| Mfr.'s recommended amt. | 27 |
| Some upperclassmen, briefly | 27 |
| Namesakes, sometimes: Abbr. | 27 |
| Univ. applicants, typically | 27 |
| Today's jrs., next year | 27 |
| They worry about SAT scores | 27 |
| They often get rings: Abbr. | 27 |
| Students in their final yr. | 27 |
| Soon-to-be graduates: Abbr. | 27 |
| Promgoers, typically: Abbr. | 27 |
| Pep rally organizers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Mortarboard sporters: Abbr. | 27 |
| Many yearbook buyers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Fourth-yr. college students | 27 |
| College interviewees: Abbr. | 27 |
| Cap-and-gown renters: Abbr. | 27 |
| Cap and gown wearers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Muchacha's title: Abbr. | 27 |
| Málaga "mlle." | 27 |
| Little miss, in a misión | 27 |
| Titles for muchachas: Abbr. | 27 |
| Misses in Madrid, for short | 27 |
| Org. issuing nine-digit IDs | 27 |
| Monthly check sender: Abbr. | 27 |
| Medicare minders, initially | 27 |
| It has many benefits: Abbr. | 27 |
| Agcy. established under FDR | 27 |
| Abilene-to-San Antonio dir. | 27 |
| Pakistan-to-Bangladesh dir. | 27 |
| Nottingham-to-Brighton dir. | 27 |
| Milwaukee-to-West Bend dir. | 27 |
| Johannesburg-to-Durban dir. | 27 |
| Front's movement: Abbr. | 27 |
| From Niger to Zambia: Abbr. | 27 |
| Frankfurt-to-Stuttgart dir. | 27 |
| Dir. of San Diego from Reno | 27 |
| Dir. of San Diego from L.A. | 27 |
| Dir. from Dayton to Daytona | 27 |
| D.C.-to-Va. Beach direction | 27 |
| Concord (NH)-to-Boston dir. | 27 |
| Bakersfield-to-L.A. heading | 27 |
| E-6 in the U.S. Army: abbr. | 27 |
| E-5 in the Air Force: Abbr. | 27 |
| "Hush your mouth" | 27 |
| "No noise!" noise | 27 |
| Phisher's target: Abbr. | 27 |
| Job application info: Abbr. | 27 |
| They have two dashes: Abbr. | 27 |
| Targets of phishing (abbr.) | 27 |
| ID's sought in phishing | 27 |
| Former geopolitical letters | 27 |
| Old Communist state (Abbr.) | 27 |
| Kazakhstan formerly: abbr. | 27 |
| Georgia was one once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former Union member (abbr.) | 27 |
| Former Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Communist land, once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Bygone Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| States under Stalin (Abbr.) | 27 |
| Georgia et al., once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former union members: Abbr. | 27 |
| Stalin's states (abbr.) | 27 |
| Parts of Eastern Eur., once | 27 |
| Old Eurasian locales: Abbr. | 27 |
| Estonia et al., once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Communist federation: Abbr. | 27 |
| Pressure cooker's sound | 27 |
| Sound of a soda can opening | 27 |
| Lottery holder, once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Draftee's initial shock | 27 |
| Concordes, e.g., familiarly | 27 |
| Unwelcome sound to a driver | 27 |
| Stratosphere streaker, once | 27 |
| Retired sonic boom producer | 27 |
| Former flier at 55,000 feet | 27 |
| Air France flier until 2003 | 27 |
| Time-saving means of travel | 27 |
| Plane that had a delta wing | 27 |
| New York arrival of '77 | 27 |
| Long-nosed flier, for short | 27 |
| Letters denoting speedy jet | 27 |
| Former rapid transit: Abbr. | 27 |
| Fast jet retired in '03 | 27 |
| Red giants in the night sky | 27 |
| Electronic energy condition | 27 |
| Ultrafast flyers, for short | 27 |
| Jet-setters' jets, once | 27 |
| Former Mach 2 fliers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Very fast flyers, for short | 27 |
| Retired speedsters, briefly | 27 |
| Former transatlantic fliers | 27 |
| Retired Brit. Airways fleet | 27 |
| Retired boomers, familiarly | 27 |
| Jets that last flew in 2003 | 27 |
| Jets once barred at Kennedy | 27 |
| Grounded fast planes: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former transatlantic planes | 27 |
| Former sonic boom producers | 27 |
| Former faves of jet-setters | 27 |
| Fleet fleet, once, in brief | 27 |