| Pilgrims to Mecca, variantly | 28 |
| Pilgrims to Mecca (Var.) | 24 |
| Mecca travelers | 15 |
| Mecca pilgrims (Var.) | 21 |
| Mecca pilgrims | 14 |
| San Diego quarterback | 21 |
| John of the Chargers | 21 |
| South __, MA (Mount Holyoke locale) | 35 |
| Took a break around one, say | 28 |
| Met with someone, in a way | 26 |
| "You ___ at hello" | 28 |
| Went back to the buffet, say | 28 |
| "If only I ___ time ..." | 34 |
| "If I --- druthers ..." | 33 |
| "I ___ idea!" | 23 |
| "I ___ idea" | 22 |
| "And so the poor dog ___" | 35 |
| Commonly contracted phrase | 26 |
| Was lacking | 11 |
| "Or that the Everlasting ___ fix'd/His canon . . . ": Hamlet | 74 |
| Could choose | 12 |
| Overtippled | 11 |
| Words about the new-clothes emperor | 35 |
| Was in the running | 18 |
| Was in the running for | 22 |
| Lost, as tonsils | 16 |
| Was busy, in a way | 18 |
| Was busy | 8 |
| Was influential | 15 |
| One of Machiavelli's "Five Good Emperors" | 55 |
| Roman emperor: 117–38 | 28 |
| He built the Temple of Venus and Roma | 37 |
| Emperor with a wall | 19 |
| Emperor nicknamed "Little Greek" | 42 |
| 2nd-century Roman emperor | 25 |
| Notable wall in England | 23 |
| ___ Wall | 8 |
| Subnuclear particle | 19 |
| Subatomic particle in a collider | 32 |
| Large ___ Collider (CERN particle accelerator) | 46 |
| Was able to fit something in | 28 |
| Extinct duck-billed beast | 25 |
| "She ___ many children . . . " | 40 |
| Enjoyed an afternoon snack | 26 |
| Negotiations leading to the surrender of German troops in Italy _____ | 69 |
| The pool-playing mobster __ | 27 |
| Triumphed, in a way | 19 |
| The vengeful comedian ... | 25 |
| Was predestined | 15 |
| "It ___ You," 1924 song | 33 |
| Snow White... | 13 |
| Third excuse | 12 |
| Invited to one's penthouse, say | 35 |
| Invited to a penthouse | 22 |
| Hosted at one's penthouse, say | 34 |
| Haled into court | 16 |
| Entertained in one's apartment | 34 |
| Entertained as at one's apartment | 38 |
| Caused to be arraigned | 22 |
| Locked horns | 12 |
| Hic, ___, hoc | 13 |
| Between hic and hoc | 19 |
| Caesar's "these" | 30 |
| This one: Lat. | 14 |
| This one, to Ovid | 17 |
| This (girl), to Livy | 20 |
| This (girl), to Galba | 21 |
| This (girl), to Brutus | 22 |
| Partner of hic and hoc | 22 |
| Kin of hic or hoc | 17 |
| Hic-hoc link | 12 |
| Hic follower | 12 |
| Hic ____ hoc... | 17 |
| Form of Latin "this" | 30 |
| Feminine "this," to Brutus | 36 |
| After hic | 9 |
| German biologist | 16 |
| Between hics and hocs | 21 |
| Of the blood: Var. | 18 |
| Inheritor, in law | 17 |
| Possesses to Burns | 19 |
| Owns in Scotland | 17 |
| Bits, in Scotland | 17 |
| Muslim who knows the Koran by heart | 35 |
| Koran memorizer | 15 |
| Element name derived from the Latin for "Copenhagen" | 62 |
| North Carolina Senator Kay ___ | 30 |
| Browne caper | 12 |
| Panetta's successor as defense secretary | 44 |
| Panetta successor as Secretary of Defense | 41 |
| Obama's third defense secretary | 35 |
| Defense secretary Chuck | 23 |
| Walter and Uta | 14 |
| Jean, Nina and Uta | 18 |
| Actress Jean and others | 23 |
| Jenna Bush's married name | 29 |
| Jenna Bush ___, former first daughter | 37 |
| Julie of "Airplane!" | 30 |
| Brand of mens' slacks | 25 |
| Country legend Merle | 20 |