| "Very creative!" | 26 |
| "Clever thinking!" | 28 |
| Swell suggestion | 16 |
| "Very clever!" | 24 |
| "That's clever" | 29 |
| "That's clever!" | 30 |
| "That could work" | 27 |
| "Now, that's a thought!" | 38 |
| "How ingenious!" | 26 |
| "Great thought!" | 26 |
| "Good thought!" | 25 |
| "Clever thinking" | 27 |
| Comment from a handwriting teacher | 34 |
| Tidy types | 10 |
| Fastidious folk | 15 |
| Prizes for cool cats? | 21 |
| Nifty wrestling move? | 21 |
| Shot at the bar, maybe | 22 |
| ... a housecleaner? | 19 |
| Woody Allen stereotype | 22 |
| Pitiful person | 14 |
| Wimpy ones | 10 |
| "O Pioneers!" setting | 31 |
| ''O Pioneers!'' setting | 39 |
| Where Pawnees met Otoes | 23 |
| The Cornhuskers | 15 |
| State embracing part of the Bad Lands | 37 |
| Sparse '82 Springsteen album | 32 |
| Seven-time Orange Bowl champs | 29 |
| Omaha locale | 12 |
| Land of Lincoln? | 16 |
| Cornhuskers' state | 22 |
| Cornhusker's home | 21 |
| Boys Town setting | 17 |
| Big 12 school soon to be in the Big Ten | 39 |
| Admission of 1867 | 17 |
| 1982 Springsteen album title state | 34 |
| '82 Springsteen album recorded on 4-track | 45 |
| Cornhusker? | 11 |
| Omaha native | 12 |
| Cornhusker | 10 |
| Creator of Babylon's splendor | 33 |
| Babylonian king mentioned by Jeremiah | 37 |
| Space clouds | 12 |
| Interstellar clouds | 19 |
| Parts of sky maps | 17 |
| Parts of galaxies | 17 |
| Interstellar space clouds | 25 |
| Hubble telescope subjects | 25 |
| Galaxies | 8 |
| Clouds in the cosmos | 20 |
| Cloudlike patches in the night sky | 34 |
| Astronomers' subjects | 25 |
| Of galaxies | 11 |
| Of a galaxy | 11 |
| Fantasy writers' awards | 27 |
| Supernova remnants | 18 |
| Crab and Horsehead | 18 |
| Clouds of interstellar dust | 27 |
| Small cloud | 11 |
| Little cloud | 12 |
| Convert to a fine spray | 23 |
| Cloudlike | 9 |
| Lacking distinct form | 21 |
| Birthplace of many stars | 24 |
| Colorful candy since 1847 | 25 |
| Popular candies | 15 |
| Candy taken on a 1913 Arctic expedition | 39 |
| Kind of evil | 12 |
| Something bad that has to be done | 33 |
| Unpleasant but indispensable parts of a job | 43 |
| Bare things | 11 |
| The mother of invention | 23 |
| Penna. fort of 1754 attack | 26 |
| It's indispensable | 22 |
| Prince George's river | 25 |
| Summarily | 9 |
| Like an extremely tight race | 28 |
| In a photo finish | 17 |
| Needing a photo finish | 22 |
| How Goldin and her rivals finish in photography competitions? | 61 |
| Ascot or cravat | 15 |
| Sweater feature | 15 |
| Strip around a collar | 21 |
| Collar holder | 13 |
| Chicken soup broth flavorer | 27 |
| Choker? | 7 |
| Pitched woo | 11 |
| Made out with a barbershop quartet? | 35 |
| Ending for rubber | 17 |
| One of a making-out couple | 26 |
| Part of a Boy Scout's uniform | 33 |
| Goalie's protective wear | 28 |
| Three greats | 12 |
| Trimmer target | 14 |
| Making out ... or a hint to this puzzle's four hidden articles of clothing | 78 |
| Bit of romance | 14 |
| Groucho continues | 17 |
| Choker, e.g. | 12 |
| Treasure sought in "Titanic" | 38 |