| 1972 Staple Singers #1 hit | 26 |
| 1972 #1 hit for the Staple Singers | 34 |
| #1 hit of 1972 | 14 |
| Curmudgeonly qualities | 22 |
| Inopportune | 11 |
| Poorly planned | 14 |
| Not convenient | 14 |
| Did wrong by | 12 |
| Abuses | 6 |
| Behaves caddishly toward | 24 |
| Promise on a patient prosecutor's answering machine message? | 64 |
| Shed light on | 13 |
| Make lighter or brighter | 24 |
| Provide light in poesy | 23 |
| Light, old-style | 16 |
| Light up, to a poet | 19 |
| Light up, poetically | 20 |
| Light up, old-style | 19 |
| Enlighten, in poems | 19 |
| It's measured in luxes | 26 |
| Put in the spotlight | 20 |
| Make bright with light | 22 |
| Decorate in a way | 17 |
| Fills with wisdom | 17 |
| Secret society in Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" | 65 |
| Bright ones | 11 |
| Enlightened ones | 16 |
| Threw some light on | 19 |
| Victimization | 13 |
| Deceptive; misleading | 21 |
| Mirages | 7 |
| M.C. Escher specialties | 23 |
| Ignes fatui | 11 |
| False perceptions | 17 |
| False ideas | 11 |
| Unreal; deceptive | 17 |
| Not what it appears to be | 25 |
| Like a mirage | 13 |
| Like picture books | 18 |
| Emulates John R. Neill | 22 |
| What Tenniel added to "AliceÂ’s Adventures in Wonderland" | 70 |
| Tenniel's "Alice in Wonderland" contribution | 58 |
| Flagg or Rockwell, e.g. | 23 |
| Children's literature VIP | 29 |
| Adobe program for editing images | 32 |
| Feature of great historical figures | 35 |
| Sarcastic "Go ahead, keep talking" | 44 |
| Cahn-STYNE song | 15 |
| WHAT SHE REPLIED | 16 |
| Sick singer of "On the Road Again"? | 45 |
| Sick folks are going to drink greedily? | 39 |
| Chicago balloonists' needs? | 31 |
| Obtained dishonorably | 21 |
| In a poor way | 13 |
| In a not-so-healthy way | 23 |
| In a sick way | 13 |
| "Beauty is jealous, and ___ bears ..." (T. Jefferson) | 63 |
| Unpropitiously | 14 |
| Not with finesse | 16 |
| Not wisely | 10 |
| Not in a good way | 17 |
| Miserably | 9 |
| Italian coffee brand | 20 |
| In poor style | 13 |
| In an unwell way | 16 |
| In an inferior way | 18 |
| In a bad manner | 15 |
| "Beauty is jealous, and ___ bears..." (T. Jefferson) | 62 |
| Napoleon's partner on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." | 61 |
| Duke Orsino's nationality | 29 |
| Ancient Balkan Peninsula dwellers | 33 |
| Lake near Novgorod | 18 |
| Lake south of Leningrad | 23 |
| Lake of Russia | 14 |
| The measure: It. | 16 |
| Most illustrious: Abbr. | 23 |
| Abraham Lincoln | 15 |
| Filipino of northern Luzon | 26 |
| Native of Luzon | 15 |
| Philippine river | 16 |
| Panay port | 10 |
| Philippine city | 15 |
| Philippine province with a repetitive name | 42 |
| Philippine province or its capital | 34 |
| Panay seaport | 13 |
| Seaport on Panay | 16 |
| Repetitively named Philippine province | 38 |
| Port on the Panay Gulf | 22 |
| Port of Panay | 13 |
| Philippines city with a reduplicated name | 41 |
| Philippine seaport with a repetitive name | 41 |
| Philippine seaport with a reduplicative name | 44 |
| Panay seaport with a repetitive name | 36 |
| District in the Philippines | 27 |
| Massey et al. | 13 |
| Actress Massey et al. | 21 |
| Actress Massey and namesakes | 28 |
| "_____ to Belong to You" (1939 song) | 46 |
| "Do ___ like I'm kidding?" | 40 |
| "What do --- like to you?" | 36 |