| Nooses feared by rustlers | 25 |
| Horse ropes | 11 |
| Alluring tops | 13 |
| Shoulder-revealing wear | 23 |
| Summer wear for women | 21 |
| Women's summer wear | 23 |
| Ungraceful, as speech | 21 |
| Journalists Matthew and David | 29 |
| Stops a newswoman from going on the air? | 40 |
| Sesame seeds + honey confection | 31 |
| Honeyed Turkish confection | 26 |
| Turkish sweets | 14 |
| Mideast confections | 19 |
| Bisects | 7 |
| Even splits | 11 |
| Sports periods | 14 |
| Splits into two equal pieces | 28 |
| Grapefruit servings | 19 |
| Grapefruit sections | 19 |
| Game periods | 12 |
| Cuts by 50% | 11 |
| Bisector's result | 21 |
| 50-cent pieces | 14 |
| What a magician might do with a big saw? | 40 |
| Shorten a bar mitzvah by 50%? | 29 |
| Flag raiser | 11 |
| Sail rope | 9 |
| Sail hoister | 12 |
| Flagpole rope | 13 |
| Line for hoisting a sail | 24 |
| Sail-hoisting ropes | 19 |
| Banner-hoisting lines | 21 |
| City in Syria | 13 |
| Unlikely Oscar winner | 21 |
| Saharan rock area | 17 |
| King cobras | 11 |
| Turkish porter | 14 |
| Middle Eastern porter | 21 |
| Muslim porter | 13 |
| Porter in Mideast | 17 |
| Oriental porter | 15 |
| House servant, in India | 23 |
| Eastern porter | 14 |
| Ankara porter | 13 |
| Eastern porters | 15 |
| Popular combo | 13 |
| Breakfast duo | 13 |
| A.m. order | 10 |
| Grocery bag of breakfast meat? | 30 |
| Mideast Muslim militants | 24 |
| Fatah rival | 11 |
| Terrorist organization | 22 |
| Radical Mideast group | 21 |
| PLO rival | 9 |
| Palestinian Muslim militant group | 33 |
| Gaza group | 10 |
| Political group whose name means "enthusiasm" | 55 |
| P.L.O. rival | 12 |
| Organization in Palestine | 25 |
| Muslim Brotherhood offshoot | 27 |
| Islamic militant group | 22 |
| Gaza Strip governing group | 26 |
| Palestinian-Genevan alliance? | 29 |
| Hook-shaped | 11 |
| Hooked at the tip | 17 |
| Fido's Easter treat | 23 |
| Stomping and body-slapping dance | 32 |
| Split pea soup ingredient | 25 |
| Pea-soup ingredient | 19 |
| Pea soup base | 13 |
| Where the Beatles first hit it big | 34 |
| Site of early Beatles gigs | 26 |
| Cookout staple | 14 |
| Typical fast-food entree | 24 |
| Supreme radio operator (1969-86) | 32 |
| Snack for Wimpy | 15 |
| Native of a German city | 23 |
| Moocher at McDonald's? | 26 |
| Dice game played by someone from a German port? | 47 |
| Fast-food addict? | 17 |
| Roll-top items | 14 |
| Nonporcine fast food | 20 |
| White Castle offering | 21 |
| Rejection at McDonald's? | 28 |
| "I prefer hot dogs," perhaps? | 39 |
| Part of a horse collar | 22 |
| Part of a harness | 17 |
| Part of a plowing harness | 25 |
| Horse-collar part | 17 |
| Horse collar part | 17 |
| Harness unit | 12 |
| Harness section | 15 |
| Harness piece | 13 |
| Harness bar | 11 |
| Draft-harness part | 18 |
| Draft horse harness | 19 |
| Veronica of "Hill Street Blues" | 41 |
| "Hill Street Blues" actress | 37 |
| "Hill Street Blues" star | 34 |
| "Hill Street Blues" actress Veronica | 46 |