| Suffix for sooth or gain | 24 |
| Sooth follower | 14 |
| Reciter; teller | 15 |
| Quoted one | 10 |
| Pop singer Leo | 14 |
| One talking | 11 |
| One making pronouncements | 25 |
| It may follow nay | 17 |
| Gain or nay follower | 20 |
| Follower of nay or sooth | 24 |
| Follower of gain or nay | 23 |
| Doer's opposite | 19 |
| Coiner? | 7 |
| "Nay" or "sooth" follower | 45 |
| "Nay" follower | 24 |
| Wimsey's creator | 20 |
| Mystery writer Dorothy | 22 |
| Lord Peter Wimsey's creator | 31 |
| She wrote "The Nine Tailors" | 38 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Gale | 22 |
| NFL great portrayed in "Brian's Song" | 51 |
| Lord Wimsey's creator | 25 |
| Football Hall-of-Famer Gale | 27 |
| "Strong Poison" author | 32 |
| "Gaudy Night" author | 30 |
| "Brian's Song" character | 38 |
| Writer known for Wimsey | 23 |
| Peter Wimsey creator | 20 |
| Mystery's Dorothy | 21 |
| Lord Peter Wimsey creator | 25 |
| Hall-of-Famer Gale | 18 |
| Gridiron great Gale | 19 |
| Grid great Gale | 15 |
| Gale on the gridiron | 20 |
| Gale of football fame | 21 |
| English whodunit writer | 23 |
| Dorothy of mysteries | 20 |
| Creator of Lode Peter Wimsey | 28 |
| British detective-story writer Dorothy | 38 |
| British crime writer | 20 |
| Bears Hall of Famer Gale | 24 |
| Author of "Strong Poison" | 35 |
| "The Nine Tailors" author | 35 |
| "The Five Red Herrings" author | 40 |
| "Murder Must Advertise" writer Dorothy | 48 |
| "Murder Must Advertise" writer | 40 |
| "Brian's Song" role | 33 |
| "Brian's Song" man | 32 |
| ''Brian's Song'' character | 46 |
| Doth pronounce | 14 |
| Something to do before dinner | 29 |
| Offer a prandial prayer | 23 |
| Get ready for dinner, in a way | 30 |
| Bless the food | 14 |
| Willie Mays's sobriquet | 27 |
| Willie Mays phrase | 18 |
| Willie Mays catchphrase | 23 |
| The __ Kid: Willie Mays's nickname | 38 |
| Relay greetings | 15 |
| Pass along greetings | 20 |
| Pass along a salutation | 23 |
| Nickname for an athletic "kid" | 40 |
| Descriptor of Willie Mays | 25 |
| Catchphrase for Willie Mays | 27 |
| Catch phrase of Willie Mays | 27 |
| Willie Mays' nickname | 25 |
| Follower of the Sultan of Swat in career homers | 47 |
| Baseball's Willie Mays, with "the" | 48 |
| Greet cordially, with "to" | 36 |
| Greet casually | 14 |
| Greet someone casually | 22 |
| Greet informally | 16 |
| Greet casually, with "to" | 35 |
| Give an informal greeting | 25 |
| Drop in for a sec | 17 |
| Introduce oneself | 17 |
| Greet with two letters? | 23 |
| Give a quick welcome | 20 |
| Break the ice | 13 |
| Greet quickly | 13 |
| Greet cordially | 15 |
| Greet casually (with "to") | 36 |
| Greet a person casually | 23 |
| Give a quick greeting | 21 |
| Give a greeting | 15 |
| Be friendly, in a way | 21 |
| Acknowledge an acquaintance | 27 |
| Acknowledge a passerby | 22 |
| Officially leave bachelorhood | 29 |
| Make an inauguration affirmation | 32 |
| Give up the single life | 23 |
| Get into a bind? | 16 |
| Agree to unite | 14 |
| Voicing | 7 |
| Uttering | 8 |
| Breaking the ice, maybe | 23 |
| "That's life!," e.g. | 34 |
| Well-known quotations | 21 |
| Oft-quoted words | 16 |
| Collection of saws? | 19 |