| Poses a bomb threat? | 20 |
| Hits a dinger | 13 |
| Does spy work | 13 |
| A yo-yo on a short string does this | 35 |
| Splits the tab | 14 |
| Pays for oneself | 16 |
| Heads toward the sunrise | 24 |
| Transfers from Pepperdine to Yale, say | 38 |
| Heads to Harvard or Georgetown, maybe | 37 |
| Makes more in-your-face commercials, in Madison Avenue-speak | 60 |
| Attacks a man? | 14 |
| Competes in the Olympics | 24 |
| Becomes eco-friendly | 20 |
| Leaves the office | 17 |
| Ends one's travels | 22 |
| Contributes one's share to | 30 |
| Discusses in detail | 19 |
| Takes up, as a study | 20 |
| Takes up, as a career | 21 |
| Extends the negotiating clock beyond the deadline | 49 |
| Starts carving some ham? | 24 |
| Abandons the band | 17 |
| Fails, suddenly | 15 |
| Headlines, as a band | 20 |
| Has the final turn | 18 |
| Tries for a big pass | 20 |
| Cracks up | 9 |
| Runs through the neighborhood naked and covered in oatmeal, say | 63 |
| Loses one's mind | 20 |
| Loses one's grip? | 21 |
| Finally cracks | 14 |
| "There ___" (song) | 28 |
| Is on deck | 10 |
| "Hope this works!" | 28 |
| Fizzles | 7 |
| Stops broadcasting | 18 |
| Shares a movie, perhaps | 23 |
| Drives to the basket, perhaps | 29 |
| Boards, as a ship | 17 |
| Hits the road with the band | 27 |
| Plays one's last card | 25 |
| Has dates | 9 |
| Has a date | 10 |
| Departs for a date | 18 |
| Tries to make, as a team | 24 |
| Chokes after bean eating? | 25 |
| Hits the picket line | 20 |
| Reads | 5 |
| Receives approval, as a joke | 28 |
| The spendthrift scuba diver usually ___ | 39 |
| Carries things too far | 22 |
| Reviews one's fib? | 22 |
| Takes things a bit too far | 26 |
| Exceeds limits (or what each of this puzzle's theme items does?) | 68 |
| Escapes dramatically from prison | 32 |
| Starts getting paid to play | 27 |
| Exposes oneself? | 16 |
| Proceeds boldly | 15 |
| Becomes less strict | 19 |
| Flies alone | 11 |
| Works alone | 11 |
| Tries to make it alone | 22 |
| "Whither thou ___ . . . " | 35 |
| "Whither thou ___..." | 31 |
| "Whither ___ thou?": John 16:5 | 40 |
| "For whither thou ___ . . . " | 39 |
| ''Whither thou __ . . .'' | 41 |
| "Whither thou __..." | 30 |
| "Whither thou ___ ..." | 32 |
| "Whither thou __ ...": Ruth | 37 |
| "Whither ___ thou?" | 29 |
| "Ride more than thou __": "King Lear" | 57 |
| What a glutton does | 19 |
| Commits oneself fully | 21 |
| ___ and water (endures) | 23 |
| Helps a Lhasa citizen? | 22 |
| Stops at nothing | 16 |
| ___ for (defends) | 17 |
| Visits a fictional Adam? | 24 |
| Takes a midday break | 20 |
| Oversteps one's bounds | 26 |
| Overreaches | 11 |
| Exceeds what's proper | 25 |
| What the award for Fishiest Constellation does? | 47 |
| Really succeeds | 15 |
| Works very well | 15 |
| Gets in on the action | 21 |
| Follows the path of 19th-century pioneers | 41 |
| Beats it and won't explain why? | 35 |
| "Pride ___ before . . . " | 35 |
| What pride does before a fall | 29 |
| "Where no wood is, there the fire ___ out": Proverbs 26:20 | 68 |
| "Pride ___ before destruction": Proverbs | 50 |
| "Pride ___ before destruction ..." | 44 |
| "Pride ___ before ..." | 32 |
| "Pride __ before ..." | 31 |
| 'Pride -- before ...' | 29 |
| Famed canal builder | 19 |
| Twilight of a poet? | 19 |
| Shooter Bernhard known as "The Subway Vigilante" | 58 |