| Complete changes | 16 |
| Transformation | 14 |
| Marked change | 13 |
| Larva-to-adult transition | 25 |
| Brand of fiber powder | 21 |
| New York City opera benefactor? | 31 |
| Like "chariot of fire" for the sun | 44 |
| They're sometimes mixed | 27 |
| Similes' relatives | 22 |
| Bad writers mix them | 20 |
| Literal translation | 19 |
| Ran into a doctor? | 18 |
| Speculative philosophers | 24 |
| Field for Aristotle | 19 |
| "Simple Simon ___" | 28 |
| "I ___," said Simon simply | 36 |
| Feature of many a M.I.T. Mystery Hunt | 37 |
| Came upon the maharajah? | 24 |
| Words never really spoken by an Edgar Rice Burroughs hero | 57 |
| Jungle introduction | 19 |
| You didn't exactly hear it from Weissmuller | 47 |
| What Weissmuller never said | 27 |
| Jungle declaration | 18 |
| Apocryphal line for Weissmuller | 31 |
| Over two million works of art? | 30 |
| Change of position, state or form | 33 |
| Pertaining to foot bones | 24 |
| Foot bones | 10 |
| They're in feet | 19 |
| Flat stones, in Mexico | 22 |
| Strong Greek brandy | 19 |
| Greek brandy/wine blend | 23 |
| Greek brandies | 14 |
| One of the higher animals | 25 |
| Multicellular animal | 20 |
| "Ill ___ moonlight, proud Titania" | 44 |
| Sec. of the Navy: 1906–8 | 31 |
| Laurie of ''Roseanne'' | 38 |
| Actress Laurie of "Roseanne" | 38 |
| Apportion hamburgers to track runners? | 38 |
| Love ____ : Presley hit | 25 |
| Shipping agent for space debris? | 32 |
| Impact depression near Flagstaff | 32 |
| Transiently brilliant | 21 |
| Markedly rapid | 14 |
| Like a shooting star | 20 |
| Swiftly brilliant | 17 |
| Swift and brillliant | 20 |
| Sudden, swift and brilliant | 27 |
| Sudden and swift | 16 |
| Pertaining to a heavenly body | 29 |
| Momentarily dazzling | 20 |
| Like some rises | 15 |
| Like a viral video star's trajectory | 40 |
| Like a transient triumph | 24 |
| Like a swift and spectacular success | 36 |
| Fast, as a rise | 15 |
| Fast and dazzling | 17 |
| Oxymoronic success | 18 |
| Result of a big impact | 22 |
| They're seen after a shower | 31 |
| Shower aftermath, maybe | 23 |
| Crater-makers | 13 |
| Small space traveler | 20 |
| Space rock, maybe | 17 |
| News crew member | 16 |
| What Chicken Little was bad at | 30 |
| Study of weather | 16 |
| One of the sciences | 19 |
| A quip, weather you like it or not (Part 1) | 43 |
| Telescope? | 10 |
| Perseids or Leonids | 19 |
| Atmospheric event | 17 |
| Dispense, as small shares | 25 |
| Dispense, as justice | 20 |
| Admeasure | 9 |
| What judges do in court | 23 |
| Utility company worker | 22 |
| Some ticket issuers | 19 |
| Parking-ticket writers | 22 |
| Collectors of a kind | 20 |
| Public utilities employee | 25 |
| Professional reader? | 20 |
| Gas-company employee | 20 |
| Utility service charge | 22 |
| Poetry buff? | 12 |
| Bathroom fixture that's only 39 inches tall? | 48 |
| Prospects for a New York pennant? | 33 |
| Shea people | 11 |
| Addictive analgesic | 19 |
| Biofuel from cows | 17 |
| Antifreeze ingredient | 21 |
| Ingredient in some antifreezes | 30 |
| Antifreeze liquid | 17 |
| Antifreeze component | 20 |
| Antifreeze additive | 19 |
| Hydrocarbon derivative | 22 |
| Middle of the prayer | 20 |
| Irish drinking cup | 18 |
| "I believe," formerly | 31 |