| A-team | 6 |
| Word for a top athlete | 22 |
| The starting players | 20 |
| Starters on a team | 18 |
| Like regular team players | 25 |
| Foremost, as a team member | 26 |
| Recording session starter | 25 |
| Organized person's motto (it's the puzzle theme!) | 57 |
| New novelist, e.g. | 18 |
| Topping the agenda | 18 |
| Lead batter | 11 |
| Important project of 1790 | 25 |
| Orchestra VIP | 13 |
| String quartet part | 19 |
| "In love there are these evils: ___": Horace | 54 |
| The Treaty of Versailles ended it | 33 |
| Like freshmen | 13 |
| Freshman | 8 |
| Betty Rollin book: 1976 | 23 |
| Annoyance for actor Colin? | 26 |
| Some cone producers | 19 |
| Angels are sometimes seen over them | 35 |
| Legend on a souvenir pillow | 27 |
| 1965 Yardbirds song for tree fanciers? | 38 |
| Kind of conservative | 20 |
| Kind of policy | 14 |
| Type of year used by accountants | 32 |
| Re public revenues | 18 |
| Involving financial matters | 27 |
| Budgetary | 9 |
| Financial coinage in 2012 headlines | 35 |
| 2012 debate subject | 19 |
| Private economy spending gap | 28 |
| Class that studies the health of the economy? | 45 |
| Financially | 11 |
| Moneywise | 9 |
| Budget issue | 12 |
| Quarters for a business, e.g. | 29 |
| Subject of a financial report | 29 |
| Chess master who died in Iceland | 32 |
| Big name in chess | 17 |
| Chess legend Bobby | 18 |
| Chess champion named in 1972 | 28 |
| Champion named 9/1/72 | 21 |
| Exchequers | 10 |
| Jacques Cousteau's life, in a nutshell? | 43 |
| Quotation source | 16 |
| Public lifestyle | 16 |
| No-privacy situation | 20 |
| They lack private parts | 23 |
| WITH A ___ | 10 |
| 1988 John Cleese movie, with "A" | 42 |
| Three stars | 11 |
| Like pelicans, dietwise | 23 |
| Bit of spawn | 12 |
| Roe, but not Wade | 17 |
| Carrie of "Star Wars" | 31 |
| Price leader among toys? | 24 |
| Pole carrier | 12 |
| One who drops a line | 20 |
| Lincoln Center's Avery ____ Hall | 36 |
| Arboreal carnivore, or Manitoba river | 39 |
| "The ___ King" (Robin Williams film) | 46 |
| ''Mutt and Jeff'' cartoonist Bud | 48 |
| ___ & Sons ("Six Feet Under" funeral home) | 56 |
| Early American Federalist leader | 32 |
| One angling for dinner? | 23 |
| Waiter for a bite | 17 |
| One making net gains? | 21 |
| Bass boat occupant | 18 |
| Reputation earned by inept rodster | 34 |
| ___ bend (knot) | 15 |
| Angler's times to enjoy long days? | 38 |
| Starting point for a ferry ride to Alcatraz | 43 |
| San Francisco tourist area | 26 |
| Earners of net profits? | 23 |
| "Short Circuit" star who's part Pisces? | 53 |
| Place for raising seafood | 25 |
| Business with net gains? | 24 |
| Marine operation | 16 |
| Wide-angle lens | 15 |
| Lens choice | 11 |
| Kind of lens with a wide angle | 30 |
| Facility with many schools | 26 |
| Some McDonald's fare | 24 |
| Some trimmed seafood | 20 |
| Entree for the feast | 20 |
| British seafood sticks | 22 |
| British seafood restaurant offering | 35 |
| Angler's daydream? | 22 |
| They have barbs | 15 |
| Tackle-box contents | 19 |
| Ends of lines | 13 |
| Harder to swallow | 17 |
| Comparatively shady | 19 |
| Most questionable | 17 |
| Most dubious | 12 |
| In a suspicious manner | 22 |
| 'Gone --' (1997 film) | 29 |
| Traditional pastime for retirees | 32 |