| Chief steward | 13 |
| Stewards | 8 |
| Chief stewards | 14 |
| Possible theme, but not a description of this puzzle | 52 |
| Studied primarily, at college | 29 |
| TWIRLER | 7 |
| Band leader, at times | 21 |
| High price to pay, perhaps | 26 |
| Study principally | 17 |
| Primarily study | 15 |
| Have as a focus of one's studies | 36 |
| Choose as a main field of study | 31 |
| Study highway design at college? | 32 |
| Democratic doctrine | 19 |
| Democratic rulers | 17 |
| Results of democracy? | 21 |
| What happens when most tear up? | 31 |
| High-ranking senator | 20 |
| Congressional power broker | 26 |
| What's played in "the Bigs" | 41 |
| What a young slugger dreams to play one day | 43 |
| Big-time sport | 14 |
| Pro baseball event | 18 |
| Indians may participate in it | 29 |
| Catfish Hunter, for one | 23 |
| Some ball players | 17 |
| One playing for the army baseball team? | 39 |
| Farm team players' aspiration | 33 |
| Bigtime baseball teams | 22 |
| Character in "Catch-22" | 33 |
| Character from Heller | 21 |
| Disaster coverage? | 18 |
| Open-heart surgeries, e.g. | 26 |
| A, to Ludwig van Beethoven | 26 |
| Syllogism's opener | 22 |
| Lead, say | 9 |
| C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, for one | 24 |
| Spencer Tracy movie? | 20 |
| Underage child of a military officer? | 37 |
| Serious grilling by the cops? | 29 |
| Astronaut in a 1973 David Bowie hit | 35 |
| "Space Oddity" astronaut | 34 |
| "Let's --- Deal" | 30 |
| "Let's ___ Deal" | 30 |
| "But only God can --- tree" (Kilmer) | 46 |
| ___ wish | 8 |
| ___ play for | 12 |
| ___ fool of (dupe) | 18 |
| ___ break for it (run) | 22 |
| Waste no time in traveling to | 29 |
| Home in on, or what you must do twice in order to finish this puzzle | 68 |
| Home in on | 10 |
| Head to | 7 |
| Put down some chips | 19 |
| Dive poorly | 11 |
| Wash the dog? | 13 |
| ... as a janitor? | 17 |
| Rise from the ashes, so to speak | 32 |
| Start off slowly | 16 |
| Subtract? | 9 |
| Create belt hardware in record time? | 36 |
| Prepare to give blood, perhaps | 30 |
| Cause to look silly | 19 |
| Volunteer the use of a lab tool? | 32 |
| Do a good job, in Sydney | 24 |
| Be persuasive like a major leaguer | 34 |
| Architect's job? | 20 |
| Order to a short-order cook | 27 |
| Reap great profits | 18 |
| Prepare to shop | 15 |
| Get to the point | 16 |
| Proposal writer's task, sometimes | 37 |
| Store something for later thought | 33 |
| Store something away, in a way | 30 |
| Put some matter in the gray matter? | 35 |
| Annoy the orderly | 17 |
| Auto title data | 15 |
| Profit on the court? | 20 |
| Use for display | 15 |
| Punish publicly, perhaps | 24 |
| Allow something normally unallowed | 34 |
| How to use excess cotton or silk? | 33 |
| Start a negotiation | 19 |
| Joy down | 8 |
| Emulate Joe Montana or Casanova | 31 |
| Work for Volkswagen, perhaps? | 29 |
| Work briefly in the Volkswagen plant? | 37 |
| Earn lots of dough | 18 |
| Pick up wine on the way? | 24 |
| Act purposefully | 16 |
| Do regularly | 12 |
| Argue too loudly | 16 |
| Stage manager | 13 |
| Veer 120º | 12 |
| Attempt to | 10 |
| Be persuasive | 13 |
| Serve well in court | 19 |
| Do well in court | 16 |
| Argue forcibly | 14 |
| Argue forcefully | 16 |