| What a full insurance policy offers | 35 |
| Proclamation of complete innocence | 34 |
| "These allegations are completely false!," e.g. | 57 |
| "I'm innocent of everything," e.g. | 48 |
| The blizzard was so bad, the quilting club got ___ | 50 |
| Overspread | 10 |
| Not the best bedmate | 20 |
| Run taken in the extreme cold? | 30 |
| Comprehensive insurance plans | 29 |
| Covers thoroughly | 17 |
| Generality | 10 |
| "I'm making a quilt," e.g. | 40 |
| Decorative touches in sewing | 28 |
| Deadpan | 7 |
| Emotionless look | 16 |
| Poker face | 10 |
| Stunned facial look | 19 |
| Hard thing to read at the poker table | 37 |
| Little creature comfort? | 24 |
| Shutting out | 12 |
| Empty stare | 11 |
| One way to stare | 16 |
| In a vacant way | 15 |
| Upshot of writer's block | 28 |
| Writer's start | 18 |
| Scrabble cheat? | 15 |
| False fire? | 11 |
| Ersatz bullets | 14 |
| Starting pistol ammo mixed with construction site dirt? | 55 |
| They're undeveloped | 23 |
| Absent looks | 12 |
| The cosmos prior to the Big Bang? | 33 |
| Unrhymed poetry | 15 |
| Shakespeare's forte | 23 |
| "Paradise Lost" is written in it | 42 |
| "Paradise Lost" form | 30 |
| Brooklyners ventriloquism technique? | 36 |
| Meat or seafood stew | 20 |
| "A ___ bugles, a ruffle of drums," | 44 |
| Turned up to full volume | 24 |
| Famous Irish stone | 18 |
| Castle with a much-kissed stone | 31 |
| Flatterer's forte | 21 |
| Castle with a stone | 19 |
| Cajolery | 8 |
| Honeyed phrases | 15 |
| Banana oil | 10 |
| Where persuasive talkers kissed a stone | 39 |
| Persuaded with flattery | 23 |
| Show about a nonsensical grain grinder? | 39 |
| Tourist attraction in County Cork | 33 |
| Source of smooth talk | 21 |
| Much-kissed rock | 16 |
| One who reviles | 15 |
| Impious one | 11 |
| Bill's oath? | 16 |
| Vigorously criticized old-time Cubs great Frank? | 48 |
| Was fired up | 12 |
| Had a good launch | 17 |
| "This bug spray's doing me no good...___!" | 56 |
| Embryo cell group | 17 |
| "Star Wars" weapon | 28 |
| Word after sand or sound | 24 |
| Weapon for Han Solo | 19 |
| Stevie Wonder "Master ___ (Jammin')" | 50 |
| Explosive handler | 17 |
| Demolition Man of the Year? | 27 |
| Demolition worker from France? | 30 |
| Some road workers | 17 |
| Ghetto ___ (boom boxes) | 23 |
| Chargemen | 9 |
| Boomboxes | 9 |
| Golden oldie, perhaps | 21 |
| Boomer nostalgia? | 17 |
| Pulpit tirade? | 14 |
| Fiery sermon? | 13 |
| Grassland wind gust? | 20 |
| Smeltery fixture | 16 |
| Pig iron producer | 17 |
| Coke product maker | 18 |
| Reaction to a fireworks finale? | 31 |
| Herald a victory | 16 |
| Dynamiter's activity | 24 |
| "Just call me ___" said Al, the demolition man | 56 |
| Leaving the launch pad | 22 |
| Demolition need | 15 |
| "Aarrghh!" | 20 |
| Rocket launching | 16 |
| Rocket launch | 13 |
| Start of a rocket's journey | 31 |
| Rise from the launch pad | 24 |
| One follower? | 13 |
| Leave the pad, say | 18 |
| Leave the pad | 13 |
| Leave on a mission for NASA | 27 |
| Leave earth? | 12 |
| Launch-pad event | 16 |
| Launch words, after "3...2...1..." | 44 |
| Cape Kennedy caper | 18 |
| Embryonic unit | 14 |