| Columnist's offerings | 25 |
| Ethnically diverse | 18 |
| Black-and-white, say | 20 |
| Encrypted? | 10 |
| Placed in a grave | 17 |
| Laid to rest | 12 |
| Become associated | 17 |
| Linked, as this puzzle's thematic entries | 45 |
| Doghouse decorator? | 19 |
| Legal questions | 15 |
| Gap in a countertop, say? | 25 |
| They may be pardoned | 20 |
| Heckles, say | 12 |
| Like some class conflicts? | 26 |
| Describing certain athletics | 28 |
| Between schools | 15 |
| Among schools | 13 |
| Hollywood's Hollywood and Vine do it | 40 |
| Met on the street? | 18 |
| Area between buildings | 22 |
| Stick here and there | 20 |
| Highway to heaven? | 18 |
| Between Scheat and Chara, e.g. | 30 |
| Among stars | 11 |
| Nebulous stuff | 14 |
| Intervening space | 17 |
| Onetime transit | 15 |
| Space of time | 13 |
| Minor third or flatted fifth | 28 |
| Elapsed time | 12 |
| Flat land between hills | 23 |
| Involve oneself | 15 |
| Come between | 12 |
| Excerpt, part 5 | 15 |
| High-level meddler | 18 |
| Job seeker's ordeal | 23 |
| Helpful step for an employment seeker | 37 |
| Playboy features | 16 |
| Asks the Crocodile Hunter a series of questions? | 48 |
| Braided together | 16 |
| Laced together | 14 |
| Like basketwork | 15 |
| Without a will | 14 |
| Not willful? | 12 |
| Not ready to go, you might say | 30 |
| Not bequeathed | 14 |
| ___ fortitude | 13 |
| Physician's definition of this puzzle's theme | 53 |
| Body part bothered by celiac disease | 36 |
| Seat of fortitude? | 18 |
| Wasteful places? | 16 |
| Digestive system parts with recycling? | 38 |
| Between seating sections | 24 |
| Nixon's book | 16 |
| Place for an extra | 18 |
| Not prominent | 13 |
| Gaffer's location | 21 |
| Like a done deal | 16 |
| Locked up, as a victory | 23 |
| For certain | 11 |
| Virtually certain | 17 |
| Close to correct | 16 |
| Employed, musically speaking | 28 |
| Bible's start | 17 |
| Genesis phrase (1:1) | 20 |
| Genesis intro | 13 |
| Operating profitably | 20 |
| Operating at a profit | 21 |
| How quickly egotists do things? | 31 |
| How quickly an egotist may do something? | 40 |
| With surprising speed, to an egotist? | 37 |
| Quickly, to an egotist? | 23 |
| Where to find a genie? | 22 |
| Where sand and plastic shovels go? | 34 |
| Done, to a cinematographer | 26 |
| Start of a question about an old proverb | 40 |
| Occupying last place | 20 |
| Wealthy, slangily | 17 |
| Rich from crispy snacks? | 24 |
| Doing great at Lay's? | 25 |
| 1962 Robert Frost collection | 28 |
| Miraculous event (Part 2) | 25 |
| Where a dreamer's head is? | 30 |
| During a critical time | 22 |
| Where forgotten ones are left out | 33 |
| One way to be left out | 22 |
| Well-sighted? | 13 |
| Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle | 84 |
| Uninformed | 10 |
| Completely uninformed | 21 |
| Words from St. Matthew | 22 |
| Where's China? | 18 |
| Where the husband who forgot his wife’s birthday was found? | 66 |
| Like a wedding anniversary forgetter | 36 |
| Where sad trash collectors get together? | 40 |
| Cliche: blue | 12 |
| "As I . . . have power ___!": E. Brontë | 52 |
| Flying in a supersonic transport? | 33 |
| Flying an SST? | 14 |
| Where a specialist has expertise | 32 |