| Carefully worded | 16 |
| Subtleties | 10 |
| Subtle distinctions | 19 |
| Soupcons of suggestion | 22 |
| Shades of difference | 20 |
| Sudanese tribe | 14 |
| Having more fibers | 18 |
| Stunted ear of corn | 19 |
| Stubby piece | 12 |
| Small projecting part | 21 |
| Small ear of corn | 17 |
| Small chunk | 11 |
| Corn with stunted growth | 24 |
| Having a rough knitted surface | 30 |
| Uneven, as fabric | 17 |
| Like fabric with knots | 22 |
| Like a textured sweater | 23 |
| Having a rough knotted surface | 30 |
| Cloud over Chile | 16 |
| Greek letter that's half-finished? | 38 |
| Sudan's ___ Desert | 22 |
| Member of an ancient Egyptian people | 36 |
| Like some Egyptian relics | 25 |
| Like Abu Simbel's monuments | 31 |
| Desert in northeast Sudan | 25 |
| Certain ancient African | 23 |
| Egyptians of old | 16 |
| Knitted shoulder scarfs | 23 |
| Marriageable | 12 |
| Ready for marriage | 18 |
| Suitable for marriage | 21 |
| Sexually attractive | 19 |
| Sexually ready | 14 |
| Ripe for marriage | 17 |
| Developed, in a way | 19 |
| Suede alternative | 17 |
| Nape | 4 |
| Thorax part | 11 |
| Nut: Prefix | 11 |
| Joplin piece about modern weaponry? | 35 |
| Disarmament treaty concerns | 27 |
| Cold-war collections | 20 |
| Physicists' fete? | 21 |
| Good time at the power plant? | 29 |
| Fallout cause | 13 |
| Grain cultivated in Chernobyl? | 30 |
| Type of energy with its funding slashed? | 40 |
| Not a popular next-door neighbor | 32 |
| Stars produce it | 16 |
| Many a Manhattan Project worker | 31 |
| Atom splitting | 14 |
| Like Earth before the Manhattan Project | 39 |
| Powerful conjunction? | 21 |
| It causes quite a reaction | 26 |
| Cash injection for the atomic energy industry? | 46 |
| Meson, for one | 14 |
| Sajak, after a radioactive run-in gives him superhuman abilities? | 65 |
| Major physics event | 19 |
| Controversial power sources | 27 |
| START Treaty subject | 20 |
| Coil in an ICBM? | 16 |
| "Atomic" Gummi snacks whose second word is a portmanteau of their shape and how they "move" | 111 |
| Rock groups whose concerts are literally explosive? | 51 |
| Fallout? | 8 |
| Atomic pacts | 12 |
| Cold War danger | 15 |
| "The China Syndrome," e.g.? | 37 |
| Topic for a doomsayer | 21 |
| Personal jet builder involved in a major conflict? | 50 |
| Subs, with peacekeepers | 23 |
| Having a center, as a cell | 26 |
| Organic acid | 12 |
| Genetic carriers | 16 |
| Core: Comb. form | 16 |
| RNA containers | 14 |
| Atomic bit | 10 |
| Bundles of bound quarks | 23 |
| Genetic building block | 22 |
| What we're living in, to Bush or Carter | 43 |
| Where you may swim in your birthday suit | 40 |
| They are "clothing optional" | 38 |
| Maxwell Smart film (with "The") | 41 |
| 1980 Maxwell Smart film, with "The" | 45 |
| What priggish swimmers abhor that sounds swell to 1930s liberals? | 65 |
| Cousin of a bare-faced lie? | 27 |
| Full exposure | 13 |
| Shot barely taken? | 18 |
| Showing less wear? | 18 |
| More uncovered | 14 |
| More bare | 9 |
| Closer to being in the buff | 27 |
| Comparatively bare-bottomed military assault? | 45 |
| Least covered | 13 |
| Remodeler barely working? | 25 |
| Scoot out of the way | 20 |
| Prod with one's nose? | 25 |
| One who gently encourages | 25 |
| Rib elbowers | 12 |
| Pushy types? | 12 |
| Joggers | 7 |