| "The mother of corruption": Montaigne | 47 |
| ''The mother of corruption,'' according to Montaigne | 68 |
| Keep an engine running slowly | 29 |
| Working class's antithesis | 30 |
| Those enjoying the life of Riley, stereotypically | 49 |
| Leisure class | 13 |
| A nonproductive tenant? | 23 |
| Unemployed renter? | 18 |
| Unemployed lodger? | 18 |
| Not just unfounded r-----, but ___ ___ | 38 |
| Faineance | 9 |
| Layabout's state | 20 |
| Do-nothing's state | 22 |
| Least busy | 10 |
| Most indolent | 13 |
| Least occupied | 14 |
| Most sluggard | 13 |
| Most slothful | 13 |
| Most prone to play "Grand Theft Auto V" and eatDoritos all day | 72 |
| Most otiose | 11 |
| Most like a couch potato | 24 |
| Most inactive | 13 |
| Furthest from being a workaholic | 32 |
| "Or ___ froth amid the boundless main": Emily Brontë | 65 |
| Warning that may be safely ignored | 34 |
| It's nothing to fear | 24 |
| Period of relaxation | 20 |
| Out of work piano repairman? | 28 |
| Original name for J.F.K. Airport | 32 |
| Kennedy, in 1948 | 16 |
| JFK's former name | 21 |
| JFK, before 1963 | 16 |
| It's now J.F.K. International | 33 |
| Meat Loaf "___ for You (And That's the Truth)" | 60 |
| Start of a restaurant order | 27 |
| Supermodel's request on "Wheel of Fortune"? | 57 |
| Tennis pro's comment at the poker game | 42 |
| "Sounds fun" response | 31 |
| Polite and enthusiastic response | 32 |
| Request that will complete the show's puzzle | 48 |
| Types with fat recording contracts | 34 |
| Insurance card info | 19 |
| Time to employ the French pleasure principle? | 45 |
| Driver's license fig. | 25 |
| "___ idea!" | 21 |
| SSN, for example | 16 |
| Fig. on a driver's license | 30 |
| "Then ___ longer be in your mind" (Sheryl Crow lyric) | 63 |
| SSN, e.g. | 9 |
| Security figure: Abbr. | 22 |
| Security figure, briefly | 24 |
| Passport fig. | 13 |
| Security datum | 14 |
| Figure for a student or an employee | 35 |
| Psychiatrist? | 13 |
| Sega robot | 10 |
| 1966 musical backed by a star from Cincinnati | 45 |
| "All ___ Dream of You" | 32 |
| International language system | 29 |
| Artificial-language proponent | 29 |
| Fallacies in thinking | 21 |
| Fallacies | 9 |
| Second Commandment violators | 28 |
| Movie star worshippers? | 23 |
| Hero worshipers | 15 |
| Image worship | 13 |
| Worship of graven images | 24 |
| Ten Commandments no-no | 22 |
| Star worship | 12 |
| Second Commandment prohibition | 30 |
| Practice forbidden by the Ten Commandments | 42 |
| Pagan practice | 14 |
| Immoderate devotion | 19 |
| Excessive worship | 17 |
| Devotion, and then some | 23 |
| Blind devotion | 14 |
| " . . . god of my ___" (Juliet re Romeo) | 50 |
| Discussion with rocker Billy? | 29 |
| Image, in France | 16 |
| Len Deighton's anagrammatic avowal on writing | 49 |
| Chitchat at the fan club? | 25 |
| A tabloid reporter must have a nose for __ | 42 |
| "___ little bit of butter . . . ": Milne | 50 |
| Revere highly, London style | 27 |
| Adore, Anglo style | 18 |
| Worshiper of images | 19 |
| More than an admirer | 20 |
| They love with blind admiration | 31 |
| Phantom: Var. | 13 |
| Great Caesar's ghost | 24 |
| Elvis's heroes? | 19 |
| Fallacy | 7 |
| Veneration of a cult image | 26 |
| Violation of the second of the Ten Commandments | 47 |
| Sin forbidden by the Second Commandment | 39 |
| Title king of a Mozart opera | 28 |
| Mozart opera: 1781 | 18 |
| 1781 Mozart premiere | 20 |
| "What on earth have ___?" | 35 |
| "What have ___?" | 26 |