| Make oneself visible | 20 |
| Current exploration of scientific interest | 42 |
| Get real? | 9 |
| Bill Haley's band | 21 |
| Halley's and Hale-Bopp | 26 |
| Travelers with tails | 20 |
| Their tails do not wag | 22 |
| Tailed celestial bodies | 23 |
| Space travelers | 15 |
| Sky travelers | 13 |
| Recurring celestial visitors | 28 |
| Orbiters with tails | 19 |
| Icy space streakers | 19 |
| Houston's WNBA team | 23 |
| Heavenly bodies with tails | 26 |
| Halley's et al. | 19 |
| Halley's and Kohoutek | 25 |
| Halley's and Encke's | 28 |
| Bill Haley's backup | 23 |
| Bill Haley and His ___ | 22 |
| Astronomical sightings | 22 |
| 1950s backup group with four top 10 hits | 40 |
| Madre's emphatic order to a niño | 39 |
| Begin to be distrusted | 22 |
| Surface, as for air | 19 |
| Start of a West line | 20 |
| Get mentioned | 13 |
| "___ and see me sometime" | 35 |
| Fail, as in a search | 20 |
| Surface, as a dolphin, say | 26 |
| Pull something, say | 19 |
| Discover fortuitously | 21 |
| Just deserts | 12 |
| Turn out very well | 18 |
| Succeed, as plans | 17 |
| Succeed like a florist | 22 |
| Have a favorable result | 23 |
| Fail to meet expectations | 25 |
| Fail to meet a goal | 19 |
| Participate in a think tank | 27 |
| Directive to a think tank | 25 |
| Prove lacking | 13 |
| One of the financial markets, for short | 39 |
| "___ to the waters": Isaiah | 37 |
| " . . . ___ Bethlehem" | 32 |
| Candy containing a fruit or nut | 31 |
| European fruit candy | 20 |
| Candied fruit | 13 |
| Sugar-coated confections | 24 |
| Candied fruits | 14 |
| Self-assessment: Part 5 | 23 |
| Carol phrase | 12 |
| Spirit raisers | 14 |
| Treat a Saudi king with TLC? | 28 |
| Combined humidity and temperature measure | 41 |
| Mostly hate acid from apples (5) | 32 |
| Travelodge competitor | 21 |
| Best Western rival | 18 |
| Says "There, there" | 29 |
| Rest stop amenity | 17 |
| Self-assessment: Part 2 | 23 |
| Soothe the Duke? | 16 |
| Familiarity level | 17 |
| You can step out of yours | 25 |
| Where to relax? | 15 |
| Herb with purplish flowers | 26 |
| Funny film star | 15 |
| Louie | 5 |
| In a funny manner | 17 |
| Superman and Spider-Man | 23 |
| Bet-taking buffoon? | 19 |
| Things one might find in an attic | 33 |
| "Inferno" character who leaves them rolling in the aisles? | 68 |
| Large, juicy pear | 17 |
| Steve | 5 |
| Less-than-serious fictional work | 32 |
| Works like "Cosi fan tutte" | 37 |
| What a foil may provide | 23 |
| Welfare for an unemployed funnyman? | 35 |
| Mood lightener | 14 |
| Drama's tension reducer | 27 |
| Breaker of dramatic tension | 27 |
| Where you may get your "Get Fuzzy" fix, e.g. | 54 |
| Fond memory of "Peanuts"? | 35 |
| They have panels | 16 |
| ''Dilbert'' and ''Doonesbury,'' e.g. | 68 |
| Phyllis Diller does burlesque | 29 |
| Funny pages makeup | 18 |
| "Dickie Dare" and "Dixie Dugan" | 51 |
| Slapstick, e.g. | 15 |
| Buffo, at times | 15 |
| Home addition? | 14 |
| "Watch this space" | 28 |
| Confessing | 10 |
| Fessing up | 10 |
| Admitting | 9 |
| Future line of rulers? | 22 |
| Three home fronts | 17 |
| FOR WE ARE ___ | 14 |
| Film starring a third Fonda: 1978 | 33 |