| They're debatable | 21 |
| They can go either way | 22 |
| Situations that aren't clear-cut | 36 |
| State dividers | 14 |
| Gray areas, maybe ... or a hint to 12 incomplete answers in this puzzle | 71 |
| Part of homeland security | 25 |
| Small British dog | 17 |
| Hunter with rough hair | 22 |
| Laredo or Nuevo Laredo | 22 |
| Northern | 8 |
| Of the north | 12 |
| Located in the north | 20 |
| Of the north wind | 17 |
| Like the Northern Lights | 24 |
| Like the north wind or Northern Lights | 38 |
| Pertaining to the north wind | 28 |
| Of northern regions | 19 |
| Like the north wind | 19 |
| Aurora ___ | 10 |
| The "northern" in northern lights | 43 |
| Aurora ___, sky show | 20 |
| After aurora | 12 |
| Windbag buys a gun | 18 |
| The north wind | 14 |
| God of the north wind | 21 |
| The north wind, personified | 27 |
| North Wind personified | 22 |
| Greek god of the north wind | 27 |
| Panel of tiresome people? | 25 |
| Committee afflicted with ennui? | 31 |
| Cause your sweetheart to fall asleep? | 37 |
| Like school dropouts? | 21 |
| Like florists by the end of Valentine's Day? | 48 |
| A stockbroker is never __ | 25 |
| Withstood peaceful well-being? | 30 |
| Places for dull meetings? | 25 |
| Where dull CEOs hold meetings? | 30 |
| It might read "Home: Who cares; Away: Whatever" | 57 |
| Uninteresting hike? | 19 |
| Lane, in Limerick | 17 |
| Movie studio site in England | 28 |
| Encroached, at the track | 24 |
| French mathematician: 1871-1956 | 31 |
| Famed French mathematician: 1871-1956 | 37 |
| Democratic senator from Oklahoma, 1979-94 | 41 |
| Had to do with | 14 |
| Had relevance to | 16 |
| What endless hours of data entry may do | 39 |
| Was confirmed to be true | 24 |
| Looked a bit like | 17 |
| Covered expenses | 16 |
| ___ tears (tire) | 16 |
| Withstood the ordeal | 20 |
| Stuck it out | 12 |
| ''Labyrinths'' author | 37 |
| Author Jorge Luis -- | 20 |
| Infamous family cited by Machiavelli | 36 |
| Singer Lucrezia | 15 |
| Soprano Lucrezia ___ | 20 |
| Soprano from Valencia | 21 |
| Diva Lucrezia | 13 |
| Soprano Lucrezia | 16 |
| Memorable soprano from Valencia | 31 |
| Mild antiseptic | 15 |
| Tunneling tusker? | 17 |
| Unflavorful sundae topper? | 26 |
| Uninspired costar of Bob Hope? | 30 |
| Scientist who is tedious to a fault? | 36 |
| Rock-drilling tool | 18 |
| Soil samples | 12 |
| Chips created by carpenters | 27 |
| Uninteresting structural support? | 33 |
| Hardly exciting person | 22 |
| “In my Soil Mechanics class, the professor droned on about how to use ___” | 82 |
| Three-time singles champ | 24 |
| Headline after one of Becker's Wimbledon wins? | 50 |
| William Henry Pratt | 19 |
| Sometime monster | 16 |
| Man of maniac parts? | 20 |
| "Juggernaut" star who wraps about a crapshoot? | 56 |
| "Bride of Frankenstein" actor | 39 |
| ''The Old Dark House'' star (1932) | 50 |
| "Doctor Zhivago" author | 33 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1958 | 28 |
| Frank of Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 | 30 |
| Apollo astronaut Frank | 22 |
| Revitalized | 11 |
| Transformed, in a way | 21 |
| Renewed | 7 |
| Charles Colson's book: 1976 | 31 |
| Like a native | 13 |
| Classic rock song in "Easy Rider" | 43 |
| Without carrying charges? | 25 |
| Transported a couple of Porta-Potties? | 38 |
| Rest of cynicism | 16 |
| Screwballs from the word go? | 28 |
| Song about Astaire's arrival? | 33 |
| Elsa's story | 16 |
| Tale of Elsa and her pride | 26 |
| Elsa's tale | 15 |