| Lively adverb | 13 |
| In a merry manner | 17 |
| In a joyful manner | 18 |
| In a bright manner | 18 |
| In a blithe way | 15 |
| Cheerfully | 10 |
| 1969 Beau Bridges film, when doubled | 36 |
| Author of "The Sandman" series Neil | 45 |
| "The Graveyard Book" author Neil | 42 |
| "Coraline" author Neil | 32 |
| "___ Turn" (card drawn in a board game, perhaps) | 58 |
| Adult beverage that tastes like laundry detergent? | 50 |
| Secure every happiness with detergents! | 39 |
| Secured a profit | 16 |
| Made an advance | 15 |
| Realized, as profit | 19 |
| Got three feet on the gridiron | 30 |
| Freight trains ... | 18 |
| "And that thing about the gym membership? Instead I ..." | 66 |
| Certain dives | 13 |
| Ways to make a big splash | 25 |
| Some fancy dives | 16 |
| Full or half dives | 18 |
| Feet-landing-first dives | 24 |
| Garth Brooks pseudonym Chris | 28 |
| William who founded Mad magazine | 32 |
| Swimmer Rowdy | 13 |
| Rowdy in the International Swimming Hall of Fame | 48 |
| Olympic swimmer Rowdy | 21 |
| Montreal Alouettes' halfback Gene | 38 |
| "Lost" actor M.C. | 27 |
| Like most employment | 20 |
| Good type of employment | 23 |
| Get liberated | 13 |
| In need of a diet? | 18 |
| Shapely and graceful | 20 |
| Boys not at all awkward? | 24 |
| One who denies | 14 |
| Finds a way in | 14 |
| Is a successful running back? | 29 |
| Profitable, old style | 21 |
| Pick up momentum | 16 |
| Opposed to, poetically | 22 |
| In opposition, to Keats | 23 |
| Wins an advantage | 17 |
| Gets an advantage | 17 |
| Packs on pounds | 15 |
| Keen, in Scotland | 17 |
| Offenbach's "___ Parisienne" | 42 |
| Mirth, in Paris | 15 |
| Mirth, in France | 16 |
| Like trotters, e.g. | 19 |
| Like Standardbreds | 18 |
| Describing trotters or pacers | 29 |
| Trotters are ___ | 16 |
| Julius Caesar's first name | 30 |
| Roman jurist | 12 |
| One of Caesar's names | 25 |
| Common praenomen among Roman emperors | 37 |
| Ancient Roman jurist | 20 |
| Rubbery Nickelodeon toy substance of the 1990s | 46 |
| Nickelodeon's "incredible, squishable, squeezable" goo | 68 |
| Gooey '90s stuff from Nickelodeon | 37 |
| State dinner, often | 19 |
| Big to-dos | 10 |
| Pome variety | 12 |
| Like interplanetary travel | 26 |
| Interstellar | 12 |
| LSD that's out of this world? | 33 |
| Hallucinogen from another planet? (volume) | 42 |
| Loose celestial grouping | 24 |
| "Star Wars" conglomerate | 34 |
| Black-tie ball, e.g. | 20 |
| Classic arcade game with tractor beams | 38 |
| Classic arcade game similar to Space Invaders | 45 |
| Bushy-tailed nocturnal creatures | 32 |
| Men showing devotion to ideals | 30 |
| Good knights | 12 |
| Turkey or chicken dish served cold | 34 |
| Islands with giant tortoises | 28 |
| Name of an archipelago, or a novel | 34 |
| Islands visited by Darwin | 25 |
| Islands known for giant tortoises | 33 |
| Island group giant tortoises | 28 |
| Darwin stopping point, with "the" | 43 |
| Showy show | 10 |
| Extravagant show | 16 |
| 1996 N.L. home run leader | 25 |
| Port of Rumania | 15 |
| Land visited by Paul in the New Testament | 41 |
| Ancient land of Asia Minor | 26 |
| Ancient Asia Minor land | 23 |
| Ancient Asia Minor country visited by St. Paul | 46 |
| Wreath evergreen | 16 |
| Herb used by florists to make wreaths | 37 |
| The Milky Way and Andromeda | 27 |
| Nebulae | 7 |
| Milky Way, etc. | 15 |
| Milky Way et al. | 16 |
| Andromeda and others | 20 |