TALES OF WO
Credit: Boston Globe Crossword
Henry Hook  (#1-5)

Each clue below can be answered with an expression containing the word WITHOUT.

1. Military truancy
2. "It's like, well, night," according to Steve Martin.
3. "Never-ending" in hymns
4. James Dean classic movie
5. Philip Nolan in 1863 novel
6. Like a baseless lawsuit
7. No more talking or anything else
8. Completely vanish
9. Uninformed, in the dark about something
10. In trouble and unable to do anything about it

Answers:

1. Absent without leave  (AWOL)
2. A day without sunshine
3. World without end
4. Rebel Without a Cause
5. The Man Without a Country
6. Without merit
7. Without further adieu
8. Without a trace
9. Without a clue
10. Up the creek without a paddle