“"At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass”

Town

"___ funny …" (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov)

"Don't take offense," nowadays

N.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented

Mid-voyage

Members of a tough crowd, perhaps

Some painkillers

Neighbor of Pakistan

Go-ahead responses