| "Desperate Housewives" is one | 39 |
| "Desperate Housewives," for one | 41 |
| Evening viewing | 15 |
| It precedes the late news | 25 |
| RILE VAMP | 9 |
| Trattoria starters | 18 |
| Trattoria appetizers | 20 |
| Applying a first coat of paint | 30 |
| Undercoats of paint | 19 |
| Moses, Rousseau et al. | 22 |
| Painting genre of Grandma Moses | 31 |
| Like Stone Age culture | 22 |
| In a proper fashion | 19 |
| Most stiffly proper | 19 |
| Most mannerly | 13 |
| Author of "The Periodic Table" | 40 |
| First-class ad? | 15 |
| First created | 13 |
| Existing from the beginning | 27 |
| Existing at the beginning | 25 |
| Seminal parts for a barbershop quartet? | 39 |
| Prehistoric utterances of amazement? | 36 |
| Stuff from which life on Earth might have emerged | 49 |
| Evolutionary starting point | 27 |
| Early life, some say | 20 |
| Upper parts of piano duets | 26 |
| Piano duet parts | 16 |
| Leading singers of groups | 25 |
| Carnera et al. | 14 |
| Groomed fussily | 15 |
| Got ready for a big date | 24 |
| Well-mannered bishop dined | 26 |
| Hedonistic way of life | 22 |
| Type of path | 12 |
| The English one has yellow flowers | 34 |
| Flower from which an oil is derived | 35 |
| "Lane" in a Jerry Wallace hit | 39 |
| _____ River, Yukon | 18 |
| Route of the naive? | 19 |
| Risky route | 11 |
| A trusting person may be led down it | 36 |
| Path adornments? | 16 |
| Flowers on a proverbial path | 28 |
| They're found in neat gardens? | 34 |
| September awards show | 21 |
| First, in Latin | 15 |
| Dancer Pearl ___ | 16 |
| Before secundus | 15 |
| Sch. leader | 11 |
| Sch. authority | 14 |
| H.S. VIP | 8 |
| Teacher's boss: Abbr. | 25 |
| School exec. | 12 |
| Sch. head | 9 |
| Sch. bigwig | 11 |
| Major: Abbr. | 12 |
| High sch. disciplinarian | 24 |
| Elem.-sch. head | 15 |
| Companion of int. | 17 |
| Sch. official | 13 |
| Einstein's frock coat? | 26 |
| C.S. Lewis hero | 15 |
| C.S. Lewis book | 15 |
| "The Chronicles of Narnia" book | 41 |
| Title for a Romeo | 17 |
| Ideal beau | 10 |
| Fairy tale guy? Hexing a pop musician? Whatever! I'm a PC | 61 |
| Dream lovers | 12 |
| Slugger acquired by the Tigers in 2012 | 38 |
| Noted 2003 Eton graduate | 24 |
| Grandson of Elizabeth II | 24 |
| Borodin opera | 13 |
| Magnificent or munificent | 25 |
| Hamlet's role | 17 |
| TELMAH | 6 |
| Hamlet's title | 18 |
| P.T. Barnum | 11 |
| IHS: Isa. 9:6 | 13 |
| Famous oratorio | 15 |
| Edwin Booth | 11 |
| Justin Timberlake nickname | 26 |
| Bird royal? | 11 |
| St. Peter | 9 |
| 1981 Treat Williams film | 24 |
| 1981 drama starring Treat Williams | 34 |
| Streisand film, after "The" | 37 |
| Streisand film (after "The") | 38 |
| Duck royalty? | 13 |
| Title for the royal crybaby? | 28 |
| Lothario? | 9 |
| Fleet driven by the star of "Purple Rain"? | 52 |
| Posters of a pop music icon? | 28 |
| Critique of "Purple Rain"? | 36 |
| Margaret or Diana, e.g. | 23 |
| Royal daughter | 14 |
| Non-match for a pea | 19 |
| May Day attendant | 17 |
| Margaret or Diana | 17 |
| Ida or Ino | 10 |
| Ida in a G. & S. operetta | 29 |