| Wanted: somber archaeologist | 28 |
| Serious femme fatale? | 21 |
| Pebble mine | 11 |
| Quarrying locales | 17 |
| Covers, as a driveway | 21 |
| With a straight face | 20 |
| How bad news may be given | 25 |
| Ditsy L.A. chick in intensive care? | 35 |
| Serious faculty member when it comes to grading tests? | 54 |
| Halloween topic? | 16 |
| Kind of image | 13 |
| Carved, as an image | 19 |
| Commandment adjective | 21 |
| Taboo images | 12 |
| Second Commandment word | 23 |
| Like images of false gods | 25 |
| In relief | 9 |
| -- image (idol) | 15 |
| Carved idol | 11 |
| Carved figure used for rituals | 30 |
| Less blithe | 11 |
| Thieves in the tombs of the pharaohs, say | 41 |
| "I, Claudius" author | 30 |
| Sites of crosses | 16 |
| Peter of the original "Mission: Impossible" | 53 |
| Peter of "Airplane!" | 30 |
| Peter of 'Mission: Impossible' | 38 |
| Cross sites, often | 18 |
| Cemetery excavations | 20 |
| "Songs of Killarney" author | 37 |
| "I, Claudius" writer | 30 |
| Party location | 14 |
| Elvis's is at Graceland | 27 |
| Predicaments in ghost stories | 29 |
| Rocky in a serious mood? | 24 |
| Most somber | 11 |
| Like a worst-case scenario | 26 |
| Least merry | 11 |
| Where to read a plot summary? | 29 |
| Eerie marker | 12 |
| Place for old cars | 18 |
| 1A + 145A | 9 |
| Places to whistle past | 22 |
| Dead spots? | 11 |
| Stephen King story turned film | 30 |
| Stephen King novel turned film | 30 |
| Work period that happens after dark | 35 |
| Spooky drudges? | 15 |
| Never ask him to work the ___ ... | 33 |
| Party dresses | 13 |
| Part of a door to a cemetery? | 29 |
| Archaeologist's task? | 25 |
| Pregnant woman, in obstetrics | 29 |
| Sauces from juices | 18 |
| Meat sauces | 11 |
| High seriousness | 16 |
| Tend to move (toward) | 21 |
| Be led by a certain force | 25 |
| Influence on Newton's apple | 31 |
| It keeps people grounded | 24 |
| Sequel to a 2013 3D film in which Manny Pacquiao spars in space? (Happy New Year to adolescent Jesus!) | 102 |
| Best seller in 1973 | 19 |
| 1973 Thomas Pynchon novel | 25 |
| Bungee cord? | 12 |
| Serious transport? | 18 |
| Crater in one's mashed potatoes, say? | 41 |
| November cooking school program? | 32 |
| Word for the symbols "@#$%&!" used in comic strips | 64 |
| Middle ground | 13 |
| Where ambiguities exist | 23 |
| Uncertain legal point | 21 |
| Philosophical border region | 27 |
| It's undefined | 18 |
| It's murky | 14 |
| Ill-defined location | 20 |
| Ethically moot subject | 22 |
| Moral dilemmas, so to speak | 27 |
| Subjects of moral exploration | 29 |
| Moral dilemmas, for example | 27 |
| Prohibition against Confederate soldiers? | 41 |
| Wise oldster | 12 |
| Colorful elderly males? | 23 |
| Oldsters | 8 |
| Elderly ones | 12 |
| Faded children's book? | 26 |
| Classic children's book left in the sun too long? | 53 |
| Topper in a 1909 song | 21 |
| Blue-ribboned item | 18 |
| 'Vanity Fair' VIP | 25 |
| Family member whose age is showing? | 35 |
| Wanted: Local leader showing more experience | 44 |
| Most bleak | 10 |
| Showing the most age | 20 |
| Most senior, say | 16 |
| Most like the old mare | 22 |
| Most in need of Grecian Formula | 31 |
| Most in need of a dye job? | 26 |
| Most ill-defined | 16 |
| Symbol of '50s conformity | 29 |
| Stereotypical garb for an adman | 31 |