- INITIAL
- Okay, in a way
- Alfred E. Neuman has one
- Part of a monogram
- Approve, on some contracts
- Letter with a period
- First
- Sign in a brief way
- Acronym component
- Beginning
- Monogram character
- The "I" of FBI, e.g.
- Part of JFK?
- Starting
- Letter opener?
- Authorize, in a way
- Sign, in a way
- Primary
- Monogram component
- Monogram part
- With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make?
- Acknowledge, in a way
- Sign, for short
- Opening
- Hanky embroidery
- Indicate assent, often
- Sign off on, in a way
- Sign swiftly
- Sign, briefly
- Last name's first?
- Monogram letter
- #1
- Brief signature.
- Embroidered letter.
- Incipient.
- Sign in a certain way.
- Decoration on a shirt.
- Identifying mark.
- Earliest.
- Handkerchief adornment.
- Handbag décor
- Handkerchief extra
- Monogram unit
- Sign in a hurry
- First letter
- Part of 19 Across
- Monogram ingredient
- Approve, in a way
- OK, in a way
- Sign off on
- O.K., maybe
- Handkerchief embroidery
- J, F or K
- *PO
- Bit of product personalization
- C. S. Lewis piece?
- M, L or K, for MLK
- One of three for J.R.R. Tolkien
- A, O or C, for AOC
- Agree to briefly, on a contract
- Personal letter?
- Lead character
- Sign with three letters, say
