| Receivers of checks | 19 |
| Star athlete's plum | 23 |
| Votes of confidence | 19 |
| Ratifier | 8 |
| One who supports or approves | 28 |
| One who signs a check | 21 |
| One who sanctions | 17 |
| Nominee's important supporter | 33 |
| Check-signer | 12 |
| Check signatory | 15 |
| Check person | 12 |
| Bandleader named on a check | 27 |
| Supporter's activity | 24 |
| Bike tricks involving flips over handlebars | 43 |
| Barrel-moving technique | 23 |
| Supplied with funding | 21 |
| Provided an income for | 22 |
| Provided funds | 14 |
| Like some professorships | 24 |
| Hung, in a way | 14 |
| Helped make Rice richer | 23 |
| Having chairs, maybe | 20 |
| Gave liberally | 14 |
| Furnished with funds | 20 |
| Furnished with | 14 |
| Funded | 6 |
| Equipped, as with talent | 24 |
| Equipped gratuitously | 21 |
| Overstuffed furniture? | 22 |
| Philanthropic types | 19 |
| How some chairs are paid for | 28 |
| Being philanthropic | 19 |
| Providing funds for | 19 |
| Funding, as a chair | 19 |
| Carnegie activity | 17 |
| Activity of Andrew Carnegie | 27 |
| College asset | 13 |
| Gifts to a university | 21 |
| Heavy sheet inside a book's cover | 37 |
| Flyleaf component or companion | 30 |
| Chapter One preceder | 20 |
| Bookbinder's sheet | 22 |
| Book sheets | 11 |
| Police chief's promise | 26 |
| Final part | 10 |
| Sofa flanker | 12 |
| Finials, e.g. | 13 |
| Cello part | 10 |
| Mine-shaft timber | 17 |
| Tactic in bridge | 16 |
| Tricky bridge maneuver | 22 |
| Contract tactic | 15 |
| Bridge master's coup | 24 |
| Bridge rituals | 14 |
| Line-segment parts | 18 |
| Redundant consequences | 22 |
| Common poetic device | 20 |
| ... using ___: “Mary had a little lamb / Its fleece was white as chowder (clam)” | 88 |
| An insecticide | 14 |
| Good sign on a highway | 22 |
| Sweeps on the field | 19 |
| Evasive tactics | 15 |
| Avoidance strategies | 20 |
| Concludes by | 12 |
| Wraps up by | 11 |
| Deadline preceder | 17 |
| Cease acquisition of the film rights to the life of Lamont Cranston? | 68 |
| Bookbinder's paper | 22 |
| Stays unresolved | 16 |
| Has very sad results | 20 |
| Has terribly sad results | 24 |
| Goals for Hindu Horace? | 23 |
| Distant spots | 13 |
| An actor ___ | 12 |
| It may be near the sofa | 23 |
| Sofa adjunct | 12 |
| Remote spot, perhaps | 20 |
| Place for a lamp, perhaps | 25 |
| Place for a lamp | 16 |
| Piece next to a sofa | 20 |
| Last word in furniture? | 23 |
| Lamp support, perhaps | 21 |
| Lamp locale | 11 |
| Lamp holder | 11 |
| Furniture piece by the sofa | 27 |
| Spots for lamps and alarm clocks | 32 |
| Tippy furniture | 15 |
| Living room pair, perhaps | 25 |
| Anarchist's slogan? | 23 |
| Revelation subject | 18 |
| Apocalyptic topic | 17 |
| Some film credits, and the idea behind the eight theme answers in this puzzle | 77 |
| In a tight row | 14 |
| In a contiguous line | 20 |
| Way to line things up | 21 |
| Strung out, in a way | 20 |
| Packed in tight, in a way | 25 |
| Measurement of a sort | 21 |
| Like cars in heavy traffic | 26 |
| Lengthwise and contiguous | 25 |