| Was in the grip of la grippe | 28 |
| Wasn't at one's best | 28 |
| "We ___ to please" | 28 |
| Word after "Ready" | 28 |
| Something to take, carefully | 28 |
| Order between ready and fire | 28 |
| Look through the cross hairs | 28 |
| It's taken before firing | 28 |
| It's taken before a shot | 28 |
| What artist did, for stardom | 28 |
| 'Til Tuesday singer Mann | 28 |
| Department of eastern France | 28 |
| "You ___ kidding!" | 28 |
| "___ That a Shame" | 28 |
| Strict grammarian's bane | 28 |
| "I ___ Got Nobody" | 28 |
| "__ it the truth!" | 28 |
| Start of a Fats Domino title | 28 |
| "It __ over . . ." | 28 |
| "___ I a stinker?" | 28 |
| "__ it the truth?" | 28 |
| Picnic pest, in this puzzle? | 28 |
| "And that ___ hay" | 28 |
| "--- That a Shame" | 28 |
| 'If it -- broke ...' | 28 |
| '-- Misbehavin'' | 28 |
| Word before Jordan or Canada | 28 |
| Word before France or Jordan | 28 |
| What tires and fires require | 28 |
| What fires and tires require | 28 |
| The world's sine qua non | 28 |
| Subject of E.P.A. monitoring | 28 |
| 1997 thriller Con ____ | 28 |
| One usually behind the wheel | 28 |
| Inflatable car safety device | 28 |
| Photo lab wrinkle eliminator | 28 |
| Reduce engine heat, in a way | 28 |
| Suffix often denoting wealth | 28 |
| River through West Yorkshire | 28 |
| River in a canine's name | 28 |
| It flows through Knottingley | 28 |
| Del ___ (Los Angeles suburb) | 28 |
| Rivers in England and France | 28 |
| Plane designer's concern | 28 |
| Colorado Springs institution | 28 |
| Sports shoe released in 1985 | 28 |
| Big name in Bulls basketball | 28 |
| Bit of perfunctory affection | 28 |
| Emergency military operation | 28 |
| Certain low-ranking enlistee | 28 |
| Chart made from plane photos | 28 |
| They're sometimes put on | 28 |
| Pretentiousness, so to speak | 28 |
| Not the best thing to put on | 28 |
| Radio sponsor's purchase | 28 |
| Having no perceptible weight | 28 |
| Window or middle alternative | 28 |
| You may prefer it on a plane | 28 |
| Path between grocery shelves | 28 |
| One of many in a supermarket | 28 |
| Many an airline seat request | 28 |
| Plane passenger's option | 28 |
| Tiny body of land in a river | 28 |
| __-les-Bains: French commune | 28 |
| Steely Dan hit album of 1977 | 28 |
| 1977 hit album by Steely Dan | 28 |
| Set for eavesdropping, maybe | 28 |
| Not securely fastened, maybe | 28 |
| Letting some air in, perhaps | 28 |
| A door that's not a door | 28 |
| "It's only __" | 28 |
| "Alias" equivalent | 28 |
| Police blotter word, perhaps | 28 |
| Letters before a street name | 28 |
| Word often between two names | 28 |
| Wanted poster abbr., perhaps | 28 |
| Term before a fictional name | 28 |
| Org. that registers pointers | 28 |
| "Jungle Book" wolf | 28 |
| Like many scolders' arms | 28 |
| "Lobo" star Claude | 28 |
| First name in film directors | 28 |
| "___ Before Dying" | 28 |
| Dog with a long, curled tail | 28 |
| Dog with a cool-looking tail | 28 |
| Dogs with long, curled tails | 28 |
| Headquarters for Ohio Edison | 28 |
| City that may make you tired | 28 |
| City whose zip code is 44301 | 28 |
| LeBron James' birthplace | 28 |
| Words with mode or francaise | 28 |
| Tuskegee's locale: Abbr. | 28 |
| St. with a red X on its flag | 28 |
| Org. that publishes Booklist | 28 |
| Huntsville's home: Abbr. | 28 |
| Where the Crimson Tide rolls | 28 |
| Grammy-winning country group | 28 |
| "Sweet home" state | 28 |
| Without sides, you might say | 28 |
| Wings, anatomically speaking | 28 |