| Shielding | 9 |
| Like some football teams | 24 |
| Careful motorist | 16 |
| So as to avoid criticism | 24 |
| Détente as a means of self-preservation? | 43 |
| End's neighbor | 18 |
| Courteous regard | 16 |
| What neophytes show to experts | 30 |
| In a servile manner | 19 |
| Temporary delay | 15 |
| Act of postponing | 17 |
| Postponements | 13 |
| Income to be received later | 27 |
| Procrastinator, essentially | 27 |
| Let have the final word | 23 |
| Yield in judgment | 17 |
| Trust the judgment of | 21 |
| Respectfully give the final word | 32 |
| Not challenge | 13 |
| Acknowledge the seniority of | 28 |
| Accept the opinion of | 21 |
| "Bigger and ___" (LL Cool J's second album) | 57 |
| Most cool, to an old-school rapper | 34 |
| 3 of 3 and 1/3 of 4? | 20 |
| "Of" in Outremont, followed by CFL stat? | 50 |
| Challenging move | 16 |
| Challenge, in Cannes | 20 |
| Disobedience | 12 |
| Active resistance | 17 |
| Not giving in one bit | 21 |
| More than uncooperative | 23 |
| Unwilling to stay in line | 25 |
| Poitier film "The --- Ones" | 37 |
| Not giving in | 13 |
| Shocking ER treatment | 21 |
| ER shocking treatment | 21 |
| Debt cause | 10 |
| Borrowed-money outlay causes imminent shortages? | 48 |
| Flies in the face of | 20 |
| Disobeys | 8 |
| Resists boldly | 14 |
| Shield against frontal fire | 27 |
| Fortified position offering protection from enemy fire | 54 |
| Tarnish, as a reputation | 24 |
| Desecrate | 9 |
| Sully, as a reputation | 22 |
| Render unclean | 14 |
| Besmirched | 10 |
| Polluted | 8 |
| Like a retired clerk? | 21 |
| Office worker who lost his cabinet? | 35 |
| Adulterate some film scenes? | 28 |
| Taint a return? | 15 |
| Graffiti writer, e.g. | 21 |
| Anathema to an ecologist | 24 |
| Ones who sully reputations | 26 |
| Corrupters | 10 |
| Tarnishing "Tom Jones" author's reputation? | 57 |
| Write down "Vast Asian country with a population of over a billion"? | 78 |
| Give the meaning of fitness? | 28 |
| Say 'the drawing of air into the lungs'? | 48 |
| Noah Webster, for one | 21 |
| Dictionary writer, e.g. | 23 |
| The, e.g. | 9 |
| The | 3 |
| The, grammatically | 18 |
| What the is | 11 |
| The, in English, e.g. | 21 |
| Technical term for "the" | 34 |
| Sentence element, often | 23 |
| Billy the Kid used one for his nickname | 39 |
| "The," grammatically | 30 |
| 2008 Adam Brooks romantic comedy | 32 |
| '94 landmark Oasis debut | 28 |
| Undecided's oxymoron | 24 |
| Oxymoronic "perhaps" | 30 |
| Not a yes or no | 15 |
| Spelling bee contestant request #2 | 34 |
| Ecclesiastical official | 23 |
| Simmons/Rubin label | 19 |
| Like a flat tire | 16 |
| Rodent that lets air out of balloons? | 37 |
| Dispirits | 9 |
| Reason for some hisses | 22 |
| Erosions of soil | 16 |
| Parking lot prankster, perhaps | 30 |
| Stop Spot's scratching | 26 |
| Rid Rover of insects | 20 |
| Provide relief for a bugged boxer? | 34 |
| Make a boxer feel better? | 25 |
| Shield's purpose | 20 |
| Shield in "Star Trek" | 31 |
| Furnace device | 14 |
| Does some spin doctoring | 24 |
| Rock group with the 12-time platinum album "Hysteria" | 63 |
| British band with the album "Pyromania" | 49 |
| "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" rockers | 54 |
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me" rockers | 41 |
| Rob of beauty | 13 |
| Windshield clearer | 18 |