| American organ | 14 |
| Tunesmith | 9 |
| Singer or composer | 18 |
| Emulated Harry Warren | 21 |
| Vehicle for a ham | 17 |
| Three-hanky film | 16 |
| Soap, frequently | 16 |
| Overwrought behavior | 20 |
| Movie serial genre | 18 |
| Many a soap opera | 17 |
| Ham production? | 15 |
| Extravagantly theatrical play | 29 |
| Common soap ingredient | 22 |
| Anton Rubinstein favorite | 25 |
| Blister beetles | 15 |
| Fruit plate item | 16 |
| Fruit cocktail item | 19 |
| Scoop for fruit | 15 |
| Some cocktail garnishes | 23 |
| Down-in-the-dumps fruit-dog hybrid? | 35 |
| Christopher of "Law and Order: SVU" | 45 |
| Hargitay's longtime costar | 30 |
| Hargitay's "SVU" costar | 37 |
| Christopher of "Law & Order: SVU" | 47 |
| Christopher of 'Law & Order: SVU' | 45 |
| Film on the fruit of Paris's abduction? | 43 |
| Fruit eater's discard, at times | 35 |
| Hardin of "The Office" | 32 |
| Where an armless Venus was found in 1820 | 40 |
| Where a Venus was found: 1820 | 29 |
| Where a Venus was found | 23 |
| "Okay, dog, you happen to be eating my most valuable baseball card" | 77 |
| "You Made ___ You" | 28 |
| "The China Syndrome" worry | 36 |
| Irish painter? | 14 |
| Muse of tragedy | 15 |
| Muse and wall writing | 21 |
| Actor Gibson's desert animal? | 33 |
| Part of Tormé's bathtub | 30 |
| Fusible | 7 |
| What the spring thaw brings | 27 |
| Loss of self-control | 20 |
| "The China Syndrome" threat | 37 |
| Processes for saving scrap metal | 32 |
| Fondue dip | 10 |
| Ganache ingredient | 18 |
| Water, perhaps | 14 |
| Warm sunshine, to snow | 22 |
| Foundry worker | 14 |
| Get to people emotionally | 25 |
| Stuttering singer | 17 |
| Stuttering country singer | 25 |
| Country songwriting legend | 26 |
| Frosty's fear | 17 |
| What Modern English was doing during hot show? | 46 |
| Pivotal temperature | 19 |
| Dali's watches reinterpreted by Warhol? | 43 |
| The United States, metaphorically | 33 |
| America, metaphorically | 23 |
| The U.S., metaphorically | 24 |
| Phrase often applied to the U.S. | 32 |
| Culture-blending metaphor | 25 |
| Item in a famous Dali painting | 30 |
| Overcoat material | 17 |
| What an M&M does | 20 |
| What a delicious morsel does | 28 |
| Town retaken by Joan of Arc: 1430 | 33 |
| Ahab's creator | 18 |
| Saskatchewan railway town | 25 |
| Omoo author | 14 |
| Novelist once captured by cannibals | 35 |
| He wrote "Typee" | 26 |
| Ahab's author | 17 |
| "Moby Dick" author | 28 |
| "Billy Budd" writer | 29 |
| "Billy Budd" author | 29 |
| 'Moby-Dick' author | 26 |
| 'Billy Budd' writer | 27 |
| 'Billy Budd' author | 27 |
| ''Billy Budd'' writer | 37 |
| Chief Justice: 1888–1910 | 31 |
| Director Van Peebles | 20 |
| Attorney Belli | 14 |
| Litigator Belli | 15 |
| Franklin of The Temptations | 27 |
| "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" director Van Peebles | 70 |
| " . . . the face that drove ___": D'Arcy | 54 |
| Country club attendees | 22 |
| They belong | 11 |
| Country club crowd | 18 |
| Club people | 11 |
| Card-carriers | 13 |
| Rushee's desire | 19 |
| Associate vessel | 16 |
| Exclusive group's limit, or dental restoration required to get into a club? | 79 |
| Club promotion | 14 |
| They'll plead your case | 27 |
| Some licensed practitioners | 27 |
| Piece of parchment | 18 |
| Eardrum, e.g. | 13 |