| It's a bet | 14 |
| High-payout wager | 17 |
| Certain track bet | 17 |
| What a mom might picture a secretly-bratty kid to be | 52 |
| Long-odds track bets | 20 |
| High-payout wagers | 18 |
| First-and-second track options | 30 |
| 1, 8, 27, 64, etc. | 18 |
| Providers of finishing touches | 30 |
| Quintessential item | 19 |
| Flawless bottle of booze? | 25 |
| Clothes buyer's desire | 26 |
| Bowler's 12-strike coup | 27 |
| Student's dream | 19 |
| Successful result in a DNA lab | 30 |
| Ideal sitcom episode? | 21 |
| Detectives say there is no such thing | 37 |
| Unfailing tone recognition | 26 |
| Clemens beauty? | 15 |
| Ability to identify any tone heard | 34 |
| A+ for bullpen work? | 20 |
| Ann Beattie book | 16 |
| Makes flawless | 14 |
| - 29 | 4 |
| Dance done in a casino? | 23 |
| Le Carré best seller, with "A" | 43 |
| 64 or 81 | 8 |
| 4, 9, or 16 | 11 |
| What the starred answers start with | 35 |
| Beauty ideal | 12 |
| Landlord's dream? | 21 |
| Landlord's desire? | 22 |
| Gymnasts' quests, once | 26 |
| Gymnasts' quests | 20 |
| Absolute beauties | 17 |
| Grammarian's concern, at times | 34 |
| What some verbs have | 20 |
| Grammarian's concern, perhaps | 33 |
| Flawless preparation for being punched? | 39 |
| Ideal camping gear? | 19 |
| Asset for Jack Benny | 20 |
| Ideal keepsake? | 15 |
| There's nothing to it | 25 |
| Makes good cense? | 17 |
| Faithless, in León | 21 |
| Breach of faith | 15 |
| Riddle, say | 11 |
| Prepare a dotted line, perhaps | 30 |
| Prepare a data card | 19 |
| Make holes in, as for ease of tearing | 37 |
| Like a sheet of stamps | 22 |
| Of necessity | 12 |
| Take the show on the road | 25 |
| Do, as a task | 13 |
| Do one's bit | 16 |
| Use a stage name of | 19 |
| Said "I'll course between the rows of seats" (5) | 62 |
| Garfunkel and Tatum? | 20 |
| Drama, dance and such | 21 |
| Carney and Linkletter? | 22 |
| Some circus attractions | 23 |
| Peter the Great entertainer? | 28 |
| Do the impossible | 17 |
| Do wondrous things | 18 |
| Do seemingly impossible things | 30 |
| Sings or dances, for example | 28 |
| Gives back to one's community | 33 |
| Person who makes scents | 23 |
| They make scents | 16 |
| Air sweeteners | 14 |
| Just going through the motions | 30 |
| Done with little effort or interest | 35 |
| Big name in laminate flooring | 29 |
| Vine-covered passageway | 23 |
| Shaded passageway | 17 |
| Vine-covered walkway | 20 |
| Vine-covered colonnade | 22 |
| Vine shaded passageway | 22 |
| Trellis, Italian style | 22 |
| Vine supports | 13 |
| Possibly: abbr. | 15 |
| Repeated word in Cake song | 26 |
| Qualifying word | 15 |
| Maybe, maybe not | 16 |
| For all we know | 15 |
| Conceivably | 11 |
| As the case may be | 18 |
| "If you play your cards right" | 40 |
| ''If you play your cards right'' | 48 |
| ''Could be'' | 28 |
| "Maybe" music? | 24 |
| Wage-rate phrase | 16 |
| Seed vessel wall | 16 |
| Leader during the Golden Age of Athens | 38 |
| Athenian statesman during the Peloponnesian War | 47 |
| Athenian patron of the arts | 27 |
| '--, Prince of Tyre' | 28 |
| Extract from a book | 19 |
| Transparent green gem | 21 |
| Green birthstone | 16 |