| Served as an intro to | 21 |
| Introduced, in a way | 20 |
| Literary preliminaries | 22 |
| Introductory sections | 21 |
| Play an intro? | 14 |
| Introduce a tune? | 17 |
| Parisian police officer | 23 |
| Chief officer | 13 |
| Chief magistrate | 16 |
| High officials in ancient Rome | 30 |
| Administrative officials | 24 |
| District in Japan | 17 |
| First choices | 13 |
| PPO word | 8 |
| Kind of stocks | 14 |
| ___ charges against (chose to prosecute) | 40 |
| Job application figure | 22 |
| Wall St. items | 14 |
| Investor's choices | 22 |
| Like a boxer's weigh-in | 27 |
| Anti or semi, e.g. | 18 |
| Word starter | 12 |
| "Anti" or "semi," e.g. | 42 |
| Tri for one | 12 |
| The "555" in 555-1212 | 31 |
| Pro- or con- | 12 |
| Add beforehand | 14 |
| Word starters | 13 |
| Places in front | 15 |
| Dis-, un-, and tri-, for example | 32 |
| Placed in front | 15 |
| Before takeoff | 14 |
| Biscuits eventually sent to a deejay | 36 |
| Introductions to bks. | 21 |
| When flies are shagged | 22 |
| Like tailgate parties | 21 |
| Like some sports shows | 22 |
| Like some sports programs that talk about matchups | 50 |
| Like some sports programs | 25 |
| Kind of show or warm-up | 23 |
| Kind of show on a field | 23 |
| Fore-play? | 10 |
| Drink at home before the party, in collegiate slang | 51 |
| Before the match starts | 23 |
| Before kickoff | 14 |
| Expecting, in tabloids | 22 |
| They come before deliveries | 27 |
| Possible outcome of the event that is visually represented twice in this grid | 77 |
| What some expectant fathers endure? | 35 |
| Teeming with ideas | 18 |
| Rich in significance | 20 |
| Like a noticeable pause | 23 |
| Gravid | 6 |
| In a meaningful or inventive way | 32 |
| Biologically confusing situation down on the farm? | 50 |
| Pasta sauce checkout line? | 26 |
| Supermarket visits just to get pasta sauce? | 43 |
| Cultivated in advance, as grass | 31 |
| Readies an oven | 15 |
| Gives advance warming | 21 |
| Warms an oven | 13 |
| Starts the oven early | 21 |
| Readies the oven | 16 |
| Prepares for cooking, as an oven | 32 |
| Prepares an oven, as for baking | 31 |
| Prepares an oven before baking | 30 |
| Gets ready, as an oven | 22 |
| Baste | 5 |
| Staffing up early | 17 |
| Study of early man | 18 |
| Like the Mesozoic Era | 21 |
| When emotions could still be controlled? | 40 |
| Word for U. S. in early 1700's | 34 |
| REAGAN, TO BUSH | 15 |
| Sister Helen ___, death penalty opponent | 40 |
| Sarandon's role in "Dead Man Walking" | 51 |
| Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking" | 83 |
| Have a closed mind | 18 |
| Go by appearances, perhaps | 26 |
| Form an opinion of too quickly | 30 |
| Form a bias | 11 |
| Be close-minded | 15 |
| Forms of bigotry | 16 |
| Pride partners? | 15 |
| Jury selection issues | 21 |
| Nursery school, for short | 25 |
| Nursery school, briefly | 23 |
| It may come before elem. school | 31 |
| Educ. for tots | 14 |
| Nursery sch. | 12 |
| Nursery program, briefly | 24 |
| Like very early education, for short | 36 |
| Like students in the Head Start program | 39 |
| Like school for toddlers, in brief | 34 |
| Head Start program service, briefly | 35 |
| First class, for short | 22 |
| First class, briefly, for some kids | 35 |
| First class for some, briefly | 29 |
| Early ed setting | 16 |
| Class that might have finger painting and naptime | 49 |