| 2006 Ken Jennings book ... or the author himself | 48 |
| More clever | 11 |
| More ingenious | 14 |
| More bright | 11 |
| Most brilliant | 14 |
| Like the class valedictorian, perhaps | 37 |
| They may result in amnesia | 26 |
| Mid-procedure command from Frankenstein to Igor? | 48 |
| Brilliant ship's captain? | 29 |
| Cranium | 7 |
| Solving crossword puzzles? | 26 |
| Result of too much TV, it's said | 36 |
| Neurologist's report | 24 |
| Three waves | 11 |
| Ben Carson, notably | 19 |
| Medulla oblongata structure | 27 |
| Medulla's place | 19 |
| Medulla oblongata locale | 24 |
| It adjoins the spinal cord | 26 |
| Green Day hit off "Insomniac" | 39 |
| Cruciverbalist's Step 1 | 27 |
| Flood of ideas? | 15 |
| Medical expert using the five vowels | 36 |
| Egghead-muscleman showdown | 26 |
| School bus, in CB parlance | 26 |
| Mental acuity development | 25 |
| Tied-up Mensa member? | 21 |
| Think-tank's kin | 20 |
| High-level advisory group | 25 |
| Faith in one's smartness | 28 |
| Expert advisers | 15 |
| Gag gift for a fuzzy thinker? | 29 |
| Indoctrinate | 12 |
| Subject to mind control | 23 |
| Leave without reason? | 21 |
| Psychologically manipulated | 27 |
| Cult leader, in a way | 21 |
| EEG detection | 13 |
| What an electroencephalograph shows | 35 |
| What an EEG reads | 17 |
| Things in your head | 19 |
| Pepperdine graduates in neurology? | 34 |
| EEG readings | 12 |
| Like a jumbo egghead? | 21 |
| Ph.D. and others? | 17 |
| Lame last-minute Halloween costume idea #2: grab a broom, put a book under your arm and like magic, you're a ___ | 116 |
| Prepared short ribs | 19 |
| Like Swiss steak | 16 |
| Cooked, as Swiss steak | 22 |
| Cooked slowly in a closed pot | 29 |
| Cooked meat, in a way | 21 |
| Cooked meat in a covered pan | 28 |
| Cooked in a closed pot | 22 |
| Cooked by browning and then simmering | 37 |
| "Plate of ___ ..." | 28 |
| Like a heavenly pot roast? | 26 |
| Cook lettuce? | 13 |
| Cooks slowly | 12 |
| Cooks in liquid after browning | 30 |
| Prepares, as pot roast | 22 |
| Fries and simmers | 17 |
| Cooks slowly in fat | 19 |
| Cooks by searing | 16 |
| Browns slowly | 13 |
| Browning and simmering | 22 |
| Cooking cowboys' seats in fat? | 34 |
| Cooking a metal point, like you would with short ribs? | 54 |
| "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" simpleton | 48 |
| Steel strap in a car | 20 |
| Plate used in stopping | 22 |
| A shoe presses against it | 25 |
| Item on an auto shop checklist | 30 |
| Service provided at Meineke and Pep Boys | 40 |
| Like some bikes | 15 |
| One of many seen in stopped traffic | 35 |
| Conductor's assistant | 25 |
| R.R. worker | 11 |
| One in training? | 16 |
| Important railroad employee | 27 |
| Bobsled team member | 19 |
| "What did you try to do after the caution flag came out?" [The Doors, 1967] | 85 |
| They grip the discs | 19 |
| It checks your speed | 20 |
| Jaguar tamer? | 13 |
| Midas service | 13 |
| Car stoppers | 12 |
| Truck stops? | 12 |
| They have shoes and drums | 25 |
| Part of a road test | 19 |
| Holdup causes? | 14 |
| Ferns | 5 |
| Air and emergency | 17 |
| Slowing the car | 15 |
| Applying the brakes | 19 |
| Motorist pulls into parking lot, gets charged with ... | 54 |
| Having trouble slowing down? | 28 |
| Publisher Henry slowing down? | 29 |
| Directives to slow down? | 24 |
| Times to put one's foot down? | 33 |
| WellPoint CEO Angela | 20 |