| BIRDFLU | H5N1, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| NOSEJOB | Rhinoplasty, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| JLO | "Shades of Blue" star, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| DRRUTH | Sexpert Westheimer, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| STPETE | Where the Rays play, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| BIGD | Texas city, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| THEPRU | Boston skyscraper, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| THEMET | Lincoln Center landmark, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| THEEAST | Orient, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| PA | Father, familiarly (2) |
| ONELIFE | OLTL, familiarly (two words) |
| PAPAHEMINGWAY | "A Farewell t o Arms" author, familiarly |
| TRANE | "A Love Supreme" saxophonist, familiarly |
| NAM | "Apocalypse Now " setting, familiarly |
| ARTAXERXES | "Ardashir the Persian," familiarly |
| WHISTLERSMOTHER | "Arrangement in Gray and Black," familiarly |
| ROBBIEBURNS | "Auld Lang Syne" poet, familiarly |
| CCR | "Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly |
| WOJO | "Barney Miller" detective played by Max Gail, familiarly |
| ETA | "Basque Homeland and Liberty," familiarly |
