| Water pistol part? | 18 |
| Piece keeper? | 13 |
| Small, armed warship | 20 |
| Small armed warship | 19 |
| PT 109, for one | 15 |
| PT 109, e.g. | 12 |
| John Kerry's station in Vietnam | 35 |
| Naval blockade enforcers | 24 |
| Three points | 12 |
| - 3 | 3 |
| Lock, stock and barrel holder | 29 |
| Good place to lay down arms | 27 |
| Firearm storage item | 20 |
| Box of magazines? | 17 |
| Activity that may put you over a barrel | 39 |
| Second Amendment issue | 22 |
| Million Mom March issue | 23 |
| Arms issue | 10 |
| Anathema to the NRA | 19 |
| "A Farewell to Arms" | 30 |
| Explosive concoction | 20 |
| "___ in Durango," 1957 film | 37 |
| Proper pistol handling | 22 |
| Billy the Kid, for one | 22 |
| Dueling Old West-style | 22 |
| Flak | 4 |
| Sound in many a Western flick | 29 |
| Sound in many a Western | 23 |
| Piece offer? | 12 |
| ___-ho (enthusiastic) | 21 |
| Ho lead-in | 10 |
| -- -ho (zealous) | 16 |
| ___ ho | 6 |
| ___ Hay Fat Choy (Chinese New Year wish) | 40 |
| __ -ho | 6 |
| "___ Din" | 19 |
| ___ Din | 7 |
| Kipling's "___ Din" | 33 |
| Kipling's ___ Din | 21 |
| Din, the water carrier | 22 |
| Din in the library? | 19 |
| Din in the library | 18 |
| Din created by Kipling | 22 |
| '-- Din' | 16 |
| Dirty work of Kipling? | 22 |
| Annual greeting appropriate to this puzzle | 42 |
| "Give 'er some gas!" | 34 |
| Put one's foot down, in a way? | 34 |
| "Hit the gas" | 23 |
| "Go! Go! Go!," to a driver | 36 |
| "Go fast!," to a driver | 33 |
| Toxic assets that pay for cleaning out sinks? | 45 |
| Use of steel wool, e.g.? | 24 |
| Cleanliness legislation? | 24 |
| Slimy residues | 14 |
| Subject in which sludge is studied? | 35 |
| Covered in goo | 14 |
| Gooey | 5 |
| Needing a good cleaning | 23 |
| Like many sluggish drains | 25 |
| Like grease | 11 |
| Full of crud | 12 |
| Brawl between mechanics doing a lube job? | 41 |
| Distance runnerÂ’s closing stretch | 37 |
| Closing stretch in a race | 25 |
| The Brady Bill, e.g. | 20 |
| The Brady Bill is one | 21 |
| N.R.A. concern | 14 |
| Gently tossing rifles? | 22 |
| Firearm safety mechanism | 24 |
| Colt or Remington | 17 |
| Perp, perhaps | 13 |
| One with arms | 13 |
| Hood, often | 11 |
| Hired killer | 12 |
| Billy the Kid, e.g. | 19 |
| Dark bluish-gray | 16 |
| Dull bluish-gray color | 22 |
| Revved, as the engine | 21 |
| Revved, as an engine | 20 |
| Revved the engine | 17 |
| Aimed (for) hard | 16 |
| Pursued tenaciously | 19 |
| Certain Marine rank | 19 |
| Really going after, with "for" | 40 |
| TV's Peter and literature's Ben | 39 |
| TV detective Peter and others | 29 |
| Sack type | 9 |
| Burlap | 6 |
| Explosive substance | 19 |
| Defensive excavation | 20 |
| Shoot-'em-up action | 23 |
| Action in a western | 19 |
| Weapon's muzzle | 19 |
| Opening for firing | 18 |
| Wile E. Coyote buy | 18 |
| Ichabod Crane’s horse in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” | 66 |
| Flintlock need | 14 |
| Content of some shells | 22 |
| Failed English conspiracy of 1605 | 33 |