| What to have at a fish fry? | 27 |
| What happy partygoers had | 25 |
| Cycling | 7 |
| Years before now | 16 |
| Some time past | 14 |
| Some time in the past | 21 |
| Earlier today, say | 18 |
| Miraculous event (Part 3) | 25 |
| Smart as --- | 12 |
| Smart as -- | 11 |
| Smart as ___ | 12 |
| In a spin | 9 |
| Going in circles | 16 |
| " ... _____ Christmas" | 32 |
| The holiday gathering at actress Betty's was _____ | 54 |
| Procol Harum "___ Shade of Pale" | 42 |
| Taken as __: in its entirety | 28 |
| Oscar-winning song from "Aladdin" | 43 |
| 1992 Oscar-winning song | 23 |
| ... Disney's "Aladdin" | 36 |
| Third Eye Blind "Losing ___" | 38 |
| Give ___ berth to (shun) | 24 |
| Cut_____swath | 13 |
| "The farmer takes ___" | 32 |
| "The farmer takes ___ . . . " | 39 |
| "Had ___ and couldn't keep her" (nursery rhyme line) | 66 |
| "Had __ and couldn't ..." | 39 |
| "...had ____ and couldn't keep her" | 49 |
| "...had ___ and couldn't keep her" | 48 |
| " . . . had ___ and couldn't . . . " | 50 |
| Risky investment | 16 |
| Alternate title of this puzzle | 30 |
| "Where there's ___ . . . " | 40 |
| "Where there's ___" | 33 |
| "Where there's ___ ..." | 37 |
| "Where there's ___, there's ..." | 50 |
| "Caesar, now be still: / I kill'd not thee with half so good ___": Brutus | 87 |
| "Be there ___, and . . . " | 36 |
| "Stood Dido with ___ in her hand": Shak. | 50 |
| Eke out ___ (barely beat) | 25 |
| A victory | 9 |
| " . . . on ___ a prayer" | 34 |
| What some planes fly on | 23 |
| Hope born of desperation | 24 |
| Desperation equipment | 21 |
| Desperate hope | 14 |
| After "on," relying mostly on hope in desperate circumstances | 71 |
| What you might get from a flirtatious friar? | 44 |
| Singles bar pickup strategy? | 28 |
| Like kittens and puppies? | 25 |
| Donahue film showing in Sydney? | 31 |
| "Nor ever did ___ one": Wilmot | 40 |
| "It is ___ father that knows . . . " | 46 |
| "I heard ___ man say": Housman | 40 |
| "I heard ___ man say . . . ": Housman | 47 |
| "I heard ___ man . . . ": Housman | 43 |
| "... I heard ___ man say...": A.E. Houseman | 53 |
| "___ old bird is the pelican . . . " | 46 |
| ''__ woman never yields'': Stendhal | 51 |
| Be ___ man for it | 17 |
| Gag: Part 3 | 11 |
| No room | 7 |
| "Better ___ fool . . . ": Shak. | 41 |
| Early adolescence, they say | 27 |
| More inept | 10 |
| Betraying clumsiness | 20 |
| One that keeps bumping into senators? | 37 |
| Without fear: Var. | 18 |
| Heirloom tool? | 14 |
| Cobbler's heirloom? (pointed pun) | 37 |
| Cobbler's heirloom? | 23 |
| Big-box store for cobblers? | 27 |
| Leather-worker's dictum? | 28 |
| Carpenter's choice | 22 |
| Tools, riches, accompany, expand | 32 |
| Sparkly leatherworking tool? | 28 |
| "Shoo-oot ..." | 24 |
| Phrase for the slightly miffed and disappointed | 47 |
| "C'mon, pal!" | 27 |
| "You're killin' me!" | 38 |
| "This is the worst!" | 30 |
| "Shoo-oot" | 20 |
| "Jeezum crow!" | 24 |
| 'Darn it' | 17 |
| ''Dude, gimme a break!'' | 40 |
| Machine for removing bristles | 29 |
| Grain processing machine | 24 |
| Hummeling machines | 18 |
| Small bristles | 14 |
| Bearded, in botany | 18 |
| Radar's hometown, in "MASH" | 41 |
| Rousted out of bed | 18 |
| Asleep no more | 14 |
| Risen from sleep | 16 |
| What you may find when bills are overdue? | 41 |
| Valentino? | 10 |
| Wilde's "___ of No Importance" | 44 |
| Kipling observation | 19 |
| 'Two roads diverged in --': Robert Frost | 48 |
| This is sufficient | 18 |