| End of the riddle whose answer is "When it's ajar." | 65 |
| "Every wall is __": Emerson | 37 |
| "A Stone, A Leaf, ___": Wolfe | 39 |
| "... not ___? When it's ajar" | 43 |
| " . . . of a stone, a leaf, ___": Wolfe | 49 |
| 'When is -- not ...' | 28 |
| Rope-___ (Ali's strategy) | 29 |
| Rope-___ (Ali trademark) | 24 |
| "The Gentleman Is ___" (Rodgers and Hammerstein song) | 63 |
| Highway or Pet lead-in | 22 |
| Nonprofit supported by Drew Barrymore | 37 |
| Non-profit whose corporate sponsors include Purina | 50 |
| Animal shelter program | 22 |
| Legalized addition to Pierre's family | 41 |
| Took up | 7 |
| Voted to accept | 15 |
| Took on or in | 13 |
| Taken for one's own | 23 |
| Not biological | 14 |
| Not a part of from the start | 28 |
| Like Steve Jobs and Moses | 25 |
| Like many pets | 14 |
| Like Clark Kent and Bamm-Bamm Rubble | 36 |
| Got out of a shelter | 20 |
| Given a home | 12 |
| Orphans, often | 14 |
| Some new parents | 16 |
| Many humane society visitors | 28 |
| Taking up and practicing as one's own | 41 |
| Taking by choice | 16 |
| Receiving willingly | 19 |
| Organization's curious deduction? | 37 |
| Enactment, as of a law | 22 |
| Espousal | 8 |
| Animal shelter transaction | 26 |
| Pet-shelter transaction | 23 |
| Pet subject | 11 |
| Pet shelter deal | 16 |
| Family court issue | 18 |
| Animal shelter deal | 19 |
| Alternative to pregnancy | 24 |
| Family business? | 16 |
| Family-expanding document? | 26 |
| Like some parents | 17 |
| Kind of parent | 14 |
| Swiss statesman: 1845–1928 | 33 |
| Swiss statesman: 1845-1928 | 26 |
| Marie Osmond's ___ Belle dolls | 34 |
| He worships: Sp. | 16 |
| How tots perform recitals | 25 |
| Iglesia attendee | 16 |
| Worship: Lat. | 13 |
| Subject of many paintings | 25 |
| Fervent love/fuss over allowance? | 33 |
| Da Vinci's "___ of the Magi" | 42 |
| Commercial speech? | 18 |
| Botticelli's "___ of the Magi" | 44 |
| Hugo van der Goes painting | 26 |
| Love something offered at home improvement stores? | 50 |
| Renée of the silents and family | 34 |
| "I demand worship!" | 29 |
| Love, as "thou" might do in a hymn | 44 |
| Worshipful | 10 |
| Like the Magi | 13 |
| Magi activity at Bethlehem | 26 |
| Loving to bits | 14 |
| Loving lots | 11 |
| Like stalwart fans | 18 |
| Like devoted fans | 17 |
| Action at a crèche | 21 |
| One way to gaze | 15 |
| Like cute nerds, in slang | 25 |
| Cute in a nerdy way | 19 |
| Cute and nerdy | 14 |
| "To point a moral, or ___ tale": S. Johnson | 53 |
| Beautifier | 10 |
| Tree trimmer, for example | 25 |
| Tinsel user | 11 |
| Prettifier | 10 |
| One who decorates | 17 |
| One who decks the halls, say | 28 |
| One ornamenting | 15 |
| Drapery, e.g. | 13 |
| Xmas tree activity | 18 |
| Gracing | 7 |
| Decorating | 10 |
| Decking out | 11 |
| Decking | 7 |
| Activity for a decorator | 24 |
| Touch of color, perhaps | 23 |
| Relief ornament | 15 |
| Entreat: Lat. | 13 |
| Some, in prescriptions | 22 |
| Without ___ (certainly) | 23 |
| What a Missourian might be | 26 |
| "She had ___ Presbyterian mind..."--Steinbeck | 55 |
| "Oh that I had wings like ___!": Psalm 55 | 51 |
| "... and gentle as __": Matthew | 41 |
| " . . . wings like ___": Psalm 55 | 43 |
| Ethiopian town | 14 |