| Thickening agent, from seaweed | 30 |
| Henry ___ Wallace | 17 |
| Henry Wallace's middle name | 31 |
| "There is ___ her face" (Campion) | 43 |
| Fly ___ mushroom | 16 |
| Mushroom with an umbrella cap | 29 |
| Umbrella-capped mushroom | 24 |
| Meadow mushroom | 15 |
| Kind of mushroom | 16 |
| Dried mushroom | 14 |
| Common edible mushroom | 22 |
| An edible mushroom | 18 |
| Blow ___ (hit the roof) | 23 |
| Andre and family | 16 |
| Glacial lake | 12 |
| Yucca plant carved from banded quartz? | 38 |
| Material for marbles | 20 |
| Classified ad measure | 21 |
| Proof of quartz sales? | 22 |
| "Mystery" author | 26 |
| Miss Marple's creator | 25 |
| Her "brain children" were Poirot and Marple | 53 |
| Best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records | 82 |
| A k a Mary Westmacott | 21 |
| "The Pale Horse" | 26 |
| "The Body in the Library" writer | 42 |
| Mystery writers' awards | 27 |
| Christie and a Sicilian saint | 29 |
| Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's spouse | 43 |
| Ste. _____ , Manitoba | 22 |
| Like chalcedony | 15 |
| Ethiopian group | 15 |
| Town across the Connecticut River from Springfield, Mass. | 57 |
| Six Flags New England location | 30 |
| Six Flags New England locale | 28 |
| Massachusetts town with an Algonquian name | 42 |
| "We'll have ___ old time" | 39 |
| "I Am ___ Musician," child's song | 47 |
| " . . . I'm ___ deceiver": G. Colman | 50 |
| " . . . I'm ___ deceiver": Colman | 47 |
| Christmas song since the 1950s | 30 |
| Mary's flowers | 18 |
| Would-be assassin: 1981 | 23 |
| Org. subdivisions | 17 |
| "Terrible" toddler time | 33 |
| "Crabbed ___ youth cannot . . . " | 43 |
| Jocular remark by someone holding a door, literally? | 52 |
| Road race division | 18 |
| Guide for makeup artists? | 25 |
| Spirit of '76? | 18 |
| Became too old for foster care, say | 35 |
| With "& Sons," erstwhile name in financial services | 65 |
| Discuss reasonable outcomes upfront | 35 |
| When Mozart began composing | 27 |
| Not very old | 12 |
| Scam committed by some Little Leaguers | 38 |
| Jack Benny's 39? | 20 |
| Fading starlet's syndrome? | 30 |
| May-December difference, perhaps | 32 |
| Issue in May-December romances | 30 |
| Hurdle for some couples | 23 |
| Feature of a May-December romance | 33 |
| Years separating a couple, say | 30 |
| Subject kindled by a cougar | 27 |
| Span that can't be shrunk | 29 |
| Space in a relationship? | 24 |
| Relationship with a cougar's defining feature | 49 |
| Relationship disparity, perhaps | 31 |
| Possible barrier to romance | 27 |
| May-December wedding issue | 26 |
| May-December romance characteristic | 35 |
| Marital challenge, perhaps | 26 |
| It's wide in a May-December romance | 39 |
| It's big in a May-December relationship | 43 |
| It might pose a marital challenge | 33 |
| Difference between generations | 30 |
| Difference between Gen-Xers and baby boomers | 44 |
| Dating stumbling block, perhaps | 31 |
| Daters' concern, perhaps | 28 |
| May-December romance features | 29 |
| Features of May-December marriages | 34 |
| Deadeye Dick "New ___" | 32 |
| Demographic division | 20 |
| Category on a survey | 20 |
| Demographic, maybe | 18 |
| Demographic of a sort | 21 |
| Demographic breakout | 20 |
| Demographic | 11 |
| "___ do abhor thee . . . ": Shak. | 43 |
| "For ___ opportunity . . . " (Longfellow) | 51 |
| '-- just a number' | 26 |
| End of the bon mot | 18 |
| Discrimination against the elderly | 34 |
| Type of hiring discrimination | 29 |
| Bias against the elderly | 24 |
| AARP target | 11 |
| What the Gray Panthers fight | 28 |
| Scorn for seniors | 17 |
| Discrimination against senior citizens | 38 |
| Certain discrimination | 22 |