| Researcher | 10 |
| Auditorium late-comers' seating | 35 |
| Masseur's offering | 22 |
| Massage for a person who's prone | 36 |
| Light massage | 13 |
| Laying-on of hands? | 19 |
| Knot remover, maybe | 19 |
| Support Flintstone's friend? | 32 |
| On the track once again? | 24 |
| Labor convenience | 17 |
| Position that allows more car space? | 36 |
| Pain in the rear? | 17 |
| Obnoxious car passenger | 23 |
| Mobile source of criticism | 26 |
| Faultfinding passenger | 22 |
| Auto didact? | 12 |
| Woods stowed in the rear of a golf cart? | 40 |
| Uneasy riders | 13 |
| No easy riders | 14 |
| Kin of Monday-morning quarterbacks | 34 |
| Conversation steerers? | 22 |
| Auto pests | 10 |
| Places for some drivers, so to speak | 36 |
| Nonverbal congratulations | 25 |
| Be very cordial to | 18 |
| Good-time Charlie | 17 |
| Effusively friendly person | 26 |
| Effusive greeters | 17 |
| Effusive display of approval | 28 |
| Condones eating soup impolitely? | 32 |
| Strikes among co-workers? | 25 |
| Left-leaning member of the board? | 33 |
| Regressed | 9 |
| Had a relapse | 13 |
| Reverse progress | 16 |
| Return to sinful ways | 21 |
| One who reverts | 15 |
| Relapsing | 9 |
| It's close to home/Broker order | 35 |
| Stops the presses? | 18 |
| Chiropractor's place in a medical building? | 47 |
| Return a letter, say | 20 |
| Move to your previous place | 27 |
| Key with a left-pointing arrow | 30 |
| Deleting letters, in a way | 26 |
| Covering up a typing mistake, maybe | 35 |
| It may be applied to a tennis ball | 34 |
| Reverse rotation | 16 |
| Golf-shot effect | 16 |
| English, maybe | 14 |
| Poor choice for a friend | 24 |
| 1972 hit for the O'Jays | 27 |
| Attack an actor from N.Y.C. | 27 |
| One place to rehearse one's lines | 37 |
| Near, but not in, the limelight | 31 |
| In the green-room | 17 |
| Behind-the-scenes area | 22 |
| Preshow anxiety | 15 |
| Behind-the-scenes romance? | 26 |
| Furtive | 7 |
| Type of intrigue | 16 |
| Part of a ship's rigging | 28 |
| It's behind home plate | 26 |
| Ball catcher behind a catcher | 29 |
| What an actor might want to know about the character he is playing | 66 |
| Overexertion result, perhaps | 28 |
| Alleyways | 9 |
| They may be taken to avoid snarls | 33 |
| Part of Pimlico's field | 27 |
| Part of Pimlico | 15 |
| Start of a golf stroke | 22 |
| Start of a golf drive | 21 |
| Insolent retort | 15 |
| Chiropractor's parlance? | 28 |
| Sassed | 6 |
| Answers wrongly? | 16 |
| Beach loungers' quests | 26 |
| Sponsor unwisely | 16 |
| Wheelie supporter | 17 |
| ____ the Future | 15 |
| Have one's ___ the wall | 27 |
| "___ the Future," 1985 movie | 38 |
| "___ the drawing board" | 33 |
| "___ Black" (2008 single from an album of the same name) | 66 |
| ___ basics | 10 |
| Puzzle direction, horizontally | 30 |
| Lionel Richie best-of album | 27 |
| Jackson 5 "Goin' ___" | 35 |
| Phrase welcomed by Mom | 22 |
| Like some late summer sales | 27 |
| Like some August sales | 22 |
| Flowery adventure film? | 23 |
| Film about a failed surgery? | 28 |
| Position of the desperate? | 26 |
| Position for a cornered person | 30 |
| Reverse a position | 18 |
| Return over the same course | 27 |
| Retrace one's steps | 23 |
| Beat a retreat? | 15 |
| Put it in reverse | 17 |