| Pulitzer winner Maureen | 23 |
| Old-fashioned woman | 19 |
| New York Times columnist Maureen | 32 |
| Frump | 5 |
| Elwood, in "Harvey" | 29 |
| "Harvey" hero Elwood P. ___ | 37 |
| "Harvey" hero Elwood P. __ | 36 |
| "Harvey" character Elwood P. ___ | 42 |
| "Are Men Necessary?" author Maureen | 45 |
| ''Harvey'' hero | 31 |
| More matronly in dress | 22 |
| Opposite of chic | 16 |
| All-too-frequent headline these days, and the inspiration for this puzzle | 73 |
| Slatterns | 9 |
| Frumpish | 8 |
| Unattractively old-fashioned | 28 |
| Not well dressed | 16 |
| Like stereotypical schoolmarms | 30 |
| Drab; not stylish | 17 |
| "When ___ eat?" | 25 |
| "Where --- go from here?" | 35 |
| "When __ eat"? | 24 |
| Pinned, in a way | 16 |
| Fastened with pegs | 18 |
| Treat fairly | 12 |
| Widow's inheritance | 23 |
| Widow's income | 18 |
| Widow's due | 15 |
| What a widow stands to inherit | 30 |
| Widow's share | 17 |
| Widow's legacy | 18 |
| Provided for, as a widow | 24 |
| Widows' inheritances | 24 |
| Widows' allowances | 22 |
| Woman's marriage gift: Var. | 31 |
| "What then shall I ___ God riseth up?": Job 31:14 | 59 |
| Source of averages | 18 |
| Wall Street partnership | 23 |
| Company with an industrial average | 34 |
| Blue chip index | 15 |
| Average producer | 16 |
| Economic indicator | 18 |
| Investors' concern | 22 |
| Financial page benchmark | 24 |
| Business benchmark | 18 |
| Barometer for brokers | 21 |
| Sad place for monks to live? | 28 |
| Way of futility | 15 |
| On the pathway of futility | 26 |
| Really rough | 12 |
| "You must sing 'A-___'": Shak. | 48 |
| Holiday advice, part 4 | 22 |
| Words before out or dirty | 25 |
| Directions, part 3 | 18 |
| One word that precedes "play," one that follows it | 60 |
| How DAD may like his sports and politics? | 41 |
| In dire need | 12 |
| In desperate need of help | 25 |
| Having seen better times | 24 |
| Homeless | 8 |
| On skid row | 11 |
| In very poor condition | 22 |
| Take away: swallow pins? | 25 |
| Eat a sandwich with an admiral? | 31 |
| "To the tables ___ Morrie's . . . " | 49 |
| ___ the heels (shabby) | 22 |
| ___ the heels | 13 |
| In shabby condition | 19 |
| Worn out from neglect | 21 |
| Like converted pumps? | 21 |
| Seedy-looking | 13 |
| Jazz magazine that awards an "Album of the Year" | 58 |
| Somewhat pessimistic | 20 |
| Conductor's cue, maybe | 26 |
| Certain strokes by Mehta | 24 |
| In the netherworld | 18 |
| Violinist's move | 20 |
| RIGOLETTO | 9 |
| Some bedcovers ... or, literally, what the four unclued answers are | 67 |
| In one's heart of hearts | 28 |
| Opposite of a gleeful shout? | 28 |
| Vertical air movement | 21 |
| Spoiler of a smooth plane ride | 30 |
| In coastal Maine | 16 |
| Rockport-based magazine | 23 |
| Nickname for a region in Maine | 30 |
| Maine, in Maine | 15 |
| Billy Joel "The ___ 'Alexa'" | 46 |
| Drank quickly | 13 |
| Chug-a-lugged | 13 |
| Ate or drunk | 12 |
| The still-hungry sailor ___ | 27 |
| Roast pig after a pig roast? [1956] | 35 |
| Something depressing | 20 |
| It'll bum you out | 21 |
| Depressing state of affairs | 27 |
| Depressing circumstance | 23 |
| Depressant | 10 |
| Barbiturate | 11 |
| Addict's pill | 17 |