| "The Big Country," for one | 36 |
| "Stage to Mesa City," e.g. | 36 |
| "Pale Rider," for example | 35 |
| "Outlaws of the Range," e.g. | 38 |
| "Marshal of Cripple Creek," e.g. | 42 |
| "Laredo" or "Laramie" | 41 |
| "In Old Arizona," e.g. | 32 |
| ''Unforgiven,'' e.g. | 36 |
| ''The Nevadan,'' e.g. | 37 |
| ''Pale Rider,'' e.g. | 36 |
| Films that require a lot of shooting? | 37 |
| Some of their scenes were filmed in deserts | 43 |
| Movie genre named for a food staple | 35 |
| Most of Tom Mix's filmography | 33 |
| "Red River" and others | 32 |
| "Laramie" and "Laredo" | 42 |
| "Colorado Serenade" and others | 40 |
| "Black Water" novelist | 32 |
| "A Garden of Earthly Delights" novelist | 49 |
| She wrote "Angel of Light" | 36 |
| ''Bellefleur'' author | 37 |
| Garfunkel and ___ (female comedy-folk duo) | 42 |
| "The Gravedigger's Daughter" author | 49 |
| "Maneater" duo Hall and ___ | 37 |
| "Bellefleur" writer Joyce Carol | 41 |
| Warren of "The Wild Bunch" | 36 |
| She wrote "With Shuddering Fall" | 42 |
| She wrote "Night-Side": 1977 | 38 |
| She won the 1970 National Book Award for Fiction | 48 |
| One of the "She's Gone" singers | 45 |
| National Book Award winner for "them" | 47 |
| Musical Hall of fame collaborator? | 34 |
| John who is half of a popular singing duo | 41 |
| Hall and ___ ("Maneater" duo) | 39 |
| Half of a 70's-80's pop duo | 35 |
| Author of "Wonderland" | 32 |
| "You Must Remember This" author | 41 |
| "We Were the Mulvaneys" author | 40 |
| "The Tattooed Girl" author | 36 |
| "The Profane Art" author | 34 |
| "The Assassins" author | 32 |
| "My Sister, My Love" author | 37 |
| "My Heart Laid Bare" writer | 37 |
| "Black Girl/White Girl" author | 40 |
| "Angel of Light" novelist | 35 |
| "A Garden of Earthly Delights" author | 47 |
| "A Bloodsmoor Romance" author | 39 |
| It's said with a raised hand | 32 |
| This answer is a four-letter word | 33 |
| It's taken with a hand in the air | 37 |
| It may be taken with a raised hand | 34 |
| Office entry requirement, perhaps | 33 |
| It'll be taken in January 2009 | 34 |
| "Right hand on holy book" situation | 45 |
| "Egad!" or "Drat!" | 38 |
| Sworn statement from the witness stand | 38 |
| Statement from the witness stand | 32 |
| Quadrennial White House administration | 38 |
| Officeholder's initial promise | 34 |
| It follows "Repeat after me" | 38 |
| "The Elder" single "The ___" | 48 |
| "I do" or "Drat!" | 37 |
| "I do solemnly swear ...," e.g. | 41 |
| "I do solemnly swear ... ," e.g. | 42 |
| "Holy jumping catfish!," e.g. | 39 |
| ''Drat!'' is a mild one | 39 |
| They may be taken with a hand in the air | 40 |
| People raise their hands for them | 33 |
| They may be taken with a raised hand | 36 |
| They make people raise their hands | 34 |
| Swearing to tell the truth, and others | 38 |
| Occasions to raise one's hand | 33 |
| Eager to mix with poor Met fan? (9) | 35 |
| "Gosh darn!" and worse | 32 |
| "Egads!" and "Gadzooks!" | 44 |
| "Drat!" and "Shazam!" | 41 |
| "Drat!" and "Egad!" | 39 |
| It's often sweetened with brown sugar | 41 |
| It may lead to a lump in your throat | 36 |
| Word on some cards in the game Pit | 34 |
| "Mares eat ___ . . . " | 32 |
| What Daryl Hall has for breakfast? | 34 |
| Thickening ingredient for creamy soups, at times | 48 |
| They're felt by the confident | 33 |
| They may be rolled for breakfast | 32 |
| Feel one's ___ (be sprightly) | 33 |
| Feel one's ___ (be confident) | 33 |
| State on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec | 35 |
| Southern Mexico tourist destination | 35 |
| Modern home of the ancient Zapotec civilization | 47 |
| Mexican state on the Gulf of Tehuantepec | 40 |
| DÃa de los Muertos destination | 33 |
| Book between Amos and Jonah: Abbr. | 34 |
| Shortest book in the Hebrew Bible | 33 |
| ___ Stane ("Iron Man" villain) | 40 |
| "The Audacity of Hope" author | 39 |
| President who was a Harvard Law Review president | 48 |
| "Dreams From My Father" memoirist | 43 |
| Michelle Robinson's married name | 36 |
| Time's Person of the Year for 2008 and 2012 | 47 |