| First-year Kennedy Center Honors recipient | 42 |
| Firstborn son of Valiant and Aleta | 34 |
| Fiscal downward spiral, figuratively | 36 |
| Fiscal operations manager (abbr.) | 33 |
| Fiscal watchdog of the U.S. Congress | 36 |
| Fiscally conservative Democrat, say | 35 |
| Fischer beat him to become the World Champion | 45 |
| Fischer-Dieskau's musical forte | 35 |
| Fish "jellied" in British cuisine | 43 |
| Fish after which a cape is named | 32 |
| Fish also called ''blue jack'' | 46 |
| Fish also called "blue jack" | 38 |
| Fish also called a Jerusalem haddock | 36 |
| Fish also known as "red drum" | 39 |
| Fish also known as a river herring | 34 |
| Fish and chips accompanier, perhaps | 35 |
| Fish and chips follower, sometimes | 34 |
| Fish and chips sold by the water's edge? | 44 |
| Fish by thrusting a baited hook into holes | 42 |
| Fish entree named for Peer Gynt's mother? | 45 |
| Fish in "The Old Man and the Sea" | 43 |
| Fish in a crowded-subway metaphor | 33 |
| Fish in the Japanese dish "unaju" | 43 |
| Fish known to bite the hand that feeds it | 41 |
| Fish large enough to be legally caught | 38 |
| Fish mentioned in "I Am the Walrus" | 45 |
| Fish named for a facial characteristic | 38 |
| Fish often prepared with a meunière sauce | 44 |
| Fish served in the Basque dish angulas | 38 |
| Fish stocked in ornamental pools | 32 |
| Fish that attaches itself to a host | 35 |
| Fish that could double as a center? | 35 |
| Fish that escaped a dentist's aquarium | 42 |
| Fish that may be caught in a cage | 33 |
| Fish that may masquerade as a log | 33 |
| Fish that resembles an alligator | 32 |
| Fish that swims in an upright position | 38 |
| Fish that's high on the food chain | 38 |
| Fish that's jellied in British cuisine | 42 |
| Fish that's no longer in the sea | 36 |
| Fish that's split for cooking | 33 |
| Fish usually caught in the winter | 33 |
| Fish whose male carries the eggs | 32 |
| Fish whose name means "spear" | 39 |
| Fish whose skin is sometimes used for leather | 45 |
| Fish with iridescent blue stripes | 33 |
| Fish with long jaws and needlelike teeth | 40 |
| Fish you don't want to be biting | 36 |
| Fish's place to relax at home? | 34 |
| Fishburne of "The Matrix" | 35 |
| Fishburne thriller (with ''The'') | 49 |
| Fished when asked to "fish or cut bait" | 49 |
| Fished with the National Anguilla Club | 38 |
| Fisher of "Arrested Development" | 42 |
| Fisher of "The Great Gatsby" | 38 |
| Fisher of "Wedding Crashers" | 38 |
| Fisher standing atop a stack of sacks? | 38 |
| Fisher using more off-color language? | 37 |
| Fisher with an eponymous concert hall | 37 |
| Fisher's "Postcards From the _____" | 49 |
| Fisherman who supplies a sushi bar | 34 |
| Fisherman who uses razor clams for bait | 39 |
| Fisherman's "the one that got away" | 49 |
| Fisherman's 10-pounder, e.g. | 32 |
| Fisherman's 12-pounder, e.g. | 32 |
| Fisherman's aid that floats with the current | 48 |
| Fisherman's bane and hockey player's boon | 49 |
| Fisherman's feat that's out of character? | 49 |
| Fisherman's lament over a dead surgeonfish? | 47 |
| Fisherman's slippery catches | 32 |
| Fisherman's spear with barbed prongs | 40 |
| Fisherman's Wharf attraction | 32 |
| Fishermen bring them back to shore | 34 |
| Fishes by dangling the bait on the water | 40 |
| Fishes or cuts bait, for example | 32 |
| Fishing apparel with lots of pockets | 36 |
| Fishing device pictured on a name tag? | 38 |
| Fishing gear with fine mesh wire | 32 |
| Fishing option that's a total drag? | 39 |
| Fishing village that became Tokyo | 33 |
| Fishy mascot whose middle name is The? | 38 |
| Fishy source of omega-3 fatty acids | 35 |
| Fishy war justification, briefly | 32 |
| Fishy way to get out of a fishy situation? | 42 |
| Fist name in the ''Titanic'' cast | 49 |
| Fist-pumping host of the early '90s | 39 |
| Fit (in), as to a tight schedule | 32 |
| Fit of uncontrollable laughter or crying | 40 |
| Fit the sound to the action, e.g. | 33 |
| Fit to be tied, with "off" | 36 |
| Fit to be tied? Call these people | 33 |
| Fit to be used in an operating room | 35 |
| Fitch of Abercrombie & Fitch | 32 |
| Fitch who co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch | 44 |
| Fitch who partnered with Abercrombie | 36 |
| Fitch who partnered with David Abercrombie | 42 |
| Fitness expert with a show on Lifetime TV | 41 |
| Fitness franchise primarily for women | 37 |
| Fitness program based on dance moves | 36 |
| Fitness program based on Latin dancing | 38 |