| Defiant stayer's stance | 27 |
| The pessimist ... | 17 |
| Promise of confidentiality, part one | 36 |
| Recent political quip, part 1 | 29 |
| "And ___ a big red rose" | 34 |
| " . . . ___ big red rose" | 35 |
| "Might want to rethink that" | 38 |
| "Don't be so sure" | 32 |
| Sleigh? | 7 |
| Hit record, 1976 | 16 |
| Manilow hit record | 18 |
| Roman 9 | 7 |
| Morning hour on a sundial | 25 |
| Corn lily | 9 |
| South African iris | 18 |
| South African iris cousin | 25 |
| Showy flower of the iris family | 31 |
| Plant related to an iris | 24 |
| An iridaceous plant | 19 |
| Mayan tongue | 12 |
| Zeus bound him to an eternally revolving wheel | 46 |
| Thessalian king | 15 |
| Tartarus captive, in myth | 25 |
| Mythical king bound to a wheel | 30 |
| King stuck to a wheel in Hades | 30 |
| Hera's admirer | 18 |
| Fiery roller for Hera's suitor | 34 |
| Volcano southeast of Mexico City | 32 |
| Tropical fibers: Var. | 21 |
| Oriental nurse: Var. | 20 |
| Popeye declaration | 18 |
| Fictional sailor's Thanksgiving mantra? | 43 |
| Declaration from Popeye | 23 |
| Month after Nisan | 17 |
| 8th month of the Jewish calendar | 32 |
| Message for that person solving over your shoulder | 50 |
| "Dark am ___ lovely..." (passage from Song of Solomon) | 64 |
| Wry-necked woodpecker | 21 |
| Philippine woody vine | 21 |
| Philippine vine | 15 |
| P.I. vines | 10 |
| Moslem dress | 12 |
| Moslem garment | 14 |
| Star in Bootes | 14 |
| Muslim lady's garment | 25 |
| Moslem women's voluminous garment | 37 |
| Moslem woman's voluminous outer garment | 43 |
| Moslem woman's garb | 23 |
| Moslem ladies wear | 18 |
| Islamic woman's garment | 27 |
| Pyrenees chamois | 16 |
| Pyrenean chamois | 16 |
| Wild goats of Pyrenees | 22 |
| Liqueur from the Basque country | 31 |
| Author and atom enders | 22 |
| Endings for idol and immortal | 29 |
| Fan publications for all the latest Apple gear | 46 |
| Turkish seaport | 15 |
| Turkey's third-largest city | 31 |
| Third-largest Turkish city | 26 |
| Smyrna, now | 11 |
| Smyrna today | 12 |
| Polo alternatives | 17 |
| Sportswear selections | 21 |
| Some preppy shirts | 18 |
| Some polo shirts | 16 |
| Official Soviet newspaper | 25 |
| High-circulation Soviet daily | 29 |
| "Wachusay?" | 21 |
| "Really? Sez who?" | 28 |
| "Oh, yeah?!" | 22 |
| "H to the ___..." (Jay-Z lyric) | 41 |
| Kind of African goat | 20 |
| Dolphins wide receiver ___ Gaffney | 34 |
| Hit abruptly | 12 |
| Talks that may ask "What's it like having a palace in Tatooine"? | 78 |
| Sluggish sci-fi gangster | 24 |
| Punched, perhaps | 16 |
| Poked quickly | 13 |
| Made a painful connection to | 28 |
| Drew a cross response? | 22 |
| Talked noisily | 14 |
| Talked talked talked | 22 |
| Talkative "King of Country"? | 38 |
| Utters gibberish | 16 |
| Talks inanely | 13 |
| Poem with a jubjub bird and a tumtum tree | 41 |
| Lewis Carroll poem | 18 |
| "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves . . ." | 57 |
| Poem with a tumtum tree | 23 |
| Poem that begins "'Twas brillig" | 46 |
| Nonsense words | 14 |
| Carroll poem | 12 |
| Carroll creation | 16 |
| "O frabjous day!" source | 34 |
| "'Twas brillig" etc. | 34 |
| Pugilistic activity | 19 |
| Alternating with the hooks, say | 31 |
| First punch of an old Roman bout? | 33 |
| Pilocarpine sources | 19 |