- DEAR
- ___ Abby
- Cherished
- Letter opener
- Letter starter
- Term of affection
- Beloved
- Very expensive
- Sweet thing
- Expensive
- Sweetpea
- Sweetie
- Diary word
- Lamb
- Babe
- Pet name
- Costing a pretty penny
- Honey substitute?
- Seriously expensive
- Honey
- Loved one
- Diary-entry starter
- Whatever you say addressee
- Like family heirlooms
- Having a lot of meaning
- Salutation starter
- Word before me or John
- Highly valued
- Precious
- Sweetheart
- Turtledove
- Costly
- Steep
- Pricey
- Darling
- Heartfelt
- Precious one
- Start of many letters
- Treasured
- Close to one's heart
- ___ John letter
- Martha My ___
- Honeybunch
- ___ Mr. Henshaw (Beverly Cleary book)
- ___ Prudence (1968 Beatles song)
- First word in many letters
- ___ White People (2014 film)
- It introduces me or John
- Hon
- Sugar substitute?
- Highly prized
- Note opening
- Start of many a letter
- __ me!
- Intro for John?
- Sugarpie
- __ Abby
- Word John doesn't want to see?
- See 41-Down
- Honey alternative
- Prized
- Letter opening
- Much loved
- Netflix's "__ White People"
- Diary opener
- First word of a letter
- Lovey
- Snookums
- Note starter
- Diary-entry opener
- High-priced
- Not popularly priced
- Loved
- __ Sir or Madam (letter starter)
- Word of affection
- __ sir or madam . . .
- Kind person
- Kind one
- Valued highly
- Much-cherished
- Start of a letter
- Angel
- Hang on for __ life
- Much valued
- Letter leadoff
- San Diego suburb
- ___ Ruth.
- Describing a former Broadway "Ruth."
- First word of most letters.
- Letter salutation.
- What scenes of childhood are to the heart.
- Close to the heart.
- Epistolary salutation.
- Highly esteemed.
- Overpriced.
- Expression of surprise.
- Esteemed.
- Exclamation of distress.
- Expression of annoyance.
- Start of a salutation.
- Highly esteemed, in letter-writing.
- ___ Brutus.
- Common letter opener.
- Interjection of surprise, pity, etc.
- Polite form of address in speaking or letter writing.
- Hard come by.
- Part of a salutation.
- Affectionate term.
- Salutation on a letter.
- Salutatory word.
- Loving.
- Lovable one.
- Well-beloved.
- Exclamation of surprise.
- Intimate.
- ___ John
- Relative of honey
- Letter beginning
- ___ Me, Ustinov autobiography
- How ___ to my heart . . .
- ___ Sir or Madame
- ___ me!
- Word before sir
- Before John
- Kind of sir
- Hard on the budget
- Like the cost of caviar
- ___ Heart, 1964 song
- Costing much
- ___ Heart, 1964 film
- Abby preceder
- TV's "___ John"
- _____ Diary...
- _____ Abby
- Billet-doux beginner
- Having great value
- Honeybun
- Sweet
- Valuable
- Dollface
- Not cheap
- Puddin'
- ___ Diary ...
- Cupcake
- Start of a diary entry
- Sweetums
- Tootsie
- My little chickadee
- Baby
- Pet
- Bosom
- Sugar
- Sweets
- Babycakes
- Valued
- Prayer starter, often
- Honey or sugar
- Immoderately priced
- With 28-Across, letter opener
- Lambchop
- Much-desired
- First word in a 13-Across
- First word of many a letter
- With 67-Across, one of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37- and 52-Across (can you find the other one?)
- -
- Start of many a diary entry
- TV's '_____ John'
- See 84-Across
- See 50-Down
- Beloved one
- ___ Prudence
- John Prine "___ Abby"
- Oh ___!
- Close
- Honeypie
- Word for Abby
- Word describing Abby?
- Word with "me" or "John"
- ___ John (sad letter opener)
- Beloved person
- Start of many handwritten letters
- Like a close friend
- ___ me! ("Goodness!")
- Start of an advice column question
- Sweetie pie
- ___ John (Taylor Swift song)
- Common first word in a letter
- Word before "Abby" or "John"
- Letter writer's opener
- Diary starter
- Important
- Bride to the groom
- Letter opener, with 1 Down
- Start of a letter to John
- Word with diary
- Letter's first word
- Alternative to "honey" or "sugar"
- Oh ___ ("That's not good!")
- ___ Evan Hansen
- Letter-starting word
- ___ Santa . . .
- Letter-opening word
- First word in a letter, often
- Word that a letter might start with
- ___ John (Taylor's Version)
- First word in some emails
- First word of many letters
- Near and ___ to my heart
- . . . and Ben Platt, who plays ___, he gave everything
- Toots
- Pretty steep
- Sugar alternative?
- First word in a letter to Santa
- How to sell, idiomatically