| Tribal historian | 16 |
| "Roots" storyteller | 29 |
| "Roots" historian | 27 |
| Grumbled | 8 |
| Angry kvetching? | 16 |
| Water cooler pastime | 20 |
| Kvetching | 9 |
| Expressing displeasure | 22 |
| Bellyaching | 11 |
| Feature of "Portnoy's Complaint"? | 47 |
| Golf pro's protection? | 26 |
| Cable-car operator | 18 |
| Took hold of | 12 |
| Grasping thing | 14 |
| Can-opening aid | 15 |
| Tongs, e.g. | 11 |
| Like page-turners | 17 |
| Suffering from a form of flu | 28 |
| Afflicted with the flu | 22 |
| Stagehand splitting his sides? | 30 |
| Seizes firmly | 13 |
| Come to ___ with | 16 |
| Stagehands | 10 |
| Set workers | 11 |
| Scenery shifters | 16 |
| Rigging technicians | 19 |
| Property men | 12 |
| Movie set aides | 15 |
| Luggage pieces | 14 |
| Holds, as drumsticks | 20 |
| Handlebar features | 18 |
| Handlebar attachments | 21 |
| Grabs onto | 10 |
| Film-set workers | 16 |
| Drivers need them | 17 |
| Clutches or clenches | 20 |
| Eminence ___ (confidential agent) | 33 |
| To dread | 8 |
| Gray, in Paris | 14 |
| Eminence --- | 12 |
| Vivaldi opera based on "The Decameron" | 48 |
| Patient wife in a Boccaccio tale | 32 |
| French working girl | 19 |
| Truism about a popular author of legal thrillers? | 49 |
| Inspiring horror | 16 |
| Like many a horror movie scene | 30 |
| Like many a "CSI" crime scene | 39 |
| Like a horror story | 19 |
| Inspiring intense fear | 22 |
| Part of Juan's Cubist jungle scene? | 39 |
| Gemini 3 commander | 18 |
| Astronaut Gus | 13 |
| Second American to fly in space | 31 |
| Second American in space | 24 |
| GUS | 3 |
| Gil ___, original lead role on "CSI" | 46 |
| Astronaut Virgil (Gus) ___ | 26 |
| Ex-hurlers Lee and Marv | 23 |
| Tough tissues | 13 |
| Something exploitable | 21 |
| Absolutely smooth | 17 |
| Show displeasure with a task | 28 |
| Show determination | 18 |
| Dixieland breakfast for factory workers? | 40 |
| Breakfast delivery to a Southern steelworks? | 44 |
| "Are your Southern breakfast vittles satisfactory?" | 61 |
| Ground, as one's teeth | 26 |
| Tough and courageous | 20 |
| Strongly realistic | 18 |
| Unflinchingly realistic | 23 |
| Resolute and courageous | 23 |
| Not completely dissolved, as a drink mix | 40 |
| Nitty ___ | 9 |
| Like crime dramas, often | 24 |
| Mealy bisque? | 13 |
| Relative of a rhesus | 20 |
| Intelligent monkey | 18 |
| Cat in "Cats" | 23 |
| Broadway's "Glamour Cat" | 38 |
| Streaked with gray | 18 |
| Goes gray | 9 |
| University of Montana athletes | 30 |
| Scary bears | 11 |
| Memphis cagers | 14 |
| Most bearish? | 13 |
| Turning gray | 12 |
| Vancouver pro, once | 19 |
| National park menace | 20 |
| Dan Haggerty role | 17 |
| Lollapa-Zoo-La act #1 | 21 |
| John McCain, after not shaving for a few days? | 46 |
| Weight: Abbr. | 13 |
| Metric unit of wt. | 18 |
| Large hunting dog with a liver-colored coat | 43 |
| Indulgent, in a way | 19 |
| React to, as a bad pun | 22 |
| Moaned mate | 11 |
| Betrayed overloading | 20 |
| Bad puns | 8 |
| Corny jokes | 11 |