| Fleet head |
| Ancient Greek author famous for his fables |
| Pleading question said while pulling on Mom's sleeve |
| Galilee native |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Monogram of the author of "The Biglow Papers |
| Amsterdam" author McEwan |
| Command authoritatively |
| ___ the world (asleep) |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| Amtrak sleeping compartments |
| Bellini's sleepwalker |
| Sleepy John ___ (blues guitarist) |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| Matzo Balls for Breakfast" author |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |
| Acted sleepy |
| Feeling sleepy |
| Natural ingredient in Kleenex Soothing Lotion tissues |
| Gullible's Travels" author |
| Campus authority |
| Sleep preventer |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Start of a sleeper's observation |
| Author's rewards |
| Author of inspirational stories for boys |
| Sleepy baker's equipment? |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |