| Admits the truth | 16 |
| Goes head to head | 17 |
| 1989 Heglers best seller | 24 |
| Prepares to be punished | 23 |
| Accepts one's punishment | 28 |
| Accepts consequences | 20 |
| ___ to (confronts) | 18 |
| Like many gems | 14 |
| Like many diamonds | 18 |
| Cut diamonds | 12 |
| " . . . the ___ launched a thousand ships" | 52 |
| Pete Townshend "___ Face" | 35 |
| Berlin's "___ Music": 1932 | 40 |
| Receive flak | 12 |
| Sunday morning show since 1954 | 30 |
| Long-running CBS news show | 26 |
| Turn left when told to turn right | 33 |
| Joking, superficially? | 22 |
| Jesting | 7 |
| "A ___ lose youth for": Browning | 42 |
| In-person, as an interview | 26 |
| Way to meet | 11 |
| Type of confrontation | 21 |
| Song from a 1953 film | 21 |
| In the presence of each other | 29 |
| In confrontation | 16 |
| Confronting one another | 23 |
| Confront some British parliamentarians? | 39 |
| First-class flight amenity | 26 |
| Dusting on the side of a cut gem? | 33 |
| Unlike the cards in a draw pile | 31 |
| Showing, as a deck member | 25 |
| Showing, as a card | 18 |
| Card position | 13 |
| Turn toward sunset | 18 |
| Connective tissue | 17 |
| Nameplate on a shopfront | 24 |
| Brit's dashboard | 20 |
| "Give me a mudpack," e.g. | 35 |
| Full-length films shot at a day spa? | 36 |
| Impractical wrinkle smoother [CALIFORNIA] | 41 |
| Trouble removing a chemical peel, say? | 38 |
| Some salon treatments | 21 |
| Disposable cosmetic remover | 27 |
| Smoothing skin care product with an inside voice? | 49 |
| General appearance | 18 |
| EEEE | 4 |
| Up against | 10 |
| Skirt liner | 11 |
| Going up against | 16 |
| Collar lining | 13 |
| Mastering, as one's fears | 29 |
| Not running away from a challenge | 33 |
| Retail shelf space | 18 |
| Linings at the edges of garments | 32 |
| Garment parts | 13 |
| Confronting unpleasant consequences of one's actions (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 96 |
| Replicas, for short | 19 |
| Acronym for firearms buyers | 27 |
| Xerox, e.g. | 11 |
| Cloned lion? | 12 |
| Statements in a legal case | 26 |
| Legal truths | 12 |
| All-beef patty served with comprehensive nutritional information? | 65 |
| Editor's helper | 19 |
| Investigator | 12 |
| Searching for the truth | 23 |
| Subgroup | 8 |
| Causing dissension | 18 |
| Cashier with an attitude? | 25 |
| 'Truth be told ...' | 27 |
| Sidebar item | 12 |
| It's almost the truth | 25 |
| Elvis sighting, e.g. | 20 |
| "Jeopardy!" component | 31 |
| Some arcana | 11 |
| Did a math job | 14 |
| Acted as an agent | 17 |
| Accounted for, as during calculations | 37 |
| Question about an urban legend | 30 |
| Lies about divisors? | 20 |
| Product-yielding plants | 23 |
| Account for | 11 |
| Consider, as a forecast variable | 32 |
| Including, as pertinent information | 35 |
| Industrial Age landmark | 23 |
| Alternatives to malls | 21 |
| Mr. Do-All | 10 |
| General servant | 15 |
| Press secretary handout | 23 |
| Page with bullet points, often | 30 |
| Records on the hill? | 20 |
| The birds and the bees | 22 |
| Sure-enough | 11 |
| Containing no speculation | 25 |
| Statement of what's known, in legalese | 42 |
| Certain sun spot | 16 |
| Natural powers | 14 |
| Step on a scale following spot of exercise? | 43 |
| Impudent, in Yorkshire | 22 |