| Twain's collaborator | 24 |
| Short-story writer Bret | 23 |
| Writer of gold-rush stories | 27 |
| Western local-color writer | 26 |
| Roaring Camp's creator | 26 |
| Roaring Camp creator Bret | 25 |
| Roaring Camp chronicler Bret | 28 |
| Poker Flat's creator | 24 |
| Poker Flat's chronicler | 27 |
| Poker Flat chronicler Bret | 26 |
| He wrote about Roaring Camp | 27 |
| Gold rush storyteller Bret | 26 |
| Creator of Roaring Camp | 23 |
| Collaborator with Twain | 23 |
| Chronicler of Poker Flat | 24 |
| Author who created Poker Flat | 29 |
| Author of gold rush stories | 27 |
| Ah Sin's originator | 23 |
| 1877 Twain collaborator | 23 |
| "M'Liss" author | 29 |
| Powers and Wagner TV couple | 27 |
| Declaration signer and family | 29 |
| Rock group Procol ____ | 22 |
| ___-scarum (scatterbrain) | 25 |
| "Rumor ___ it ..." | 28 |
| Experiences, as doubts | 22 |
| ___ it good (is well-off) | 25 |
| Attacks, with "at" | 28 |
| "Rumor __ it . . ." | 29 |
| Syllables from a laugher | 24 |
| Orders in a restaurant | 22 |
| Orders at a restaurant | 22 |
| Must, with "to" | 25 |
| Is down with, as a disease | 26 |
| Is at risk of spreading | 23 |
| "Them as ___ gits" | 28 |
| "That ___ to go" | 26 |
| "Rumor --- it ..." | 28 |
| "Rumor __ it ..." | 27 |
| "My dog ___ fleas" | 28 |
| 'Rumor -- it ...' | 25 |
| 'My Dog -- Fleas' | 25 |
| El ___, Saudi Arabian region | 28 |
| ___ point (makes sense) | 23 |
| Attempts, with "at" | 29 |
| Tries, with "at" | 26 |
| Tries one's hand (at) | 25 |
| Harbors ulterior motives | 24 |
| Expresses one's view | 24 |
| Begins to pursue vigorously | 27 |
| One whose star is dimmed | 24 |
| One who's washed up | 23 |
| Many a one-hit wonder, today | 28 |
| He's over the hill | 22 |
| Dinosaur, in Hollywood | 22 |
| They're no longer popular | 29 |
| Stars no longer shining | 23 |
| Those past their prime | 22 |
| They're past their prime | 28 |
| They're over the hill | 25 |
| They're on their way out | 28 |
| Company that makes Scrabble | 27 |
| Meat-and-potatoes dish | 22 |
| Corned beef concoction | 22 |
| Corned-beef concoction | 22 |
| Chop into small pieces | 22 |
| Word with mark or slinger | 25 |
| "Slung" dish | 22 |
| Meat-and-potatoes concoction | 28 |
| Weezer "___ Pipe" | 27 |
| "Brown" start | 23 |
| ___ browns (beanery fare) | 25 |
| Yesterday's dinner today | 28 |
| Word before browns or mark | 26 |
| Togetherness for leftovers | 26 |
| Stuff slung from a spatula | 26 |
| Scrambled eggs side-dish | 24 |
| Scrambled eggs side dish | 24 |
| Reworking of old material | 25 |
| Meat and potato medley | 22 |
| Mark's predecessor | 22 |
| Kind of mark or slinger | 23 |
| It may be slung at a diner | 26 |
| Improvisation with leftovers | 28 |
| Discuss, with “over” | 28 |
| Dinner from previous dinners | 28 |
| Culinary conglomeration | 23 |
| Amsterdam café purchase | 26 |
| ___ browns (diner fare) | 23 |
| Rosh __ (Jewish New Year) | 25 |
| They often come with eggs | 25 |
| Chopped up, as potatoes | 23 |
| Yesterday's leftovers | 25 |
| Some diner side orders | 22 |
| Like some Orthodox worshipers | 29 |
| Like some Jewish dynasties | 26 |
| Like Baal Shem Tov's sect | 29 |
| Words before made or easy | 25 |
| Words before coming or out | 26 |
| Words before coming or made | 27 |