| 'Music of the Night' figure | 35 |
| Bela Lugosi maritime murder mystery | 35 |
| "Flying Dutchman", for one | 36 |
| ''___ Lap'' (1983 racehorse film) | 49 |
| Strictly observant one, in biblical times | 41 |
| Member of an ancient, scholarly Jewish sect | 43 |
| Member of an ancient Jewish school | 34 |
| Seven Wonders of the World lighthouse | 37 |
| Locale of Ptolemy's lighthouse | 34 |
| Alexandria lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders | 47 |
| Stage one may have to go through | 32 |
| Musical period of one's life | 32 |
| Eliminate gradually (with "out") | 42 |
| "The terrible twos," for one | 38 |
| "Terrible Twos," for one | 34 |
| Tough period of child-raising, perhaps | 38 |
| Part of a developmental sequence | 32 |
| Introduce gradually, with "in" | 40 |
| Child's bad behavior, the parent hopes | 42 |
| It may be set to "stun" | 33 |
| "Enterprise" officer's gear | 41 |
| Russell Simmons' clothing line ___ Farm | 43 |
| Contemporary ''cool'' | 37 |
| "Awesome, fo' shizzle!" | 37 |
| One who's given the third degree? | 37 |
| Dissertation finisher, hopefully | 32 |
| What an M.A. might go on to earn | 32 |
| Third degree, in a scholastic sense | 35 |
| Thinker of great thoughts hopefully abbr. | 43 |
| Thesis defender's prize, maybe | 34 |
| Something held by a lecturer, typically | 39 |
| Master's pursuit, perhaps: Abbr. | 36 |
| Graduate degree held by boxer Wladimir Klitschko | 48 |
| Grad student's goal, perhaps | 32 |
| Degree held by many univ. professors | 36 |
| Certain candidate's goal, briefly | 37 |
| A good defense may result in it, briefly | 40 |
| ___ program (university offering) | 33 |
| ___ program (post-grad university offering) | 43 |
| They've been given the third degree? | 40 |
| They're given the third degree? | 35 |
| Successful dissertation defenders | 33 |
| Pursuits of some candidates, for short | 38 |
| Lifelong student's collection, for short | 44 |
| Goals of some candidates, for short | 35 |
| Dissertation writers' prizes | 32 |
| Degs. that result in jobs, eventually, I hope | 45 |
| It's often served under glass | 33 |
| Dish sometimes served under glass | 33 |
| Bird served "under glass" | 35 |
| Winner of eight gold medals in 2008 | 35 |
| Swimmer who won eight golds in Beijing | 38 |
| Impossible Missions Force leader Jim | 36 |
| William Lyon ___: 1865–1943 | 34 |
| Star of the 2008 Beijing Olympics | 33 |
| Olympian on 2004 and 2012 Wheaties boxes | 40 |
| Mr. on "Mission: Impossible" | 38 |
| Jim ___, "Mission: Impossible" role | 45 |
| Impossible Missions Force leader | 32 |
| 2008 Summer Games phenom Michael | 32 |
| "Mission: Impossible" character | 41 |
| Mining company taken over in 2007 | 33 |
| Fen-___ (banned diet drug combo) | 32 |
| Withdrawn diet-drug combo Fen-__ | 32 |
| Fen-__: withdrawn diet-drug combo | 33 |
| Fen-___ (former weight-loss drug) | 33 |
| Fen-___ (former diet drug combo) | 32 |
| Fen-___ (diet drug banned in 1997) | 34 |
| Fen-___ (controversial diet drug combo) | 39 |
| Fen-___ (banned weight loss combo) | 34 |
| "Hospital smell" chemical | 35 |
| Compound used in making plastics | 32 |
| ''Hospital smell'' chemical | 43 |
| Talent scout's find, informally | 35 |
| Extremely talented types, for short | 35 |
| "That was a close one!" | 33 |
| "I'm glad that's over!" | 41 |
| "Am I glad that's over!" | 38 |
| ''That was a close one!'' | 41 |
| "That was a close one!" noise | 39 |
| "Glad that's over" | 32 |
| ''Just made it!'' | 33 |
| Sound made while wiping away forehead sweat | 43 |
| "Man, that was close!" | 32 |
| "Boy, that was close!" | 32 |
| ''That was close!'' | 35 |
| Symbol used in spherical coordinates | 36 |
| N.L. East champs of '07 and '08 | 39 |
| Letter seen twice in Philadelphia | 33 |
| Letter before Beta in a society's name | 42 |
| It looks like an omicron with an iota through it | 48 |
| It looks like an omicron and iota superimposed | 46 |
| Greek symbol for the golden ratio | 33 |
| Greek letter that represents the golden ratio | 45 |
| ___ phenomenon (optical illusion) | 33 |
| ___ Bete (honor-society member, for short) | 42 |
| "The Amazing Race" host Keoghan | 41 |
| Bill's "Groundhog Day" role | 41 |
| "Murphy Brown" bar owner | 34 |
| "Both Sides" artist Collins | 37 |