Referring Clues

• Matter of fact introduction?
• Simile center
• ___ rule
• White ___ ghost
• Hard-rock connection
• Cool ___ cucumber
• Simile phrase
• Simile's middle
• Gray of "Gray's Manual of Botany"
• "...lovely ___ tree"
• Simile's center
• ___ precaution
• Light-feather filler?
• Heart of a simile
• Middle of a simile
• Big ___ house
• "___ precaution..."
• Happy-lark go-between
• Solid ___ rock
• Comparison's middle
• Big-house connector
• High ___ kite
• Writer Baber
• Letters on a Kodak box
• Rep. Hutchinson
• Center of a comparison
• Al Jolson's real first name
• Comparison center
• Comparison part
• Film no.
• Smart ___ whip
• Botanist Gray
• Comparison words
• Hungry bear filler?
• Comparison connector
• King of Judah
• Rule preceder
• Result preceder
• Hard-rock link
• Happy ___ lark
• Jehoshaphat's father
• Red ___ beet
• Simile words
• Hard-rock center
• Cute ___ button
• Hard ___ rock
• Gentle ___ lamb
• Palindromic guy
• Simile part
• Naked ___ jaybird
• Fit ___ fiddle
• ___ given
• Happy ___ clam
• Hard-rock connector
• "___ precaution ..."
• Blind ___ bat
• "___ friend, I ..."
• Hard-rock filler
• Free ___ bird
• Civil-rights leader ___ Philip Randolph
• Comparison component
• Red ___ beet
• Congressman Hutchinson
• Loose ___ goose
• Mad-hatter linkup
• Naked-jaybird middle
• "My Life ___ Dog" (book supposedly written by Moose)
• Thick-brick link
• "Father of American Botany" Gray
• Flat-pancake filler
• Cool-cucumber connection
• Words before rule or policy
• Cross-bear connection
• Thick ___ brick
• Drunk-skunk connection
• Republican representative Hutchinson
• Sick-dog connection
• Poor ___ church mouse
• Loose-goose connection
• ___ rule (most of the time)
• Thin-rail connectors
• Org. that established film-speed rating numbers in 1947
• Happy-clam connection
• Film box letters
• Simile segment
• Quiet ___ mouse
• Mad-hatter link
• Flat ___ pancake
• ___ rule (generally)
• Clean-whistle connection
• "Sex ___ Weapon" (Pat Benatar hit)
• Film speed letters
• Sharp-tack connection
• Quick-wink link
• Center of a simile
• Solid rock center?
• Sick-dog link
• Coca-Cola businessman Candler
• Playboy columnist Baber
• Thick brick separator?
• Hard rock connection?
• Light ___ feather
• Simile's connective words
• "One Life to Live" character Buchanan who's been divorced 10 times
• Sick dog center?
• Mad-hatter connection
• "The Land of a Million Elephants" novelist Baber
• Snug-bug connector
• Cool ___ cucumber
• Quick ___ flash
• Mad-wet hen link
• Thin-rail connector
• Sharp-tack link
• Mad-hatter connector
• Sick ___ dog
• Nutty-fruitcake center?
• Big-house link
• Hard-rock center?
• High-kite link
• Light-feather link
• Thin-rail filling
• Red-beet link
• Naked-jaybird link
• Comparative words
• Former DEA chief Hutchinson
• Big-house connection
• Fresh-daisy connector
• Clean-whistle link
• High-kite connection
• Cute-button link
• Nutty-fruitcake center
• Flat ___ pancake
• Dry ___ bone
• Quick ___ wink
• Words in a simile
• Happy ___ clam
• Fit ___ fiddle
• ___ rule
• ___ rule (generally)
• Solid ___ rock
• Free-bird filler
• Hungry-bear connection
• Smart ___ whip
• Thick-brick connector
• ___ friend
• Sharp ___ tack
• Dry-bone link
• Fresh ___ daisy
• Stiff-board link
• Free-bird link
• "___ matter of fact ..."
• White-ghost fill
• "... lovely ___ tree"
• Proud-peacock link
• Words before "rule" or "result"
• Simile middle
• Quick-flash connector
• Cute-bug connector
• White-sheet connector
• Happy-lark filler
• Gray of "Gray's Manual"
• 19th-century botanist Gray
• Thick-brick center
• Gentle-lamb connection
• Fresh-daisy link
• Busy ___ bee
• Hard-rock middle
• Nutty fruitcake center?
• ___ rule (normally)
• Proud ___ peacock
• A king of Judah
• "Snug ___ bug ..."
• Cross-bear filler
• Stubborn ___ mule
• ___ courtesy
• With 18-Across, how some people work
• Simile connection
• Sick ___ dog
• ___ bonus
• Cool-cucumber link
• Gray or Candler
• Comparison phrase
• ___ result
• With 3-Down, collectively
• ___ favor
• Gentle-lamb connector
• "___ matter of fact ..."
• Solid-rock center?
• Quick ___ flash
• Dumb _______ post
• "___ matter of fact ..."
• "... lovely ___ tree"
• Words before "rule" or "result"
• Hungry-bear filler
• Happy-clam link
• Thick-brick bridge
• Loose-goose link
• Gentle-lamb link
• Deep ___ well
• Fresh ___ daisy
• Dry ___ bone
• Quick ___ wink
• ___ friend
• Sharp ___ tack
• Dumb ___ post
• Drunk-skunk filler?
• Charles Darwin contemporary Gray
• Free-bird insert
• Solid/rock insert
• ___ formality
• ___ formality
• Simile connector
• Film rating
• Nutty ___ fruitcake
• Hard/rock center
• Stubborn mule center?
• Quick-flash link
• Hard-rock connection?
• "___ karate expert, I will not ..."
• Implied part of ESL
• Sly-fox link
• Pretty ___ picture
• Drunk ___ skunk
• Film speed ind.
• Simile bit
• ___ rule (usually)
• Cool ___cucumber
• 'One Life to Live' role
• '___ matter of fact, ...'
• Sly-fox filler
• Brave ___ lion
• Sly ___ fox
• ___ matter of course
• Silly ___ goose
• '___ matter of fact...'
• Stiff ___ board
• Fat ___ pig
• Work ___ team
• Slow ___ snail
• Pale ___ ghost
• Thin ___ rail
• Clear ___ bell
• Big ___ whale
• "Take it ___ compliment ..."
• Drunk-skunk link
• Palindromic name
• "___ matter of fact"
• Quiet-mouse connector
• Mad ___ wet hen
• Hot ___ firecracker
• Big-house insert
• Red ___ beet
• Actor Butterfield of "Hugo"
• Slick-whistle connector
• "Solid ___ rock" (Ashford & Simpson lyric)
• Neat ___ pin
• White sheet insert?
• Come ___ shock
• Sharp-tack center
• Dead-doornail connection
• Flat ___ board
• "___ reminder ..."
• "___ favor to me"
• Solid-rock insert
• Quick-wink connection
• 'Hugo' star Butterfield
• Hot-firecracker link
• Tight ___ drum
• Thin-rail bridge
• 'Ender's Game' star Butterfield
• Sly-fox linkup
• Pretty picture connector?
• Thick plank insert?
• Jolson's real first name
• Sly-fox connection
• Skinny ___ rail
• "___ result ..."
• Healthy-horse connection
• Rule lead-in
• Big house connection?
• "___ rule ..."
• Arkansas governor Hutchinson
• Free bird
• "___ whole ..."
• The "A" in A. Philip Randolph
• Fit fiddle
• Red beet
• ___ whole
• Cool-cucumber center?
• ___ result (consequently)
• "___ matter of fact ... "
• ___ group
• Mad ___ hatter
• White ___ sheet
• ___ comparison
• High-kite connector
• With 87-Down, collectively
• Clear-bell connector
• Center of similes
• Hebrew for "healer"
• "___ rule ... "
• Words of comparison
• Photo film rating
• Actor Butterfield of "Ender's Game"
• "___ matter of fact ..." (2 words)
• Gentle ___ lamb (2 words)
• Hard ___ rock (2 words)
• Quiet ___ mouse (2 words)
• Pretty ___ picture (2 words)
• Dry ___ bone (2 words)
• Happy ___ clam (2 words)
• Fit-fiddle connector
• Slick-whistle connection
• Big-whale connection
• Proud ___ peacock (2 words)
• Happy ___ pig in slop
• "My Life ___ Dog" (1985 film)
• Busy-bee link
• Sly ___ fox (2 words)
• Nutty - fruitcake middle
• Free-bird joiner
• Solid-rock connection
• Butterfield of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
• Hard-rock bridge
• Smart-whip connector
• Jolson's given first name
• Hot ___ pistol
• Coca-Cola founder Candler
• Third king of Judah
• Hard-rock connection?
• White-sheet link
• Thick ___ brick: 2 wds.
• Leica stated old film rating
• Dead ___ dodo
• Actor Butterfield of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
• Drunk ___ skunk: 2 wds.
• AC/DC "Hard ___ Rock"
• Light ___ feather: 2 wds.
• Hungry ___ bear: 2 wds.
• Actor Butterfield
• Result or rule preceder
• Words that connect each pair of four-letter words intersecting at a circle
• Happy-lark link
• Beatles "Free ___ Bird"
• Mad ___ wet hen: 2 wds.
• Comparison middle
• Dead ___ doornail: 2 wds.
• Neat ___ pin: 2 wds.
• "Ten Thousand Saints" actor Butterfield
• Letters denoting film speed
• ___ rule (ordinarily)
• Free-bird connection
• Light-feather connector
• Flat pancake filling?
• Pretty-picture link
• "___ next step ..."
• ___ rule (typically)
• Butterfield of "Ender's Game"
• Middle of many similes
• “___ matter of fact...”
• Quiet-lamb link
• Butterfield of “Hugo”
• Red-beet connection
• Words in many similes
• Parallel line part
• Matter-of-fact opening?
• Words before "formality" or "rule"
• "Sex Education" actor Butterfield
• Clean ___ whistle
• Solid-rock link
• Happy-clam filler
• Smart-whip link
• ___ rule (in general)
• "Sex Education" star Butterfield
• Dry - bone
• High - kite
• Hungry ___ bear
• Butterfield of "Sex Education"
• Busy ___ beaver
• Former Arkansas governor Hutchinson
• Actor Butterfield of "Sex Education"
• "Just ___ heads-up ..."
• Al Jolson's actual first name
• "Hugo" actor Butterfield
• Silent ___ mouse
• ___ Hutchinson, former Arkansas governor
• Light ___ feather, stiff ___ board
• Arkansas pol Hutchinson
• "I'll take that ___ compliment"
• ___ last resort
• Solid-rock connector
• "Thick ___ Brick" (1972 Jethro Tull album)