| Opposite of precipitous | 23 |
| Little-by-little | 16 |
| Like evolution | 14 |
| Done by degrees | 15 |
| Difficult to detect, perhaps | 28 |
| Developing little by little | 27 |
| Book of religious chants | 24 |
| Bit-by-bit | 10 |
| Slow descent | 12 |
| Like rulers | 11 |
| Got a sheepskin | 15 |
| Became a bachelor, maybe | 24 |
| Advanced course of study | 24 |
| Scholastic upper strata | 23 |
| Ph.D. candidate | 15 |
| One seeking a second degree | 27 |
| One on a career path | 20 |
| Future master, maybe | 20 |
| Former pupil/present pupil | 26 |
| Fellow, perhaps | 15 |
| When one becomes eligible for college | 37 |
| When Harry Highschool becomes Joe College | 41 |
| Sheepskin presentation | 22 |
| Commencement chronicle? | 23 |
| Magna ___ (Gr. colonies) | 24 |
| Hellenic: Prefix | 16 |
| 2010 U.S. Open winner McDowell | 30 |
| ___ Park, historic home near Philadelphia | 41 |
| ___ Park, colonial Pennsylvania site near Philadelphia | 54 |
| "Mr. Belvedere" co-star | 33 |
| The writing on the wall? | 24 |
| The writing on the wall | 23 |
| Writings on a bridge, e.g. | 26 |
| Wall or sidewalk scrawlings | 27 |
| Unwanted art | 12 |
| Title claimed by both N.Y.C. and Phila. | 39 |
| Scuttled WWII ship | 18 |
| German ship lost in the Battle of the River Plate, 1939 | 55 |
| Famed German ship | 17 |
| Tennis great's swimwear? | 28 |
| Surgically transplanted | 23 |
| Emulated Tweed | 14 |
| Certain nursery-men | 19 |
| Tammany Hall expo? | 18 |
| Greenhouse operation | 20 |
| Kid's lunch food tainted by kickbacks and cronyism? | 55 |
| ''S Is for Silence'' author | 43 |
| What goes on in Sue's new book? | 35 |
| Surgical implants | 17 |
| Skin transplants | 16 |
| Surgical transplants | 20 |
| Shoots from another plant | 25 |
| Transplants, surgically | 23 |
| Some white-collar crimes | 24 |
| Skin-transferring operations | 28 |
| Plant transplants | 17 |
| Causes to grow together | 23 |
| Botanists' scions | 21 |
| Transplant surgeon's group? | 31 |
| Organized bribery? | 18 |
| 1929 globe circumnavigator | 26 |
| Venezuelan biscuit-company ad | 29 |
| S'more ingredient | 21 |
| Ingredient in s'mores | 25 |
| Toad Hall's creator | 23 |
| "Wind in the Willows" author | 38 |
| "The Wind in the Willows" writer | 42 |
| "The Wind in the Willows" author | 42 |
| Base ingredient in some crackers and pie crusts | 47 |
| Two football greats and an author | 33 |
| Where Rev. Billy was taught? | 28 |
| Duck's snack? | 17 |
| Teddy ___ (Nabisco product) | 27 |
| Golden ___ (General Mills product) | 34 |
| Golden ___ (cereal brand) | 25 |
| Billy and Otto | 14 |
| Billy and Martha | 16 |
| Former Yankees team captain Nettles | 35 |
| Former Yankee third baseman Nettles | 35 |
| Objects of quests | 17 |
| Objects of prolonged endeavors | 30 |
| Objects of extended quests | 26 |
| Mythic chalices | 15 |
| Greatly desired objects | 23 |
| Greatly desired objectives | 26 |
| Earnestly pursued things | 24 |
| Chalices | 8 |
| Farmer's storage | 20 |
| Wheat-field inspection? | 23 |
| Farmer's harvest tradition? | 31 |
| Like wood, in a way | 19 |
| Steinway with a wood finish? | 28 |
| Not so good, as a photo | 23 |
| ... a harvester? | 16 |
| Agricultural wholesaler | 23 |
| Minuscule intangible? | 21 |
| Farm's storage structure | 28 |
| Farm towers | 11 |
| People dependent on barley? | 27 |
| Like sand | 9 |