr. on a street sign
Ave. cousin
Ave. relative
"Around the World in 72 Days" writer
"Around the World in Seventy-Two Days" writer
"Around the world" Nelly.
A famous Nellie
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS DIRECTOR
Activist Nellie
Adventurer Nellie
Adverb suffix.
American journalist Nellie
Around-the-world Nellie.
Around-the-world journalist
Actress Danner
Actress who played Will's mom on "Will & Grace"
Actress Danner's liquor?
ASCAP
ASCAP competitor
ASCAP counterpart
ASCAP rival
ASCAP's competitor
ASCAP's counterpart
Abbr. on every original Beatles song
Alternative to Ascap
An overweight person's is over 25.0
Above-average grade, or alternate title for the puzzle
Admired coll. guy
All-American QB, perhaps
"Apache Woman" and "It Came from Beneath the Sea"
Appropriate title for this puzzle?
ActiveHybrid 750i maker
ActiveHybrid automaker
Audi competitor
Audi rival, and, when spoken as a command, a hint to this puzzle's theme
Auto company headquartered in Munich
Auto made in South Carolina
Auto maker whose logo isn't actually a spinning airplane rotor
Auto with a black, blue and white logo
Automaker whose "M" stands for "Motoren"
Automotive initialism
Alternatives to Porsches
Audi alternatives
Audi competitors
Autobahn sights
Autos in a series of "art cars" painted by Andy Warhol and Jenny Holzer, among others
Autos sold with the slogan "Sheer Driving Pleasure"
AAA recommendation
Air ender
Apt type for a pessimist?: Abbr.
Abbreviated word for financially insolvent
Army units: Abbr.
American chap
A FEATHER COVERING THE SHOULDER OF A BIRD
A LARGE CLOAK WORN OVER EVENING CLOTHES
A SHOP OR STORE WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED AS BEING VERY LARGE
A TRADITIONAL MUSLIM HEADDRESS CONSISTING OF A LONG SCARF WRAPPED AROUND THE HEAD
A TUBA THAT COILS OVER THE SHOULDER OF THE MUSICIAN
A tropical constrictor
ADORNMENT CONSISTING OF AN ORNAMENTAL CLOTH PAD WORN ON THE SHOULDER
AMAZON FEEDER
AROUND WRAP
ARTIST WRAP
Accessorizing wrap
Accessory for Mae West
Accessory for Mae West or Miss Piggy
Accessory for Miss Piggy
Accessory for a flapper costume
Accessory for drag queen Shangela that recently set a Guinness World Record for length
Accessory named for a snake
Accessory often sourced from a turkey or ostrich
Accessory seen on the RuPaul-hosted game show "Gay For Play"
Accessory that might shed feathers
Accessory that sounds constricting but actually hangs loosely
Accouterment for a diva
Accoutrement for Mae West
Adam's apple hider for a drag queen
Amazon constrictor
Amazon danger
Amazon peril
Amazon snake
Amazon threat
Amazon tree hugger
Amazonian squeezer
Anaconda cousin
Anaconda's cousin
Anaconda, e.g.
Anaconda, for one
And ... that's a wrap!
Animal squeezer
Animal wringer
Another name for Nile green
accoutrement
AIRLINE FORMER NAME
Airline created by an Act of Parliament
Airline initials
Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R."
Airline mentioned in the first line of the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R."
Airline's former name
Artisans who make decorative scarves?
Ancient British queen
A BIRD EATEN OR HUNTED
A HERDER OR SWINE
A MALE GRANDCHILD
A PEN FOR SWINE
A beast of the chase
ADULT MALE OF A WILD OR DOMESTIC DUCK
AFRICAN WILD SWINE WITH WARTY PROTUBERANCES ON THE FACE AND LARGE PROTRUDING TUSKS
AN ANIMAL THAT PRODUCES GAMETES THAT CAN BE FERTILIZED BY MALE GAMETES
AN UNCASTRATED MALE HOG
ANIMAL hair
ANY MAMMAL WITH PROMINENT TUSKS
Adonis was slain by a wild one.
Adonis' killer
Adonis' undoing
Adonis's killer
Adonis's slayer
Adonis's undoing
Animal "with bristled hair," to Shakespeare
Animal captured as Hercules' fourth labor
Animal captured in Hercules' fourth labor
Animal hunted in one of Hercules' 12 labors
Animal killed by Hercules.
Animal member of a singular
Animal on a Gordon's gin label
Animal roasted at a luau
Animal that doesn't sound very interesting
Animal that killed Adonis
Animal that may charge
Animal that slayed Adonis
Animal that sounds dull
Animal that sounds like a drag?
Animal that sounds like a yawn-inducer
Animal with tusks
Any of a big group of mutant radioactive beasts that have reached Germany from Chernobyl
Atalanta hunted for it, in Greek myth
A BUILDING WHERE TRAVELERS CAN PAY FOR LODGING AND MEALS AND OTHER SERVICES
A group of officials.
ALIMENT
AN ADVISORY COUNCIL TO A RULER
Administrative bunch
Advisory body
Arbitration or labor council.
above ender
A DEBTOR WHO FLEES TO AVOID PAYING
Airline entree?
Airport agent's request
Andover and others
Andover, Exeter and others
Animalistic wine?
a room where a committee meets
A COVERING OR FLOORING CONSTRUCTED OF PLANKS
Advisory groups
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