| "Time to go now!" | 27 |
| What athletes hope to get | 25 |
| What practicing every day makes one | 35 |
| What people want things to get? | 31 |
| How one wishes things would get | 31 |
| Superior lager? | 15 |
| Dieter's aim? | 17 |
| Born and raised with more manners | 33 |
| One-upped | 9 |
| "Hurry, you'll be late" | 37 |
| Wife, colloquially | 18 |
| Marriage partner | 16 |
| Spouse, jokingly | 16 |
| Wife, to a humble husband | 25 |
| Spouse, affectionately | 22 |
| Marital fraction | 16 |
| Alternative that should be followed | 35 |
| "Homeowners get excited when they see me opening their ___ ..." | 73 |
| Levies for improvements | 23 |
| What an inventor might try to build | 35 |
| Singular invention | 18 |
| Path-maker | 10 |
| Inventor's goal, perhaps | 28 |
| Inventor's challenge? | 25 |
| Age-old quest? | 14 |
| Making more money, say | 22 |
| Having the upper hand | 21 |
| John Cusack movie of 1985 | 25 |
| 1985 John Cusack film with the tagline "Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops" | 101 |
| Improve personally | 18 |
| "For ___ worse ..." | 29 |
| " . . . and take it for ___ worse": Cowley | 52 |
| End of a market forecast | 24 |
| 1976 Harry Chapin song | 22 |
| With stronger oversight | 23 |
| Closer to optimal | 17 |
| "A lean compromise is ___": G. Herbert | 48 |
| Superior to boxer Holyfield? | 28 |
| Benefit from barn raising? | 26 |
| Improved Gemini missile? | 24 |
| Start of an old motto | 21 |
| End of the proverb | 18 |
| Davis and Midler | 16 |
| Actresses Davis and Midler | 26 |
| '50s/'60s character actor Lyle | 38 |
| Back up one's confidence | 28 |
| Gambler's credo, perhaps | 28 |
| Playwright Ugo | 14 |
| Italian poet Ugo | 16 |
| Dramatist-poet Ugo ___ | 22 |
| Page from old pinup magazines | 29 |
| 1950s pinup queen ___ Page | 26 |
| Putting money on your team, e.g. | 32 |
| Ringer in a casino? | 19 |
| Answer: Reno | 12 |
| Risking everything | 18 |
| Observation about Las Vegas? | 28 |
| Really crowded casino? | 22 |
| Pittsburgh Steeler legend Jerome | 32 |
| Jerome of the NFL | 17 |
| Former Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome | 32 |
| "The Bus" Jerome | 26 |
| Advice to a compulsive gambler? | 31 |
| Everyone in the pool | 20 |
| Tote board readers | 18 |
| They lay it on the line | 23 |
| Reno raisers | 12 |
| Racetrack regulars | 18 |
| Racetrack habitués | 21 |
| People in a pit | 15 |
| Ones placing trifectas | 22 |
| O.T.B. users | 12 |
| Beach party game | 16 |
| Wager on a first place finish | 29 |
| Dickie of The Allman Brothers | 29 |
| Grim Natwick's cartoon creation | 35 |
| Flapper of old toondom | 22 |
| Classic cartoon character | 25 |
| A star of "Cats" on Broadway | 38 |
| Felonious actress Grable? | 25 |
| The Flintstones' favorite baker? | 36 |
| Big name in baking | 18 |
| Name on Hamburger Helper and Bisquick boxes | 43 |
| Big name in feminism | 20 |
| Noted rehab facility | 20 |
| "Annie Get Your Gun" star | 35 |
| "The Greatest Show on Earth" co-star, 1952 | 52 |
| Wilma Flintstone's Bedrock neighbor | 39 |
| Grable, White and Boop | 22 |
| Buckley and Boop | 16 |
| "___ Bein' Bad" (Sawyer Brown country hit) | 56 |
| Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 37 |
| She played Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | 66 |
| She played Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" | 54 |
| Colorful Golden Girl | 20 |
| "Hot in Cleveland" star | 33 |
| 'SNL' host at age 88 | 28 |
| From a star on "The Golden Girls" to a Pennsylvania Avenue abode? | 75 |
| Deposition? | 11 |
| Excerpt, part 2 | 15 |