| William ___, chief of staff for Roosevelt and Truman | 52 |
| Vermont senator | 15 |
| Senator from Vermont Patrick | 28 |
| Senate Judiciary Committee chairman | 35 |
| Next in the line of succession after Boehner | 44 |
| Longtime Vermont Senator Patrick | 32 |
| Longtime Vermont senator | 24 |
| Water main breaks | 17 |
| "Travels in Northern Greece" author | 45 |
| Gave, as secret documents | 25 |
| Source for the press | 20 |
| One who spills secrets | 22 |
| Edward Snowden, e.g. | 20 |
| Unsanctioned news sources | 25 |
| Secret news sources | 19 |
| Plumbers' favorite anthropologist? | 38 |
| "Stone-Age Africa" author | 35 |
| Archaeologist Louis + actress Farrah = job for a plumber? | 57 |
| Noted husband-and-wife paleontologists | 38 |
| "Faucet drips ahead"? | 31 |
| Where to find a highly-placed anonymous source? | 47 |
| Sievelike quality | 17 |
| Sieve quality | 13 |
| Watertight | 10 |
| Plumber's assessment? | 25 |
| Sealed so as not to allow seepage | 33 |
| Breaks too soon | 15 |
| Disseminate, as for the press | 29 |
| Drip ... drip ... drip ... | 26 |
| " . . . ___ hungry look": Julius Caesar | 49 |
| " . . . ___ hungry look" | 34 |
| Highly efficient | 16 |
| "As ___ a compass needle" | 35 |
| Twister of note, post-diet? | 27 |
| Weight Watchers rival | 21 |
| "Do something good for yourself!" product | 51 |
| Round steak, e.g. | 17 |
| Request at the butcher shop, perhaps | 36 |
| Not marbled | 11 |
| Eye of round steak, e.g. | 24 |
| Butcher shop option | 19 |
| Eye of round, etc. | 18 |
| Hero's lover and others | 27 |
| Was supported by | 16 |
| Used for support | 16 |
| Exerted pressure | 16 |
| End of the construct-ive criticism | 34 |
| Try to hear better, maybe | 25 |
| Sit angularly, as a wall | 24 |
| Position oneself to hear better | 31 |
| Move so as to hear better, say | 30 |
| Move closer to hear better | 26 |
| Incline toward the center | 25 |
| Get closer, as to hear better | 29 |
| 2013 Sheryl Sandberg best seller | 32 |
| 2013 book by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg | 41 |
| Using for support | 17 |
| Coercing | 8 |
| Landmark near the Arno | 22 |
| Really big order for Italian food fanciers? | 43 |
| Handle, as a velodrome curve | 28 |
| Thin woman's revolver? | 26 |
| In a meager way | 15 |
| With no excess | 14 |
| In a sparse way | 15 |
| In a sparse manner | 18 |
| In a bare-bones way | 19 |
| Super-fit fighter, figuratively | 31 |
| Description of a great fighter, perhaps | 39 |
| Emu, e.g., to a chef | 20 |
| Dinner item for a dieter | 24 |
| Romance writer Banks | 20 |
| Romance-writer Banks | 20 |
| Fashion designer Marshall | 25 |
| "Some Girls Do" author ___ Banks | 42 |
| Quality of good ground beef | 27 |
| A quality of Cassius | 20 |
| First country singer to win the Best New Artist Grammy | 54 |
| "What I Cannot Change" singer | 39 |
| "Can't Fight the Moonlight" singer | 48 |
| Singer Rimes and others | 23 |
| Try to hear better | 18 |
| Touch one's toes, e.g. | 26 |
| Take a bow, e.g. | 16 |
| One might do this backward | 26 |
| Go in for a kiss, say | 21 |
| Crane to get into a photograph, say | 35 |
| Bow, say | 8 |
| Bend forward | 12 |
| ___ backwards | 13 |
| ___ backward | 12 |
| Period of decreased income at ski resorts, e.g. | 47 |
| Tries to hear better, say | 25 |
| Prepares to tell a secret | 25 |
| Positions oneself to hear better, say | 37 |
| Tilts one's body toward | 27 |
| Markham's farmer ___ | 24 |
| Skinny couples? | 15 |
| Haggling over how high is up? | 29 |
| Skydiving discounts? | 20 |