| Fort --, N.C. | 13 |
| Fayetteville fort | 17 |
| Confederate Civil War general | 29 |
| "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" singer Billy | 53 |
| Empty boasting | 14 |
| Vainglorious sort | 17 |
| Thraso was one | 14 |
| Horn tooter? | 12 |
| Exaggerator | 11 |
| Boastful sort | 13 |
| Gasconaded | 10 |
| Puffed oneself up | 17 |
| Rodomontade user | 16 |
| Some rights | 11 |
| Gascon's activity | 21 |
| Royalty control over "Mermaid Avenue"? | 48 |
| Braxton and Thomas of the C.S.A. | 32 |
| Odin's counselor | 20 |
| Norse god of poetry | 19 |
| Adjective for a loser | 21 |
| Do a little boasting without help? | 34 |
| Close friend, in surfer slang | 29 |
| What a brave rodeo cowboy tries to ride | 39 |
| Certain steer | 13 |
| Some rodeo bulls | 16 |
| India-bred cattle | 17 |
| Certain bulls | 13 |
| Breed of cattle with a hump (var.) | 34 |
| "___ in air" | 22 |
| Rock song for Victorians? | 25 |
| One who encouraged the composer of "Hungarian Dances"? | 64 |
| Plaited | 7 |
| Like a pigtail | 14 |
| In cornrows | 11 |
| Fancy equine coif | 17 |
| Hairstylist, maybe | 18 |
| Salon specializing in plaits? | 29 |
| Naval officer's ornamentation | 33 |
| Creating cornrows | 17 |
| Working as a cruise ship hair stylist, say? | 43 |
| Weaves | 6 |
| Plaits | 6 |
| Pippi's do | 14 |
| Twisted tresses | 15 |
| Police uniform adornments | 25 |
| Cornrows, e.g. | 14 |
| Certain rockers' hairstyles | 31 |
| Small fishing net | 17 |
| Dip net | 7 |
| Government security for the blind? | 34 |
| Recorded with raised dots | 25 |
| Made readable for the blind | 27 |
| Sail ropes | 10 |
| Celebrity supercouple | 21 |
| Nintendo game with exercises for mental acuity | 46 |
| Friday crossword, typically | 27 |
| Matter for Poirot | 17 |
| A piece of one's mind? | 26 |
| Junk food changes it | 20 |
| Creative idea | 13 |
| Product of mental labor | 23 |
| Product of creative thinking | 28 |
| Original idea | 13 |
| One's own creation | 22 |
| Recall problem? | 15 |
| "D'oh" moment, slangily | 37 |
| Unable to think at all | 22 |
| Really dimwitted | 16 |
| Not just stupid | 15 |
| Labeled idiotic? | 16 |
| Completely unthinking | 21 |
| Neurologist | 11 |
| Loss through emigration | 23 |
| Intelligentsia's emigration | 31 |
| Unwanted loss of intellectual workers | 37 |
| Result of a professor's departure? | 38 |
| Plumber's concern at the think tank? | 40 |
| Mass exodus of expertise | 24 |
| Loss of skilled personnel | 25 |
| Loss caused by emigration for profit | 36 |
| Intellectual exodus | 19 |
| High-level personnel loss | 25 |
| Flight of scientists to another nation, e.g. | 44 |
| Exodus of trained professionals | 31 |
| Comic book (1997) | 17 |
| Hit with an errant pitch, maybe | 31 |
| Retail VIP conked on the head? | 30 |
| Really easy decision | 20 |
| No-_____ (easy decision) | 24 |
| No-___ | 6 |
| Minnesota city in "Fargo" | 35 |
| City where much of "Fargo" takes place | 48 |
| "Fargo" setting | 25 |
| No-___ (snaps) | 14 |
| Mental fatigue | 14 |
| Shrimp and salmon, it's said | 32 |
| Meal for the mind | 17 |
| Mensa measuring tool? | 21 |
| Einstein type | 13 |
| Comic book villain | 18 |