with 9 across, a respectful response from the dressing room

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a doughy baker's boy, in literature

a pronoun

"the big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less." ~ irish writer brendan _____,

hey, slangily

main roads between cities, abbrev.

a map of a song

etched for tone

prefix showing unity

nonsense, in short

the best of times, and/or the worst of times, briefly

a mediocre response to "how was it?"

its sign is a bouncing pinky

music, or speckles

a complete sentence, e.g.

too long

a short album

actor pacino

mounds made by a colony

playful swimmer

a good tune

trademark

quirky phrase

walkman descendant

home of the best food in austin, with rd.

fifths of bees

love, cutesily

-hee, or -shirt, or -time

casual greeting

@

inapplicable, briefly

“strength is an ___________. one cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. show me a man with a tattoo, and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.” ~jack london

edit a photo

a text of gratitude

an enthusiastic yes

___ height: the distance between a guitar’s frets and the strings

a state of tinyness

_ _ o k

throw shade

A la poupee or drypoint, for example

paper on paper

an unnecessarily gendered award for performers

a switch is less without it

how people approach wellness, in short

a longer 27 across

part of a mcdonald's song

one type of doc

you'll find it in pens, bottles, skins, screens, and some cars

much like a raven, he quoth nevermore

1/5 of a tsp

2001 spielberg sci-fi film