| Fiction writer's problem? | 29 |
| Writer's inconsistency | 26 |
| Unfocused, as a novel | 21 |
| Writer's framework | 22 |
| Stripped-down story | 19 |
| Screenwriter's story | 24 |
| Screenplay skeleton | 19 |
| Novel's twists and turns | 28 |
| What mathematicians do? | 23 |
| Schemers' agenda? | 21 |
| Figures out how the vegetable gardens will be arranged | 54 |
| Cooked up schemes | 17 |
| Drew a graph | 12 |
| Cooked up, as schemes | 21 |
| Designed jeans? | 15 |
| Fainting, as from surprise | 26 |
| David who was Obama's 2008 campaign manager | 47 |
| Accompanier of a harrow, in Harrow | 34 |
| Spring task in Iowa | 19 |
| Make headway among, British style | 33 |
| Short-billed shorebird | 22 |
| Killdeer | 8 |
| Short-billed wader | 18 |
| Shorebird related to the sandpiper | 34 |
| Lapwing relative | 16 |
| Cleared of snow | 15 |
| Worked the fields | 17 |
| Turned the field | 16 |
| Ready for planting | 18 |
| Pushed snow aside | 17 |
| One furrowing the soil | 22 |
| One who works on snow days | 26 |
| Man behind an ox, perhaps | 25 |
| Farmer's overalls? | 22 |
| Folks in a rut? | 15 |
| They have pull on the farm | 26 |
| Readying a field, say | 21 |
| Farm job | 8 |
| Digging up some dirt | 20 |
| Biblical exchange for sword | 27 |
| Continues despite hardship | 26 |
| Persists doggedly | 17 |
| Continues despite difficulties | 30 |
| Helmsman: Abbr. | 15 |
| Feather, to Fernando | 20 |
| Pick some date fruit off the tree | 33 |
| Did a con job | 13 |
| Uses tweezers | 13 |
| Having gumption | 15 |
| Having the gumption | 19 |
| Spirited attractiveness? | 24 |
| Like a spunky paramour? | 23 |
| Like some computer peripherals | 30 |
| Theater show that follows a commercial? | 39 |
| POWER ... | 9 |
| Like some easy-to-install peripherals | 37 |
| The enterprising musician ___ | 29 |
| Where cheap parishioners put their offerings? | 45 |
| Like a drain with no drain | 26 |
| Stuffing the onion? | 19 |
| Provide juice for | 17 |
| Web-browser helper | 18 |
| Type of appliance | 17 |
| Prepare to get juice? | 21 |
| Prepare to get juice | 20 |
| Connect, as a toaster | 21 |
| Connect to get power | 20 |
| Connect to an outlet | 20 |
| Connect to a power source | 25 |
| Browser add-on | 14 |
| Appliances with power cords | 27 |
| Symbol of worthlessness | 23 |
| Example of worthlessness | 24 |
| Paid endorsement, in slang, and an apt title for this puzzle | 60 |
| Kickback for good publicity | 27 |
| Works hard (at) | 15 |
| Stuff completely | 16 |
| Yank that gets the wire out of the wall? | 40 |
| Rain: Fr. | 9 |
| "Find more great clues like this in the author's Winner's Circle Crosswords!," e.g. | 101 |
| Pen for Pedro | 13 |
| Feather in Juan's cap? | 26 |
| Lead plant | 10 |
| Q: See title A: "One--but that's just an estimate" | 64 |
| It's seen on workers just above the beltline | 48 |
| Pipe-clearing tool | 18 |
| Pipes and such | 14 |
| Flowers on mah-jongg tiles | 26 |
| Carpenter's narrow board | 28 |
| Examines the depths | 19 |
| Tests the depths of | 19 |
| Tests the depths | 16 |
| Sounds the depth | 16 |
| Lead weights | 12 |
| Where lead weights grow? | 24 |
| Hybrid fruit | 12 |
| Hybrid fruits | 13 |
| Like Yankee Doodle's cap | 28 |
| ___ Knight (J. G. Blaine) | 25 |
| Small tuft | 10 |