| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| Makes uniform |
| Blue state majority, for short |
| What a shame |
| Carnivore's comment about what to eat during bad weather? |
| What's your ___?" ("When is your flight supposed to land?"): Abbr. |
| Person who makes sculptures of extinct animals? |
| Somewhat safe sword |
| Black, blue or straw |
| Anchor who has no idea what he's talking about? |
| Blues group?: Abbr. |
| Blueprint spec ... or, allowable hours for hound sounds? |
| Acute, as eyesight |
| Printer's blue hue |
| Sleepy John ___ (blues guitarist) |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| 'Blue Sky' Oscar winner Jessica |
| What lobsters and crabs have |
| Makes tardy |
| Candy company that makes gummy bears |
| Alerts that might contain makes and models (abbr.) |
| Bachelor of ___ (what a "B.A." degree stands for) |
| What initials on something may signify |
| ''Any Woman's Blues'' author Jong |
| Slogan on a '50s red-white-and-blue button |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| What faking a stomachache might entail? |
| What you might accidentally try to put your head through when getting into a sweater |
| Hilarious joke or, with an acquired taste, "What's Mr. Pacino up to these days, Mr. Perry? |
| What major flooding may do to an Australian state? |