| Inane goings-on | 15 |
| Nitwit's swoon? | 19 |
| What Stan tries to do to Oliver? | 32 |
| Dupe Thomas? | 12 |
| Confuse author Thomas? | 22 |
| Brash and rash | 14 |
| "O ___ shall go mad": Lear | 36 |
| Doing credible work as a magician? | 34 |
| Term for the Fed cranking up the economy too quickly | 52 |
| Indulgent Derby winner: 1975 | 28 |
| Derby winner: 1975 | 18 |
| Derby winner | 12 |
| Cause of stubbornness, for some | 31 |
| Cause of stubbornness, maybe | 28 |
| Impetuous? | 10 |
| "There's no ___ an . . . " | 40 |
| Start of a four-part saying | 27 |
| Part 3 of the saying | 20 |
| Harebrained concept | 19 |
| A Beatles tune — as sung by a famous swinger? | 52 |
| Unfailing | 9 |
| Sure to work | 12 |
| Like a perfect plan | 19 |
| Leaving no opportunity for error | 32 |
| Infallible, as a scheme | 23 |
| Guaranteed against failure | 26 |
| It's guaranteed to work | 27 |
| Acts silly | 10 |
| Writing-paper size | 18 |
| Cone-shaped paper hat | 21 |
| Size of writing paper | 21 |
| Jester's headgear | 21 |
| Hoodwinks gangster Al? | 22 |
| Jesters' wear | 17 |
| Goldfinches | 11 |
| Wild goose chase | 16 |
| Task that's sure to fail | 28 |
| Pyrite | 6 |
| Prospector's letdown | 24 |
| Iron sulfide with a deceiving color | 35 |
| Iron pyrite | 11 |
| Forty-niner's offensive material? | 37 |
| Forty-niner's disillusionment | 33 |
| Dodos played a round? | 21 |
| What happened when ninnies didn't pay the heating bills? | 60 |
| 1971 James Stewart film | 23 |
| State of false hope | 19 |
| State of delusory happiness | 27 |
| Delusory happiness | 18 |
| Poisonous weed | 14 |
| 1940 Glenn Miller hit or 1997 Matthew Perry film | 48 |
| Great minds think alike, but ... | 32 |
| "___ I was . . . ": Dryden | 36 |
| Put something over on variety show performers | 45 |
| Annoy for one's own amusement | 33 |
| Spork, alternately | 18 |
| Make lots of noise | 18 |
| Table soccer game, slangily | 27 |
| Air Force stealth jet | 21 |
| Tabletop soccer game | 20 |
| Sport on a table | 16 |
| Recreation hall staple | 22 |
| Fodder for a movie editor | 25 |
| Film editor's material | 26 |
| Shot film | 9 |
| Measure that's often square | 31 |
| Material for a film editor | 26 |
| Length of film | 14 |
| Hard-news bit, TV-style | 23 |
| Film-making measure | 19 |
| Film editor's concern | 25 |
| Cutting room fodder | 19 |
| "Live at Five" clip | 29 |
| "Cut-and-print!" measure | 34 |
| Movie scenes | 12 |
| Area measures (with "square") | 39 |
| Pigskin | 7 |
| Sport with blitzes | 18 |
| Pete Rozelle's domain | 25 |
| No game for the tame | 20 |
| Grid game | 9 |
| Game in which at least two men come to pass | 43 |
| Game for Redskins and Cowboys | 29 |
| Fall weekend mania | 18 |
| 14A + 6A | 8 |
| Noll or Bryant | 14 |
| Eubank or Shula | 15 |
| Don Shula or Knute Rockne | 25 |
| Soccer player, abroad | 21 |
| Tight end's tight end? | 26 |
| Flag ___ Day | 12 |
| Office wagering scheme | 22 |
| "Push 'em back! Push 'em back! Way back!"? | 60 |
| They're caught | 18 |
| Sports spheroids | 16 |
| When men are known to make passes | 33 |
| Patriots' battlefield | 25 |
| Patriots hit the ground here | 28 |
| Where Lions meet Bears | 22 |
| Where Broncos meet Cowboys | 26 |