| For starters | 12 |
| Song title used twice on "The Wall" | 45 |
| No longer astray | 16 |
| Back with a group | 17 |
| Start of a sage thought | 23 |
| It's all ___ | 16 |
| ... including this ... | 22 |
| "Deep ___ of Texas" | 29 |
| LAST MONTH ___ | 14 |
| Apt Ray Charles hit, 1967 | 25 |
| Where an ace might be | 21 |
| Among those attending | 21 |
| Part three of a bad cook's quip | 35 |
| Fully up to speed | 17 |
| Resting like a pedigreed puppy? | 31 |
| As a final course of action | 27 |
| Like a marathoner | 17 |
| Over much time | 14 |
| Middle of the accusation | 24 |
| No place to be left | 19 |
| Left ___ (deserted) | 19 |
| On its way (or so they say) | 27 |
| Like the check, often | 21 |
| Hardly revolutionary | 20 |
| Popularly positioned | 20 |
| Betweentimes | 12 |
| Neither soon nor far off | 24 |
| Where this answer is located (and, if you add a word to the front, a former sitcom) | 83 |
| Rich, now | 9 |
| Placing first, second, or third | 31 |
| Like a lottery winner | 21 |
| Swing Era hit | 13 |
| Glenn Miller classic | 20 |
| 1979 disco hit that jocularly promotes military enlistment | 58 |
| Place to find this crossword | 28 |
| Wish, part 3 | 12 |
| Without a second to spare | 25 |
| With nothing to spare | 21 |
| When heroes appear | 18 |
| When a cavalry shows up, say | 28 |
| Not a moment too soon | 21 |
| Like the U.S. Cavalry | 21 |
| Like Pearl White's rescuers | 31 |
| Like Pearl White's rescuer | 30 |
| Like Pauline's rescuers | 27 |
| Just before it was too late | 27 |
| Just before deadline | 20 |
| Carter-cliffhanger phrase | 25 |
| At the vital moment | 19 |
| At the propitious moment | 24 |
| At the last instant | 19 |
| At the crucial moment | 21 |
| Likely to happen | 16 |
| Place for a fly | 15 |
| On paper | 8 |
| Hypothetically | 14 |
| Only a bit in debt, perhaps | 27 |
| Being worked on | 15 |
| On its way, to oilmen? | 22 |
| "Now he remembers setting $10 aside for pizza - he searches his jacket and finds it ___" | 98 |
| "Pease-porridge ___ . . . " | 37 |
| Getting soaked, perhaps | 23 |
| Getting soaked outdoors | 23 |
| "Singin' ___" | 27 |
| Seeking help | 12 |
| Getting help of a sort | 22 |
| How sugar is sometimes served | 29 |
| Completely unclothed | 20 |
| Buck-naked | 10 |
| Pitched right over the plate | 28 |
| "Great pitch!" | 24 |
| Where you pour vinegar when making colorful slaw? | 49 |
| Trying hard | 11 |
| Having a successful theater career? | 35 |
| Yet to be refined | 17 |
| Cliche: unpolished | 18 |
| Salinger's backer of "The Catcher" | 48 |
| Wielding control | 16 |
| Controlling firmly | 18 |
| Almost simultaneously | 21 |
| "Along related lines ..." | 35 |
| Where to find plenty of fish | 28 |
| Where there are too many fish, as per a 1964 hit | 48 |
| Where there are plenty of fish | 30 |
| Where there are more fish | 25 |
| Where Neptune can be found | 26 |
| "Too many fish ___" | 29 |
| Where those who have it made sit | 32 |
| Sitting pastorally | 18 |
| Not to be noticed | 17 |
| See 31A | 7 |
| Over little time | 16 |
| Experiencing a bad situation | 28 |
| Holding a prominent position | 28 |
| Holding a position of prominence | 32 |
| Poem, part 2 | 12 |
| "The flowers that bloom ___, tra la": Gilbert | 55 |
| Tanning, hopefully | 18 |
| Not shaded | 10 |
| Basking | 7 |