| Poke __ in | 10 |
| Nine Inch Nails: "Head Like ___" | 42 |
| Make ___-in-one | 15 |
| Like ___ in the head | 20 |
| Like __ in the head | 19 |
| Jay-Z "Dig ___" | 25 |
| Jackass | 7 |
| In ___ (indebted) | 17 |
| In ___ (beset by difficulties) | 30 |
| Have ___ in one's head | 26 |
| Guy who cuts you off in traffic, e.g. | 37 |
| Financially struggling, with "in" | 43 |
| Contemptible guy, but slightly less vulgarly | 44 |
| Complete schmuck | 16 |
| Burn -- in one's pocket | 27 |
| Burn _____ in one's pocket | 30 |
| "There's ___ in the Bucket" (kids' song) | 58 |
| "There's ___ in My Bucket" (children's song) | 62 |
| "I'm fixing ___ where the rain gets in..." | 56 |
| "I'm fixing __ where the rain gets in" Beatles | 60 |
| "Head Like ___" | 25 |
| "Fixing ___" Beatles | 30 |
| "Fixing ___" (Beatles tune) | 37 |
| "Fixing ___" | 22 |
| "Boston's ___ . . . ": Browning | 45 |
| "... like I need ___ in my head!" | 43 |
| ''There's ___ in my bucket ...'' | 52 |
| ___ in the head | 15 |
| Burn ___ one's pocket | 25 |
| Recurring SNL twosome played by Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig | 63 |
| Real dicks | 10 |
| Jerks, but a bit meaner | 23 |
| "Gimme ___" ("call me," informally) | 55 |
| What the priest's doggie was? | 33 |
| 1993 Kathy Bates film | 21 |
| "Girl with ___" (Renoir painting) | 43 |
| 1916 Theodore Dreiser book | 26 |
| Vociferous exuberance | 21 |
| Hasn't ___ (is sunk) | 24 |
| "Young man with ___" | 30 |
| "Well, ___ for my money . . . ": Shak. | 48 |
| Quite a different matter | 24 |
| Why water got diverted in the garden? | 37 |
| Lots (of) | 9 |
| "___, of golden daffodils": Wordsworth | 48 |
| Tons, poetically | 16 |
| "___ of golden daffodils": Wordsworth | 47 |
| "__ of golden daffodils": Wordsworth | 46 |
| Clueless emcee? | 15 |
| Motel collective | 16 |
| "___ is . . . a refuge from home life": Shaw | 54 |
| Nimble JACK | 11 |
| "You ain't nothin' but __ dog" | 48 |
| Big as ___ | 10 |
| "___ Is Not a Home": Adler | 36 |
| Like ___ (very fast) | 20 |
| Congress, at times | 18 |
| Pearl Buck title from Mark | 26 |
| Lincoln's description of pre-Civil War America ... or a hint to the circled letters | 87 |
| Lincoln said it 'cannot stand' | 38 |
| Ho Use | 6 |
| Overseas greeting? | 18 |
| Salty hail | 10 |
| Novelty seafood restaurant greeting | 35 |
| Marine greeting | 15 |
| Old salt's salutation | 25 |
| Phrase # 3 | 10 |
| High seas shout | 15 |
| Al ___, Cairo newspaper | 23 |
| Bret Harte character | 20 |
| Twain/Harte play | 16 |
| Mark Twain/Bret Harte play | 26 |
| Play co-written by Mark Twain and Bret Harte | 44 |
| Play co-authored by Mark Twain | 30 |
| Play by Mark Twain and Bret Harte | 33 |
| Harte/Twain play | 16 |
| Harte-Twain play | 16 |
| Harte character | 15 |
| Harte card player | 17 |
| Chinese title hero in an 1877 play | 34 |
| Cheating euchre player in Bret Harte's "Plain Language From Truthful James" | 89 |
| Bret Harte/Mark Twain play | 26 |
| Bret Harte/Mark Twain collaboration | 35 |
| Bret Harte's cardsharp | 26 |
| Bret Harte man | 14 |
| 1877 Harte/Twain play | 21 |
| 1877 flop by Bret Harte and Mark Twain | 38 |
| Wakashan people of Vancouver Island | 35 |
| Northwest people | 16 |
| Nootka | 6 |
| Canadian Indian group | 21 |
| Gazelle of Asia | 15 |
| "Dig You Later" subtitle: 1945 | 40 |
| "I need ___!" (desperate admission) | 45 |
| Give -- (embrace) | 17 |
| "I think somebody needs __" | 37 |
| "Come here...gimme ___!" | 34 |
| Amorous greeting | 16 |
| "You've made ___ mistake!" | 40 |
| Seneca's prediction in "Medea" | 44 |