| Walking on hot embers? | 22 |
| Retaliating | 11 |
| One method for discovering new places | 37 |
| It "is no problem. You just have to live long enough": Groucho Marx | 77 |
| Making progress | 15 |
| Ticking somebody off | 20 |
| Irritating somebody | 19 |
| Starting to fight | 17 |
| Sending Gossage to an early shower? | 35 |
| Contacting | 10 |
| Finding agreement | 17 |
| Approaching the solution | 24 |
| What you're doing as you complete this puzzle | 49 |
| Need a break | 12 |
| Have an initial success | 23 |
| Hit or walk | 11 |
| Begin to score (with) | 21 |
| Achieve initial success | 23 |
| Move up in the orchestra? | 25 |
| Last part of a quip | 19 |
| ''Stop wasting time!'' | 38 |
| Stop dawdling | 13 |
| Become acquainted with | 22 |
| Become friendly with | 20 |
| Become familiar with | 20 |
| More than merely meet | 21 |
| Memo to a U.S.M.A. recruit | 26 |
| Be firmer | 9 |
| James who founded a Civil War town | 34 |
| Turning point, 1863 | 19 |
| Place with a famous address | 27 |
| Meade vs. Lee, July 1863 | 24 |
| Locale for an 1863 address | 26 |
| Battleground of 1863 | 20 |
| Turn unpleasant | 15 |
| Participate in a seventh inning activity | 40 |
| Better oneself | 14 |
| Put on an extra sweater, say | 28 |
| Near the right answer | 21 |
| Close in on the answer | 22 |
| What invalid card readers might read | 36 |
| Message to the ailing | 21 |
| Message on some cards | 21 |
| Hallmark sentiment | 18 |
| Card sentiment, sometimes | 25 |
| Appreciated card | 16 |
| One in a hospital room display | 30 |
| Mail for one with a malady | 26 |
| Hospital humorist? | 18 |
| These may have been given to Ishmael? | 37 |
| Directive from one wishing to hire columnist Walter? | 52 |
| Become aware | 12 |
| Internet industry catchphrase | 29 |
| Learn to mistrust, maybe | 24 |
| Admonition to the unhip | 23 |
| ''Wise up, dude!'' | 34 |
| "Stay away from amateurs!"? | 37 |
| Advice to a young Gates: "If you want to succeed, ___!" | 65 |
| Cash-strapped college student's survival ploy #3 | 52 |
| Take a downturn | 15 |
| Ballpark vendorÂ’s opener | 28 |
| "Five will ___" | 25 |
| Bank sign (Part 4) | 18 |
| Alaskan modeling-school ad | 26 |
| Try something new | 17 |
| Wash the car? | 13 |
| Ballpark vendor's call #1 | 29 |
| Saxophonist Stan making sharp noises? | 37 |
| Plant also called avens | 23 |
| Small plant of the rose family | 30 |
| Garden plant family | 19 |
| Tuo llihc | 9 |
| Tamara ___, famed ballerina | 27 |
| Dancer Tamara ___ | 17 |
| Ballerina Tamara ___ | 20 |
| Popular family room appliances, for short | 41 |
| Gaw preceder | 12 |
| Glitzy trinket | 14 |
| Considerable, in Dundee | 23 |
| 24 undeveloped photos of Old Faithful? | 38 |
| Fourth winning number? | 22 |
| Lesson at the bench | 19 |
| Some black piano keys | 21 |
| "Rated ___ 'General Audience'" | 48 |
| 1982 biopic about train robber Bill Miner, "The ___" | 62 |
| Oft-chronicled terrier of Scottish lore, ___ Bobby | 50 |
| Some significant others, in IMs | 31 |
| Some PowerBooks | 15 |
| Masochistic punk singer with the given name "Jesus Christ" | 68 |
| Documentary that became a musical and a movie | 45 |
| "Man oh man!" | 23 |
| Skimpy bikini part, literally? | 30 |
| Nickname of blues pianist Roosevelt Williams | 44 |
| Vodka brand | 11 |
| Become more eco-friendly | 24 |
| British colonial rulers: Abbr. | 30 |
| Navigation initials | 19 |
| Borrioboola-___, locale in "Bleak House" | 50 |
| Part of an old United Nations name | 34 |
| Togolese's neighbor | 23 |