| Sources of ancient counsel | 26 |
| Like many a thesis defense | 26 |
| Not intravenous, as a drug | 26 |
| Administered by swallowing | 26 |
| Expressed by word of mouth | 26 |
| Kind of history or hygiene | 26 |
| Not-so-optimal record deal | 26 |
| Like a dentist's exams | 26 |
| Exam judged by a committee | 26 |
| Unwritten, like a contract | 26 |
| Type of hygiene or history | 26 |
| Test before a panel, often | 26 |
| PhD candidate's hurdle | 26 |
| Kind of hygiene or surgery | 26 |
| Kind of hygiene or history | 26 |
| History or hygiene lead-in | 26 |
| Maker of the TriZone brush | 26 |
| CrossAction series company | 26 |
| Big name in dental hygiene | 26 |
| Item worn over a papal alb | 26 |
| Grad school administration | 26 |
| How some medicine is taken | 26 |
| Grad student's hurdles | 26 |
| Tests for Ph.D. candidates | 26 |
| Postgraduate's concern | 26 |
| Grad student's rituals | 26 |
| Site of Santa Cruz citadel | 26 |
| Battle of ___ July 3, 1940 | 26 |
| Algeria's Gulf of ___ | 26 |
| Auburn-haired ape, briefly | 26 |
| Sumatran simian, for short | 26 |
| Long-armed ape, informally | 26 |
| Southern California county | 26 |
| Holland's royal family | 26 |
| 19th-century Boer republic | 26 |
| Items in many a still life | 26 |
| "___ Ben Jonson" | 26 |
| Speak like Stephen Douglas | 26 |
| Captivate the crowd, maybe | 26 |
| Captivate a crowd, perhaps | 26 |
| Avail oneself of a rostrum | 26 |
| Became a figure of speech? | 26 |
| Pontificates on a platform | 26 |
| Speaker in the House, e.g. | 26 |
| Teleprompter user, perhaps | 26 |
| Pliny the Younger, for one | 26 |
| Sacred musical composition | 26 |
| "Messiah" et al. | 26 |
| Their addresses are moving | 26 |
| Divining device, in sci-fi | 26 |
| Christmas decoration, e.g. | 26 |
| 2013 Kentucky Derby winner | 26 |
| What a satellite may be in | 26 |
| Once around the moon, e.g. | 26 |
| What much space junk is in | 26 |
| Elliptical path, typically | 26 |
| Traveled around the world? | 26 |
| Circled elliptically, e.g. | 26 |
| Dungeons & Dragons foe | 26 |
| Sight on an Alaskan cruise | 26 |
| Richard Harris movie: 1977 | 26 |
| Ferocious two-tone mammals | 26 |
| Bicolored marine predators | 26 |
| N.Y. Philharmonic, for one | 26 |
| Prom dress ornament, often | 26 |
| Nero Wolfe's obsession | 26 |
| Warriors in Warcraft games | 26 |
| Hub of the Midwest (abbr.) | 26 |
| Give priestly authority to | 26 |
| Bad piano recital, for one | 26 |
| Contractions for surgeons? | 26 |
| Gavel-pounder's demand | 26 |
| It's required in court | 26 |
| It's given to a waiter | 26 |
| Hamburger with fries, e.g. | 26 |
| Gavel pounder's demand | 26 |
| "The usual," say | 26 |
| Opposite of helter-skelter | 26 |
| Palace hospital attendant? | 26 |
| Jesuit and Dominican, e.g. | 26 |
| Forty-niner's pay dirt | 26 |
| A lode off one's mine? | 26 |
| A load off one's mine? | 26 |
| Metallurgist's subject | 26 |
| Assayer's raw material | 26 |
| Settlers of Catan resource | 26 |
| It's of miner concern? | 26 |
| It's mined and refined | 26 |
| It's found underground | 26 |
| Bucket conveyor's load | 26 |
| One might get a lode of it | 26 |
| Japanese femmes ___SkaBand | 26 |
| It may be all in the mine? | 26 |
| Essence of some rock bands | 26 |
| Azurite or malechite, e.g. | 26 |
| World of Warcraft resource | 26 |
| What to take the lead from | 26 |
| What assay offices examine | 26 |
| Valuable stuff in a pocket | 26 |
| Underground-railroad cargo | 26 |