| Having common axes | 18 |
| Having a common axis (Var.) | 27 |
| Two things involving peer pressure to drink? | 44 |
| Sweet talker | 12 |
| One using soft soap | 19 |
| One on a ladder, to a kitten up a tree | 38 |
| Encourager | 10 |
| Cajoling one | 12 |
| They may beg and plead | 22 |
| They persuade | 13 |
| They beg and plead | 18 |
| Persuaders | 10 |
| Try to influence a game show leader? | 36 |
| Type of TV cable | 16 |
| Kind of cable that conducts electrical signals | 46 |
| Cable type | 10 |
| Persuading by flattery | 22 |
| Inveiglement | 12 |
| Use cajolement with the coffee bar staff? | 41 |
| Grunge idol Kurt | 16 |
| Kurt of Nirvana | 15 |
| Rocker Kurt | 11 |
| Musician on whom Gus Van Sant's "Last Days" is based | 66 |
| "Element #27 Suffering From Severe Depression!" | 57 |
| Proton-enhanced instrument of torture? | 38 |
| "A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade | 188 |
| Worked on shoes | 15 |
| Repaired, as shoes | 18 |
| Stone carrier? | 14 |
| One ankle-deep in shoes? | 24 |
| Shoemaker's dessert? | 24 |
| Saver of soles? | 15 |
| Fruit dish | 10 |
| Saves soles? | 12 |
| Colonial road item | 18 |
| Ty's folks | 14 |
| Irvin S. and Lee J. | 19 |
| Baseball's Ty and family | 28 |
| It's topped with Roquefort dressing | 39 |
| It includes bacon, lettuce and tomato | 37 |
| It includes bacon, lettuce and avocado | 38 |
| High-fat dish with greens | 25 |
| Dish served with Roquefort cheese | 33 |
| Like a stocky cat | 17 |
| Detroit venue for sporting events and concerts | 46 |
| Irish seaport | 13 |
| Seaport of Ireland | 18 |
| Port of Cork | 12 |
| Irish port of call | 18 |
| Formerly Queenstown | 19 |
| 1992 Barcelona Olympics mascot | 30 |
| Voracious game fish | 19 |
| Smulders on "How I Met Your Mother" | 45 |
| Detroit venue where Nancy Kerrigan was attacked | 47 |
| Hipsters who prefer old-school programming languages? | 53 |
| Programming tool created by Grace Hopper (1906-92) | 50 |
| Person trying to bake a snake? | 30 |
| Snake going up in flames on a cobalt griddle? | 45 |
| Snake's seaside shelter? | 28 |
| Poolside snake's shedding spot? | 35 |
| Changing room for a snake? | 26 |
| Air attack vehicle used in the Vietnam War | 42 |
| Coverage option for the unemployed | 34 |
| Snake with a talk show? | 23 |
| Saxe-___ | 8 |
| City on the Itz | 15 |
| Bavarian city | 13 |
| Senator Tom who wants to stage another constitutional convention | 64 |
| James of "The Magnificent Seven" | 42 |
| James of 'Affliction' | 29 |
| ''Our Man Flint'' star | 38 |
| Actors Charles and James | 24 |
| Purchasing partner | 18 |
| Fly trap | 8 |
| Attic sight | 11 |
| Network that suffers during sweeps week? | 40 |
| Flytrap | 7 |
| Bit of Halloween decor | 22 |
| Attic dust collector | 20 |
| Arachnid's creation | 23 |
| Spider's doing | 18 |
| Old network associated with horror | 34 |
| Network that suffers during sweeps? | 35 |
| Network seen in many homes, and not proudly | 43 |
| It might be on your amp in the attic | 36 |
| Haunted house hanging | 21 |
| Haunted house decoration | 24 |
| Haunted house decor? | 20 |
| Halloween hang-up | 17 |
| Finespun trap | 13 |
| Filaments from an arachnid | 26 |
| Decor at an abandoned venue? | 28 |
| Certain network | 15 |
| Bit of haunted-house décor | 29 |
| Like attics in long-abandoned houses | 36 |
| Lunch order for a spider family? | 32 |
| "Deliverance" metalers, for short | 43 |
| Device that makes solid fuel from soda pop? (#81) | 50 |
| Soda brand "reintroduced" in July 1985 | 48 |
| Dressing up like an Andean stimulant? | 37 |