| 4
| SANS |
Without |
| 3
| ORC |
Fantasy Creature Whose Name Is An Anagram Of Another Fantasy Creature |
| 3
| SIR |
"for Once Maybe Someone Will Call Me '___,' Without Adding, 'you're Making A Scene'" Homer Simpson |
| 3
| SEA |
With 48-across, Underwater Creature That's Certainly Not A 48-across |
| 3
| ENT |
Tree Creature Of Middle-earth |
| 3
| ENT |
Tolkien Creature |
| 3
| IOS |
Siri Uses It |
| 4
| ORCA |
With 65-across, Underwater Creature That Actually Is A 65-across Despite A Common Misconception |
| 4
| WORM |
Sinuous Dance That Emulates A Creature |
| 4
| PAPA |
"___, Can You Hear Me?" (oscar-nominated Song From "yentl") |
| 4
| PTAS |
School Grps. Without Students |
| 4
| IKEA |
Company That Uses About 1% Of The World's Wood Supply Annually |
| 4
| TOAD |
"horned" Creature |
| 5
| APHID |
Creature Also Known As A Greenfly |
| 5
| JELLY |
With 6-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 6-across |
| 5
| TRIPS |
Uses Psychedelics |
| 5
| ALICE |
Children's Character Who Asks Herself "and What Is The Use Of A Book Without Pictures Or Conversations?" |
| 5
| STOLE |
Took Without Asking |
| 5
| CATHY |
Comic Strip With The 1998 Collection "i Am Woman, Hear Me Snore" |
| 5
| ONEND |
Without Stop |
| 5
| IDLES |
Keeps The Engine Running, Without Moving |
| 5
| GOTAT |
Said Without Saying |
| 6
| WYVERN |
Dragonlike Creature Of Fantasy |
| 6
| SAFELY |
Without Incident |
| 6
| AMOEBA |
Simple Creature |
| 6
| SAHARA |
Habitat For The Addax Antelope, Which Can Go A Year Without Drinking |
| 6
| NOBUTS |
I Don't Want To Hear Any Excuses! |
| 6
| MANTIS |
With 38-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 38-across (nor A 36-across, For That Matter) |
| 7
| REASONS |
Uses One's Brain |
| 7
| ANOINTS |
Uses Chrism On |
| 7
| GORILLA |
Protected Creature In The Congo Basin |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| CLEARSKY |
Part Of A Forecast Without Clouds |
| 9
| CASUALSEX |
Flings Without Strings |
| 9
| ACAPPELLA |
Without Accompaniment |
| 9
| HADAHUNCH |
Sensed Without Being Sure |
| 9
| THEREMINS |
Eerie-sounding Instruments That Are Played Without Physical Contact |
| 10
| GUTFEELING |
Intuition Without Logical Explanation, Or A Hint To This Puzzle's Circled Letters |
| 11
| BANANAGRAMS |
Scrabble Relative Played Without A Board [mass] |
| 11
| HEWENTTHERE |
"did I Just Hear Him Say That?!" |
