| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NOW | Oxymoronic lead-in to "then" |
| DICEK | Nickname of ace Matsuzaka, who pitched in the US and then went back to Japan |
| THEAS | California team [and 18 letters in the grid to circle ... and then connect using three lines] |
| ITOO | Langston Hughes poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare - Say to me, - 'Eat in the kitchen,' - Then" |
| TWICE | The Process of Elimination: In the answer to each starred clue, cross out any letter that appears ...; then read the letters that remain |
| LEWDEST | Most likely to go way too far, for example to get drunk and expose one's ass and then shake it in people's faces |
