| Collection of poems by William Morris, with "The" | 59 |
| Sci-fi guy | 10 |
| Native of a certain planet | 26 |
| Alien's nemesis, in sci-fi films | 36 |
| Alien's nemesis, in sci-fi | 30 |
| One side in "The War of the Worlds" | 45 |
| Martian ET's | 16 |
| Invaders in "The Martian Chronicles" | 46 |
| Interplanetary visitors, in old sci-fi films | 44 |
| Sensuous, maternal woman | 24 |
| Maternal woman | 14 |
| Fertility archetype | 19 |
| Bulldozer | 9 |
| Huge bulldozer | 14 |
| Bulldozers | 10 |
| Bulldozers, e.g. | 16 |
| What excavating equipment is designed for | 41 |
| Truffle, e.g. | 13 |
| Truffle | 7 |
| Revolutionary pattern of the moon | 33 |
| Aardvark, literally | 19 |
| Pseudo-seismologist? | 20 |
| Natural disaster | 16 |
| It could be catastrophic | 24 |
| Catastrophic event | 18 |
| S.F. headline of 1906 | 21 |
| Richter-scale event | 19 |
| Event in N Calif.: Oct. 17, 1989 | 32 |
| Detector of some potentially dangerous waves | 44 |
| You may find faults with them | 29 |
| Seisms | 6 |
| Critical stage in a space shuttle's flight | 46 |
| Up-coming world phenomenon? | 27 |
| Geology, e.g. | 13 |
| Meteorology, e.g. | 17 |
| METEOROLOGY OR GEOPHYSICS | 25 |
| Center of the world? | 20 |
| Extraordinary achievers | 23 |
| Imperiling | 10 |
| Likely to change everything | 27 |
| Shocking, and then some | 23 |
| Awfully bad | 11 |
| Glow during the moon's crescent phase | 41 |
| Faint illumination of the moon's dark side | 46 |
| Faddish 1970s footwear | 22 |
| Taurus, for one | 15 |
| E.P.A. | 6 |
| Puffball-like fungus | 20 |
| Interplanetary graffiti artist's action? | 44 |
| Warm, muted color | 17 |
| Umber or ocher | 14 |
| Terra cotta, for one | 20 |
| Ocher, for one | 14 |
| It's not too bright | 23 |
| Hue with a brown component | 26 |
| Fungi growing on decaying logs | 30 |
| Microseism | 10 |
| Falling object's direction | 30 |
| U.N. system monitoring global environment | 41 |
| ___ & Fire | 14 |
| "Got to Get You Into My Life" band | 44 |
| Garden aerators | 15 |
| Lame last-minute Halloween costume idea #3: slap on a sheet, borrow some Birkenstocks and suddenly you're an ___ | 116 |
| Elf costume add-ons, maybe | 26 |
| It could prove that I'm alive? | 34 |
| Music major's course | 24 |
| Primitive hearing aid | 21 |
| Hearing aid of yore | 19 |
| Hearing aid of old | 18 |
| First-generation hearing aid | 28 |
| Some hearing aids | 17 |
| Magic's real name | 21 |
| Magic Johnson's real first name | 35 |
| Item #4 | 7 |
| Blows to the head? | 18 |
| Pincher bugs | 12 |
| Pincered insects | 16 |
| Tunnel effect created by blowing air through a line of empty-headed participants? | 81 |
| Provider of sound testimony? | 28 |
| You can't get it out of your head | 37 |
| Pass gingerly | 13 |
| Carefully slip past | 19 |
| Passed effortlessly | 19 |
| Entered carefully, as a highway | 31 |
| Lower gently | 12 |
| Stopped being such a taskmaster | 31 |
| Reduced tension or difficulty | 29 |
| Decreased the pressure | 22 |
| Became less stringent | 21 |
| Affording rest | 14 |
| Giving relief | 13 |
| "I have been half in love with ___ Death": "Ode to a Nightingale" | 85 |
| Kindly make this rental agreement less severe? | 46 |
| Supported on a stand, as a painting | 35 |
| Standing up in a museum | 23 |
| Like paintings in progress | 26 |
| Transitional piece | 18 |
| Right of way | 12 |
| Nonowner's property right | 29 |
| Right of way over land | 22 |