| Offshore device | 15 |
| Oil company machine | 19 |
| Training gymnast Cathy for the Olympics? | 40 |
| Person who barks? | 17 |
| Ace in the hole business? | 25 |
| Dentist? | 8 |
| Squad trainer | 13 |
| Severe disciplinarian | 21 |
| Overseer of private practice | 28 |
| One who can have you going around in circles? | 45 |
| Military trainer | 16 |
| Dentist, in a way | 17 |
| Dentists? | 9 |
| Coach Edgar Lee | 15 |
| Parade ground predicament? | 26 |
| Its boring bits can be quite long | 33 |
| John Edwards' dirty debate tactic #3 | 40 |
| Oilfield structure | 18 |
| Oil company structure | 21 |
| Pasta served during a military exercise? | 40 |
| Fire safety activities | 22 |
| Rote learning method | 20 |
| Rote exercises | 14 |
| Much of boot camp | 17 |
| What a dentist does, sometimes | 30 |
| Some practice sessions | 22 |
| Rote memorization techniques | 28 |
| Parade ground exercises | 23 |
| Exercises for dentists? | 23 |
| Boring implements | 17 |
| Borers | 6 |
| Soldier's instructor | 24 |
| Military exercise leaders | 25 |
| Uses a bit | 10 |
| Fire department practice structure | 34 |
| Firemen's training structures | 33 |
| With tongue in cheek | 20 |
| In a sardonic way | 17 |
| Matter-of-factly | 16 |
| How deadpan humor is delivered | 30 |
| In a matter-of-fact way | 23 |
| How some jokes are delivered | 28 |
| Without humor | 13 |
| In a deadpan manner | 19 |
| As Mencken might | 16 |
| River of Albania | 16 |
| River to Adriatic | 17 |
| Balkan river | 12 |
| Yugoslav river | 14 |
| Serbian border river | 20 |
| River of Yugoslavia | 19 |
| River of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 |
| Bosnian river | 13 |
| Union symbol? | 13 |
| Status-changing gift | 20 |
| 10 p.m. | 7 |
| Line from "The Student Prince" | 40 |
| A.A. candidate | 14 |
| One who has difficulty passing the bar | 38 |
| "You can lead a horse to water ..."? | 46 |
| 21 | 2 |
| __ and __ (serious vehicular offense) | 37 |
| It's served with a milk shake | 33 |
| Outpour of many fountains | 25 |
| Words on a Wonderland bottle | 28 |
| Label obeyed by Alice | 21 |
| ___ evil (what the hands-over-the-mouth monkey might also mean) | 63 |
| Hemlock? | 8 |
| "I'm buying!," at a bar ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 78 |
| Has big belts? | 14 |
| Chug-a-lugs | 11 |
| Become a firm believer | 22 |
| They can get you free shots | 27 |
| "___ me only . . . " | 30 |
| Toast superfluity? | 18 |
| "Abraham Lincoln" playwright: 1918 | 44 |
| "Abraham Lincoln" dramatist | 37 |
| Morning potful | 14 |
| Filtered brew | 13 |
| Beverage grind | 14 |
| Used a clothesline | 18 |
| Hung out on the line | 20 |
| Brewer's filter filler | 26 |
| Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention? | 51 |
| Oil-catching receptacle | 23 |
| ___ wet (soaked) | 16 |
| In desperate need of a towel | 28 |
| Exudes tiny, set drops | 22 |
| Popsicle on a hot day? | 22 |
| Early TV quiz show | 18 |
| Old radio quiz show | 19 |
| Radio's first major quiz show | 33 |
| Popular 1940's radio quiz show | 34 |
| Halyard, in Le Havre | 20 |
| Contac competitor | 17 |
| Cold war ammunition? | 20 |
| Sudafed rival | 13 |
| Sudafed alternative | 19 |
| Popular cold remedy | 19 |
| Antihistamine brand | 19 |