| Best to be found (Genesis 45:18) | 32 |
| Banquet offering, perhaps | 25 |
| Mirage | 6 |
| Market purchase in a nursery rhyme | 34 |
| Scene in "The Hustler"? | 33 |
| "Blueberry Hill" singer | 33 |
| Singer Antoine from New Orleans | 31 |
| R&B singer whose given name is Antoine | 42 |
| Blueberry Hill singer | 24 |
| "Blueberry Hill" man | 30 |
| ''Blue Monday'' singer (1956) | 45 |
| "Word Freak" author Stefan | 36 |
| Tubby ones | 10 |
| Borgnine and DeLuise roles | 26 |
| The real scoop about lipids? | 28 |
| Bit of roomy footwear? | 22 |
| He had a hit with "The Joint Is Jumpin'" | 54 |
| "Ain't Misbehavin'" composer | 46 |
| "Ain't Misbehavin'" co-composer | 49 |
| Like a variety of sheep | 23 |
| Make more substantial | 21 |
| Make plump | 10 |
| Make more substantial, in a way | 31 |
| Make more substantial, as a pig | 31 |
| Get the goose ready | 19 |
| Put weight on | 13 |
| Prepare for market | 18 |
| Fill out, in a way | 18 |
| Boost the bulk of | 17 |
| Add chips to the poker pot | 26 |
| Ready for market | 16 |
| Fed lots and lots of corn | 25 |
| Partner of immoral | 18 |
| Like most desserts | 18 |
| " . . . illegal, immoral or ___" | 42 |
| Prepares to be eaten | 20 |
| Readies for market, in a way | 28 |
| Prepares to eat, perhaps | 24 |
| Prepares for the fair | 21 |
| Prepares for the abattoir | 25 |
| Gets ready for market, as livestock | 35 |
| Battens | 7 |
| Put some meat on one's bones | 32 |
| Prepare for sumo? | 17 |
| Add some meat to the bones | 26 |
| Add some meat to | 16 |
| Most corpulent | 14 |
| Word for a sideshow member | 26 |
| Most well-fed | 13 |
| Most profitable, as a business contract | 39 |
| Most plump | 10 |
| Most chubby | 11 |
| Like the best wallets? | 22 |
| Adjusted "Survival of the ___" | 40 |
| Most marbled, as meat | 21 |
| Rather stout | 12 |
| Gangster on "The Simpsons" voiced by Joe Mantegna | 59 |
| Lent preceder | 13 |
| Mardi Gras, literally | 21 |
| Big Easy bash | 13 |
| Big Easy bacchanal | 18 |
| Thanksgiving? (Happy New Year to President-elect George W. Bush!) | 65 |
| Omega-3, e.g. | 13 |
| Silents star | 12 |
| Silent screen comic | 19 |
| Plant liquid | 12 |
| Competitors on "The Biggest Loser"? | 45 |
| Ignes _____ (marsh lights) | 26 |
| Destiny, to Nero | 16 |
| Islamic decree | 14 |
| Muslim decree | 13 |
| Ayatollah's decree | 22 |
| Islamic declaration | 19 |
| Ruling on a point of Islamic law | 32 |
| One was issued against Salman Rushdie in 1988 | 45 |
| Muslim's decree | 19 |
| Mullah's edict | 18 |
| Mullah's decree | 19 |
| Mufti's decree | 18 |
| Islamic ruling | 14 |
| Islamic opinion | 15 |
| Decree proclaimed against Salman Rushdie | 40 |
| Islamic decree (Var.) | 21 |
| It's stuffed with dough | 27 |
| Muslim decrees | 14 |
| Islamic decrees | 15 |
| Mullahs' calls | 18 |
| Rulings on points of Islamic law | 32 |
| "Whenever you're ready!" | 38 |
| Big wrigglers allied to fight off robins? | 41 |
| Spigot | 6 |
| Flow controller | 15 |
| Dishwater source | 16 |
| Tap in the kitchen | 18 |
| Product made by Moe | 19 |
| Nobel author William | 20 |
| Creator of the Snopes family | 28 |
| 'The Sound and the Fury' author | 39 |
| 'As I Lay Dying' novelist | 33 |
| Earthquake line | 15 |