| Thinking out loud, in a way | 27 |
| Lines spoken to an audience | 27 |
| They might be parenthesized | 27 |
| Actors' lines, at times | 27 |
| "... say, not __" | 27 |
| "A likely story!" | 27 |
| "In your dreams!" | 27 |
| "Clueless" phrase | 27 |
| "Highly doubtful" | 27 |
| "I, Robot" author | 27 |
| 'Foundation' author | 27 |
| "I, Robot" writer | 27 |
| Words clarifying a spelling | 27 |
| Speller's clarification | 27 |
| X, __ "xylophone" | 27 |
| Words explaining a spelling | 27 |
| It's ____ to Tell a Lie | 27 |
| "All sales final" | 27 |
| No-guarantee sale condition | 27 |
| How a sale item may be sold | 27 |
| Clearance item's caveat | 27 |
| "To reiterate..." | 27 |
| "___ happens ..." | 27 |
| Use one of the five W's | 27 |
| One way to get some answers | 27 |
| "___ me anything" | 27 |
| "__ me if I care" | 27 |
| ___.com (Google competitor) | 27 |
| "May I __ favor?" | 27 |
| Try to get, in negotiations | 27 |
| Invite for a nightcap, e.g. | 27 |
| Invite across the threshold | 27 |
| Show politeness at the door | 27 |
| Know-it-all's challenge | 27 |
| Start of a J.F.K. challenge | 27 |
| Start of a classic JFK line | 27 |
| Invite for a playdate, e.g. | 27 |
| Acts on one's curiosity | 27 |
| Seeks, with "for" | 27 |
| Reveals one's ignorance | 27 |
| Emcees a game show, perhaps | 27 |
| Visual communication: Abbr. | 27 |
| Special communication syst. | 27 |
| Handy thing to know?: Abbr. | 27 |
| Hand-y communication syst.? | 27 |
| "___ in the deep" | 27 |
| Ed of "Lou Grant" | 27 |
| "Lou Grant" actor | 27 |
| Six-time Emmy-winning actor | 27 |
| Grant's portrayer on TV | 27 |
| Co-star of Moore and Knight | 27 |
| Actor with Mary Tyler Moore | 27 |
| Indian drawn by Scott Adams | 27 |
| Indian co-worker of Dilbert | 27 |
| Snake that killed Cleopatra | 27 |
| Cause of a historic suicide | 27 |
| Stepping on it may be fatal | 27 |
| Possible cause of paralysis | 27 |
| Cleopatra's live needle | 27 |
| Cleopatra's final agent | 27 |
| Puppy love providers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Org. concerned with equines | 27 |
| Humane org. founded in 1866 | 27 |
| Tree with fluttering leaves | 27 |
| Ski resort named for a tree | 27 |
| Rockies music festival site | 27 |
| Colorado skiing destination | 27 |
| Member of the poplar family | 27 |
| Colorado tourist attraction | 27 |
| Colorado snowboarding mecca | 27 |
| Trees with trembling leaves | 27 |
| End of a Kansan's motto | 27 |
| Attacked with false charges | 27 |
| Clear jelly served on meats | 27 |
| Shivering see-through salad | 27 |
| Easy ___ (child's play) | 27 |
| 1990s defense secretary Les | 27 |
| Have one's heart set on | 27 |
| It's often used in twos | 27 |
| "You missed ___!" | 27 |
| Egyptian symbols of royalty | 27 |
| Symbols of Egyptian royalty | 27 |
| Some hieroglyphic squiggles | 27 |
| Venomous snakes of the Nile | 27 |
| Pharaohs' sacred snakes | 27 |
| Dangerous Middle Easterners | 27 |
| Animal related to the horse | 27 |
| Zebra's mate, sometimes | 27 |
| Part of "T and A" | 27 |
| It gets kicked in a blowout | 27 |
| Badonkadonk, in other words | 27 |
| Aesop's brainless beast | 27 |
| Big name in Syrian politics | 27 |
| Heavy-handed ruler of Syria | 27 |
| Very, in musical directions | 27 |
| Tea-producing Indian region | 27 |
| Northeastern state of India | 27 |
| Language similar to Bengali | 27 |
| Analyze a metallic compound | 27 |
| Give one's approval for | 27 |