| Prior to a final resolution? | 28 |
| WHERE'S THE SECOND? | 23 |
| Like second or farm | 19 |
| Deck or second? | 15 |
| ... Hancock ... | 15 |
| "While we're on the topic ..." | 44 |
| Last words of the poem | 22 |
| Cause of disaster? | 18 |
| "Is this a dagger which I see ___?" | 45 |
| 1995 Ethan Hawke film | 21 |
| Theme of the starred entries | 28 |
| Optimistic Miller play? | 23 |
| When an Aussie's pride goeth? | 33 |
| More of the sign | 16 |
| Divorcee, for short | 19 |
| Pollutes | 8 |
| Defiles or pollutes | 19 |
| Tell the truth | 14 |
| Make a connection with | 22 |
| Cozy up to | 10 |
| Add to a network, say | 21 |
| "Sing lead, Horace" | 29 |
| Job for a mathematician? | 24 |
| Measure of Bengal | 17 |
| "A Little Bit of Mambo" Lou | 37 |
| Started production on a movie that would ultimately earn zero stars? | 68 |
| Started diverging? | 18 |
| Spangle | 7 |
| Spangle, say | 12 |
| Decorate with diamonds | 22 |
| Deck out with jewels | 20 |
| Adorn with precious stones | 26 |
| Adorn with jewels | 17 |
| Add jewels to | 13 |
| Make monarchs? | 14 |
| Verse, part 6 | 13 |
| Create an Elmore Leonard title? | 31 |
| Give birth to a stringed Indian instrument? | 43 |
| Plead on bended knee | 20 |
| Plead for mercy | 15 |
| Plead for compassionate treatment | 33 |
| Seek compassionate treatment | 28 |
| Scream "Encore! Encore!" | 34 |
| "Can you spare a buck for some honey?" asker? | 55 |
| They can't be choosers | 26 |
| "The ___ Opera" | 25 |
| Rolling Stones album of 1968 | 28 |
| Handout from the pizzeria? | 26 |
| Panhandler giving court testimony? | 34 |
| Really asked for it | 19 |
| Beseeched a TV game show hostess? | 33 |
| Mendicant's line | 20 |
| Seeking compassionate treatment | 31 |
| They Might ___ | 14 |
| Do a job on a lily | 18 |
| Dig in? | 7 |
| They're taught | 18 |
| Tyro's good fortune, to a chicken? | 38 |
| Help for newbies | 16 |
| Picking student's first assignment? | 39 |
| Rookie's fortune | 20 |
| Job for a novice hauler? | 24 |
| "In the ___ was the Word" | 35 |
| What any good story has | 23 |
| Components of any good story | 28 |
| Best parts of a film? | 21 |
| Alpha-omega combination | 23 |
| September seasonal shift | 24 |
| EN | 2 |
| TIM | 3 |
| T | 1 |
| When the heavens and earth were created | 39 |
| The Big Bang, to a physicist | 28 |
| Genesis topic | 13 |
| Earliest historical point | 25 |
| Big Bang, to a physicist | 24 |
| From . . . | 10 |
| Robot dance caller's instruction to folk dance? | 51 |
| TiVo alert | 10 |
| Definition: Part II | 19 |
| "This" ___ | 20 |
| Memorable song | 14 |
| Cole Porter song: 1935 | 22 |
| Song standard from Broadway's "Jubilee," 1935 | 59 |
| Israeli song? | 13 |
| Cole Porter hit: 1935 | 21 |
| Song about starting a long, wailing lament? | 43 |
| "_____ and rejoice": Psalms | 37 |
| John "Stumpy" Pepys portrayer Ed ___, Jr. | 51 |
| Ed, Jr. of Tinseltown | 22 |
| Ed or Ed Jr. of Tinseltown | 26 |
| Ed of '12 Angry Men' | 28 |
| 'I -- You (hit for Elvis)' | 34 |
| Sentiment of many a Tibetan? | 28 |
| Cry while exorcising the wheat meat? | 36 |
| Line from "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 51 |
| Start of a quotation from Kingsley | 34 |
| Irish oath (Var.) | 17 |
| It pairs with "Faith," in an Irish saying | 51 |
| It pairs with "Faith," in a saying | 44 |