| D | E | R | L | L | A | M | A | A | I | M | E | D | ||
| A | X | E | G | A | B | O | N | S | W | E | A | R | ||
| B | I | L | L | B | O | A | R | D | C | H | A | R | T | S |
| B | L | O | A | T | S | S | E | V | E | N | ||||
| L | E | A | D | F | E | S | S | T | H | A | W | |||
| E | D | D | Y | T | I | L | P | O | A | C | H | |||
| H | O | R | S | D | O | E | U | V | R | E | ||||
| A | C | Q | U | I | T | S | U | M | P | T | E | E | N | |
| S | O | U | N | D | S | T | A | G | E | S | ||||
| A | M | A | Z | E | N | U | N | C | H | O | P | |||
| P | E | D | I | S | T | O | P | H | A | H | A | |||
| P | L | A | I | T | T | H | I | R | D | S | ||||
| D | R | O | P | I | N | T | H | E | B | U | C | K | E | T |
| J | A | D | E | D | L | E | A | S | T | E | A | R | ||
| S | H | E | D | S | E | R | U | P | T | D | R | Y |
Oh, dear! Across answers with circles highlight O and kinds of DEER.
| L | A | P | P | I | G | S | T | Y | S | M | S | |||
| A | P | R | A | N | E | M | I | A | H | A | N | A | ||
| G | O | O | D | E | N | O | U | G | H | A | R | A | B | |
| S | P | O | O | L | G | R | E | W | R | I | F | E | ||
| F | I | L | L | F | R | E | A | K | O | U | T | |||
| B | A | R | A | O | L | H | S | T | ||||||
| A | S | E | A | L | A | D | S | H | A | I | K | U | ||
| C | H | A | I | N | L | I | N | K | F | E | N | C | E | S |
| H | Y | D | R | A | R | A | I | L | K | A | L | E | ||
| P | I | P | T | U | T | L | P | S | ||||||
| F | E | L | L | F | L | A | T | B | A | W | L | |||
| A | Q | U | A | A | M | O | S | L | A | D | L | E | ||
| R | U | I | N | S | P | O | O | N | E | R | I | S | M | |
| M | A | G | E | M | E | T | R | O | S | B | A | M | ||
| L | I | S | A | D | H | E | R | E | S | T | A |
Four clues are Spoonerisms. Read "Recently dated" at 17-Across as "Decently rated", etc.