| Absents oneself | 15 |
| Retrieves a Reagan pet? | 23 |
| Finds a friend for the evening | 30 |
| "That awful farmer..." | 32 |
| "I ___ Lonely" (1954 hit for the Four Knights) | 56 |
| Dismounts like an expert gymnast? | 33 |
| Becomes stale | 13 |
| Grows trite | 11 |
| I vow to ... | 12 |
| New Years' Resolution #2 | 28 |
| Mounts, as a horse | 18 |
| Mounts or fares | 15 |
| Goes aboard | 11 |
| Enters, as a bus | 16 |
| Boards, as a plane | 18 |
| Boards or rides | 15 |
| Wins a dispute | 14 |
| Responds promptly to an assignment from the boss | 48 |
| Breaks away from a defender | 27 |
| Become peeved | 13 |
| Start to boil over? | 19 |
| Overdo it at the gym | 20 |
| Lose one's sense of humor | 29 |
| Become irritated | 16 |
| Makes bail, e.g. | 16 |
| Issues, as a publication | 24 |
| Steps aside | 11 |
| Is salaried | 11 |
| Overcomes, as an obstacle | 25 |
| Warns about (#38) | 17 |
| Catches something bad | 21 |
| Is tied up by "the Man in Black" | 42 |
| Candidate Benny Goodman... | 26 |
| Pays all that is owed | 21 |
| Age badly, as jokes | 19 |
| What each theme answer in this puzzle does | 42 |
| Prevails against | 16 |
| Finds oneself with a pink slip | 30 |
| What the squeaking wheel does | 29 |
| Fans Mays, Stargell and Randolph? | 33 |
| What a waiter or a track bettor does | 36 |
| Is a conscientious pest? | 24 |
| Begins work | 11 |
| Has one's name listed first | 31 |
| Solves | 6 |
| Forgoes trivialities | 20 |
| ___ dawn (rises early) | 22 |
| Prepares to catch the worm? | 27 |
| Catches the worm, maybe | 23 |
| Sees red, say | 13 |
| Reaches, as a high point | 24 |
| Learns to cope with | 19 |
| Is no longer fazed by | 21 |
| Becomes familiar with | 21 |
| Nears the target | 16 |
| Hears rumors about | 18 |
| Within reach, as a solution | 27 |
| Be fooled | 9 |
| Find employment in a grove? | 27 |
| Givers' opposites | 21 |
| Obtainers | 9 |
| Fast-track types (with "go-") | 39 |
| Acquirers | 9 |
| What players should do | 22 |
| Be fired | 8 |
| Be canned | 9 |
| Feel like a pyromaniac? | 23 |
| Outwit, in Fat City? | 20 |
| Instructions to Satan | 21 |
| Religious order? | 16 |
| Find evidence against | 21 |
| Be unceremoniously dismissed | 28 |
| Be forced offstage | 18 |
| Multiplex owner's note to self? | 35 |
| Checkers strategy? | 18 |
| Ultimately triumph | 18 |
| Coup objective? | 15 |
| Hurry! | 6 |
| Memo to a lazy galena miner | 27 |
| "Hurry up!" to a person sharpening a pencil? | 54 |
| Be chosen | 9 |
| Be accepted | 11 |
| Successfully perform a download? | 32 |
| Receive a Bronx cheer | 21 |
| Receive no answers | 18 |
| Be active | 9 |
| Write something, even if not the final draft | 44 |
| Start of a "Can you believe it?" story | 48 |
| Lead-in to a juicy rumor | 24 |
| "Would you believe ..." | 33 |
| "Here's the best part ..." | 40 |
| 'Listen, ...' | 21 |
| Endure to the end | 17 |
| Good news for a British apartment seeker, bad news for a motorist | 65 |
| Providing a racy sight gag in a coming-of-age movie, e.g. | 57 |
| Gaining the advantage | 21 |
| Like people in a group hug, presumably (and a group hug involving Tributes #7, #8, and #11) | 91 |
| Feeling renewed energy after being tired | 40 |
| Liz's "___ All the Time" | 38 |
| Q: "What were you doing at the lumber yard, Tarzan?" A: "___" | 81 |