| Behave in a certain manner |
| Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas |
| Archaic "before |
| Behave sulkily |
| Letter before gee |
| Actor in "Before Sunrise," "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight |
| Actor Hawke of "Before Sunrise," "Before Sunset," and "Before Midnight |
| Football player Jackson drinks water before a game? |
| Possessive words before "oneself |
| Animated movie released in 1998 shortly before the similar "A Bug's Life |
| Mixture brushed onto pastry dough before baking |
| Letter before theta |
| Nights before Christmas and New Year's Day |
| Soldier's request before entering a firefight |
| Like a "before" versus "after" photo subject, say |
| Actor Hawke of "Before Midnight |
| Abbreviation before a person's name on a business envelope |
| Cackling cry from a mad scientist before unleashing havoc on southern California? |
| Before: taking some off the top? / after: craft involving tiny objects |
| Byron's words before "'Tis but the truth in masquerade |
| Pixar short about two volcanoes in love screened before "Inside Out |
| James who died three years before winning a Pulitzer |
| Easy Christmas gifts to identify before unwrapping |
| Abbr. before a name on top of a memo |
| Bond before Dalton |
| Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Abbreviation before the names of the recipients of a memo |
| Sandy behaved egregiously? |
| Meeting before a snap |
| Start of remark to me by a guy in a coffee shop in March 2011 about his observations in my traffic courtroom not long before |