| Branches on the family tree | 27 |
| "Jeopardy!" owner | 27 |
| U.S./Canada's __ Canals | 27 |
| "Annnnnnyway ..." | 27 |
| ___ Canals, St. Marys River | 27 |
| "Not much longer" | 27 |
| "Any day now ..." | 27 |
| "Almost finished" | 27 |
| University of Oklahoma team | 27 |
| Children of Norman and Enid | 27 |
| At the earliest opportunity | 27 |
| Santa's laundry problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's concern | 27 |
| Sweep's target, perhaps | 27 |
| Schmutz on Santa's coat | 27 |
| Sartorial concern for Santa | 27 |
| Santa's washday problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's removal | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's coating | 27 |
| Word with "sayer" | 27 |
| Start for "sayer" | 27 |
| True words, in days gone by | 27 |
| Covers with coal dust, e.g. | 27 |
| Blackens with chimney grime | 27 |
| Like Santa after a delivery | 27 |
| Absorb, with "up" | 27 |
| What a frosh studies to be? | 27 |
| One who attends school hops | 27 |
| Loren of "Lady L" | 27 |
| They're no longer frosh | 27 |
| ___ up (absorbed, as gravy) | 27 |
| Member of a 2000s TV family | 27 |
| Noted aircraft manufacturer | 27 |
| Acid used as a preservative | 27 |
| Noted site of foreign study | 27 |
| University of Paris edifice | 27 |
| Merlin's stock-in-trade | 27 |
| Word following cold or open | 27 |
| Ready for a hot bath, maybe | 27 |
| Not taking a loss well, say | 27 |
| Marathoner's woe, maybe | 27 |
| French historian: 1842-1906 | 27 |
| Kierkegaard the philosopher | 27 |
| Pain after initial exercise | 27 |
| More sensitive to the touch | 27 |
| Having more aches and pains | 27 |
| A source of sugar and syrup | 27 |
| Open Society founder George | 27 |
| "Not my problem!" | 27 |
| "Beg your pardon" | 27 |
| Put into pigeonholes, maybe | 27 |
| Common computer instruction | 27 |
| After a fashion, informally | 27 |
| Fighter pilot's mission | 27 |
| Combat pilots' missions | 27 |
| Puts into neat little piles | 27 |
| It may be tapped out at sea | 27 |
| Smoke signal message, maybe | 27 |
| Skipper's distress call | 27 |
| Mariner's distress call | 27 |
| Mariner's call for help | 27 |
| "Mayday" relative | 27 |
| ''Mayday!'' | 27 |
| Universal signal since 1908 | 27 |
| Sparks's desperate call | 27 |
| Ocean's "911" | 27 |
| International distress sig. | 27 |
| "Mayday! Mayday!" | 27 |
| ···---··· | 27 |
| 1998 home run record chaser | 27 |
| Slugger who rivaled McGwire | 27 |
| Slugger who retired in 2009 | 27 |
| McGwire's rival in 1998 | 27 |
| Hitter of 66 homers in 1998 | 27 |
| Hard-hitting guy in Chicago | 27 |
| Former home run champ Sammy | 27 |
| "My heart bleeds" | 27 |
| "It's a pity" | 27 |
| Passable, but that's it | 27 |
| "Could be better" | 27 |
| Like a .250 batting average | 27 |
| Adjective for a .250 hitter | 27 |
| "Nothing special" | 27 |
| Thumbs-sideways from Ebert? | 27 |
| "Get used to it!" | 27 |
| One known to hit the bottle | 27 |
| One who sees pink elephants | 27 |
| Pope St. ___: 166–75 | 27 |
| "Yeah ... anyway" | 27 |
| "Na na na-na na!" | 27 |
| 'Serves you right!' | 27 |
| Clip of Maisie at the beach | 27 |
| 'And -- bed': Pepys | 27 |
| "Got that right!" | 27 |
| They're often plastered | 27 |
| They don't pass the bar | 27 |
| Teetotalers they're not | 27 |
| Five centimes in old France | 27 |
| Niçoise nickel no longer | 27 |
| One second in a restaurant? | 27 |