| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Phase of history. |
| Two-dimensional extent. |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Market dominance by two companies |
| A Tale of Two Cities" city |
| Runner Sebastian with two Olympic gold medals |
| A bakery has one |
| Alternative to purchase |
| Padded purchase, perhaps |
| Anchor who has no idea what he's talking about? |
| Adjective and adverb, for two |
| Evergreen tree has critical condition that's contagious (7) |
| Type of guitar that usually only has four strings |
| RuPaul's Drag Race" network |
| Every garçon has one |
| Two-masted fore-and-after |
| Roman goddess of chastity |
| Name shared by two brothers in the Hockey Hall of Fame |
| Result of two people with incompatible values exchanging numbers, perhaps |
| Fictional rabbit chaser |
| One of two poles |
| Adult ___ (Cartoon Network subchannel for older viewers) |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| One of two equal portions |
| French comic series that has sold 350+ million copies worldwide |
| Free cash machines, but apparently only if you have a "bank account" that already has "money" in it |
| Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams has one: Abbr. |
| Bet predicting the top two finishers in order |
| Asian body of water that has greatly shrunk |