| Questionnaire datum: Abbr. | 26 |
| Not yet out of the running | 26 |
| Letter of approval?: Abbr. | 26 |
| Approve quickly, for short | 26 |
| "...now lie ___" | 26 |
| Some O.K.'s, for short | 26 |
| Parts of monograms (abbr.) | 26 |
| It goes on the dotted line | 26 |
| Big expense for newspapers | 26 |
| Voter's finger stainer | 26 |
| What Mike Ness has lots of | 26 |
| Common breast-pocket stain | 26 |
| Certain cartridge contents | 26 |
| Start of a Durante refrain | 26 |
| Durante song title opening | 26 |
| Sporting tattoos, slangily | 26 |
| Cartoonist's colleague | 26 |
| One working on some panels | 26 |
| Graphic novelist, at times | 26 |
| Graphic novel artist, e.g. | 26 |
| Finalize, as a comic strip | 26 |
| Equitable way to be repaid | 26 |
| Tattoo artistÂ’s supply | 26 |
| Signs a contract, slangily | 26 |
| Calligrapher's liquids | 26 |
| Some shirt pocket problems | 26 |
| Like printers' fingers | 26 |
| Turquoise ghost in Pac-Man | 26 |
| Light blue Pac-Man pursuer | 26 |
| Cyan-colored Pac-Man ghost | 26 |
| Adjective for a dark night | 26 |
| ___ cap (kind of mushroom) | 26 |
| At Staples Center, briefly | 26 |
| Shooting a movie, possibly | 26 |
| At Hollywood and Vine, say | 26 |
| At Dodger Stadium, briefly | 26 |
| Relative, but not by blood | 26 |
| Wife's mother, for one | 26 |
| Sargent Shriver, to E.M.K. | 26 |
| The Bushes, to Henry Hager | 26 |
| Surface design, as in wood | 26 |
| Application after drilling | 26 |
| Body near a sound, perhaps | 26 |
| Hot fishing spots, usually | 26 |
| Arms used by torpedo boats | 26 |
| One who may be stir crazy? | 26 |
| Hotel or motel alternative | 26 |
| Spot for an overnight stop | 26 |
| Provider of accommodations | 26 |
| A place to spend the night | 26 |
| Traveler's destination | 26 |
| Serjeants' ___, London | 26 |
| Crowded place in the Bible | 26 |
| Bed-and-breakfast, for one | 26 |
| "Vacancy" shower | 26 |
| Machine makeup, informally | 26 |
| Words for a certain friend | 26 |
| Baltimore's ___ Harbor | 26 |
| Word with city or workings | 26 |
| Word before city or circle | 26 |
| Word before tube or circle | 26 |
| Word with child or sanctum | 26 |
| Word with "tube" | 26 |
| Word before sanctum or ear | 26 |
| Word before circle or tube | 26 |
| The Rutles co-creator Neil | 26 |
| Mystery writer Michael ___ | 26 |
| Mystery writer Hammond ___ | 26 |
| 'ER' actress Laura | 26 |
| Hudson River School artist | 26 |
| Baseball scoreboard column | 26 |
| A tenth one would be extra | 26 |
| They have tops and bottoms | 26 |
| Longtime CORE chairman Roy | 26 |
| Words with uncertain terms | 26 |
| England's ___ of Court | 26 |
| Stopovers for stagecoaches | 26 |
| London's ____ of Court | 26 |
| Homes on the road, perhaps | 26 |
| Comfortable places to stay | 26 |
| How some popcorn is popped | 26 |
| How French fries are fried | 26 |
| How sardines may be packed | 26 |
| How doughnuts are prepared | 26 |
| Words after home, not hone | 26 |
| Get _____ the ground floor | 26 |
| Abetting, as with a scheme | 26 |
| "___ ear . . . " | 26 |
| Three-_____ (multipurpose) | 26 |
| How holes are rarely made? | 26 |
| "___ swell foop" | 26 |
| "___ ear and..." | 26 |
| From a certain perspective | 26 |
| “Are you ___ out?” | 26 |
| Question to a poker player | 26 |
| "How could ___?" | 26 |
| Trying to break an NFL tie | 26 |
| Trying to break a tie, say | 26 |
| "Peace ___ time" | 26 |
| "Peace --- time" | 26 |