| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| WISE | As .. as an owl |
| WISE | .. as an owl |
| WISE | ... as an owl |
| ASWISE | ... as an owl |
| ULULATE | Hoot, as an owl. |
| AISLE | It's almost as long as an airplane |
| APEAK | As vertical as possible, as an embedded anchor |
| MRSMALAPROP | "She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of Nile" speaker |
| MALAPROP | She says, "As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile." |
| CHESS | "As elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency," per Raymond Chandler |
