Cook up, so to speak (6 letters)

Think-tank member (7 letters)

High respect (6 letters)

"That's a lie!" (4 letters)

Notion (4 letters)

Perhaps (3 letters)

Choose (6 letters)

Problem or model (5 letters)

Notebook maker (3 letters)

Thinks well of (7 letters)

In the slightest degree (5 letters)

Feel contrition (6 letters)

Shrugger in a Rand title (5 letters)

French thought (4 letters)

Apprehension expression (4 letters)

Ol' Blue Eyes (5 letters)

"___ that I loved Caesar less . . . ": Shak. (3 letters)

Lance of the bench (3 letters)

Ricky Nelson's "Sweeter ___ You" (4 letters)

___ piece (Safire column) (4 letters)