- 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
- 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.
- ___ Brutus.” nyt 1954 DEAR Esteemed. nyt 1954 DEAR Esteemed. nyt 1954 DEAR Esteemed. nyt 1954 DEAR Expression of mild annoyance. nyt 1954 DEAR Precious. nyt 1954 DEAR Term of affection. nyt 1954 DEARER More beloved. nyt 1954 DEAREST Epistolary salutation. nyt 1954 DEARNESS Reciprocal affection. nyt 1954 DEARS Charming children. nyt 1954 DEARS Loved ones. nyt 1954 DEAU Ville ___ (spa): Fr. nyt 1954 DEB Coming-out girl. nyt 1954 DEB Society bud. nyt 1954 DEB Society girl. nyt 1954 DEB Young woman with a future. nyt 1954 DEBAR Exclude from. nyt 1954 DEBARRED Prohibited. nyt 1954 DEBASER Corrupter. nyt 1954 DEBATE Congressional activity. nyt 1954 DEBATED Considered. nyt 1954 DEBATERS Lincoln and Douglas, for instance. nyt 1954 DEBBIE Miss Reynolds, actress. nyt 1954 DEBIT Bookkeeper's entry. nyt 1954 DEBORAHKERR Film star on Broadway. nyt 1954 DEBORAHS Actress Kerr and others. nyt 1954 DEBRA Actress Paget. nyt 1954 DEBT Concomitant of credit. nyt 1954 DEBT Obligation. nyt 1954 DEBTORS Buyers on the installment plan. nyt 1954 DEBUT Beginning of a career. nyt 1954 DEC Month: Abbr. nyt 1954 DECA Ten: Prefix. nyt 1954 DECADES Century units. nyt 1954 DECAL Picture or design for transferring. nyt 1954 DECAL Picture paster: Colloq. nyt 1954 DECAMP Run away. nyt 1954 DECANT Pour off. nyt 1954 DECAYED Spoiled. nyt 1954 DECEIT Hocus pocus. nyt 1954 DECEIT Lie. nyt 1954 DECEITS Duplicities. nyt 1954 DECEMBER Last of twelve. nyt 1954 DECEMBER When Washington crossed the Delaware. nyt 1954 DECENTERS Makes eccentric. nyt 1954 DECEPTIVE Misleading. nyt 1954 DECIDING Making up one's mind. nyt 1954 DECIMAL Progressing by tens. nyt 1954 DECK Stacked ___. nyt 1954 DECK Synonym for 41 Across. nyt 1954 DECKS Promenade, boat, etc. nyt 1954 DECKUP Pile on a ship, as logs. nyt 1954 DECLAIMED Orated. nyt 1954 DECLASSEE Lowered in social status. nyt 1954 DECOCT Extract by boiling. nyt 1954 DECOYED Tricked. nyt 1954 DECRY Censure openly. nyt 1954 DEDANS Inside: Fr. nyt 1954 DEDHAM Scene of Sacco-Vanzetti trial. nyt 1954 DEE Aberdeen's river. nyt 1954 DEE Balmoral Castle's river. nyt 1954 DEE English river. nyt 1954 DEE Jolly miller's river. nyt 1954 DEE Letter. nyt 1954 DEE River in Scotland. nyt 1954 DEE Scottish river. nyt 1954 DEE Welsh river. nyt 1954 DEED Action. nyt 1954 DEED Document. nyt 1954 DEED Feat of courage. nyt 1954 DEED Legal paper. nyt 1954 DEED Real estate document. nyt 1954 DEEDING Transferring by contract. nyt 1954 DEEDS Gary Cooper's pixilated" role.
- 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
