| Steve Martin's "Well, ___!" | 41 |
| Interrupter's words | 23 |
| "What say?" | 21 |
| 'I beg your pardon?' | 28 |
| "___ haven't we met before?" | 42 |
| Apology #1 | 10 |
| Condone a note? | 15 |
| Epitaph Dorothy Parker suggested for herself | 44 |
| Apologetic words from a ditch digger? | 37 |
| Written permission to skip school | 33 |
| Permissive one | 14 |
| What some notes from home are | 29 |
| When repeated, comment to an apologizer | 39 |
| "Stop avoiding responsibility!" | 41 |
| Remark to a line cutter, maybe | 30 |
| Saying, "I'll be right back," e.g. | 48 |
| Priest's permission to leave the diocese | 44 |
| Transfer permit | 15 |
| Priest's leave | 18 |
| Permission to leave Oxford | 26 |
| Permission to leave a diocese | 29 |
| Permission to be off | 20 |
| Permission granted by a bishop | 30 |
| Letter permitting a cleric to transfer | 38 |
| Grant of clerical leave | 23 |
| Performed, as one's duties | 30 |
| One who performs a task | 23 |
| Does, as a task | 15 |
| Running, as a program | 21 |
| One who might cause you to lose your head? | 42 |
| Kind of suite | 13 |
| What a boss might enroll in? | 28 |
| Some White House papers | 23 |
| Presidents | 10 |
| Reagan's jelly beans? | 25 |
| One with a lot of will power | 28 |
| Estate overseer | 15 |
| They obey one's will | 24 |
| Removed from a list | 19 |
| Deleted, as text | 16 |
| Semicircular bench | 18 |
| Curved high-back bench | 22 |
| Ancient parlor | 14 |
| Semicircular recess in Roman architecture | 41 |
| Semicircular high-back bench | 28 |
| Curved bench | 12 |
| Curved outdoor benches | 22 |
| Scriptural elucidations | 23 |
| Biblical interpretations | 24 |
| Critical interpretation | 23 |
| Critical analysis | 17 |
| Talmudist | 9 |
| Scriptural interpreter | 22 |
| Expert at interpreting a text | 29 |
| Biblical scholar | 16 |
| N.B.A.'s Nick Van ___ | 25 |
| Former NBA All-Star Nick Van ___ | 32 |
| Former N.B.A. star Nick Van ___ | 31 |
| Basketball All-Star Nick Van ___ | 32 |
| Illustrative | 12 |
| Providing of a case in point | 28 |
| Taxpayer's delight | 22 |
| Taxpayers' delights | 23 |
| X's femme fatale | 20 |
| X singer | 8 |
| Female vocalist of X | 20 |
| Cervenka of X | 13 |
| Germany, to Britain | 19 |
| Germany vis-Ã -vis the United States, e.g. | 44 |
| Germany vis-Ã -vis France, e.g. | 33 |
| Friend today? | 13 |
| Consul's credentials | 24 |
| Funeral rites | 13 |
| Historically, the Time of Many Divorces | 39 |
| Used kettlebells, say | 21 |
| Did push-ups | 12 |
| Resolution #3 | 13 |
| Mature-love present #2 | 22 |
| Gym offering | 12 |
| Aid in scaling down? | 20 |
| What pirates use to keep fit? | 29 |
| Way to fitness | 14 |
| Part of a healthy lifestyle | 27 |
| Ones doing aerobics | 19 |
| Squats and such | 15 |
| Flashcards, for example | 23 |
| Daily dozen | 11 |
| One whose goal is changing shape? | 33 |
| LaLanne | 7 |
| Hitting the gym | 15 |
| Using energy | 12 |
| Cities in Devonshire and Calif. | 31 |
| Shakespearean stage direction | 29 |
| Bard's stage direction | 26 |
| Order to leave | 14 |
| Old-fashioned stage direction | 29 |
| Old stage directive | 19 |
| Former directive to leave the stage | 35 |
| Dramatic order to leave | 23 |
| "They leave," in old plays | 36 |