| Female friend, tabloid-style | 28 |
| Bachelorette party attendees | 28 |
| Baby shower attendees, often | 28 |
| Scottish novelist: 1779-1839 | 28 |
| Verb coined by Lewis Carroll | 28 |
| Wii developer's platform | 28 |
| It can lead to a lame excuse | 28 |
| Like an uninhabited preserve | 28 |
| Disappointing screen message | 28 |
| World of Warcraft fans, e.g. | 28 |
| Where someone may get a buzz | 28 |
| Destination of some pilgrims | 28 |
| The world of organized crime | 28 |
| Ice-T, in his music biz days | 28 |
| Violent Femmes singer Gordon | 28 |
| Violent Femmes leader Gordon | 28 |
| Look Homeward Angel clan | 28 |
| Family in Wolfe's novels | 28 |
| Talmudic scholar's title | 28 |
| What's at your disposal? | 28 |
| Actress escaped to Colombia? | 28 |
| Grateful Dead guitar slinger | 28 |
| These are found in écoles | 28 |
| Meatless entree (New Jersey) | 28 |
| Gnome held against his will? | 28 |
| Where to find rakes and hoes | 28 |
| React to a bitter mouthwash? | 28 |
| Hellhound of Norse mythology | 28 |
| Collector of impounded wages | 28 |
| Spots for struggling artists | 28 |
| Homes for struggling artists | 28 |
| Activist-chess star Kasparov | 28 |
| They're tossed by grooms | 28 |
| Harmless-to-humans slitherer | 28 |
| ___, Indiana; ___, Wisconsin | 28 |
| Certain celebrity's pop? | 28 |
| Pilots are found inside them | 28 |
| Alternative to Beano or Tums | 28 |
| Some estate security workers | 28 |
| Gun named after its inventor | 28 |
| Jacksonville scene of action | 28 |
| Town, lake, or dam in Panama | 28 |
| Awkward fellow's problem | 28 |
| British excise-tax collector | 28 |
| Property of chiffon, perhaps | 28 |
| Damaged one's reputation | 28 |
| California politician Newsom | 28 |
| Features of top-level staffs | 28 |
| High schoolers' advisers | 28 |
| "Come the eff on!" | 28 |
| Member of Murderers' Row | 28 |
| Companions for men, in Tokyo | 28 |
| Timothy of the Obama cabinet | 28 |
| Biographer Arthur or Barbara | 28 |
| DNA sample for lab analysis? | 28 |
| Place to go for kitchenware? | 28 |
| Allotment of heredity units? | 28 |
| Content of a 2003 decryption | 28 |
| Like some modern-day mapping | 28 |
| You get it from your parents | 28 |
| Inspiration for W. C. Bryant | 28 |
| Title in a Shakespeare title | 28 |
| Man doing some film editing? | 28 |
| It's flexed by a kneeler | 28 |
| Kentuckey Derby winner: 1980 | 28 |
| Science of earth measurement | 28 |
| Lined with crystals, perhaps | 28 |
| Place settings, collectively | 28 |
| Florence Johnston's boss | 28 |
| Gulf War leader in Atlanta?, | 28 |
| Title boy in a nursery rhyme | 28 |
| Composer born March 14, 1681 | 28 |
| Title role for Lynn Redgrave | 28 |
| Fitzgerald-O'Brien combo | 28 |
| Stein and Ederle, to friends | 28 |
| U.S. psychologist Arnold ___ | 28 |
| Fist pump or high-five, e.g. | 28 |
| Communicate successfully (9) | 28 |
| "Pull it together" | 28 |
| Be rewarded for good service | 28 |
| Escape vehicle after a heist | 28 |
| ... like a military recruit? | 28 |
| Scene of the arrest of Jesus | 28 |
| Encounter awkward difficulty | 28 |
| Riding instructor's call | 28 |
| Is more than ready to rumble | 28 |
| New Years' Resolution #2 | 28 |
| Be unceremoniously dismissed | 28 |
| Put on an extra sweater, say | 28 |
| Ballpark vendorÂ’s opener | 28 |
| Haunted house sound, perhaps | 28 |
| "Not a ___ chance" | 28 |
| Tales told around a campfire | 28 |
| The Flying Dutchman, for one | 28 |
| Composer who wrote 12 operas | 28 |
| Member of the redwood family | 28 |
| "The Prophet" poet | 28 |
| 'The Prophet' author | 28 |
| Prepared for mil. inspection | 28 |
| "Forward, Flicka!" | 28 |