| Masculine possessive pronoun |
| Not passive |
| North Carolina river |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Expressive rock music subgenre |
| Actor Cary with the new memoir "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of 'The Princess Bride' |
| Peruvian river |
| Persuasive one |
| Evasive tactic |
| Lively folk dance |
| Northern diving seabird |
| Interrogate aggressively |
| Lively French social dance |
| Water diviner |
| Asner and Sullivan |
| Gives a hand to |
| Football receiver |
| Narrow inlet of a river |
| Argumentative |
| Nativity tableau |
| A German river |
| Give shelter or refuge to |
| Furtive |
| Acre divisions |
| XXIII x XXIV |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
| Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
| Give one's word |
| Paramount rival |
| Derivative of oil of peppermint |