| 2001 film that earned Robert Altman a Best Director Oscar nomination | 68 |
| Fast-flying bird of prey | 24 |
| Abashed denial | 14 |
| Goose in Cooperstown | 20 |
| Small honker | 12 |
| It gets further down with time | 30 |
| Graylag offspring | 17 |
| Future gander | 13 |
| Brand-new brant | 15 |
| Baby honker | 11 |
| A little gander? | 16 |
| Little brants | 13 |
| Anserine babes | 14 |
| Proceed cautiously | 18 |
| Proceed with caution | 20 |
| Sign near a school | 18 |
| Pre-strike advice | 17 |
| Don't rush things | 21 |
| Creep, as in a car | 18 |
| "I would __ far as to say ..." | 40 |
| Lose one's resolve | 22 |
| Get mushy | 9 |
| Become lax | 10 |
| Turn tender-hearted | 19 |
| Treat leniently, with "on" | 36 |
| Stop being strict | 17 |
| Show sympathy toward, with "on" | 41 |
| Opposite of get tough | 21 |
| Become lenient, as on crime | 27 |
| Become lenient (on) | 19 |
| Become flabby | 13 |
| Be less demanding (on) | 22 |
| Back off, as with discipline | 28 |
| Lose its luster | 15 |
| Encouragement for a pool hall helper? | 37 |
| Spiritual genre | 15 |
| Leprechaun's book detailing the truth about flounders? | 58 |
| Good Samaritan parable source | 29 |
| Biblical quartet | 16 |
| Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | 28 |
| Four New Testament books | 24 |
| They precede Acts | 17 |
| N.T. books | 10 |
| John et al. | 11 |
| Foursome followed by Acts | 25 |
| First part of the New Testament | 31 |
| Biblical foursome | 17 |
| Infallible fact | 15 |
| Totally honest statement | 24 |
| What the annual Dove Awards are awarded for | 43 |
| Comeback of a Japanese game? | 28 |
| Pitcher Goose | 13 |
| Pitcher Goose and kin | 21 |
| Web material | 12 |
| Floating cobweb | 15 |
| Fine cobweb film | 16 |
| Filmy cobweb | 12 |
| Cobweb | 6 |
| Thin, light fabric | 18 |
| Super-delicate | 14 |
| Light and filmy | 15 |
| Cobwebby | 8 |
| Cobweb filament | 15 |
| Any thin, light fabric | 22 |
| Filmy items | 11 |
| Cobwebby things | 15 |
| English poet and critic | 23 |
| British poet-critic: 1849–1928 | 37 |
| Kate of reality TV | 18 |
| Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sergeant Foley | 52 |
| A 1982 Oscar winner | 19 |
| "Officer and a Gentleman" actor | 41 |
| Tabloid feature, often | 22 |
| Purveyors of tidbits | 20 |
| Acted like a yenta | 18 |
| Spread dirt on someone | 22 |
| Spread dirt | 11 |
| Dished | 6 |
| Dirt spreader | 13 |
| One letting the chat out of the bag | 35 |
| Hearsay expert | 14 |
| Dirt expert | 11 |
| They "dish the dirt" | 30 |
| Drama about an anonymous soldier who blogs about juicy military scandals? | 73 |
| TV drama narrated by a teen blogger | 35 |
| Teen series whose title character is never seen | 47 |
| Superhero who can't keep her mouth shut? | 44 |
| A teen blogger narrates this television drama | 45 |
| "But why is she blogging in every episode?" (highly literal TV title #1) | 82 |
| Dirt-dishing lass who's been cut off? | 41 |
| Kaffeeklatsch activity | 22 |
| Pun heard through the grapevine (part 1) | 40 |
| Discuss, rumor-wise | 19 |
| Irish lad | 9 |
| Get rusty | 9 |
| Don't see other people, perhaps | 35 |
| Date, in a way | 14 |
| Date exclusively | 16 |
| Become an item | 14 |
| Give up one's lawbreaking ways | 34 |