| "___ I scent the morning air": Shak. | 46 |
| One immersed in their work | 26 |
| Brando, notably | 15 |
| Followers of John Wesley | 24 |
| Techniques | 10 |
| Teachers' college course | 28 |
| Facetious agreement after a second | 34 |
| Systs. | 6 |
| 6.5-quarter bottle | 18 |
| Old Greek settler | 17 |
| Fields of work | 14 |
| Personal period | 15 |
| Stress-reduction prescription, slangily | 39 |
| Respite from dependents and everyone else | 41 |
| R and R all by oneself | 22 |
| Period to turn off one's phone and catch up on TV, say | 58 |
| Period of self-indulgence | 25 |
| Period of focusing on oneself | 29 |
| Harried parent's desire, maybe | 34 |
| Chance to relax | 15 |
| Break that might involve a pint of ice cream | 44 |
| Break from responsibilities, informally | 39 |
| A few hours of relaxing, say | 28 |
| Portioning (out) | 16 |
| Parceling (out) | 15 |
| Dispensing, with "out" | 32 |
| Dealing (out) | 13 |
| Compromised, as two parties | 27 |
| Compromised . . . or a hint to the puzzle theme | 47 |
| Riel's people | 17 |
| One of three Canadian aboriginal groups | 39 |
| Riel followers | 14 |
| L. Riel was one | 15 |
| Half-breed | 10 |
| Crossbred animal | 16 |
| Athena's mother | 19 |
| Insurance company rescuer? | 26 |
| Offer to compromise | 19 |
| NYC art mecca | 13 |
| "Take ___ your leader" | 32 |
| "Get ___ the Church on Time" | 38 |
| "Fly ___ the Moon" | 28 |
| 'Take -- your leader' | 29 |
| ''Get ___ the Church on Time'' | 46 |
| "Take _____ your leader" | 34 |
| "Take ____ your leader" | 33 |
| "Take ___ the River" (Talking Heads hit) | 50 |
| "If You Asked ___" (Celine Dion hit) | 46 |
| "Get ___ the Church . . . " | 37 |
| "From ___ You" (Beatles song) | 39 |
| "Drag ___ Hell" (2009 movie) | 38 |
| Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" | 114 |
| City Hall as a word for mayor, e.g. | 35 |
| Broadway, for the theater industry | 34 |
| "The White House," for "the presidency," e.g. | 65 |
| "The press," for "reporters," e.g. | 54 |
| Kin of synecdoche | 17 |
| Unlikely whistle-blower | 23 |
| Spineless follower | 18 |
| Epigone | 7 |
| "Whatever you say" sayers | 35 |
| Yes-men's cult | 18 |
| Practice of copying others | 26 |
| Knockoff merchandise items? | 27 |
| Square space in a frieze | 24 |
| Parthenon architectural feature (and an anagram of "Poet? Me?") | 73 |
| STEP DOWN: 8 | 12 |
| Scotland's yards | 20 |
| Linear measures | 15 |
| British length units | 20 |
| Bath units | 10 |
| Tour de France distances | 24 |
| Rhythms, to Shelley | 19 |
| Rhythms in music | 16 |
| Measures, in France | 19 |
| Measures for a British tailor | 29 |
| Lengths in Leeds | 16 |
| Distances in Canada | 19 |
| Concerns of Keats | 17 |
| Concerns for Coleridge | 22 |
| Brit runner's distances | 27 |
| Ascot distances | 15 |
| 96 for Big Ben, heightwise | 26 |
| "Pulled Under At 2000 ___ a Second" (Anathema) | 56 |
| Like feet in a poem | 19 |
| Composed in verse | 17 |
| Like Shelley's lines | 24 |
| Like classical poetry | 21 |
| Trochee and iamb | 16 |
| International standardized measurement promotion that may get more attention next year, since it's held on 10/10/10 | 119 |
| Does a math job, in Britain | 27 |
| The corner squares, clockwise from the upper right | 50 |
| Measuring scheme | 16 |
| It's coming here slowly but surely | 38 |
| Megagram | 8 |
| City without any yards? | 23 |
| Authority on feet? | 18 |
| Maker of verses | 15 |
| Versemakers | 11 |
| The city and beyond | 19 |