| Mother on Mother's Day? | 27 |
| Maria Callas was one | 20 |
| Italian for "first lady" | 34 |
| High-maintenance queen | 22 |
| High-level brat | 15 |
| Disco queen Summer? | 19 |
| Band leader gets a Reed | 23 |
| Temperamental egotists | 22 |
| Callas and Pons, e.g. | 21 |
| Bigheaded divas | 15 |
| At first sight | 14 |
| Before closer examination | 25 |
| AT FIRST APPEARANCE | 19 |
| Richard Gere film set in Chicago | 32 |
| Therapeutic outburst | 20 |
| Shout from a therapy patient | 28 |
| Supposed aid in curing neurosis | 31 |
| Patient's therapeutic shriek | 32 |
| It may be a part of therapy | 27 |
| Drive to drink, e.g. | 20 |
| Demure yet businesslike mourner? | 32 |
| Election year events | 20 |
| Early part of a big race? | 25 |
| Candidate's hurdle | 22 |
| Race before a race | 18 |
| Election prelim | 15 |
| Election before a convention | 28 |
| Early political race | 20 |
| Early part of a race? | 21 |
| John Travolta film reject about election prognosticators? | 57 |
| Father or mother, usually | 25 |
| Marketer's target | 21 |
| Exit poll figure? | 17 |
| Place to learn pre-election routines? | 37 |
| Ballet stars, familiarly | 24 |
| Archbishop | 10 |
| Man or monkey | 13 |
| Ape or monkey | 13 |
| Ape, e.g. | 9 |
| Zoo category | 12 |
| Type of mammal | 14 |
| Top-ranking bishop | 18 |
| Subject of evolutionary study | 29 |
| Most evolved mammal | 19 |
| Man or mandrill | 15 |
| Human being or lemur | 20 |
| Gibbon or mandrill | 18 |
| Episcopal leader | 16 |
| Religious dignitaries | 21 |
| Men and monkeys | 15 |
| Humans and monkeys | 18 |
| Archbishops | 11 |
| Apes, monkeys or men | 20 |
| Apes' partners? | 19 |
| ''Ape'' man's study | 39 |
| Prepared with minced vegetables | 31 |
| Pasta ___ (with vegetables) | 27 |
| NHL bruiser, Keith | 18 |
| Butcher's best | 18 |
| Coached | 7 |
| Ready to go, as a pump | 22 |
| Ready for a new coat? | 21 |
| Readied for painting | 20 |
| Readied for new paint | 21 |
| Readied | 7 |
| Got a pump going | 16 |
| Gave a first coat to | 20 |
| Applied the first coat | 22 |
| "Star Trek" mandate | 29 |
| Indivisible division figure | 27 |
| Bank offering for creditworthy customers | 40 |
| Stephen Harper's title | 26 |
| Initial power source | 20 |
| Winds, to windmills | 19 |
| Three, e.g. | 11 |
| Head anesthesiologist? | 22 |
| Interest setting | 16 |
| Words of interest | 17 |
| Trusted borrower's interest charge | 38 |
| Figure for the best bank customers | 34 |
| Economic factor | 15 |
| Concerns of bankers and borrowers | 33 |
| Bankers' lures for borrowers | 32 |
| Scenic lakeshore lot, say | 25 |
| Oceanfront property, perhaps | 28 |
| Land to be developed | 20 |
| It has "location, location, location" | 47 |
| Highly valued land, say | 23 |
| Great parking spot, slangily | 28 |
| Steakhouse entrees | 18 |
| Line in London | 14 |
| Old card game whose name means "first" in Spanish | 59 |
| First: Sp. | 10 |
| First, to Franco | 16 |
| First, to Francisco | 19 |
| ___ pump (stimulates) | 21 |
| Math teacher's pick in a whodunnit? | 39 |
| The best tropical wood available? | 33 |
| Encourage growth | 16 |
| "Melrose Place," for one | 34 |