| Murmur "a good bad-weather race horse" | 48 |
| Speaks indistinctly | 19 |
| Grumbles quietly | 16 |
| Complains sotto voce | 20 |
| Side-whiskers | 13 |
| Whiskers style | 14 |
| Thick side whiskers | 19 |
| Grant growth | 12 |
| Comic strip character's book about butchers' cuts? | 58 |
| Printer's ems | 17 |
| Central issues | 14 |
| Butcher cuts | 12 |
| "5. Hard to believe I rocked ___ as facial hair for years" | 68 |
| Like certain chops | 18 |
| Hair transplants for a mixed-breed? | 35 |
| Casey's non-pedigree team? | 30 |
| Aversion that goes both ways | 28 |
| Pal who's one's pal's pal | 37 |
| Certain funds | 13 |
| Pari follower | 13 |
| Like betting partners' feelings? | 36 |
| Dress decoration? | 17 |
| Patterned dresses | 17 |
| Loose garb for islanders | 24 |
| Hawaiian dressmaking coll. bodysuits? | 37 |
| "___ bien" | 20 |
| Very, to Valdez | 15 |
| Very: Sp. | 9 |
| Very, in Veracruz | 17 |
| Very, in Venezuela | 18 |
| Venezuelan's "very" | 33 |
| Spanish for 'very' | 26 |
| Quite, in Quito | 15 |
| "¡___ bueno!" | 26 |
| "___ bueno!" | 22 |
| Colombian compliment | 20 |
| Elevator rider's earful | 27 |
| Mall melodies | 13 |
| Waiting room sound, maybe | 25 |
| You might hear it going up and down | 35 |
| You may hear it when riding an elevator | 39 |
| Strains to hear on the phone? | 29 |
| Sounds to shop by | 17 |
| Provider of store melodies | 26 |
| Office tracks? | 14 |
| Mall background sounds | 22 |
| Mall background material | 24 |
| It might be piped into a mall | 29 |
| It may be played in elevators | 29 |
| Instrumental blather | 20 |
| Elevator background | 19 |
| Elevator annoyance, to some | 27 |
| Carols at the mall, usually | 27 |
| Background sound in a store | 27 |
| M "Pop ___" | 21 |
| Russian peasants (and the highest-scoring opening word in Scrabble--it's worth 128 points) | 94 |
| Gagged | 6 |
| Shut up by force | 16 |
| Keep Santa's team quiet? | 28 |
| Dogcatchers? | 12 |
| Prevent a pack animal from biting? | 34 |
| End of paraphrased quote | 24 |
| Moving like a dog in a narrow tube? | 35 |
| Year in Ethelred II's reign | 31 |
| Roman 1008 | 10 |
| 1008 on a monument | 18 |
| Air kiss noise | 14 |
| [Air kiss] | 10 |
| "Love ya!" | 20 |
| Sound of an air kiss | 20 |
| Sound of a kiss | 15 |
| Sound of a cartoon kiss | 23 |
| Kissy sound | 11 |
| Intimate email signoff | 22 |
| Air kissing sound | 17 |
| [Kiss] | 6 |
| "Love you, dahling!" | 30 |
| Villain's evil laugh | 24 |
| Evil laugh | 10 |
| Villainous laugh added to Oxford Dictionaries Online in 2012 | 60 |
| 1980 Erich Segal novel | 22 |
| Half of "She & Him" | 33 |
| Meat-cutting device for an indie singer-songwriter? | 51 |
| Colorful dress | 14 |
| Year in Urban II's reign | 28 |
| Late 11th-century year | 22 |
| Chile relleno, e.g. | 19 |
| Half of MMXXIV | 14 |
| Eleventh century year | 21 |
| Galba's 1013 | 16 |
| Roman 1,014 | 11 |
| 1014, in history | 16 |
| Weapon that Reagan called the "Peacekeeper" | 53 |
| It was retired in 2005 | 22 |
| Charge to the limit | 19 |
| Ten-warhead ICBMs | 17 |
| Peacekeeper warheads | 20 |
| Peacekeeper missiles | 20 |
| LGM-118A Peacekeepers, for short | 32 |
| Arsenal decommissioned in 2005 | 30 |