| The Tin Man | 11 |
| Malcolm X biographer Alex | 25 |
| Malcolm X biographer | 20 |
| Kunta Kinte scion | 17 |
| Jack of Oz | 14 |
| He wrote "Roots" | 26 |
| Comets' leader | 18 |
| Comets' head | 16 |
| Bill backed by the Comets | 25 |
| Bill -- and His Comets | 22 |
| Big name in tin? | 16 |
| Best-selling author of '76 | 30 |
| Author with a book subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" | 71 |
| Author Alex | 11 |
| Alex, Bill or Jack | 18 |
| Alex who wrote "Roots" | 32 |
| Actor -- Joel Osment | 20 |
| Actor ___ Joel Osment | 21 |
| 50's rocker Bill | 20 |
| "The Wizard of Oz" Tin Man portrayer | 46 |
| "Shake, Rattle and Roll" singer | 41 |
| "Roots" writer Alex | 29 |
| "Roots "author | 24 |
| "Rock Around the Clock" soloist | 41 |
| "Rock Around the Clock" singer | 40 |
| "Rock Around the Clock" rocker | 40 |
| "Rock Around the Clock" Bill | 38 |
| 'Roots' author Alex | 27 |
| ___ Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense" | 46 |
| Actor/talk show host/author | 27 |
| Jacks, and Kings or Queens | 26 |
| Actor Jack and family | 21 |
| "___ loaf is better . . ." | 36 |
| Have ___ mind to | 16 |
| "___ loaf is better . . . " | 37 |
| "___ loaf . . ." | 26 |
| "___ league onward" | 29 |
| '-- loaf is better ...' | 31 |
| -- dozen (six) | 14 |
| ___ worm (punch line to a "What's worse ...?" riddle involving an apple) | 86 |
| ___ dozen (bakery order) | 24 |
| Short distance in the city | 26 |
| Six | 3 |
| Proverbial portion | 18 |
| Improvement on none | 19 |
| AF | 2 |
| Coffee shop freebie | 19 |
| Milk-cream mix | 14 |
| Java application? | 17 |
| Dairy blend worth a couple laughs? | 34 |
| One cup | 7 |
| Exert minimal effort for your entire existence? | 47 |
| Groggy, perhaps | 15 |
| Groggy | 6 |
| They start behind the line | 26 |
| Smith, Faulk and Williams | 25 |
| Part of a 2005 Harry Potter title | 33 |
| "Harry Potter" title character | 40 |
| In the process of flowering? | 28 |
| David to Keith Carradine | 24 |
| He shares one parent | 20 |
| Container that holds two generous glasses of wine (as well as a double dose of this puzzle's theme?) | 104 |
| Act prematurely | 15 |
| Somewhat unhinged | 17 |
| 50% off? | 8 |
| Twelve hours | 12 |
| Like some kindergarten programs | 31 |
| 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., say, for a worker | 42 |
| How a hangover sufferer might feel | 34 |
| U.S. capital? | 13 |
| Shelter for troops | 18 |
| Some bagel orders | 17 |
| Like some glasses, in a phrase | 30 |
| Collectible coin | 16 |
| Partially consumed | 18 |
| Incomplete, as a course | 23 |
| How glasses may be seen | 23 |
| Anticipate uncertainly | 22 |
| Style of reading glasses | 24 |
| Like an optimist's glass | 28 |
| With a shrug, perhaps | 21 |
| Lack of enthusiasm | 18 |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 58 |
| Feel ambivalent, in a way | 25 |
| Thirty minutes | 14 |
| Sitcom span | 11 |
| Length of many a TV show | 24 |
| Having one Corkonian parent, maybe | 34 |
| Macramé ties | 15 |
| Radioactive decay measure | 25 |
| Radioactivity figure | 20 |
| Physics period | 14 |
| Decay concept, in physics | 25 |
| Jennifer Aniston's weekend in bed with her pop-star boyfriend John, cut short? | 82 |
| Inadequate action | 17 |
| 2,640 feet | 10 |
| One-third the length of the Belmont Stakes | 42 |
| Goshen raceway's length | 27 |
| Henry Hudson's ship | 23 |
| Lunar phase coinciding with neap tides | 38 |